Laura van Dernoot Lipsky’s Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others provides practical strategies for managing the emotional toll of working in high-stress, care-oriented roles. Aimed at caregivers, health professionals, social workers, and anyone engaged in helping others, this course offers insights into recognizing and addressing the impacts of secondary trauma and burnout. Lipsky emphasizes self-awareness, resilience, and sustainable practices that allow individuals to continue supporting others without sacrificing their own well-being. Through real-life examples, exercises, and reflective practices, participants learn how to cultivate a balanced, mindful approach to care work, fostering long-term resilience and compassion.
A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often unrecognized toll taken on those working to make the world a better place. We may feel tired, cynical, or numb or like we can never do enough.
These, and other symptoms, affect us individually and collectively, sapping the energy and effectiveness we so desperately need if we are to benefit humankind, other living things, and the planet itself. In Trauma Stewardship, we are called to meet these challenges in an intentional way―to keep from becoming overwhelmed by developing a quality of mindful presence. Joining the wisdom of ancient cultural traditions with modern psychological research, Lipsky offers a variety of simple and profound practices that will allow us to remake ourselves―and ultimately the world.