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Feb 2021
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330 - The High Cost of Caring: Compassio...

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Some people who continuously care for others burn out and experience compassion fatigue, a very real and natural psychological phenomenon. How can you recognize compassion fatigue? How do you cope? It begins with having compassion for yourself.

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