Pastoral Care: Care for Caregivers

The Resilient Pastor

Join pastors Glenn Packiam, Rich Villodas and Sharon Hodde Miller as they invite leaders to think out loud together about the challenges and opportunities of leading a church in a rapidly changing world. In each episode, they will have a conversation about church leadership and the challenges pastors are facing. Then, they’ll share a conversation with a pastor, church leader, thinker or theologian about the health of the pastor, the state of the church and what it looks like to love well and lead faithfully.

How to Build Resilience to Shame

by Joaquín Andrés Selva

Download Here | Loving-Kindness Meditation

Find a variety of free practices and more information on self-compassion here.

Joseph Yoo of MinistryMatters wonders about Pastor's Office Hours: Time to Cut Back?

Thom Rainer outlines Nine Issues Regarding Pastors Office Hours.

Episode 84: “Cultivating and Nurturing the Pastoral Imagination” featuring Eileen Campbell-Reed

What is pastoral imagination? And how can it be nurtured by clergy and laity? We speak with Eileen Campbell-Reed about how clergy can cultivate and nurture pastoral imagination in order to address conflict, experience joy, and develop a deep, wise knowing.

Departure: Why I Left the Church by Alexander Lang

• Sep 2, 2023 / Updated: Dec 21, 2023 - 12 min read
• Explores:
• The Great Pastor Resignation
• 1000 Bosses
• Unrealistic Expectations
• Unseen Damage
• Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
• The Final Service

The Being Here podcast explores real world issues and topics important to faith community professionals. In "Overcoming Compassion Fatigue”, host Rev. Melissa Pohlman and Mayo Clinic hospital chaplain, Rev. Corrine Thul, discuss strategies for caring for yourself while caring for others in difficult times.

Rest Supports Grieving: Grief Rituals blog post from April 8, 2020 by Tricia Hersey - read it!!!

BENEDICTINE CARE WELLNESS PROGRAM

Benedictine CARE integrates Contemplative Practices, the Benedictine Monastic Heritage, and Therapeutic Lifestyle Programming.

Old habits, choices we no longer want to make, over indulgences, and living within a loud culture all amplify internal static that makes it almost impossible to hear, to listen, to our embodied true selves.

Monthly gatherings are enrolling at all times for both in-person and online participation.

$89/month

Learn more and register here.

Mindful Leaders Lounge is a supportive conversation space for leaders who are working on themselves so that they can be creative, mindful, adaptive and resilient through change. Part of her Defy the Trend Community, it is moderated by Nicole Havelka of Nicole Havelka Consulting. Learn more at defythetrend.com.

Nicole also offers self-care coaching sessions. Learn more here.

Convergence offers both On-Demand Learning (including FaithLead’s, National Faith Leaders Reflect on a Global Pandemic and Being Grateful in Difficult Times: An Online Journey with Barbara Butler Bass) and Executive Coaching for congregational leaders.

Thanks to Mennonite pastor, liturgist, and creative, Joanna Harader for sharing this Post-Election BINGO card:

Download it here.

Mental Health Technology Transfer Center offers numerous Mental Health Toolkits, including:

• Healing Our Protectors: Building Resilience Among Tribal Law Enforcement Officers  Through Cultural Interventions

  This is a resource that serves behavioral health treatment providers in gaining a deeper understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of their work as a law enforcement officer.

  Farm Stress Grab-n-Go Kit

  In response to the increasing need for mental health tools for farm and ranching communities, the Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), the Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), and the Mountain Plains MHTTC collaborated to develop a set of easy-to-use ("Grab-n-Go") presentations and flyers for use by extension offices and behavioral health providers in farm communities.

   

  

  Strengthening Resilience: Promoting Positive School Mental Health Among Indigenous Youth

  The purpose of this document is to provide tools for K-12 educators, administrators, and mental health treatment providers to better address the learning and behavioral health needs of Indigenous youth in a holistic manner. 

   

  

  Promoting Positive Mental Health in Rural Schools

  This guide provides resources specific to addressing the unique mental health training and technical assistance needs of schools serving rural and remote communities.

   

   

   

  

  School Mental Health Toolkit

  This toolkit is a blueprint for school mental health services and will guide community members, schools, local leaders, and districts through 10 best practices, including strategies for implementing, funding, and sustaining mental health services in both rural and urban schools.

   

  

  Trauma Responsive Schools Theory of Change Toolkit: Version Two, National Edition 

  The Trauma Responsive Schools Theory of Change Toolkit is designed to guide users to develop a plan and to organize efforts to meet evidence-based practice standards in creating trauma responsive schools. The toolkit integrates knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices. 

   

  Building Resilience Among Physical and Behavioral Healthcare Providers During a Global Health Pandemic

  This toolkit has been developed to encourage self-care and to assist in building resilience among physical and behavioral healthcare providers amidst the global health pandemic.

Telling the Story of Your Body for Healing and Wholeness

Our bodies have a story to tell. When we turn toward our bodies with curiosity and reverence, we honor those stories, embrace our inner dignity, and make space for more agency. Sharing our bodies’ stories helps us feel seen so that, little by little, society’s limiting master narratives can shift so that more bodies feel safe and beautiful and have a sense of belonging.

Resources include:

• The Embodied Path book
• Writing Journal
• Embodied Faith Study Guide
• Free Curricular Resource
• Breath Practices
• Music to:
  • Accompany the Essays
  • Hum
  • Dance to
  • Sing
• Yoga & Meditation
• Pithy Prose
• Embodied Faith podcast
  • and more

Take care of yourself and/or a colleague or loved one with ConseCrate's curated gift boxes, shipped monthly!

Improv Therapy Group has developed a curriculum specifically for members of the clergy. The class uses improv to explore emotional intelligence, resilience, and increased creativity. The concepts will assist with your work with congregants as well as co-workers.

All classes meet on ZOOM.

is all about caring for pastoral care providers. They have numerous opportunities for self-care, personal growth, new learning and more, including:

• Renewing Leadership: A cohort-based group facilitated by certified coaches Deborah Rundlett and Okokon Udo, Renewing Leadership includes a 360 assessment and a 1-on-1 coaching session.

• UnMasking Discovery: A Journey of Identity, Voice, and Impact: a journey of social action and personal transformation in which you are invited to examine the masks you’ve had, to re-discover your authentic self, and to create a new way of being in the world.

• A second series of Conversations on Race focusing on the topics of Changing Self, Changing Community, and Changing Systems.

• Clergy Consultation Groups: confidential space to share wisdom, learn from each other, exchange ideas, and process experiences of ministry during the pandemic; facilitated by experienced LeaderWise staff. Groups will meet for eight sessions either weekly, every other week, or monthly.

• Beyond: The Art & Soul of Re-Creation: a four-month learning community intended for pastors and leaders, circles of five to eight, committed to valuing and fostering personal and social transformation within self, congregation, and community; a fourfold focus seeks to honor the shared wisdom, intelligence, and creativity toward embracing our changing culture with care.

Clergy Total Well-Being Resources

Bearing Witness offers resources for supporting whistleblowers in the workplace, governmental agencies, and congregational settings.

Katherine Cherian demystifies Advanced Care Planning.

Learn how to have more choice and control for your future healthcare decisions - and how you can support community members in the same.

Discover an outline of the process of advanced care planning including how to choose a healthcare agent, how to explore goals, and how to manage documents.

• See her Advanced Care Planning for Individuals and Couples pdf.
• Sign up for an Advanced Care Planning - Young Adult Workshop.
• Get an overview in her Advanced Care Planning Intro video.
• Or take a deeper dive in her Advanced Care Planning webinar video.

Katherine Cherian has been an acute care physical therapist for 28 years and currently has a consulting business including facilitating advanced care planning conversations. She is a Respecting Choices© certified facilitator for person-centered advanced care planning.

Ambiguous Loss in the Time of COVID

shared Building Resilience webinars for faith leaders

is a free seven-part on-demand video teaching series from Carey Nieuwhof.

for personal growth and continuing education pertinent to COVID-19 days and beyond.

The Wellness Recovery Action Plan® or WRAP® is a prevention and wellness process anyone can use to get well, and stay well. Create your own wellness plan in this online seminar. Registration is required.