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Home » Resources » Chaplaincy Care Resources » Self-care

Self-care

CHA Resources

Well-being – Body, Mind and Spirit – is essential for every person working in health care regardless of their role. This page brings together a carefully curated collection of wellness resources identified in collaboration with CHA-member mission, spiritual care and physician leaders in addition to insights from the Veteran’s Administration and national well-being experts.
WELL-BEING (CHA website)

Documents and PowerPoint presentations

Self Care for Chaplains by Rev. R. Michael Stuart,
HR, M.Div., M.A., BCC, Spiritual Care Manager of Home Care and Hospice of Western New York, Inc. (New York Chaplains Association)

Stress Burnout slideshow by Georgeann Roudebush (PowerPoint presentation)

Are you mentally exhausted? poster by Steve Lynch CWC, submitted by Deborah Housel (PowerPoint format)

Spirit House: A healing community for women in ministry brochure submitted by Deborah Housel (PDF)

Articles

For chaplains at disaster scenes, self-care is vital – By Logan Rutherford (source: Vision, March/April 2014)

Chaplains must model self-care for other staffers – By Jane Mather (source: Vision, November/December 2015)

Schwartz Center rounds help alleviate moral distress – By Karen Pugliese (source: Vision, November/December 2015)

Learn your limits to avoid burnout – By John Stangle (source: Vision, November/December 2015)

To suggest a resource or link for this collection, or to submit a document, contact Phil Paradowski at pparadowski@nacc.org

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