The 20th-century French philosopher Simone Weil once said that compassion was an impossibility. She said it is "a more ...

Sandy Bruno, youth and family coordinator at Comfort Zone Camp, a national nonprofit bereavement camp for grieving families, experienced compassion fatigue in the aftermath of her husband's death. She ...

We're all tired and could do with a four-day working week... and have a lot going on in our personal lives. But, while you may have heard of burnout (where prolonged stress affects our wellbeing), ...

Can caring too much hurt your mental health? It's called compassion fatigue, and mental health experts say it's a phenomenon that occurs most commonly in people who work in professions like caretaking ...

Julliette Watt says compassion fatigue is when “giving is no longer living.” She says, “Ask yourself what is the most important thing in your life? You’re going to say your children, your family, ...

Electronic Health Records (EHRs): Supporting ASCO's Vision of Cancer Care Dr. R, in the case, is working at peak performance—he feels on top of his work, and his ability to make an unexpected phone ...

When my husband and I received emails from our employers telling us they were shutting down our offices, the pandemic suddenly felt very real and very scary. I was flooded with a desire to help ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Organizations are beginning to grasp the severity of burnout ...

My lifelong friend Vicki had finally hit the wall. For a long time, she’d tried to lighten the load of a friend who was facing a terminal illness. “As she got sicker, I tried to relieve every burden I ...

1 in 7 of my medical patients dies. But I don’t want to stop grieving or hoping. Euphraim is about 30 years old, but the wheelchair he rides into my consulting room is older than that and much the ...

Astrid Helene Kendrick receives funding from the Alberta Teachers Association and the Alberta School Employee Benefits Plan to support this research. University of Calgary provides funding as a ...

Compassion fatigue can be physical, emotional, or spiritual exhaustion that overtakes the otherwise positive and fulfilling experience of helping others when we over-empathize (Figley, 2002a). Often ...