Dr. Jen Clifden

Time stress is the number one stressor for caregivers in relationship-based professions. There is a pervasive sense that there is never enough time. When we feel time-starved as caregivers, we innocently fall into the energetic trap of over-doing or doing more faster. We explore the illusive phenomenon of time stress by focusing our attention on what we can control at any moment in time - our energy. You will learn how to re-fine your relationship to this core trigger by discovering how to strategically create the "slow in the fast" of your caregiving. This training topic metabolizes the dis-ease of low self-efficacy into self-confidence through stoking: Soul Health: Self-Authority Mindfulness: Mind Awareness SEL: Self-Management Embodied Equity: Integrity

Core to care-giving is joy and hope. If the spaces we create and hold for those in our care are not imbued with joy and hope, we know. They know. As caregivers in relationship-based callings, we must intentionally direct our attention to magnifying the good while we manage the stress. You will discover how to strategically stoke hope and joy as buoys that lift your spirit up when the compression of the stress of the profession pushes down on you. This training topic metabolizes the dis-ease of depersonalization into self-revitalization through stoking: Soul Health: Self-Trust Mindfulness: Emotional Awareness SEL: Responsible Decision Making Embodied Equity: Truth Telling

Stress is an interesting phenomenon. Some stress is good! Some stress is never good. Some stress comes from outside influences we can control. Some stress comes from outside influences we have no control over. Not to mention, ALL bodies experience “stressful events” very differently depending on how their Soul Distillation System “reads” the stressor. We will gain critical awareness of the difference between natural, care-based stressors that no caregiver can avoid and systemic stressors that are sources of toxic stress that need to be alleviated for the souls called to care-based fields to be well. In this session, we focus our full attention on the spectrum of stress and provide opportunities for caregivers to gain self-stress awareness of how different stressors impact their mindbodysoul system. This training topic metabolizes the dis-ease of low self-efficacy into self-confidence through stoking: Soul Health: Self-Authority Mindfulness: Perceptual Awareness SEL: Self-Management Embodied Equity: Unconditional Positive Regard

Your soul distillation system is as unique as your fingerprint. Critical caregiver well-being is knowing how your mental health is intimately interconnected with your emotional and soul health. This session is all about exploring the origins of stress inducing thought patterns that unconsciously produce shame-based thinking and re-storying those thoughts to be stress reducing, soul soothing beliefs. Core to re-fining your mental and emotional health is understanding how to upgrade your internal belief system to “clean emotional pain” so it does not produce shame and self-doubt. This training topic metabolizes the dis-ease of depersonalization into self-revitalization through stoking: Soul Health: Self-Witnessing Mindfulness: Breath Awareness SEL: Responsible Decision Making Embodied Equity: Truth Telling

The wounded healer is a beautiful and powerful force that is able to connect with others on a deep, emotional level. We explore the wounded healer archetype to nurture and our innate resilience as caregivers. Wounded healers are people whose painful lived experiences enable them to exude empathy, compassion, humility, and a deep commitment to igniting the spark of hope in others. This training topic metabolizes the dis-ease of emotional exhaustion into emotional vitality through stoking: Soul Health: Self-Witnessing Mindfulness: Energy Awareness SEL: Relationship Skills Embodied Equity: Unconditional Positive Regard

"To work for peace and justice we begin with the individual practice of love, because it is there that we can experience firsthand love’s transformative power.” (bell hooks) No human is exempt from experiencing pain and suffering. Our response- ableness as caregivers is to metabolize and clean our inner reactions, pains, and suffering through self-love and self-compassion transform’s stress into energetic fuel that feeds the light of compassion, love, and unconditional positive regard for those in our care. LIBERATION is both an action of healing and an act of justice. In this session, caregivers explore how to mirror their inner soul-justice practices through strategic social justice practices that bring targeted care that addresses the core needs of those who need support the most. This training topic metabolizes the dis-ease of depersonalization into self-revitalization through stoking: Soul Health: Body Trust Mindfulness: Soul Awareness SEL: Social Awareness Embodied Equity: Perspective Taking

"As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our PRESENCE automatically liberates others." (M. Williamson) All relationships are a sharing of energy and information (Dan Seigel, Interpersonal Neurobiology). The light you cast, your presence, is the foundation of creating and sustaining healthy relationships. When you are in-tune with your inner systems, you are able to create resonance, being attuned, with those in our care. In this session, caregivers engage the 4 core elements for committing to their commitment to balance their well-beingness with all their doing. This training topic metabolizes the dis-ease of low self-efficacy into self-confidence through stoking: Soul Health: Self Trust Mindfulness: Relationship Awareness SEL: Social Awareness Embodied Equity: Integrity