Dr. Jen Clifden

Burnout is protective- not defective. In fact, burnout is a sign that your mindbodysoul system is attempting to regain energy and internal balance. Balance is a state in which opposing forces on an object are harmonized to reach equilibrium so that the object is stable and not about to fall over. We need "opposing forces" of pressure and stress to achieve balance and inner harmony. Our inner system is designed to be beautifully in balance and re-establish its natural set-point of inner harmony when external pressures exert force upon it. In this module, caregivers will be guided to remember and reconnect with what inner harmony and balance feels like in their bodies while they discover how to leverage stress as the necessary catalyst to create balance and boundaries that allow one to feel more (not less) like themselves in their role. This module metabolizes the dis-ease of emotional exhaustion into emotional vitality through stoking: Soul Health: Body Trust Mindfulness: Breath Awareness SEL: Self-Awareness Resonance: Self-Awareness

Time stress is the number one stressor for caregivers in relationship-based professions. When we feel time-starved as caregivers, we innocently fall into the energetic trap of over-doing or doing more faster. In this module, 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 module metabolizes the dis-ease of low self-efficacy into self-confidence through stoking: Soul Health: Self-Authority Mindfulness: Mind Awareness SEL: Self-Management Resonance: 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 it, and they feel it. As caregivers in relationship-based callings, we must intentionally direct our attention to magnifying the good while we manage the stress. In this module, caregivers will learn how to strategically stoke hope and joy as soul buoys that lift one's spirit up when the compression of the stress of the profession pushes down. This module metabolizes the dis-ease of depersonalization into self-revitalization through stoking: Soul Health: Self-Trust Mindfulness: Emotional Awareness SEL: Responsible Decision Making Resonance: Truth Telling

Stress is an interesting phenomenon. Some stress is good; some stress is never good. Some stress comes from internal reactions we can control; some stress comes from outside influences we have no control over. Every caregiver experiences different stressors differently. In this module, caregivers gain critical awareness of the stress spectrum (how some stressors are tolerable, some trigger positive growth, while some trigger a trauma response in the body), the 8 primary stressors that all caregivers face in a relationship-based profession, how and why their mind, body, and soul (the Soul Distillation System) reads and then either reacts or responds to different stressors, and most importantly, how to metabolize the 8 different stressors of care-based callings in such a way to fuel mental healthy, emotional expression, and self-confidence. This module is designed to metabolize the dis-ease of low self-efficacy into self-confidence through stoking: Soul Health: Self-Authority Mindfulness: Perceptual Awareness SEL: Self-Management Resonance: Unconditional Positive Regard

Our internal self-talk has the power to either positively or negatively impact our perspective, mood, self-esteem, stress levels, physical body, and our relationships. We know from the science of molecular biology, that the cells in our bodies are listening to the thoughts in our heads. In this module, caregivers will explore the origins of "stress inducing" thought patterns that unconsciously produce shame-based thinking and self-doubt. Caregivers then learn how to turn these fear-based thoughts around through our signature 4 step re-storying practice to produce intuition-based, "stress reducing," soul soothing patterns of thinking that create a foundational belief system rooted in self-awareness, self- confidence, and ones' core values. We will also explore the internal belief system to discover how thoughts, emotions, and actions all work closely together to create your Soul Distillation System. Caregivers explore the top 2 stressors that exacerbate shame and self-doubt, and we use the science of self-compassion to shed layers of shame that depress agency, confidence, self-esteem, and self-efficacy. 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 Resonance: Truth Telling

The wounded healer is a beautiful and powerful force that is able to connect with others on a deep, emotional level. 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 capacity to connect deeply with other's is core to our giftedness as caregivers, yet we must learn how to create boundaries with our gifts of empathy and compassion so to not fall prey to compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress. In this module, caregivers explore the wounded healer archetype so to better understand the the origins of their caregiving gifts. Caregivers learn about the process and practices that produce "post-traumatic wisdom" and nurture resilience. For when a caregiver knows how they intentional metabolize pain into wisdom and resilience, they are better able to create space and support those in their care to do the same. This module metabolizes the dis-ease of emotional exhaustion into emotional vitality through stoking: Soul Health: Self-Witnessing Mindfulness: Energy Awareness SEL: Relationship Skills Resonance: Unconditional Positive Regard

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 to transform stress into energetic fuel that feeds the light of compassion, love, and unconditional positive regard for those in our care. Joining Jen in this module is Dr. Nuhu Sims (Equity Expert). We discuss how one’s burnout prevention practices are liberatory in nature and are both an action of healing and an act of justice. Jen and Nuhu discuss how the process and practices of inner “soul health” and self-liberation from pain, suffering, trauma reactions, and maladaptive believe systems can be mirrored in the external social justice practices that create critical SPACE where the needs of those in their care are witnessed, named, strategically met with great care. This module metabolizes the dis-ease of depersonalization into self-revitalization through stoking: Soul Health: Body Trust Mindfulness: Soul Awareness SEL: Social Awareness Resonance: 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. In order to best know how to sustain and maintain health relationships outwardly, one must know the core inner processes and practices that produce a healthy relationship with the self. If, as caregivers, we aspire to create and hold space for others to grow, thrive, become, and realize their fullest expression of self, we first need to know and practice this resilience and becoming practice for ourselves. In this session, caregivers engage the 4 core elements for committing to their commitment to maintain balance between investing energy inward to grow and develop as a human and soul while giving their energy outward to those in their care. We will also engage the core parts of the Hero's Journey to illustrate and illuminate a pathway of practices that produce the three core manifestations of Burning Clean: Self-Revitalization Self-Confidence Emotional Expression and Vitality This module metabolizes the dis-ease of low self-efficacy into self-confidence through stoking: Soul Health: Self Trust Mindfulness: Relationship Awareness SEL: Social Awareness Resonance: Integrity