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 ...

University of Calgary provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Calgary provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. A 71-year-old man with advanced ...

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 ...

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, ...

The term "compassion fatigue" was originally coined by Joinson,1 a nurse researching burnout in the emergency department. The term “compassion fatigue” was originally coined by Joinson, 1 a nurse ...

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), ...