Caring for Self & Others

It is a healing experience to read the beautiful journey into self-caring through the wounded depth of the dark night of soul. It is through such personal sharing of self that we learn from each other. David Kopacz's book offers readers a gift of hope, courage, and self-love that both teaches and inspirits us with his soul's path into self-caring and heart healing. -Jean Watson, PhD, RN, Founder Watson Caring Science Institute and author of Caring Science as Sacred Science Finally, a book that puts together what self-care and healing are really about! An exquisite, insightful and transformative work! -Lucia Thornton, ThD, MSN, RN, Past President, American Holistic Nurses Association, Past President, Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, and author of Whole Person Caring This holistic, imaginative, and soulful response to burnout is much needed in today's world. -Dr. Dina Glouberman, author of The Joy of Burnout Caring for Self & Others offers a complete vision of individual, social, and earth practice where everything contributes to a communion of creation that transforms afflictions into affirmations of life. -Shaun McNiff, PhD, Lesley University Professor Emeritus and author of Art as Medicine, Art Heals, Imagination in Action, and other books. As a clinician who has experienced deep burnout, I adore this book and find it endlessly useful. Dr. Kopacz aptly offers his work as an oxygen mask. He exquisitely supports attention toward the crucial self-care healers of all kinds desperately need for thriving lives. -Kate King, MA, LPC, ATR-BC, author of The Radiant Life Project Caring for Self & Others charts a path through the inevitable downturns and struggles of our lives by using our very suffering as material for transformation and growth. -Stephen Cope, Scholar Emeritus, Kripalu Center, bestselling author of The Great Work of Your Life Caring for Self & Others is a blueprint for authentic happiness. This book is an invitation to show up fully and to rediscover there is no split of body/mind or between the self and the collective; it contains perennial wisdom with all its regenerative power. -Marianela Medrano, PhD, What a Word is Worth podcast, and author of Rooting, Diosas de la yuca, and other titles Caring for Self & Others demands to be read with our heads and our hearts. Kopacz challenges us to care for ourselves, others, and the systems we work in. -John (Jack) Miller, PhD, professor, University of Toronto, and author of Education and the Soul When we make self-care and colleague care an unapologetic and unashamed priority, we can give the best care to our patients. David Kopacz invites us to reconnect to our humanity, nurturing our hearts and minds as healers and setting the stage for our systems to heal as well. -Mukta Panda, MD, author of Resilient Threads: Weaving Joy and Meaning into Well-Being and co-author of The Oath to Self-Care and Well-Being This book is written for you; that is, anyone with an interest in the world around us who knows that to live well (or thrive), we need to care for ourselves and others. -Jonathan McFarland, MA, President and Founder of The Doctor as a Humanist and co-editor of Health Humanities for Quality of Care in Times of COVID-19 In a world still reeling from the aftershocks of the pandemic, this book serves as a guiding light... -MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, Suzie Housely