Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Trauma stewardship is a practice that involves tending to the hardship, pain, or trauma experienced by humans, other living beings, or our planet itself. It is not simply an idea, but a daily practice through which individuals, organizations, and societies tend to the hardship, pain, or trauma experienced by others. #2 The most important technique in trauma stewardship is to stay fully present in your experience, no matter how difficult. We must avoid binary thinking and instead pay attention to our experiences with curiosity. #3 We must maintain compassion for ourselves and others as we navigate our trauma exposure response. We must remember that we have the freedom to choose our path, and that we are responsible not only for ourselves but for others as well. #4 The more we can attend to this balance, the better our chances of achieving a sustainable practice of trauma stewardship. Between internalizing an ethic of martyrdom and ignoring ongoing crises, lies the balance that we must find in order to sustain our work.

This beloved bestseller—over 180,000 copies sold—has helped caregivers worldwide keep themselves emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, and physically healthy in the face of the sometimes overwhelming traumas they confront every day. A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often-unrecognized toll taken on those working to make the world a better place. We may feel tired, cynical, or numb or like we can never do enough. These, and other symptoms, affect us individually and collectively, sapping the energy and effectiveness we so desperately need if we are to benefit humankind, other living things, and the planet itself. In Trauma Stewardship, we are called to meet these challenges in an intentional way. Lipsky offers a variety of simple and profound practices, drawn from modern psychology and a range of spiritual traditions, that enable us to look carefully at our reactions and motivations and discover new sources of energy and renewal. She includes interviews with successful trauma stewards from different walks of life and even uses New Yorker cartoons to illustrate her points. “We can do meaningful work in a way that works for us and for those we serve,” Lipsky writes. “Taking care of ourselves while taking care of others allows us to contribute to our societies with such impact that we will leave a legacy informed by our deepest wisdom and greatest gifts instead of burdened by our struggles and despair.

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