How to Fight Soul Exhaustion -- Soul Care During Difficult Times: Interview with Sarah Gaer

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How to Fight Soul Exhaustion -- Soul Care During Difficult Times: Interview with Sarah Gaer | Episode 58

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When we are in crisis we find ourselves constantly drained by the urgent and important things in our life that demand our attention. Should we get a moment of reprieve, we often succumb to the desire to escape by engaging in something that numbs us out. In this podcast we talk about making time for spiritual wellness during difficult times. My guest, suicide prevention specialist and community trauma responder Sarah Gaer, gives us some concrete ideas on how we can tend to our souls when our world seems like it’s falling down around us.

What are your practices for soul care?

For some, soul care activities are connected to religions, faith practices or faith communities. For others, being in awe while in nature or immersed in the arts helps their souls heal. Still, for others soul care takes the form of social justice or intentional acts of kindness and community engagement for the common good.

About Sarah Gaer
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Sarah Gaer is a suicide loss survivor and a Master's Level Clinician with twenty years’ experience in the field of mental health care. Since 2012, she has worked as a Suicide Prevention Specialist focused on men in the middle years and first responders with Riverside Trauma Center based in Needham, MA. She has trained hundreds of first responders in trauma and suicide prevention in Massachusetts and is a QPR (Question, Persuade & Refer) Master Trainer for the QPR Institute. Sarah is also member of the Riverside Trauma Center trauma team and has responded to suicides, homicides, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks throughout Massachusetts. Sarah is currently co-chair of the Pioneer Valley Coalition for Suicide Prevention and sits on the Executive Committee for the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention as well as United Suicide Survivors International. She has also authored a number of books including The Price, Goodnight Grace and Guts, Grit & The Grind. To learn more visit https://sarahgaer.com/.

for more information on this episode go to https://www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illuminated-podcast/58

When we are in crisis we find ourselves constantly drained by the urgent and important things in our life that demand our attention. Should we get a moment of reprieve, we often succumb to the desire to escape by engaging in something that numbs us out. In this podcast we talk about making time for spiritual wellness during difficult times. My guest, suicide prevention specialist and community trauma responder Sarah Gaer, gives us some concrete ideas on how we can tend to our souls when our world seems like it’s falling down around us. What are your practices for soul care? For some, soul care activities are connected to religions, faith practices or faith communities. For others, being in awe while in nature or immersed in the arts helps their souls heal. Still, for others soul care takes the form of social justice or intentional acts of kindness and community engagement for the common good. About Sarah Gaer Sarah Gaer headshot B&W.png Sarah Gaer is a suicide loss survivor and a Master's Level Clinician with twenty years’ experience in the field of mental health care. Since 2012, she has worked as a Suicide Prevention Specialist focused on men in the middle years and first responders with Riverside Trauma Center based in Needham, MA. She has trained hundreds of first responders in trauma and suicide prevention in Massachusetts and is a QPR (Question, Persuade & Refer) Master Trainer for the QPR Institute. Sarah is also member of the Riverside Trauma Center trauma team and has responded to suicides, homicides, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks throughout Massachusetts. Sarah is currently co-chair of the Pioneer Valley Coalition for Suicide Prevention and sits on the Executive Committee for the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention as well as United Suicide Survivors International. She has also authored a number of books including The Price, Goodnight Grace and Guts, Grit & The Grind. To learn more visit https://sarahgaer.com/. for more information on this episode go to https://www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illuminated-podcast/58 read more read less

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