You're Not Doing Too Much. You're Compassion Fatigued.

Have you ever come home so depleted that you had nothing left for the people you love most? In this episode, I talk with Dr. Julie Merriman, a researcher, professor, and nervous system regulation expert, about compassion fatigue: the very real, very physical cost of caring for others — and why learning to protect your energy and reduce work stress isn't selfish, it's survival. Julie has been researching compassion fatigue since the early 2000s. She explains why the term was coined to describe...