Caring too much comes at a cost. To continue being there for others, follow these 5 steps to first take care of yourself

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00:00 - Empathy and compassion fatigue
Every empath needs to learn how to deal with feeling tired and exhausted from caring for others. Your caring heart can only take so much before you start feeling #compassionfatigue yourself

00:22 - Understand your fatigue
The first step in healing from empathy fatigue is to understand why you feel the way you do. Keep track of how much energy you spend caring for others and look for signs that your energy levels are decreasing. Dr. Suri shares 3 questions that can help you understand your empathy and compassion fatigue better using a personal story.

02:50 - Reduce your responsibilities
Excessive care giving is a warm gesture, but you can't continue being there for others if you start to feel exhausted yourself. Supporting others requires you to manage your own emotional bandwidth well - this means, at times reducing your responsibilities when you start to feel overwhelmed. You can start by defining who you and what you can help. Knowing your limits will help you identify when you need to stop focusing on others, and focus on yourself for a little bit.

03:37 - Make lifestyle changes
To fight empathy fatigue, you have to make some lifestyle changes - for your mind and your body. Paying attention to your nutrition, hydration, and sleep can help recharge your body. Meditation, self-care, and stress regulation can help recharge your mind. This mind-body connection and self care is crucial for staying healthy, warm, and compassionate. Dr Suri shares 3 steps on healthy lifestyle changes that can help your empathy fatigue.

05:12 - Recharge yourself socially
Feeling loved, cared, and supported is crucial for your own mental health and for you to be there for others. Connecting with people you love and trust recharges your mind and emotions!

05:52 - Prevent burnout
Fixing empathy and compassion fatigue is great, but the only way to stay mentally health for the long run is to work on preventing empathy fatigue in the first place. Prevention is better than cure.