tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32364182862451233382024-02-07T22:13:31.421-08:00Compassionate ConservationTaking Care of Ourselves, Others, and our Mixed-Species Communities TogetherLoraKim Joynerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305359695072392847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3236418286245123338.post-45698069517557031442010-11-03T09:29:00.001-07:002010-11-03T11:13:08.880-07:00What I Offer<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><br />
</b></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If your conservation team is experiencing these issues, I can help:</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lack of organizational clarity, focus, and results</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Stress and conflict on conservation teams</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Blame, judgment, and sense of enemies or "us against them"</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lack of creativity, energy, hope</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Compassion fatigue</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lack of fun, joy, companionship</span></span></li>
</ul><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Please </span><a href="mailto:amoloros@juno.com" style="font-size: medium;">contact me</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">if you would like to know how to improve organizational and personal satisfaction, as well as effectiveness through what I have to offer. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>In More Detail:</b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>Social <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">psychology</span> offers the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">promise</span> of understanding, predicting, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">affecting human</span> thought and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">behavior</span> toward <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">wildlife</span> in ways that can <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">improve</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">our</span> ability to achieve <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">conservation</span> goals.</i></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">(<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Michael</span> J. M<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">anfredo</span> in "Who Cares About <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">WildLife")</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">If you would like to be more effective as a conservation team and experience greater satisfaction, I suggest you consider the human dimensions of your work. I will gladly speak to you on the phone or via email to see if my experiences and skills can positively contribute to your efforts or organization.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">For example:</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">If you are experiencing conflict, dissatisfaction, or trouble listening to one another, you might choose an introductory workshop or day's training in Compassionate Communication and Restorative Circles for members of the conservation team or organization.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">If you are having trouble discussing complex ethical or moral situations and making appropriate action plans you might choose an introductory workshop or day's training and practice seminar in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Socioscience</span>. Members of the conservation team or organization learn the basics of ethics and social and emotional intelligence.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> If you have had recent emotional turmoil and loss, such as working with an environmental disaster, loss or suffering of nonhuman life, or inner organizational stress, you might choose a day's training and practice in grief and loss, as well as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">intrapersonal</span> coping skills. (see <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Socioscience</span> and Compassionate Communication above).</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I will follow up all interactions with ongoing support, consisting of email, phone calls, coaching, and monthly short presentations and practice meetings. </span></div></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">As a Certified Trainer in <a href="http://www.cnvc.org/">Nonviolent Communication</a>, veterinarian specializing in conservation medicine, and Unitarian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Universalist</span> minister my consultation weaves together the following resources:</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Ethics</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Interpersonal Neurobiology</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Leadership Development</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Cognitive Ethology</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Ethno</span>-ornithology</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management and Conservation</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.integralecology.org/">Integral Ecology</a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Conflict Management and Mediation</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://cnvc.org/">Nonviolent Communication </a>(Compassionate Communication)</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Socioscience</span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Social and Emotional Intelligence</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Pastoral Care</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Grief, Loss, and Bereavement Support</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Writing</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Public Speaking</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Journalism, with video and photography capabilities</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.restorativecircles.org/">Restorative Circles</a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8oFBHg-wJcTfFmC9oFbD4isha7ahFfjL3YOHVKCS5LIVL1wwmM2woU8DFD8E5NWF-cDQG6QnsWPdUeC1LcqFGl41P6K5dZVPxr_7aN5JwolgFnGSZZeJoIrqFJh225n_27aGPevcTxI/s1600/DSC_3809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8oFBHg-wJcTfFmC9oFbD4isha7ahFfjL3YOHVKCS5LIVL1wwmM2woU8DFD8E5NWF-cDQG6QnsWPdUeC1LcqFGl41P6K5dZVPxr_7aN5JwolgFnGSZZeJoIrqFJh225n_27aGPevcTxI/s320/DSC_3809.JPG" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a></div>LoraKim Joynerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305359695072392847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3236418286245123338.post-59262664741521783932010-07-24T15:40:00.000-07:002010-11-03T09:27:30.845-07:00Compassion Fatigue<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Studies confirm that caregivers play host to a high level of compassion fatigue. Day in, day out, workers struggle to function in care giving environments that constantly present heart wrenching, emotional challenges. Affecting positive change in society, a mission so vital to those passionate about caring for others, is perceived as elusive, if not impossible. This painful reality, coupled with first-hand knowledge of society's flagrant disregard for the safety and well being of the feeble and frail, takes its toll on everyone from full time employees to part time volunteers. Eventually, negative attitudes prevail.</span></span></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span style="font-style:italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Compassion Fatigue symptoms are normal displays of chronic stress resulting from the care giving work we choose to do. Leading <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">traumatologist</span> Eric Gentry suggests that people who are attracted to care giving often enter the field already compassion fatigued. A strong identification with helpless, suffering, or traumatized people or animals is possibly the motive. It is common for such people to hail from a tradition of what Gentry labels: other-directed care giving. Simply put, these are people who were taught at an early age to care for the needs of others before caring for their own needs. Authentic, ongoing self-care practices are absent from their lives</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. (<a href="http://www.compassionfatigue.org/pages/compassionfatigue.html">for more information on Compassion Fatigue</a>)</span></span></div></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Easily recognizable in others and perhaps ourselves, Compassion Fatigue surfaces repeatedly in conservation. By experiencing compassion, that is, deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it, conservation team members may find themselves unable to contribute and communicate as efficiently and with as much satisfaction as they would like. By combining compassion and communication as an intentional practice tool in conservation medicine, and drawing heavy on social and emotional intelligence, our medical kit becomes like Mary <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Poppin's</span> magical bag, a seemingly endless reservoir of methods to attend to the multiple beings in our circles of care, including ourselves.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>LoraKim Joynerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305359695072392847noreply@blogger.com0