
Ep. 65 - Helping Out
Ram Dass Here And Now
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How Do You Deal With Burnout?
When you have to help every day for eight hours a day, how do you deal with boredom, meaninglessness and energy being drained? I was helping and I really cared and now I just can't do it anymore. We now burn out clinics for helpers. That's what doctors and nurses so often get stuck in, is professional warmth. And I've gotten it myself, especially because all the time your heart isn't wide open. Can you as a human being keep your heart open to all the suffering you see? Or finally, do you just close down a little bit and get very concerned in a certain kind of a way, but it doesn't wipe you out?
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