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Emotional Labor Is a Store Clerk Confronting a Maskless Customer

By Gary Stix — 2020

The preeminent sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild discusses the control over one’s feelings needed to go to work every day during a pandemic.

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There Is Always Trauma in the Room

I’ve done a little bit of work with soldiers returning from Iraq and have worked with domestic violence shelter workers on issues of vicarious trauma.

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Sharon Salzberg
2009
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Meditation: The Key to Resilience in Caregiving

Meditation broadens our perspective and deepens our courage. The spaciousness of mind and greater ease of heart that arise through balanced awareness and compassion are fundamental components of a resilient spirit.

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Sharon Salzberg
2010
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The Pain of Caregiving and the Privilege of Suffering

It is essential for those in caregiving roles to cultivate self-compassion alongside compassion for others, to create an inner atmosphere of kindness, expansiveness, and awareness in which resilience can flourish.

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Sharon Salzberg
2015
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