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Since I started the Help for the Helpers podcast, I’ve noticed a common thread amongst all of the awesome guests I’ve had the chance to interview. More often than not, they describe experiencing a reckoning – a moment in which the need to self-prioritize and make changes to their career paths became a necessity. Here’s some of the ways guests…
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http://www.cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/HFTHEP2_JOSHA.mp3 Download |Subscribe on iTunes In this episode I talk with my friend Josh Alvarez about his commitment to investing in his creative outlets (music and podcasting) while working in the helping professions. Josh beautifully illustrates the importance of maintaining creativity in balance with compassion, and he highlights the ways we can find bits and snippets of time to…
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Hello Helpers! I’m a career psychotherapist with a deep love for my fellow helpers and a strong loathing for the systems that keep us from living our best lives. I’ve had a rough go of figuring out how to take good care of myself while working in a field that takes care of others, and I’m telling the story of…
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Just about everybody I know is still paying off student loan debt. I have one friend who’s paid it off, and a few that are getting pretty close. But in general, the majority of the people I love and care about took out debt to get their education, resigned themselves to the fact that they’d be paying it off for…
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Help for the Helpers, the podcast: Compassion without Self-Compromise. On Help for the Helpers, career psychotherapist Dana Belletiere explores the stories of radical helping professionals seeking to change the face of the game by investing FIRST in their own emotional and physical well-being, financial health, lifestyle dreams, personal missions, and creative goals, and then providing excellent care to the people…
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Here it is, the Help for the Helpers trailer to introduce you to the show. First episode drops October 5th – subscribe now so you don’t miss it! Check out more from Dana at www.danabelletiere.com. http://www.cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/HELPINGTHEHELPERSTRAILER1.mp3 Download | Subscribe
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Hello helpers! Today I’m talking a bit about Public Service Loan Forgiveness. I know. Yuck, yawn, right? But this topic is so important, because it impacts so many of us. Public Service Loan Forgiveness – the bane of existence for hundreds of thousands of helping professionals – is a program I LOVE to talk about…if only to pummel it into…
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Five years ago, I realized that I was deeply unhappy with my work situation. Not just unhappy – I was also frequently unwell, emotionally and mentally depleted, financially underwater, and couldn’t see an easy way out for myself. I recognized that I hadn’t sat with my thoughts and feelings about my work, and how I felt about it, for a…
