Practising Soul Care Towards Fruitfulness

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1 Practising Soul Care Towards Fruitfulness

2 Greetings from Australia for our partnership in the gospel

3 Focus of workshop: Analyse own well-being and soul care as part of an ongoing review. Self-awareness, self-monitoring tools, prevention Evaluation of culture and society that contributes towards stress, fatigue and burnout. Motivation for soul care and empowering to choose Practise and Action points

4 Burnout Barrenness Unlikely for a Pastor, Leader, Counsellor to have a strategic plan towards ill-health or burnout. Why do some end there? Isolation Breakdown Bitterness Where we DO NOT want to be

5 1 Kings 19:3-4 (NIV) It could happen to the best, you and me: Elijah was afraid and ran for his life He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. I have had enough, Lord, he said. Take my life

6 Self-awareness give yourself a score between 1 to 10 Flourishing & Fruitful Your best 9 Doing OK 7 Surviving 5 Struggling 3 Ill-Health 1 Hospital/Suicidal thoughts

7 If I do not practice soul care, the risk of harm to me, my family and ministry include:.... By practising soul care, the benefits to me, my family and ministry include:....

8 PRACTISING Soul Care In addition to knowing

9 Stress EUSTRESS-positive stress. (small amounts of stress are beneficial and healthy) UNDERSTRESS (hypostress)? DISTRESS excessive stress can lead to bodily harm.

10 CS-CF Model Ministry Quality of Life Compassion Satisfaction good Stuff Compassion Fatigue Bad Stuff Burnout Secondary Trauma

11 Compassion Fatigue: Symptoms Emotional Somatic/Physical Anxiety Sweating, dizziness Anger/Rage Gastro symptoms Behavioural Spiritual Irritable, Withdrawn Hardness of heart Loss of purpose, Cognitive Decreased self-esteem, perfectionism, memory, indecisive faith, hope, and satisfaction

12 Burnout- Warning Signs Consistently working over hours Always thinking about work Inability to sleep, relax, play, enjoy Always feeling tired in the morning - Caffeine dependent Increasing use of sedatives, relaxants, alcohol, etc. Eating out all week, on the run, or very late Lack of Physical exercise Anger - with colleagues; family; at being asked to... Thinking indispensable - that only you can help Identity is the same thing as your job, not just what you do Losing sight of your own goals, educational, personal and/or professional Frequent and prolonged discouragement lack of results

13 DIStress Compassion Fatigue Burnout complex, multi-factorial, inter-connected causes and contributors Preventable And NOT rocket science! What makes this important to you? Discuss in 2s

14 Focus of workshop: Analyse own well-being and soul care as part of an ongoing review. Self-awareness, selfmonitoring tools, prevention

15 Take pulse and blood pressure regularly invite input from others Energy, motivation productivity, decisiveness Anxiety Irritability procrastination

16 Measuring CS & CF: The Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Measure of compassion satisfaction (positive) and fatigue (negative) aspects of helping Used for over 15 years Developed with data from over 3000 people Helps understand the positive and negative aspects of helping Not a psychological test Not a medical test Can be viewed as a screening for stress-related health problems See Handout

17 ONLINE Assessments: Depression Anxiety Stress Scales - DASS-21 OR Assessments: Holmes-Rahe Other resource Burnout Self-Test

18 Focus of workshop: analyse own well-being and soul care as part of an ongoing review. Self-awareness, self-monitoring tools, prevention Evaluation of culture and society that contributes towards stress, fatigue and burnout.

19 Practising Soul Care Towards Fruitfulness Busyness/Overloaded where we often find ourselves Well- Being & Fruitfulness

20 Overloaded Signs and Causes Distracted Discouraged Distressed Drained Disoriented Devastated Who is overloading you? Influence of our prevailing culture?

21 Whirlpool of Self-Absorption Possessions Success Mortgage Career Lifestyle Fears Happiness

22 REDEFINING SUCCESS The World s Definition of Success Essentially according to what you POSSESS

23 Jesus directly contradicts the world Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. Real life is not measured by how much we own (Luke 12 NLT)

24 a Being Rich towards God Dependent upon God as children (more than selfsufficiency) Kingdom-centered (more than selfabsorbed) Generous to the poor for PDF

25 Foundations to well-being or shalom 1. God is a good Father 2. Being God s child and following Jesus 3. Well being: knowing God intimately and being His child to be fruitful, effective follower of Jesus 4. Holistic 5. Practising not just theorising

26 Well-Being & Fruitfulness Describe for you. Longevity Enthusiasm Community Discuss in twos

27 Well-Being & Fruitfulness your best expressed by/observables: Shalom holistic wholeness Harmony - Relationship Joy, peace, fulfilled Healthy, energetic Enthusiastic, motivated Thriving through challenges Effective Longevity Not just for self

28 John 15:16 (NIV) You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit fruit that will last and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

29 Focus of workshop: analyse own well-being and soul care as part of an ongoing review. Self-awareness, self-monitoring tools, prevention Evaluation of culture and society that contributes towards stress, fatigue and burnout. Motivation for soul care and empowering to choose Practise and Action points

30 DANGER! DO NOT ENTER What would motivate someone to spiral down to ill-health? Well- Being & Fruitfulness Our choice? Busyness/Overloaded Ill-Health

31 DANGER! DO NOT ENTER Identify choices you make that lead to: Downward spiral Upward spiral In order for me to choose the upward spiral more often than downward I need: * * Busyness/Overloaded Ill-Health Discuss in twos or jot down Well-Being & Fruit-fulness

32 Practising Soul Care Towards Fruitfulness Soul Care Well-Being & Fruitfulness Ill-Health Busyness/Overloaded

33 Practising Soul Care Towards Fruitfulness What renews you physically? Soul Care Well-Being & Fruitfulness Identify some areas where practised good physical renewal? Jot down Where would you like to improve?

34 Practising Soul Care Towards Fruitfulness Well-Being & Fruitfulness Ill-Health Soul Care Busyness/Overloaded

35 Bombarded by Noise, Voices, Demands

36 Silence and Solitude Turn OFF Noise and Voices need to be deliberate Turn ON and tune in to Jesus How do you listen to Jesus?

37 At the office

38 Sleep, Rest and Diet

39 Sport Squash

40 Synergy with others - Relationships

41 The Huge Need Can Be Overwhelming

42 John 7:37-39 NIV Jesus said: Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them. By this he meant the Spirit

43 Journey in Following Jesus apparent contradictions

44 Not so much valleys and mountaintops

45 Roller coaster of emotions and experience

46 PARALLEL TRACKS OF APPARENT CONTRADICTIONS, SIMULTANEOUS SORROWS AND JOYS

47 JOY Praise Success Victory SORROW Lament Disaster Defeat Romans 12:15 NIV Rejoice with those who rejoice; Mourn with those who mourn.

48 Die to truly lived Power in weakness Overwhelmed to experience His rescue

49 Reflection Reflection Practising Soul Care Towards Fruitfulness Reflection Action Ill-Health Action Action Busyness Soul Care Silence and Solitude Seek and Listen to God Synergy with others Success Redefine Sport Well-Being & Fruitfulness Harmony Effectiveness Joy Physical care Your Practise? Enthusiasm Longevity Community

50 Practising Soul Care is essential to grow in well-being and fruitfulness: Highlights What makes this important to you? What will you commit to do different? What actions will you take to practise essential physical renewal? What support do you need?