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Reduced Stress
Renewed Purpose
Empowered Ministry
Reduced Stress
Renewed Purpose
Empowered Ministry
Are you a dedicated Catholic minister feeling overwhelmed, anxious, and drained?
You're not alone. Many Catholic ministers like you are struggling with the weight of their responsibilities. Lack of time and overwhelming stress can leave you feeling burned out and ineffective.
This can happen as a Pastor, a Deacon, a youth minister, a Catholic doctor or nurse, a Catholic teacher, a pastoral minister or DRE, or any lay or ordained person doing Catholic ministry.
But you don't have to suffer in silence, you are not alone!
Our proven step-by-step framework can help you reduce anxiety and compassion fatigue and restore peace in your life and the ministry you do for the Kingdom.
Here's how it works:
Assess Your Needs
Take two free assessments to gauge your current levels of anxiety and compassion fatigue.
TAKE THE ASSESSMENTS HERE
Proven Solutions
We will email you proven recommendations and resources all rooted in Catholic theology and based on 21st century brain biology.
Empower Yourself
Our convenient online classes, designed specifically for Catholic ministers, offer practical tools and techniques you can implement immediately.
Don't let compassion fatigue and anxiety hinder your ministry. Take the first step towards a more fulfilling and balanced life.
Compassion fatigue is real – and it wreaks havoc on Catholic ministers.
Compassion fatigue is a real and often overlooked challenge faced by many Catholic ministers. The constant exposure to suffering, pain, and the weight of others' burdens can take a significant toll on your emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being.
But there is hope. Through our four-step process, you can reclaim your joy, renew your ministry, and experience a deeper sense of fulfillment. By taking a proactive approach to self-care and stress management, you can overcome compassion fatigue and thrive as a minister.
Hi, I’m Jim Otremba
As a Catholic minister who has suffered from compassion fatigue and anxiety, I understand first hand these realities. And, through the Holy Spirit I also understand how to break through these symptoms with a four-step process the Lord put in my heart years ago. I have worked with Catholic ministers as a licensed therapist since the early 2000’s and have seen firsthand how healing and resurrection can happen.
Here's how it works:
Naming
we name compassion fatigue by taking the free
"Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL)
Taming
Working on “quick wins” so that you can see a measure of hope and how new actions can bring about new results.
Retraining
Retrain your brain to maintain the quick wins and to replicate them over time.
Maintaining
Consistently maintaining newer actions and attitudes over time leads to maintaining better spiritual, mental, and physical health.
Don't let compassion fatigue and anxiety hinder your ministry. Take the first step towards a more fulfilling and balanced life.
Reduced Stress
Renewed Purpose
Empowered Ministry
Testimonials
“It was great to be in a small cohort of learners who all came from a variety of ministry positions and to learn self-care so we can be better ministers. There was a great balance of scientific information about how our bodies work and ways to take care of our bodies physically and spiritually. We learned how helping one area helps the other, such as how meditation or breathing as a spiritual exercise literally lowers your heart rate. I appreciated even being aware of things we might do without thinking, such as negative self talk. If you have the opportunity to take this class, I highly recommend it!”
Kathy Knoblach
Director of Formation & Outreach
31 years in ministry
"I highly recommend Jim's Healthy Catholic Ministry classes.. The tips and information he provided are comprehensive and backed by solid research, yet practical and accessible. I found the suggestions and practices to be truly foundational for calming my nervous system, reducing negative stress and allowing more joy into my life! I was able to recognize more readily the choice I have in each moment to move toward peace and grounding in Christ, or toward burnout and chaos--and it made a difference in how I show up both at work and at home. Jim is a master at making complicated concepts simple, and humbly and appropriately shares which practices work in his life--while facilitating a sense of caring and support within the class. Jim's joy in serving God and all God's people is contagious; I always come away from an encounter with Jim more hopeful and in touch with God's love for me and for all
Beth Gaetz
Ministry Coordinator, Nativity of Mary, Bloomington, MN
13 years experience in lay ministry
Attending these classes have been so helpful in reminding me the importance of caring for myself as a beloved daughter of God. By practicing the techniques I learned in these classes I have renewed strength and compassion to care for others in my role as a Pastoral minister.
Beth Prendi
Pastoral Care Coordinator, St. John the Baptist, Savage, MN
6 years in ministry.
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