Individual Minister
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Naming and Taming Compassion Fatigue
Naming and Taming Compassion Fatigue, and Negative Stress in Ministry
What You’ll Learn
Class 1: What Is Compassion Fatigue?
Discover what compassion fatigue really is, how habits and self-talk affect it, and how simple tools like breathwork can help you reset and restore peace.
Class 2: Caring for Your Body and Brain
Explore how your brain, gut, and nervous system affect your well-being. Learn practical ways to support your body as a temple of the Holy Spirit.
Class 3: Building True Resilience
Learn how to grow through stress, not just survive it. You'll get practical tools for handling secondary trauma and staying strong in ministry.
Class 4: Catholic Clinical Meditation
Experience a guided Catholic meditation that calms the body and centers the soul—grounded in faith, not secular mindfulness.
Class 5: Rhythms, Boundaries, and Peace
Balance your body clock, set boundaries with difficult people, and build habits that protect your peace and energy.
Class 6: Staying Strong for the Long Haul
Wrap up with long-term tools to prevent burnout and discover a powerful truth from the Gospel that strengthens your heart for ongoing ministry.
Church or School
Monthly Subscription
$29.95/month
How it works
1. Naming: you can’t tame what you don’t name, first step is understanding where you are today with compassion fatigue and anxiety.
2. Taming: working on “quick wins” so that you can see a measure of hope and how new actions can bring about new results.
3. Retraining: retrain your brain to maintain the quick wins and to replicate them over time.
4. Maintaining: consistently maintaining newer actions and attitudes over time leads to maintaining better spiritual, mental, and physical health.
Naming & Taming
Naming and Taming Compassion Fatigue, and Negative Stress in Ministry
Individual Minister
One-Time Purchase
$19.95
Church or School
Monthly Subscription
$29.95/month
14-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Description
How it works
1. Naming: you can’t tame what you don’t name, first step is understanding where you are today with compassion fatigue and anxiety.
2. Taming: working on “quick wins” so that you can see a measure of hope and how new actions can bring about new results.
3. Retraining: retrain your brain to maintain the quick wins and to replicate them over time.
4. Maintaining: consistently maintaining newer actions and attitudes over time leads to maintaining better spiritual, mental, and physical health.
Who It’s For
• These classes were designed for Catholic ministers and teachers, lay or ordained, who are wrestling with burnout or high stress in their vocation. However, healthcare professionals, or others who serve can benefit from them as well. If you're a Catholic who works with people, and you are feeling overwhelmed, depleted, or are at risk of burnout, these classes offer practical tools and compassionate support to help you reconnect with your calling and cultivate sustainable well-being.
What will you learn?
Class 1: What Is Compassion Fatigue?
Discover what compassion fatigue really is, how habits and self-talk affect it, and how simple tools like breathwork can help you reset and restore peace.
Class 2: Caring for Your Body and Brain
Explore how your brain, gut, and nervous system affect your well-being. Learn practical ways to support your body as a temple of the Holy Spirit.
Class 3: Building True Resilience
Learn how to grow through stress, not just survive it. You'll get practical tools for handling secondary trauma and staying strong in ministry.
Class 4: Catholic Clinical Meditation
Experience a guided Catholic meditation that calms the body and centers the soul—grounded in faith, not secular mindfulness.
Class 5: Rhythms, Boundaries, and Peace
Balance your body clock, set boundaries with difficult people, and build habits that protect your peace and energy.
Class 6: Staying Strong for the Long Haul
Wrap up with long-term tools to prevent burnout and discover a powerful truth from the Gospel that strengthens your heart for ongoing ministry.
Format
This course includes weekly video sessions, downloadable resources, and guided reflections to help you incorporate learnings into your routine.
Take this course to ensure your ministry remains a source of joy, strength, and inspiration—today and in the years to come.
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.
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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