PAGE 213 Peter Levine: Peter Levine, Waking the Tiger—Healing Trauma (Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 1997).
PAGE 215 Jack Kornfield: Jack Kornfield, dharma talk at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, 2002.
PAGE 216 Thich Nhat Hanh: Thich Nhat Hanh, dharma talk at Deer Park Monastery, Escondido, CA, 2004.
PAGE 216 The ordinary response to atrocities: Judith Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (New York: Basic Books, 1997).
PAGE 217 Richards and Taylor-Murphy: Kimberley Richards and Kanika Taylor-Murphy, personal communication, 2006.
PAGE 220 Clifton Fadiman: Terry L. Paulson, Making Humor Work: Take Your Job Seriously andYourself Lightly (Los Altos, CA: Crisp Publications, 1995).
PAGE 220 Steven Sultanoff: Steven Sultanoff, personal communication, January 3, 2009.
PAGE 221 Leo Rosten: Ilan Stavans,“O Rosten! My Rosten!”Pakn Treger 52 (Fall 2006), National Yiddish Book Center, http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/pdf/pt/52/PT52_rosten.pdf.
PAGE 222 James Thurber: Max Eastman, Enjoyment of Laughter (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1936).
PAGE 222 Margie Brown: Terry L. Paulson, Making Humor Work: Take Your Job Seriously andYourself Lightly (Los Altos, CA: Crisp Publications, 1995).
PAGE 224 Che Guevara: Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006).
PAGE 224 Alan Gurganus: Alan Gurganus, Plays Well with Others (New York: Random House, 1997).
PAGE 225 Thich Nhat Hanh: Thich Nhat Hanh, dharma talk at Deer Park Monastery, Escondido, CA, 2004.
CHAPTER TWELVE
PAGE 231 Deepak Chopra: Deepak Chopra, The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life (New York: Harmony Books, 2004).
PAGE 233 James Forest: William H. Houff, Infinity inYour Hand (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 1994).
CONCLUSION
PAGE 244 Howard Thurman:“An Invitation, Not a Threat,” sermon preached by the Rev. William McD. Tully, rector, St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York, December 2, 2007, http://stbarts.org/images/Sermons_Text/ser120207_11am.pdf (accessed January 4, 2009).
PAGE 245 John Muir: Sierra Club,“The Life and Contributions of John Muir,” http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/ (accessed October 2008).
PAGE 246 William Blake: Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace (New York: Bantam Books, 2002).
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
This is a list of books that readers may find especially useful as they explore the issues related to trauma stewardship. It contains most of the major works referred to in the text, as well as supplemental sources that readers may find helpful. And, of course, this book has been informed by other sources, unfortunately too numerous to list here.
Cameron, Anne. Daughters of Copper Woman. Vancouver, British Columbia: Press Gang Publishing, 1981.
Canfield, Jack, Mark Victor Hansen, Nancy Mitchell Autio, LeAnn Thieman, LPN. Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul: 101 Stories to Celebrate, Honor, and Inspire the Nursing Profession. New York: HCI, 2001.
Chödrön, Pema. The Places That Scare You. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2001.
———. When Things Fall Apart. New York: Shambhala, 1997.
Chopra, Deepak. The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions ofYour Life. New York: Harmony Books, 2004.
Cohen, Kenneth S. The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.
Dalai Lama. The Compassionate Life. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2001.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1903–1904.
Farmer, Paul. Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004.
Figley, Charles R. Compassion Fatigue: Coping with Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder in Those Who Treat the Traumatized. London: Brunner-Routledge, 1995.
Frankl, Viktor. Man’s Search for Meaning. Boston: Beacon Press, 1959.
Gandhi, Mohandas K., Mahadev Desai, trans. Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth. Boston: Beacon Press, 1983.
Garber, Judy, and Martin E. P. Seligman. Human Helplessness: Theory and Applications. San Diego: Academic Press, 1980.
Herman, Judith. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. New York: Basic Books, 1997.
Hughes, Langston. The Dream Keeper. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932.
Garber, Judy, and Martin E. P. Seligman. Human Helplessness: Theory and Applications. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1980.
Gurganus, Alan. Plays Well with Others. New York: Random House, 1997.
James, William. The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1. New York: Cosimo Classics, 2007.
Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life. New York: Hyperion, 1994.
Kahn, William A. Holding Fast: The Struggle to Create Resilient Caregiving Organizations. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2005.
Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior. New York: Vintage Books, 1976.
Kornfield, Jack. A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life. New York: Bantam Books, 1993.
Levine, Peter. Waking the Tiger—Healing Trauma. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 1997.
Lipsky, Michael. Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Services. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1983.
Maathai, Wangari. Unbowed. New York: Random House, 2006.
Mandela, Nelson. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1995.
Merton, Thomas. Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander. New York: Image, Doubleday, 1968.
Moraga, Cherríe, and Gloria Anzaldúa. This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. Pittsburgh: Persephone Press, 1981.
NiCarthy, Ginny. Getting Free—You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 1982.
Pearlman, Laurie Anne, and Karen W. Saakvitne. Trauma and the Therapist: Countertransference and Vicarious Traumatization in Psychotherapy with Incest Survivors. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 1995.
Richie, Beth E. Compelled to Crime: The Gender Entrapment of Battered Black Women. New York: Routledge, 1996.
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Siegel, Daniel J. The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2007.
Sinclair, Cameron, and Kate Stohr. Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises. New York: Metropolis Books, 2006.
Thich Nhat Hanh. Being Peace. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2002.
———. The Miracle of Mindfulness. Boston: Beacon Press, 1999.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
Tutu, Desmond. No Future Without Forgiveness. New York: Doubleday, 1999.
van der Kolk, Bessel A. Psychological Trauma . Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Press, 1987.
———, Alexander C. McFarlane, and Lars Weisaeth, eds. Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society. New York: Guilford Press, 1996.
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INDEX
A
accountability, lack of, 25
activists/activism, 204–209, 233
activities mindfulness while doing, 217–218
for trauma mastery, 157
addictions, 108–111, 239
Administration for Children’s Services
(ACS), 63
adrenaline, 106, 109, 138
advocacy, effectiveness of, 21
alcohol/drug use, 106, 108–111
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll), 68
alienation, 169
alone time, 165
Alvarado, Jorge, 147, 167
American Academy of Geriatric Psychiatrists, 5
Andersen, Heather, 219–222
Andersen Humor Model, 222
anger/cynicism, 101–104
Animals Asia, 202
animals’ responses to threats, 213–214
animal welfare workers, 49–50, 52–58, 63–64, 78, 81–82, 100, 106, 111–112, 132, 159, 202, 224
An Inconvenient Truth (Gore), 169
answering to yourself, 87–88
antiviolence movement, 74–77. See also domestic violence Appleby, Michael, 6
appreciation, 113
Architecture for Humanity, 202–203
atrocities, 216
attachments, 109
attorneys, 59, 107, 177–179, 207
Audubon Nature Institute, 78
authenticity, 98
awareness cultivating, 45
living with, 216
self-, 132–133, 175, 180
of trauma exposure response, 155
B
balance
finding, 122, 213–218
neutralizing imbalance, 96
returning to, 175
striving for, 213
through gratitude, 223
bartering systems, 138
Beardsley, Bill, 237
bearing witness, 15, 215
behavior changes over time of, 26–27
evaluating, 167–171
instinctive, 117
reasons for, 147–150
unethical, 25
beliefs, unconscious, 231–232
bell time, 232–233
Benton, Dina, 106, 157
binary structures, 72
bisexual women, domestic violence among, 76
Black Bear, Tillie, 76
Blake, William, 246
Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 28
Book of Secrets, The (Chopra), 231
boundaries, 20–21
Boyland, Deadria, 124–129
Bradford, Anna, 189–195
breathing, deep, 217–218, 228
Bride, Brian, 42
Brookins, John, 148, 170
Brown, Margie, 222
Brown, Warren, 85–89
Buddhism, 119, 199, 200, 225
Burk, Connie, 71, 182–183, 201
burnout, 128, 207
Bush, George H.W., 72–73
Bush, George W., 169
C
CakeLove, 85–89
care, self-, 97, 121–123, 193
caregivers
geriatric, 5
guilt feelings of, 44
self-care by, 122
stress of, 30
Carroll, Lewis, 68
Carter, Rubin “Hurricane,” 158, 174
Casimire, R. Omar, 91
centering acts, 134–135
centering ourselves, 127–233, 227–233, 243
change
awakening to, 13
fear of lack of, 51
how to facilitate, 200–201
process of, 123
resistance to, 68
responsibility for, 201–202
systemic, 200–203
Chan Khong, 137
chaos, 68
child protective services (CPS) workers, 31, 102, 208, 234–242
Chinese teachings, 132–133, 213
Chödrön, Pema, 117, 197
Chopra, Deepak, 173, 231
Cicero, 68
Circles, 186, 240
cognitive shifts, redefining your job, 23
Cohen, Kenneth, 133
collectives, 205
commitment
to jobs, 84
to repairing the world, 208
to self-care, 230
without condition, 88
to the work, 239–240
community
bearing witness within, 215
building, 122, 184–188
compassion for self and others in, 196–199
microcultures, 184–188
roles of our, 185–186
sharing loss with, 189–191
systemic change, 200–203
systemic change through, 200
compartmentalizing, 34
compassion
building, 184–188
deepening our, 100–101
nature of, 200
for ourselves and others, 13–14, 159
for self and others, 196–199
compassion fatigue, 6
Compelled to Crime (Richie), 76
competition, 80
complexity, 70–73, 74–77
conflicting feelings, 107–108
connections
with people you’ve helped, 187
personal, 21, 92–93
to pets, 210–211
undermining, 96
consciousness levels, 133
conscious oversight, 184–185
Conte, Jon, 6, 104
control
lack of, 156
need for, 227–228
sense of personal, 121
coping mechanisms, 122. See also defense mechanisms defenses, 43–44
dysfunctional, 138
expecting different outcomes, 156
minimizing, 78–80
creativity, diminished, 67–69
criminal justice workers, 137–142
crisis intervention workers, 91, 95
crisis mode, 154
criticism, self-, 168
cultural issues
ancient traditions, 135
attitude toward jobs, 113
creating negative culture, 79–80
culture of community as support, 186
culture of gratitude, 224
organizational culture, 24–25, 79–80, 113, 122, 162
cumulative effects of trauma exposure, 27, 119
cynicism/anger, 101–104
D
Dalai Lama, 197
Dance of Change, The (Senge), 184
Dane County Time Bank, 138
da Vinci, Leonardo, 211
debriefing, 126–127, 162
deep breathing, 217–218, 228
defense mechanisms. See also coping mechanisms; warning signs of trauma exposure response
consequences of, 31
denial, 44, 100, 194, 206
disconnection, 100, 237
dissociation, 38, 91–93
wall-building, 3
defensiveness, 239
denial, 44, 100, 194, 206
depression, 50
despair, 58
developing a Plan B, 180–183
deVries, Marten W., 186
Dick, Rollie, 180
diminished creativity, 67–69
disconnection, 100, 237
dis-ease, 213
dissatisfaction, 63
dissociation, 38, 91–93, 92
distancing from feelings, 45–46
doctors, 22
domestic violence
criminalization of, 74–77
experiences of workers, 25, 64, 65, 71, 74–77, 97, 124–129, 137–142, 208–209
doom, sense of, 53
Douglas, Scott, 107
Douglass, Frederick, 183
dreams, sharing your, 181
drug use, 106, 108–111 Dune, 99
E
east/choosing focus, 122
consciousness of, 172–176
developing a Plan B, 180–183
narrow focus, 51
shifting perspective for changing, 14–16
efficacy, self-, 94, 95
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 12
emotional connections, 54, 111
emotional health, 71
emotions, allowing yourself to feel, 237–2
38
empathy, 20–21, 48–51, 78, 104–108, 131, 198
empowerment, lack of, 50
energy, 83, 213–218
enough-ness, 61–63
Environmental Home Center, 175–176
equanimity, 110
“Exhaustion, anger of caregiving get a name” (LeRoy), 5
exhaustion/physical problems, 81–84
experiences, reframing, 174
F
Fadiman, Clifton, 220
failure, 235
faith, 123, 227–229
family support, 165
Farmer, Paul, 29
fear, 99–101
felt sense, 131
feminism, 169
fifth direction/spirituality, 144
fight/flight/freeze response, 213–214
Figley, Charles, 6
firefighters, 31
First Nations tribe, 185–186
first responders, 66
Five Directions, 144–146. See also east/choosing focus; fifth direction/ spirituality; north/space for inquiry; south/building compassion and community; west/finding balance Flateau, James B., 26
focus
choosing, 122
consciousness of, 172–176
having too narrow, 51
shifting perspective for changing, 14–16
Forest, James, 233
Frank, Anne, 14
Frankl, Viktor, 170–171, 181
freedom to change, 181
free will, 180
funerals, 189, 215, 220
G
Gandhi, Mohandas K., 16
Gangi, Robert, 26
Garber, Judy, 50–51
Garvey, Marcus, 117
Generon, 161–162
Gore, Al, 169
grandiosity, 111–113
gratitude, 223–226
greatness, 87
Guevara, Che, 224
guilt feelings
caregivers’, 44
dealing with, 95–98
effects of, 96
work-related, 211–212
Gurganus, Alan, 224
Gutiérrez, Gustavo, 28
H
Hafiz, 99
Halfkenny, Polly, 204–207
happiness, shame for feeling, 16
Harborview Medical Center, 91
hardship, approaches to, 175–176
Hartfield, Charlann, 184
Hassan, Zaid, 161–166, 170
hate crimes, 64
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