{"id":1270,"date":"2022-08-12T15:11:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T19:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2022-08-12T15:13:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T19:13:57","slug":"the-importance-of-caregivers-being-heard-with-dr-smink-part-2-of-mini-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/the-importance-of-caregivers-being-heard-with-dr-smink-part-2-of-mini-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Caregivers Being Heard with Dr. Smink (Part 2 of Mini-Series)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Importance of Caregivers Being Heard with Dr  Smink (Part 2 of Mini-Series)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MGuXpBcH1_k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Hearing Caregivers with Dr. Smink<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">All Home Care Matters welcomes Dr. Smink for the second part of his three part mini-series on The Soul of Caregiving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">In part 2 we explore the importance of caregivers being heard and the importance of being able to share and tell their story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">In part 1 of the mini-series, Dr. Smink explored the tension that most caregivers experience between service to others and self-care which he calls Soul-Care. Being heard implies an understanding of one\u2019s story and the trust needed to communicate it. Navigating through the three cultural taboos challenges the caregiver to explore their interior strengths and values that is the ground or base of one\u2019s being. Smink calls this Soul, the center of one\u2019s being where body and the spirit meet. It is here that we are most human. Like a gem radiating different hues, Soul is multifaceted with unique characteristics and meanings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">here are archetypal underpinnings to soul that Dr. Smink calls the principle of life. Caregivers struggle to listen so as to hear those they serve. These same skills of listening can be applied to being open and welcoming to hearing what is stirring within one\u2019s Soul. There is a logos, or rational aspect to caregiving and also a creative aspect called mythos to caregiving. Just as Soul-Care is the antidote to compassion fatigue, Smink argues, so too is the ability to reflect on one\u2019s experience the key to healing and transformation. Developing attitudes of hospitality and understanding oneself as a wounded healer assist in this process. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Connect with Dr. Smink: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Official Website: <\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDltZl9QdEd3Ums3VGU5bHdBZzZWc2dTM1M5d3xBQ3Jtc0ttOTdSZlpKYkpZMDdQMVNSaTdlelhtNWI4dHkyT2xoNWVjSndPMTJ6WWx1SlNmUnBMNmRrSTVnSWhqbWlzbFp0TnV3eXdFenpVNUZ2a1Q2V2hhSGRhTHVoVTh5N2hLdkpwQXJzNzRfZTVIcndianM2TQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.soulofcaregiving.com%2F&amp;v=MGuXpBcH1_k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.soulofcaregiving.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hearing Caregivers with Dr. Smink All Home Care Matters welcomes Dr. Smink for the second part of his three part mini-series on The Soul of Caregiving. In part 2 we explore the importance of caregivers being heard and the importance of being able to share and tell their story. In part 1 of the mini-series, Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}