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We help organisations prevent and respond to compassion fatigue in emotionally demanding roles, through education, nervous system recovery and practical tools built into the working day.
What is Compassion Fatigue?
Compassion fatigue is the physical and emotional impact that can build when your work requires you to repeatedly support people through distress, conflict, trauma or difficult circumstances. Over time, constantly absorbing the emotions and problems of others can leave employees feeling exhausted, detached and struggling to switch off, even when they still care deeply about the people they support.
How does compassion fatigue show up at work?
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Physical
Running on empty
Persistent tiredness, physical tension, headaches or feeling like your body never fully switches off. -
Mental
Struggling to switch off
Carrying conversations home, replaying difficult interactions or finding it harder to concentrate and make decisions. -
Emotional
Feeling emotionally drained
Irritability, overwhelm, reduced empathy or feeling numb after repeatedly supporting others. -
Behavioural
Changes in how you work
Withdrawing, becoming more cynical, avoiding difficult interactions or noticing your patience with others getting shorter.
What We Do
We help organisations prevent and respond to compassion fatigue through education, practical recovery tools and changes to the way recovery is built into the working day.
Compassion Fatigue Training
Workplace Recovery Programmes
Organisational insight & Strategy
How we can work together
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A Day of Pause
A Day of Pause is a full-day experience designed to help teams step away from the demands of their working environment, reset and recover. Through guided movement, breathwork, nervous system education and practical recovery tools, teams learn how to better support their wellbeing during the working day.
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The Pause Plan
A 12-week workplace recovery programme helping employees build practical movement, breathing and nervous system regulation tools into their working week to support energy, stress recovery and resilience.
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The Pause Partnership
A bespoke partnership helping organisations understand the emotional demands placed on their people, identify where additional support is needed and develop practical strategies to prevent and respond to compassion fatigue.
Who We Support
Teams
We support teams whose work regularly exposes them to the emotions, problems, distress or difficult circumstances of others.
Leaders
We work with People, Wellbeing and operational leaders who want to better understand, prevent and respond to compassion fatigue within their organisations.
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