Self-Care for Caregivers: Secure Your Own Mask First!

Caregivers typically operate at a high level of selflessness, going above and beyond to provide comfort and support to others. Often, those same caregivers tend to be less generous in providing that same level of care to themselves. Some believe that taking care of themselves is selfish; others want to take care of themselves, but they reach for solutions that aren’t sustainable, such as so-called “comfort food”—or even Southern Comfort!

During times of change—particularly this pandemic—healthcare leaders at all levels need to know how to secure their own mask first; that is, they need to be able to tap into research-based resilience practices to endure and even find joy amidst a crisis.

This humorous, practical, story-based session will teach you how to build your resilience and improve your mental health. As a former award-winning crisis counselor, speaker and executive coach/consultant Scott Carbonara stood on the brink of burnout before studying and harnessing the power of applied positive psychology.

As a result of this session, participants will be able to:

Speaker: Scott Carbonara, CEO Spiritus Communications – Lead to Engage

Scott Carbonara is passionate and skilled in engaging a company’s greatest asset: its people. He is a highly-engaging keynote speaker, trainer, author, and consultant who “brings authentic leadership to life from the boardroom to the family room.” Scott is known as “The Leadership Therapist” for his diverse professional portfolio–ranging from serving as an award-winning family crisis counselor–to executive director of communications and change management and eventually executive chief-of-staff of a multi-billion-dollar healthcare company. While there, he addressed a skyrocketing 38% attrition rate and, through digging beyond the surface, led his team in reducing it to an unprecedented 6.5%–saving his company millions of dollars. Scott’s dual background in counseling and executive leadership makes him a highly-skilled, passionate communicator and problem solver who provides direction to diverse teams ranging in size from 1 to 100,000. Scott has received high reviews for his keynote speaking for such esteemed groups as AT&T Global, Wal-Mart, and numerous healthcare systems, and he is the author of several books including A Manager’s Guide to Employee Engagement (McGraw Hill). Through his humorous and practical keynotes, customized consulting, and story-driven books, he breathes life into leadership topics including employee engagement, culture, change management, communication, customer service, and happiness. Visit his website at www.LeadtoEngage.com.