You’re Not Cold. You’re Compassion Fatigued.
There’s a Name for What You’re Feeling — and a Way Out.
A trauma-informed recovery kit for women helpers over 45 who feel emotionally numb, “over it,” or like they have nothing left to give.
DEAR WOMAN WHO USED TO CARE SO DEEPLY,
You became a helper because you care.
Now you can barely feel anything.
You:
Absorb everyone’s pain
Hold space for unthinkable stories
Show up for crisis after crisis
Keep being the strong one
…yet inside, you feel:
Numb
Resentful
Empty
Like you have no compassion left — even for the people you love.
You’ve probably told yourself:
“What is wrong with me?”
“Have I become heartless?”
“Maybe I’m just not cut out for this anymore.”
Let me be clear:
You are not heartless. You are depleted.
You’re not dealing with simple burnout.
You’re dealing with Compassion Fatigue — also known as Secondary Traumatic Stress.
And it requires a very different approach.
INTRODUCING
The Compassion Fatigue Recovery Kit
Healing for Helpers Who’ve Given Everything
This kit is a trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware, chakra-conscious roadmap out of compassion fatigue, created specifically for:
Nurses
Doctors
Therapists
Social workers
Chaplains
Case managers
Caregivers
First responders
…especially if you’re over 45 and have been carrying others’ trauma for decades.
WHAT’S INSIDE YOUR RECOVERY KIT
PART 1: UNDERSTANDING COMPASSION FATIGUE (SO YOU STOP BLAMING YOURSELF)
You’ll learn:
How compassion fatigue is different from burnout
Why your brain reacts to others’ trauma as if it happened to you
Why “self-care” doesn’t touch this level of depletion
You’ll complete a Compassion Fatigue Assessment across:
Emotional symptoms
Physical symptoms
Cognitive symptoms
Behavioral patterns
Spiritual symptoms
So you can see — in black and white — where you really are and how serious it is.
This alone often makes women say:
“Oh… nothing is wrong with me. This is a thing. No one ever told me.”
PART 2: EMERGENCY STABILIZATION – STOP THE BLEEDING
You cannot recover if you’re still absorbing trauma like a sponge every single day.
You’ll learn:
The Energy Shield Visualization before each client/patient
The Clearing Ritual after heavy encounters
The Daily Cut-Off Time (and ritual) to stop carrying work home in your body
This is the “trauma PPE” you never got in orientation.
PART 3: PROCESSING ACCUMULATED SECONDARY TRAUMA
This is where we start clearing what’s already in your system.
Tools include:
Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) to discharge stored stress
Butterfly tapping (EMDR-lite) for intrusive images & flashbacks
The Witness Journal (a way to release, not ruminate)
The Empty Chair Dialogue for haunting cases and moral injury
This isn’t rehashing everything to feel worse.
It’s structured processing so your system can finally exhale.
PART 4: ENERGETIC BOUNDARIES & CHAKRA CLEARING
Because your emotional and energetic body has been carrying everyone else’s stuff.
You’ll get:
A chakra clearing protocol (root to crown) designed for helpers
Practices to differentiate “my feelings” vs. “their feelings”
Protective practices like:
The Golden Egg
Teflon Coating
Mirror Shield
Sacred Container
If you’ve ever thought, “I absorb everything,” this section will feel like medicine.
PART 5: REFILLING YOUR COMPASSION TANK (WITHOUT MORE GIVING)
You’ll learn:
“Positive exposure therapy” — intentionally feeding your brain images of goodness, healing, and joy
How to build connection without caregiving
How to practice pleasure in tiny, nervous-system-safe doses
So your system remembers what hope and joy feel like.
PART 6: SUSTAINABLE COMPASSION
Here you shift from empathic absorption to compassionate presence.
You’ll practice:
The mantra: “I care WITH you, not FOR you. I hold space, not suffering.”
A modified loving-kindness practice that centers your wellbeing first
Rewiring from “I feel what you feel” → “I see your pain and stay rooted in myself.”
PART 7–9: SYSTEMIC REALITY, RELAPSE PREVENTION & LONG-TERM PLAN
You’ll also get:
Scripts and strategies for advocating for caseload limits, supervision, rotation, mental health days
A relapse prevention checklist so you catch compassion fatigue early next time
A 3-day reset protocol for when you feel yourself slipping back
A long-term Compassion Fatigue Recovery Plan with daily, weekly, monthly rhythms
WHO THIS IS FOR
This kit is for you if:
You’re a woman helper over 50
You feel numb, resentful, or emotionally “flat”
You’ve thought, “I don’t even feel anything when people cry anymore.”
You’re secretly afraid you’ve lost your heart
You haven’t. You’re just saturated.
WHAT WOMEN SAY AFTER WORKING THIS PROCESS
“I realized I’m not broken. I’m an overexposed human.”
“I can actually sit with people again without taking it all home.”
“I don’t feel guilty saying no — my boundaries feel medical, not selfish.”
“For the first time in years, I feel compassion for myself.”
YOUR INVESTMENT: $27
For the cost of drive-thru and a latte, you get:
A trauma-informed framework
Practical tools
Nervous system practices
Energetic boundaries
Relapse prevention
Or you can keep trying to white-knuckle your way through.
Your wellbeing is worth more than a coffee and a muffin.