Healing 360 Degrees: Caring for Ourselves While We Care for Others
with Siddarth Shah, MD, MPH

Thursday | OCT 29 | 6:30PM-8:30PM
FREE & Open to the Public
2 CECs Available

Caring for someone with an illness, whether in a professional setting or in the
home, can present on-going stressors that result in compassion fatigue. Trained
in standard medicine, psychotherapy and integrative care, Dr. Shah will provide
a glimpse into the neurobiology of empathy and how we ourselves can get hurt in
the process of caring for others. He will review different approaches to
self-care when living and working in the midst of trauma, fear and grief.
Through discussion and hands-on exercises, attendees will learn how to put
stress into a 360-degree perspective that promotes optimal health.

The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
at Smith Farm Center
1632 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202.483.8600
www.smithfarm.com

About Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts:
Established in 1996, Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts is a Washington,
DC nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming the experience of cancer and
other serious illnesses by empowering individuals to make informed decisions
about their care and improving their quality of life. Grounded in a single
profound belief that each person has tremendous innate abilities to heal in the
face of illness, our mission is to develop and promote proven healing practices
that explore physical, emotional, and mental resources that lead to
life-affirming changes. Programs and exhibitions in the Joan Hisaoka Healing
Arts Gallery celebrate and stimulate the dynamic creative resources that
contribute to health and wellness in each of us.