Building Resilience Through Contemplative Practice

Recasting burnout as a crucial phase of service, Building Resilience Through Contemplative Practice uses real-world case studies to teach professionals and volunteers unique skills for resilience.

Bobbi Patterson, PhD, M. Div, is professor of pedagogy in the Department of Religion and the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University. A well-known speaker and presenter on burnout and resilience, she has helped create, direct, and reorganize a range of community-partnered service experiences and programs for over fifty years.

List of Figures Acknowledgements Preface: Facing Burnout 1. Rewriting the Story of Service and Burnout 2. Contemplative Principles and Practices: Putting Adaptive Resilience to Work 3. Willingness/Not Willfulness 4. Not Taking In/Taking In 5. Moving Stability 6. Not All Up to Me/All Up to Me 7. The Edge of Earshot 8. Naming the Unnamed Index