Bethany Dearborn Hiser

Recovering social justice workaholic I Author of: From Burned Out to Beloved: Soul Care for Wounded Healers I Director of SoulCare @nwfamilylife. Mama of two.

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Do you like to be led in prayerful reflections, lectio divina? Check out Insight Timer and my guided meditations such as Receiving Resurrected Breath here! https://t.co/MsiT4pcZyA

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Upcoming soul care events! #soulcare #burnout #traumainformed #FromBurnedOutToBeloved
#therapists #pastors #socialworkers #ministryworkers #allofus
#innerwork #recovery
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Check out upcoming Trauma Informed soul care workshop! https://t.co/jIqBlfox0W #soulcare #traumainformed #traumainformedsoulcare #soulcareforwoundedhealers #FromBurnedOutToBeloved #contemplation #guidedmeditation #burnoutprevention #spiritualpractice #innerwork

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Poem for Reflection
Take a moment to read this prayer and engage with the reflection questions. Included in: https://t.co/pPz79y8lEC
#soulcare #FromBurnedOutToBeloved
#pastors #socialworkers #ministryworkers #allofus
#innerwork #recovery #mentalhealth
#spiritualpractices

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“Our inner work is connected to our outer work, so resistance requires great care for ourselves to feel connected and whole. When we learn to care for and consider our own spiritual val ues, we will learn to value what others hold important as well.” @KaitlinCurtice #livingresist

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Reflect on the changing seasons with this new substack newsletter https://t.co/rqbvSt44ha

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Wow fascinating and depressing: Ukraine war: Holy Trinity painting on display in Moscow; to show support of invasion :( https://t.co/ispdY7AE2j

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@robyackley Yes! A great book.

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#restasresistance … a whole new mindset to rest, as liberation, from systems of oppression, capitalism, white supremacy.
We need to resist the ‘grind culture’, Tricia Hersey writes in her new important book that I’m just delving into.

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So appreciating the Mary Magdalene course by Cynthia Bourgeault, Bree and @CACRadicalGrace

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“The reason, Cynthia (Bourgeault) explains, that we don't naturally see through the eye of the heart is because it requires a
"purification": a re-collection of the energy which we squander in our narratives and in the drama of our minds and reactive feelings.” @CACRadicalGrace

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@Seana_S_Scott @CTmagazine Kerry Dearborn :) my mama and a sound theologian. Not on Twitter.

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#soulcare #burnout #fromburnedouttobeloved #breathprayer #ignatian meditations

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Do you like to be led in prayerful reflections, lectio divina? Check out Insight Timer and my guided meditations such as Receiving Resurrected Breath here! https://t.co/MsiT4pcZyA

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@chuckdegroat @therevdodger @westernsem And glad to hear you’ve found the book helpful. Honored.

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@therevdodger @chuckdegroat Thanks Evan!

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Grateful for Chuck Degroat’s work and his connection here with these words:

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I've seen so much damage done in the name of "peacekeeping" ministry. As Bethany Hiser says, "seeking harmony and peace above all
else can be toxic." It goes under many names - being charitable, conciliatory - but if it's a "fawn" response, it undermines connection + real care.

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Intimacy. Although we can extend self-empathy, receiving embrace and knowing we are loved helps us to digest and extend that empathy. We need the embrace of God and we need the embrace of others. Read more on substack newsletter.

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Entering the shame spiral is all too familiar for me, as I shared about in From Burned Out to Beloved’s chapter ‘Moving From Shame to Self-Empathy’. Yet I really could have named that chapter, moving from shame to embrace. It is the primary movement. The antidote to shame, is…