How to look after yourself following difficult conversations

In the next section of this training, we will deal with how to look after yourself following difficult conversations with colleagues returning to work after cancer treatment and give you some basic knowledge help you keep yourself safe and well.

In this section, we will explain how to:

• Implement a 10-Minute “Decompression Buffer”:
• Separate “Empathy” from “Problem-Solving”:
• Practice “Mental Dumping” aka Write it Out:
• Set Clear Emotional Boundaries for the Rest of the Day:
and
• Use Peer De-briefing (Without Breaking Trust),

in order to look after yourself and continue to support colleagues.