Barbara Halcrow has brought her wide range of experience and knowledge as a social worker, healer, teacher and health care leader to provide information concerning critical personal and work-related self-care challenges so many of us are facing today.

People who have extensive contact with others - whether in a service industry, a "helping profession" or those who provide direct care for loved ones - will find this guide speaks to them. Halcrow also addresses the constant systemic changes underway within our working world, and cites the impact of global environmental shifts.

Halcrow includes additional information from an energy perspective that underscores the intelligent interrelationship of the mind, body and spirit. This synergistic work offers insights and unique practical suggestions to assist anyone who is looking for a more comprehensive guide to improving their personal or work-related self-care practices.

The book is interwoven with encouragement, compassion and hope. The author lives her talk as she brings gems of information to prompt our own self-inquiry. Barbara Halcrow's heartfelt writing will offer the reader deeper understanding, strength and even a measure of personal healing.