In the fast-paced world of helping professions, where compassion and empathy are key, burnout can often become an unwelcome companion. As adult students pursuing careers in these fields, it's crucial to prioritize your well-being to sustain the passion and dedication that drew you to helping others in the first place.

Our words have power. Words can carry love and comfort, joy, and peace; however, they can also carry hurt and perpetuate stigma. Stigmatizing language can be overtly recognizable but, more commonly, it is covert and subtle. What can we do to minimize our own stigmatizing language?