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• Join together in mutual support with other professionals (inside or outside the organization) and give yourself permission to nurture yourself outside of work.
• Try to mix up and vary your work tasks by "cross-training". Rearrange the sequence of your work tasks if possible. Don’t skip breaks or lunch.
• Find effective supervision (may be outside the organization) to increase your ability to work effectively and feel more confident.
• Teach others what you do. Many find that this forces one to think through the rationale for every intervention.
• Attend seminars and workshops to increase your knowledge. New ideas can revitalize your work.
• Get proper exercise and nutrition.
• Take positive actions to change the environment if possible.
• Use and develop skills such as risk-taking, reaching out to others, talking with others in a situation like yours for guidance, feedback and strategies.
• Set appropriate limits.
• Recognize the sources of pain and stress.
• Identify and prioritize your professional and personal needs.
• Assess to what degree these needs are being met.
• Ask yourself what stops you from meeting those needs (beliefs, guilt?).
• Select your most pressing needs and determine practical ways of gradually meeting them.
• Take yourself seriously or no one else will. 
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