Find Calm in the Moment
Resources When You Need Them

Help for Difficult times

The Intentional Caring Committee offers these resources for those moments when you need a few moments of respite. 

Our healing environment is a resource for all of us, not just patients! It's easy to get outside for a quick break or a longer walk through our beautiful grounds.

Campus walking trail map

Or if the weather is bad, you can take a self-guided walking tour through our art collection. 

Art Collection Walking Tour 

Or tour our neighbor's aboriginal art collection:  Kluge-Ruhe

We've all been there.

Anger. Anxiety. Compassion fatigue. Fear. Stress. Hard emotions are a natural response to the challenges of caregiving, and sometimes they are difficult to manage.  Optima EAP counselors offer free, confidential support 24/7. Please reach out whenever you need them.  We have two EAP support options available: 

EAP Call to Care Coaching:  Life coaching provides innovative ways to access convenient support, tools, and resources to build resiliency.  Simply scan the QR code on this flyer to sign up. 

EAP Live Counseling & Support: Optima EAP (Employee Assistance Program) provides confidential, short-term, and solution-focused services. You can confidentially turn to Optima EAP even before an issue or concern severely impacts your home life or work performance. Through Optima EAP, you and your dependent family members have access to unlimited virtual and in-person visits per incident per year at no cost.  Call Optima EAP at 1-800-899-8174. 

Here ar e a few resources to help you ground yourself in a crisis and build healthy habits for the future.   

Stress First Aid : a framework for peer support and self-care to support health care professionals in dealing with the inevitable stresses of the job. 

Build Your Resilience in the Face of a Crisis (hbr.org) : excellent, succinct summary of how to train in mental resilience

WaveNet | We improve health every day. (sentara.com): a compendium of resilience resources 

OPTIMA EAP Resilience Summary :  useful explanations of resilience in the face of stress and how to cultivate it

 

Respite spaces are a network of quiet areas available to our Sentara Martha Jefferson team. They are open 24/7 and are intended as a place to find a few moments of calm to tend to your physical and emotional needs.

Consult the map linked below for locations and information about which areas are staff-only.

Respite Space Map

For More Information:

Contact Esther Lozano Otis with questions at 434.654.7108 or elozan1@sentara.com