Meaningful Reflections

In this two part podcasts series you will be joining a discussion on the role of lovein professional education, health and social care settings.Love is an elusive and multifaceted concept. It means many things to differentpeople and the meaning of itis hard to pin down. So we have gathered a diverseteam that offer a range of responses to the topic in order to consider themeaning, uses and effects of love in professional care.You will hear the voice of a dementia care worker, a support worker of adults andchildren with multiple disabilities, a nurse, a midwife, a massage practitioner, aneducator and trainer in person-centred care, a teacher and former head of asecondary school, a personal assistant user and her partner, and me your host,Luke Tanner, a body psychotherapist and consultant for Meaningful Care Matters.This team will inspire you with their stories of being loving at work but also helpyou identify some of the challenges associated with working with love, from a lackof time or freedom to compassion fatigue, burn out or problems with boundaries.Over the course of each podcast there will be times for you to pause and reflecton the discussion to consider for yourself the meaning, uses and effects of love inyour own work. You will also be invited to identify some actions you can take tomake care more satisfying and rewarding for people working within your service.