Why Your Body Budget Matters to the Quality of Your Ministry (or, What Neuroscience Has to Say about Clergy Self-Care) - Rev. Arlen Vernava. Episode 72

No one denies the need for good self-care as an Interim Minister, yet some IM’s suffer in this area. Some of us would be better at it if we could get it out in front of ourselves somehow – manage it like we do the many other tasks and projects. The concept of the “Body Budget” can be the help we need to successfully manage our own self-care. Rev. Arlen Vernava, a skilled Interim Minister and IMN faculty member brings real value to this conversation in this episode titled, “Why Your Body Budget Matters to the Quality of Your Ministry” (or, What Neuroscience Has to Say about Clergy Self-Care)

• The 3 components of Body Budget: adequate sleep, nutritious food, exercise;
• What to do when your Body Budget is in deficit, but don’t have time to attend to it;
• How to advance the work of the church when Body Budget is in deficit;
• Body Budget applies at the congregational level too;

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