Self-care and Trauma on the Frontlines – Commemorating the Anniversary of the Syria-Turkey Earthquake

A Masterclass & Global Social Witnessing Event with Dr Rola Hallam

In this call, Rola Hallam will describe her journey, as a Syrian medical doctor, from giving everything to help her people to burning out, and then her journey back into post-traumatic growth. Today, she will share skills and lessons for self-care and burnout recovery that support all of us engaged in the world, especially health and humanitarian workers, emergency responders and all those working in one way or another to support those on the frontlines of natural or man-made disasters.

After this Masterclass, we will transition into the Global Social Witnessing of those who experience the tension between self-care and burnout on the frontlines. This call is in commemoration of the anniversary of the Syria-Turkey earthquake.

في هذه المكالمة، ستقوم رولا حلام بوصف رحلتها كطبيبة سورية، بدءاً من بذل ما بوسعها لتقديم المساعدة لشعبها، مروراً بمرحلة الإحتراق النفسي، ومن ثمَ رحلتها مرةً أخرى إلى التطور ما بعد الصدمة.

ستشارك اليوم المهارات والدروس المتعلقة بالرعاية الذاتية والتعافي من الإحتراق النفسي والتي تدعم جميع المشاركين في العالم، وخاصةٍ العاملين في مجال الصحة والعمل الإنساني، المستجيبين لحالات الطوارئ، وجميع أولئك الذين يعملون بطريقةٍ أو بأخرى لدعم أولئك الموجودين في الخطوط الأمامية، الكوارث الطبيعية أو تلك المصطنعة من قبل الإنسان.

Dr Rola Hallam is an award-winning doctor, trauma-informed life coach, speaker, social entrepreneur, and humanitarian. She has been honored with several awards, is the first Syrian TED Fellow and founder of CanDo – a humanitarian organization supporting frontline health and aid workers to save children’s lives in their war-devastated communities. She has helped to build 7 hospitals in Syria, including the first ever crowdfunded hospital. Her latest TEDX talk “From Clever to Wise – How healing our traumas heals the world” shares what Rola’s mission is about.