A Different Valentines Message from Amja Unabashedly

About this episode

Amja shares her Self-Soothing Creative Steps framework, aimed at supporting social workers and women in overcoming challenges related to self-worth and depletion.

A Valentine’s Day to Social Workers In this powerful Valentine’s Day episode, Amja shares her transformative Self-Soothing Creative Steps (SSCS) framework—a lifeline born from her own journey through domestic abuse and a beacon for those who pour themselves into caring for others. The framework’s four pillars—support, self-love, spirituality, and security—challenge the extractive culture that demands women / social workers prove their worth through constant depletion. Amja speaks to a truth m...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Sylvia

Guest: Amja

Topics covered

• Valentine's Day
• self-soothing
• domestic abuse
• social work
• self-love

Keywords

• Valentine's Day
• self-soothing
• social workers
• domestic abuse
• self-love
• spirituality
• security

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