Finding My Professional Heart is a short e-book by the author of the highly regarded Developing Reflective Practice.

It provides a guide to compassion and mindfulness for health and social care students and practitioners and a roadmap for developing compassionate practice.

Drawing on both neuroscientific research and the contemplative traditions, the book argues that compassion is not a competency that can be trained, but a way of practising care that can be cultivated and nurtured. It attempts to inspire the reader to become a compassionate practitioner by:

At the heart of health and social care is a healing encounter between people, and this book aims to put compassion and humanity back at the centre of care.