Deeming someone in the field of human services a, “Do-Gooder”, is the furthest thing from accurate as one can get. In this episode, we talk with Rachel Drosdick-Sigafoos about the negative stigma behind this label and the many ways it impacts service providers across the field, and our abilities to provide. &nbsp;
Sources mentioned in this episode:
<a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2008-19070-001?doi=1">"Altruism born of suffering: The roots of caring and helping after victimization and other trauma." By Ervin Staub &amp; Johanna Vollhardt via American Journal of Orthopsychiatry </a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-the-garden-good-and-evil/201112/altruism-born-suffering">"Altruism Born of Suffering" By Ervin Staub Ph.D. via Psychology Today</a>
 
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