{"id":103709,"date":"2025-02-10T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/?p=103709"},"modified":"2025-09-05T22:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:40:45","slug":"wellness-and-wellbeing-caring-for-self-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/wellness-and-wellbeing-caring-for-self-and-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness and Wellbeing: Caring for Self and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2025\/02\/qHCqnEToGOA-HD-768x432.jpg\"\n          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Leaders can help their congregations thrive by maintaining their own wellbeing and helping their teams do so as well.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>As part of Thriving Congregations: A Series on Leadership, experts in mental and physical health shared their perspectives and practical exercises to support your wellbeing and engage with your members on wellness issues. They also addressed how congregations can respond to personal and collective traumas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content-wrapper\">\n<article id=\"post-102284\" class=\"has-label post-102284 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-congregations-and-religious-practices category-moral-social-and-political-issues category-uncategorized category-videos tag-healthcare tag-home tag-preaching tag-religious-leadership tag-thriving-congregations\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Physical Health:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wellness and Wellbeing: Caring for Self and Community with Dr. Kimiko Yamada\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3-EUlMaZLmM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Kimiko Yamada, a USC professor of physical therapy, is an expert in community health education.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mental Health:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wellness and Wellbeing: Caring for Self and Community with Bishop Byron L. Smith Sr.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e4d0XOA9P8g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bishop Byron L. Smith Sr. is\u00a0a clinical therapist and pastor who has completed over 3,000 mental health clinical face-to-face hours.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Panel:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wellness and Wellbeing: Caring for Self and Community - Discussion on Mental and Physical Health\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qHCqnEToGOA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">CRCC\u2019s Najuma Smith moderates a discussion with Dr. Kimiko Yamada, a USC professor of physical therapy, and Bishop Byron L. Smith Sr., a clinical mental health therapist, on how faith leaders can maintain their own and their community\u2019s wellbeing. The panel addresses critical issues like: 1. How to approach physical\/mental health challenges within a congregation 2. Preaching from a psychological perspective 3. \u201cEmotional CPR\u201d and grounding techniques to cope with stresses 4. 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