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Rev. Renato Santos

Assistant Vice President of Pastoral Care with Baptist Health South Florida

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Pastoral Care & Health Care

Rev. Renato Santos, Assistant Vice President of Pastoral Care with Baptist Health South Florida, talks about how pastoral care can help patients. Rev. Santos says he enjoys the sort of intersection between spirituality, religion, psychology and counseling.

Gratitude As A Spiritual Discipline

Gratitude is central to relationship and spirituality. It also represents humility, affirms Rev. Renato Santos, Assistant Vice President of Pastoral Care with Baptist Health South Florida. Rev. Santos adds people canâ€™t be grateful if there's not humility or something else provided. He recommends practicing gratitude, because it connects people in a way that creates a two-way street for health and well-being.

Spirituality & Stress Relief

Stress impacts in the immune system. Sometimes, the impact can be immediately seen, says Rev. Renato Santos, Assistant Vice President of Pastoral Care with Baptist Health South Florida. He advises practicing exercise, meditation, and mindfulness for stress relief.

Pastoral Care: Religion Vs. Spirituality

Spirituality is a very broad concept that encompasses religion, but it goes beyond that, explains Rev. Renato Santos, Assistant Vice President of Pastoral Care with Baptist Health South Florida, who adds spirituality makes people different. He also describes religion is the human effort to make sense to articulate, to give language, to give a forum to what people often don't understand. Rev. Santos says human beings try to find meaning and purpose.

Pastoral Care & Stress Management

Pediatrics is a specialty that brings its own set of challenges and opportunities. Chaplains are much attuned to how the child functions within the context of family system. Rev. Renato Santos, Assistant Vice President of Pastoral Care with Baptist Health South Florida, explains they work with parents or relatives and bring them their resources as well to connect them.

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