The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet.--Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.What do we know about the first response community? The literature suggests that comparative measures such as the standardized mortality rate, accident injuries, and early retirement based on medical issues are higher than for the general population.1, 2, 3 Prolonged work rel...

Firefighters, police, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are often the first responders to deal with emergencies and incidents that threaten health and life. The expectation that we can be immersed in these incidents and not be affected by them is unrealistic. Decades of research demonstrate we are impacted by these work-related challenges (Andress & Corey, 1978; Bryant & Harvey, 1996). First Response Resilience V3.0 provides you with tools to build mental armor to better deal with these...

The resilience skills presented in this workbook are modeled from research for positive-coping and creating positive and less stressful outcomes. These are titled: Belief, Persistence, Strength, Trust, and Adaptability for learning. They serve as mental armor, a personal protective factor and to help sustain our social support systems.

"It is unrealistic to expect that we can be immersed in critical healthcare and not be affected by it. Indeed, we can look to decades of research and see just how much we are affected by these work-related exposures and stressors.""The goal of this workbook is to foster resilience by applying positive-coping skills to personal challenges and by developing and sustaining a social support system in the context of integrative nursing"Excerpt From: Owner. "Building Social Resil...

This Veterans Curriculum is purposefully designed to increase the likelihood of retention and graduation of learners in college settings by establishing an academic and social framework, which is intended to improve concentration, memory, problem solving, and learning, while minimizing social isolation. Specific focus is to provide veterans, emerging from potentially traumatic military experience, with academic transition skills, critical thinking, and coping skills that foster resiliency,...

The goal of the leadership course is to provide an introduction to the effects of knowledge, behavior, social influence, and decision-making related to leadership. This course introduces a broad range of readings addressing practical and theoretical leadership principles. Individuals will be expected to critically examine readings and associated videos/movies. The expectation is that one will apply principles from the course to a field project where emphasis will be placed on enhancement o...

Transitional Resiliency is purposefully designed to increase the likelihood of retention and graduation of learners in college settings by establishing an academic and social framework designed to improve concentration, memory, problem solving, and learning, while minimizing social isolation. This text is designed to be used as both a personal journal and as a teaching tool. As a journal, activities are arranged to permit you to develop a process for personal reflection. As a teaching and ...

The learning-teaching course is a twist on the typical academic preparation-type courses in that this course looks at learning through the eyes of an educator – as you in the role of the instructor. As such, this course may be described as a process of "learning-to-teach-to-learn" where you will explore and practice the design and implementation of learning in a manner that encourages an understanding of instructional design and teaching practices. And, as a consequence, better understand ...

Each of these poems is a little bridge— a link from here to here— from the here that isn't, quite, to the here that truly is. We spend our lives adjacent to grace, not always realizing it, and sometimes a little stepping stool is useful to provide a boost, so we can peek over the wall that's keeping us from seeing what's really happening. Sustaining this view means greeting life on new terms, embracing a shift in perspective, and that's what these pieces hope to spark. . Hafiz is the ringl...

This book is a collection of reflections on the reality of Love’s presence. They are encounters with truth in the disguise of image and story—a game of horseshoes played across the threshold of non-existence. I throw iron shoes through the opening, and Hafiz throws back bowling balls, flower bouquets and circling doves. When difficulty arises, Jesus crawls out from the safe-keeping of my own heart to walk with me for a bit. And when all else fails, there’s a leopard ambush.

Burning pyres, nuns on the run, stirring courage, and comic relief: the Protestant Reformation is a gripping tale, packed with drama. But what motivated the Reformers? And what were they really like?The Unquenchable Flame, a lively, accessible, and fully informative introduction to the Reformation by Michael Reeves, brings to life the movement’s most colorful characters (Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, John Calvin, The Puritans, etc.), examines their ideas,...

In the seven years since he learned that his US marshal father lead a double life as a contract killer—and committed suicide to avoid prosecution—Frank Temple III has mostly drifted through life. But when he learns that Devin Matteson, the man who lured his father into the killing game only to later give him up to the FBI, is returning to the isolated Wisconsin lake that was once sacred ground for their families, it’s a homecoming Frank can’t allow.Frank finds Matteson’s old cabin ...