Category Archives: Chronic Stress

These Are Hard Times, Not Hopeless Times

Reconnecting to Meaning in Our Work

June 2026

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Tips for Managing Media Use

Strategies to Reduce Indirect Trauma Exposure

Tips and strategies for managing media use to reduce indirect trauma exposure.

December 2025

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Understanding the Basics of Psychological Trauma

Addressing Common Misconceptions

February 2025

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The Balance Map

A Strategy to Take Stock

Françoise Mathieu outlines a tool to take stock and bring more balance to your professional and personal lives.

January 2024

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Un-Addiction

6 Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life

In this book, Dr. Nzinga Harrison explores the science, stigma, and truth around substance use. An insightful read from both a personal and professional perspective.

January 2024

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Self-Care Questionnaire

Excerpt from Resilience, Balance & Meaning

This self-care questionnaire excerpted from Dr. Patricia Fisher's "Resilience, Balance & Meaning" workbook encourages you to reflect on your level of self-care in both your professional and personal life.

August 2023

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Screeners for Health & Behavioral Health Professionals

Screening for STS, moral distress, stress, burnout, compassion satisfaction, & self-compassion

Screeners for health and behavioral health professionals to self-identify areas that may be an issue for them including secondary traumatic stress, moral distress, stress, burnout, compassion satisfaction, and self-compassion.

August 2023

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“I Finally Got to Meet My Team”

Navigating the Push & Pull of "Normal"

May 2023

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Real Self-Care

A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and BubbleBaths Not Included)

In this book, Dr. Pooja Lakshmin helps you to understand what a real practice of caring for yourself could—and does—look like.

March 2023

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Communication Expectations for Remote Teams

Strategies to Reduce Information Overload

In this article, Françoise Mathieu shares four tips to manage communication expectations for remote workplaces.

February 2023

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The Stress Prescription

Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

In this book. Dr. Elissa Epel offers a seven-day plan of science-based techniques that can help you harness stress through more positive challenge and purpose. 

December 2022

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The Burnout Challenge

Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs

In this book, Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter provide useful tools for identifying the signs of employee burnout and offer practical, evidence-driven guidance on implementing meaningful change.

November 2022

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The Myth of Normal

Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture

In this book, Dr. Gabor Maté and his son Daniel Maté untangle common myths about trauma and offer a guide for health and healing.

September 2022

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Digital Detox

Minimize Screen Time and Unplug

Feeling worn-out by the unrelenting pace of media? In this session, Françoise Mathieu, Diana Tikasz. and Dr. Jennifer Russel explore strategies for detoxing from online media.

February 2022

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Extra Sleep, But Less Energy

When Depletion Becomes the Norm Q&A

November 2021

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The Burnout Epidemic

The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It

In this book, Jennifer Moss lays bare the causes of burnout and how organizations can stop the chronic stress cycle that an alarming number of workers suffer through.

September 2021

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Small Communities & Dual Roles

A Conversation About Self-Care with Kathleen Gorman

August 2021

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Stress Reduction for Lawyers

A Conversation About Self-Care with Doron Gold

August 2021

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How Are You Doing?

Caring For Ourselves and Each Other During Unsettled Times

June 2021

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Unemployed, Burned Out Manager, & Languishing Students

Faking It Q&A

May 2021

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The Multitasking Experiment

Healthy Habits Micro-Skill

Diana Tikasz explores the myth of multitasking, switch-tasking, and the negative implications of constant interruptions.

April 2021

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Managing Brain Fog

Strategies to Address Chronic Stress

April 2021

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Concerns for a Friend, Feeling Out of Shape, & Overworked

Managing Brain Fog Q&A

April 2021

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The 1% Habit Shaping Strategy

Healthy Habits Micro-Skill

Dr. Jennifer Russel offers a quick and simple “habit shaping” strategy based on the work of James Clear.

March 2021

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The Must Be Nice Reaction

Downloadable Postcard

A downloadable PDF to help you take stock of the demands on your time from both your personal and professional life.

March 2021

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A World Without Email

Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload

In this book. Cal Newport discusses the dangers of an inbox-driven workday and shares strategies for improving communication strategies to increase cognitive bandwidth.

March 2021

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We Are All Perfectly Fine

A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing

In this book, Dr. Jillian Horton explores how the culture of healthcare contributes to burnout and offers a more compassionate perspective.

February 2021

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Taking Stock & Pausing

Protecting Our Psychological Health and Well-Being

November 2020

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How Are You Managing Your Day-to-Day Stress?

Taking Stock & Pausing Q&A

November 2020

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This is A Marathon, Not a Sprint

Dealing with Stress & Uncertainty During COVID-19

June 2020

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Don’t Set Yourself on Fire to Keep Others Warm

Countering the Self-Sabotaging Mindsets of Helping Professionals

June 2020

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This is a Marathon, Not A Sprint (Part Two)

Understanding Reactivity & Staying Grounded

In this article, Françoise Mathieu considers knee-jerk reactions to stress and explores strategies to stay grounded in the face of uncertainty.

April 2020

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This is a Marathon, Not A Sprint (Part One)

Strategies to Address Wear & Tear

In this article, Françoise Mathieu considers strategies to stay well in the long-term - rather than racing to just get through another day.

April 2020

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Dr. Patricia Fisher giving a talk from a podium

Leaders Are People Too

Interview with Dr. Patricia Fisher

Dr. Patricia Fisher, co-founder and Senior Advisor with TEND, is a clinical psychologist and specialist in organizational health and workplace wellness in trauma-exposed workplaces. In this interview, Dr. Fisher shares best practice recommendations for leaders amidst the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. Q Dr. Fisher, you have been an expert in organizational health for many years, with a particular focus on professionals who work in health care, corrections, law enforcement and social services. How did you become interested in working with high stress, trauma-exposed professionals? Like many of us in this field, I had intense personal experience as a clinical [...]

March 2020

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Dealing with Stress & Uncertainty

A Message from our Executive Director on COVID-19

We all have different ways of dealing with stress and uncertainty. Even at the best of times, I am not particularly good at going with the flow to see where things land. I like to map out the flow, control its direction and, if possible, alter where it’s going to end up. Since this has been a core element of my personality as far back as I can remember, I have developed three essentials tools that help me stay grounded, healthy and thinking clearly even when I don’t have much control at all. First, I go back to the books. [...]

March 2020

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Widen the Window

Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma

In this book, Dr. Elizabeth Stanley offers tools and strategies to rewire the mind and body, allowing our “thinking brain” and our “survival brain” to work together cooperatively.

September 2019

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Balancing Your Life

Interview with Lawrence S. Krieger, Law Professor

Lawrence S. Krieger's research focuses on understanding why lawyers and law students are not happy. In this interview, he shares his top strategies for building a satisfying life and career.

May 2019

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When the Body Says No

The Cost of Hidden Stress

In this book, Dr. Gabor Maté explores the effect of the mind-body link on illness and health as well as the role that stress and one’s individual emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases.

April 2019

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The Age of Overwhelm

Strategies for the Long Haul

In this book, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky aims to ease the burden of overwhelm, restore perspective, and give strength to navigate what is yet to come.

July 2018

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Childhood Disrupted

How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal

In this book, Donna Jackson Nakazawa explores how the emotional trauma suffered by children shapes the emotional lives of adults, physical health, longevity, and overall wellbeing.

June 2016

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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Close Encounters With Addiction

In this book, Dr. Gabor Maté shares first-person accounts, case studies, and research to counter the prevailing notions of addiction as either a genetic disease or an individual moral failure.

January 2009

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