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Low Impact Debriefing – Overview

Downloadable PDF

Rethinking Post-Incident Support

The case for moving from mandatory group debriefing to Psychological First Aid

Compassion Begins with Curiosity

Lessons Learned from 25+ Years in the Field

Rethinking Addiction

A Conversation on Stigma, Fear, and Hope

Scaling Support

Building a Mutual Support Community of Practice

These Are Hard Times, Not Hopeless Times

Reconnecting to Meaning in Our Work

Where Can Curiosity Lead Us

CARE4YOU 2026 Closing Address

Dog wearing a scarf looking up at the snow falling.

Finding Moral Courage in Difficult Times

Six Steps to Cultivate Moral Courage

Tips for Managing Media Use

Strategies to Reduce Indirect Trauma Exposure

Best Practices for Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress

Principles for Individuals & Organizations

Can I Say Something?

How Psychological Safety Can Transform Our Workplaces

You Can’t Meditate Your Way Out of a Stressful Job

A Conversation on Real Self-Care with Dr. Pooja Lakshmin

One Care

How Caring for Geckos, Gorillas, Yourself, and Each Other is Interconnected

Navigating Perfectionism, Stigma, and Shame

A Lawyer-Therapist’s Perspective on Staying Well in Trauma-Exposed Work

Cultivating Moral Courage

CARE4YOU 2025 Closing Address

Low Impact Debriefing Postcard

A free, downloadable resource

Understanding the Basics of Psychological Trauma

Addressing Common Misconceptions

Employee Wellness is a Shared Responsibility

The Results of Our 2024 Survey of Helping Professionals

The Window of Tolerance Postcard

A free, downloadable resource

Secondary Traumatic Stress 101 Course

Secondary Traumatic Stress 101

On-Demand Course

Start Your Journey Towards a Healthier, More Supportive Workplace

The TEND Approach to Organizational Health

How Challenging Work Changes Us

On-Demand Course

Everything is Turned Up to 11

Supporting Each Other Through the Reality of Today’s Workplace

From Education to Integration

Weaving Staff Wellness into the Fabric of Your Workplace

Embarking on Your Trauma-Informed Journey

Tips & Insights for Organizations

“The Other Wet Floor”

The Emotional Risks of Working in a Helping Profession

The Pace of Change

CARE4YOU 2024 Closing Address

The Balance Map

A Strategy to Take Stock

Un-Addiction

6 Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life

The Three Minute Breathing Space

Grounding Through Sounds, Sensations, & Breath

Self-Care Questionnaire

Excerpt from Resilience, Balance & Meaning

Identifying Your Warning Signs

Reflecting on Your Physical, Behavioural, & Emotional Signs of Overwhelm

Screeners for Health & Behavioral Health Professionals

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

Hot Walk & Talk Postcard

The Hot Walk & Talk Protocol

A Strategy for Supporting Others After an Upsetting Incident

CARE4YOU 2023 Closing Address

What Do You Have to Quit in Order to Stay?

Strategies to Sustain Our Careers

CALM

Building Mutual Support through Intentional Listening

Compassion as a Catalyst for Change

The Leader’s Role in Addressing Burnout

“I Finally Got to Meet My Team”

Navigating the Push & Pull of "Normal"

Three Minute Breathing Space Postcard

A free, downloadable resource

The Window of Tolerance

The Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed Organization Assessment (STSI-­OA)

Assessment Tool for Organizations

The Professional Quality of Life Measure (ProQOL)

Self-Test for Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, & Compassion Fatigue

Real Self-Care

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

What’s On Your Plate?

Reflection Exercise on Taking Stock

Contributing Factors

Identifying Work-Related Stress

Communication Expectations for Remote Teams

Strategies to Reduce Information Overload

Low Impact Debriefing

Four Steps to Safely Share and Process Difficult Experiences

Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress

Skills for Sustaining a Career in the Helping Professions

Help for the Helper

Preventing Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma in an Ever-Changing World

The Stress Prescription

Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

Gratitude Practice

10-Minute Guided Meditation

Hear Me, Protect Me, Support Me

Feeling Supported At Work

The Burnout Challenge

Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs

Moral Distress

When We Can’t Do the Right Thing

The Myth of Normal

Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture

The “Great Resignation”

Strategies to Process Loss In the Shifting Landscape of Work

Feet on the Floor

Grounding & Centering Micro-Skill

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We Need to Talk

Why There Can Be No “Future Forward” Until We’ve Done the Work

It’s Not Just Bovines Who Chew the Cud

Understanding Rumination

Repair in the Workplace

Moving Away from Blaming and Shaming

Who Will Lovingly Hold You Accountable?

Closing Address for CARE4YOU 2022

How Do We Talk About Trauma?

A Discussion on Boundaries with Laura Khoudari

“You Don’t Have to Be the Boss to Be a Leader”

A Discussion on Psychological Safety

Teaching What I Need to Learn

A Discussion with Scott Jones, Police Officer & Yoga Instructor

Growing the Good

Using the Principles of Neuroplasticity to HEAL

Are You Okay?

Processing the Psychological Impact of the Pandemic

“Feeling Stressed? Here’s Our EAP Flyer!”

Navigating the Pros and Cons of Employee Assistance Programs

Positive Neuroplasticity

Settling Tools for the Unsettled

Making Micro-Decisions

Choosing the Path Our Thoughts Take

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Coming Home to Secondary Traumatic Stress

The Impact of Trauma-Exposed Work On Our Loved Ones

Digital Detox

Minimize Screen Time and Unplug

Compassionate Leadership

How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way

We’re Not Rocking the Pandemic Either

Plus, Polyvagal Theory 101

The Set Boundaries Workbook

Practical Exercises for Understanding Your Needs and Setting Healthy Limits

The Deepest Well

Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity

Convincing Teens (and Adults) to Try Mindfulness

A Conversation About Mindfulness with Dr. Dzung Vo

When Depletion Becomes the Norm

Managing Our Energy

Extra Sleep, But Less Energy

When Depletion Becomes the Norm Q&A

RAIN Practice

15-Minute Guided Meditation

Breaking Your Heart At Work

A Conversation About Career-Sustaining Practices with Dr. Brian Miller

Looking Back Before Moving Forward

Tools to Manage Anger and Grief

The Human Element

Overcoming the Resistance That Awaits New Ideas

Laughter, Tears in Private, & Perspective

Looking Back Before Moving Forward Q&A

The Burnout Epidemic

The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It

The Loving Wish

Resetting Micro-Skill

Making Space to Fall Apart

A Conversation on Compassionate Care with Dr. Alana Hirsh

Here We Go (Again)

Finding Joy During Turbulent Times

Small Communities & Dual Roles

A Conversation About Self-Care with Kathleen Gorman

Stress Reduction for Lawyers

A Conversation About Self-Care with Doron Gold

Why It’s Time to Stop Using Compassion Fatigue

Why Empathic Strain is Our Preferred Term

Good vs. Punitive Messaging

A Conversation About Post-Traumatic Growth with Sarah Stewart

Compassionate Leadership in the Re-Opening Workplace

A Conversation with Cambria Walsh and Tamsyn Brennan

Seeking Moments of Awe

Reflection Exercise

Understanding Post-Traumatic Growth

Avoiding Blaming and Toxic Positivity

Pollyanna Leadership & Eeyore Friends

Understanding Post-Traumatic Growth Q&A

I’ve Noticed a Boundary Breach – Now What?

Reflection Exercise on Boundaries

Peer Support, Autonomy, & Young People

A Conversation on Boundaries with Mardi Daley

Now What?

A Conversation About Moving Into The "Next Normal"

Race and Culture Have Everything to Do With It

Intersections of Secondary Traumatic Stress with Racism, Historical Trauma, and other Systems of Oppression

Caring for Ourselves

Understanding Meaning and Grief

A Shift in Perspective

Why It’s Time to Stop Using Compassion Fatigue

Less Time, More Work

How Three Professionals Re-evaluated "Wellness Strategies" During the Pandemic

How Are You Doing?

Caring For Ourselves and Each Other During Unsettled Times

Fierce Self-Compassion

How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive

Boundaries

A Deep Dive

Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement

A Guide for Officers and Their Families

Boundaries with Relatives, Cynical Co-Workers, and Rule-Bending Friends

Boundaries Q&A

What is the Story I’m Telling Myself?

Reflection Exercise on Imposter Syndrome

Advocacy Breeds Confidence

A Conversation About Imposter Syndrome with Dr. Matthew Chow

Faking It

Recognizing Imposter Syndrome

Unemployed, Burned Out Manager, & Languishing Students

Faking It Q&A

The Multitasking Experiment

Healthy Habits Micro-Skill

Connection, Connection, Connection

A Conversation About Relationships with Greg Taylor

What Happened to You?

Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Managing Brain Fog

Strategies to Address Chronic Stress

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

Managing Brain Fog Q&A

The 1% Habit Shaping Strategy

Healthy Habits Micro-Skill

The Great Reset

A Conversation About Workplace Mental Health with Mary Ann Baynton

Long Haulers, One-Year into the Pandemic

What is Working for Your Psychological Well-Being?

The Must Be Nice Reaction

Downloadable Postcard

Vaccine Guilt & Building Blanket Forts

Long Haulers, One-Year into the Pandemic Q&A

A World Without Email

Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload

Hot Walk & Talk

Understanding the Role of the Listener

It’s Not Taboo to Care

A Conversation About Peer Support and Mental Health

We Are All Perfectly Fine

A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing

It Takes a (Physically Distant) Village

Creating your Professional Community of Support

Creating a Professional Community of Support

It Takes a (Physically Distant) Village Q&A

Saying “No” is Hard

A Conversation About Boundaries with Meaghan Welfare

Understanding Boundaries and Setting Limits

A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective

Common Challenges to Developing Boundaries At Work & At Home

Understanding Boundaries & Setting Limits Q&A

Getting Psychological Help

What Are the Pros & Cons?

Mental Health & “Scary Issues”

A Conversation About Stigma with Dr. Mike Condra

The Three Steps to Self-Compassion

Resetting Micro-Skill

Stigma & The Stiff Upper Lip

Self-Compassion and the "Carry On" Culture

Transitioning from Work to Home

Resetting Micro-Skill

Taking Stock & Pausing

Protecting Our Psychological Health and Well-Being

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

Taking Stock & Pausing Q&A

Compassionate Leadership

A Conversation with Cambria Walsh and Tamsyn Brennan

Maintaining Balance

Self-Care, Resiliency, and Ethical Service Delivery

This is A Marathon, Not a Sprint

Dealing with Stress & Uncertainty During COVID-19

Change & Leadership During Times of Uncertainty

CARE4YOU 2020 Panel Discussion

Don’t Set Yourself on Fire to Keep Others Warm

Countering the Self-Sabotaging Mindsets of Helping Professionals

Relationship-Centered Care is Better Care

The Importance of Incorporating Cultural Humility in Our Work

We Can’t Be Trauma Responsive Without Being STS-Informed

Tools for Organizational Change

Trauma Stewardship

An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others

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

Understanding Reactivity & Staying Grounded

A close-up of a person sitting on the ground tying a pair of red shoes

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

Strategies to Address Wear & Tear

Dr. Patricia Fisher giving a talk from a podium

Leaders Are People Too

Interview with Dr. Patricia Fisher

Today, Spare a Thought for the Call Centre Operators

The Value of Kindness During Time of Crisis

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Dealing with Stress & Uncertainty

A Message from our Executive Director on COVID-19

The Ripple Effect of Resiliency

Strategies for Fostering Resiliency with Indigenous Children

Widen the Window

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

Mental Health Disabilities at Work

A Practical Guide for Employees, Employers and Unions

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Balancing Your Life

Interview with Lawrence S. Krieger, Law Professor

Compassionomics

The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference

When the Body Says No

The Cost of Hidden Stress

The Business Case

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Breathe, Reset, Refuel. Rinse, Repeat.

How Much Self-Care is "Enough?"

The Fearless Organization

Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

Three red apples with a wooden surface in the background

Three Simple Guidelines for Healthy Living

Making Small Changes for Healthier Habits

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Disappoint Someone Today

An Invitation to Make Space

The Age of Overwhelm

Strategies for the Long Haul

staying grounded course

Staying Grounded in Stressful Work

On-Demand Course

Posttraumatic Growth

Theory, Research, and Applications

The Edge of Compassion

TEDx Talk with Françoise Mathieu

Resilient

How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness

Hardwiring Happiness

The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence

My Grandmother’s Hands

Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

The Posttraumatic Growth Workbook

Coming Through Trauma Wiser, Stronger, and More Resilient

Resilience, Balance & Meaning

Supporting Our Lives and Our Work in High Stress, Trauma-Exposed Workplaces

Childhood Disrupted

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

The Resilient Practitioner

Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Prevention and Self-Care Strategies for the Helping Professions

The Body Keeps the Score

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Building Resilient Teams

Facilitating Workplace Wellness & Organizational Health in Trauma-Exposed Environments

Self-Compassion

The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

First Responder Mental Health

Compassion Fatigue Education for Paramedics

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Beyond Kale and Pedicures

Can We Beat Burnout & Compassion Fatigue?

Bouncing Back

Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-being

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

The Managed Heart

Commercialization of Human Feeling

The Compassion Fatigue Workbook

Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization

Resolving Conflicts at Work

Ten Strategies for Everyone on the Job

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Close Encounters With Addiction

Moral Courage

Taking Action When Your Values are Put to the Test

Transforming the Pain

A Workbook On Vicarious Traumatization