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Low Impact Debriefing – Overview

Downloadable PDF

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Rethinking Post-Incident Support

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

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Scaling Support

Building a Mutual Support Community of Practice

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Finding Moral Courage in Difficult Times

Six Steps to Cultivate Moral Courage

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Tips for Managing Media Use

Strategies to Reduce Indirect Trauma Exposure

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Best Practices for Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress

Principles for Individuals & Organizations

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Low Impact Debriefing Postcard

A free, downloadable resource

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Employee Wellness is a Shared Responsibility

The Results of Our 2024 Survey of Helping Professionals

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The Window of Tolerance Postcard

A free, downloadable resource

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Start Your Journey Towards a Healthier, More Supportive Workplace

The TEND Approach to Organizational Health

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The Balance Map

A Strategy to Take Stock

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Un-Addiction

6 Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life

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The Three Minute Breathing Space

Grounding Through Sounds, Sensations, & Breath

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Self-Care Questionnaire

Excerpt from Resilience, Balance & Meaning

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Screeners for Health & Behavioral Health Professionals

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

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Hot Walk & Talk Postcard

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The Hot Walk & Talk Protocol

A Strategy for Supporting Others After an Upsetting Incident

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Three Minute Breathing Space Postcard

A free, downloadable resource

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The Window of Tolerance

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

Assessment Tool for Organizations

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The Professional Quality of Life Measure (ProQOL)

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

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Real Self-Care

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

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Contributing Factors

Identifying Work-Related Stress

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Communication Expectations for Remote Teams

Strategies to Reduce Information Overload

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Low Impact Debriefing

Four Steps to Safely Share and Process Difficult Experiences

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Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress

Skills for Sustaining a Career in the Helping Professions

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Help for the Helper

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

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The Stress Prescription

Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

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Hear Me, Protect Me, Support Me

Feeling Supported At Work

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The Burnout Challenge

Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs

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The Myth of Normal

Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture

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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

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Coming Home to Secondary Traumatic Stress

The Impact of Trauma-Exposed Work On Our Loved Ones

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Digital Detox

Minimize Screen Time and Unplug

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Compassionate Leadership

How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way

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The Set Boundaries Workbook

Practical Exercises for Understanding Your Needs and Setting Healthy Limits

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The Deepest Well

Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity

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RAIN Practice

15-Minute Guided Meditation

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The Human Element

Overcoming the Resistance That Awaits New Ideas

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The Burnout Epidemic

The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It

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The Loving Wish

Resetting Micro-Skill

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Why It’s Time to Stop Using Compassion Fatigue

Why Empathic Strain is Our Preferred Term

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Compassionate Leadership in the Re-Opening Workplace

A Conversation with Cambria Walsh and Tamsyn Brennan

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Pollyanna Leadership & Eeyore Friends

Understanding Post-Traumatic Growth Q&A

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A Shift in Perspective

Why It’s Time to Stop Using Compassion Fatigue

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Fierce Self-Compassion

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

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Boundaries

A Deep Dive

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Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement

A Guide for Officers and Their Families

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The Multitasking Experiment

Healthy Habits Micro-Skill

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What Happened to You?

Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

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The 1% Habit Shaping Strategy

Healthy Habits Micro-Skill

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The Must Be Nice Reaction

Downloadable Postcard

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Vaccine Guilt & Building Blanket Forts

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

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A World Without Email

Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload

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We Are All Perfectly Fine

A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing

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Saying “No” is Hard

A Conversation About Boundaries with Meaghan Welfare

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Getting Psychological Help

What Are the Pros & Cons?

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The Three Steps to Self-Compassion

Resetting Micro-Skill

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Transitioning from Work to Home

Resetting Micro-Skill

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Compassionate Leadership

A Conversation with Cambria Walsh and Tamsyn Brennan

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Maintaining Balance

Self-Care, Resiliency, and Ethical Service Delivery

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Relationship-Centered Care is Better Care

The Importance of Incorporating Cultural Humility in Our Work

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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

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

Strategies to Address Wear & Tear

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Leaders Are People Too

Interview with Dr. Patricia Fisher

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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

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The Ripple Effect of Resiliency

Strategies for Fostering Resiliency with Indigenous Children

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Widen the Window

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

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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

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Compassionomics

The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference

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When the Body Says No

The Cost of Hidden Stress

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The Business Case

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Breathe, Reset, Refuel. Rinse, Repeat.

How Much Self-Care is "Enough?"

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The Fearless Organization

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

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Three Simple Guidelines for Healthy Living

Making Small Changes for Healthier Habits

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Disappoint Someone Today

An Invitation to Make Space

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The Age of Overwhelm

Strategies for the Long Haul

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Posttraumatic Growth

Theory, Research, and Applications

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The Edge of Compassion

TEDx Talk with Françoise Mathieu

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Resilient

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

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Hardwiring Happiness

The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence

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My Grandmother’s Hands

Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

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The Posttraumatic Growth Workbook

Coming Through Trauma Wiser, Stronger, and More Resilient

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Resilience, Balance & Meaning

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

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Childhood Disrupted

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

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The Resilient Practitioner

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

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The Body Keeps the Score

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

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Building Resilient Teams

Facilitating Workplace Wellness & Organizational Health in Trauma-Exposed Environments

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Self-Compassion

The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

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First Responder Mental Health

Compassion Fatigue Education for Paramedics

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Beyond Kale and Pedicures

Can We Beat Burnout & Compassion Fatigue?

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Bouncing Back

Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-being

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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

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

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The Managed Heart

Commercialization of Human Feeling

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The Compassion Fatigue Workbook

Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization

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Resolving Conflicts at Work

Ten Strategies for Everyone on the Job

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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Close Encounters With Addiction

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Moral Courage

Taking Action When Your Values are Put to the Test

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Transforming the Pain

A Workbook On Vicarious Traumatization

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