Being effective at work means staying focused, energized, and showing up motivated every day. But, in the face of constant stress and pressure, this can feel difficult or even impossible.
In this 52 week program we’ll cover:
- How to build awareness of and acknowledge personal stressors
- Understanding your stress and learn actionable strategies for coping
- Strategies for coping with change and uncertainty
- The impacts of stress and ways to assess your symptoms
- How to cope with stress using the 5a’s (Acceptance, Avoidance, Alter, Adapt, Action)
- How to recognize the need for and enforce boundaries
- And so much more!
When your work requires you to be compassionate, a lack of an effective self-care routine can result in apathy, isolation, bottled-up emotions, and a considerable amount of other symptoms of secondary traumatic stress otherwise known as compassion fatigue. Learning how to recognize the signs and symptoms as well as how to cope is imperative.
In this 36 week program, we’ll cover:
- How to recognize and respond to warning signs of increased stress
- How to recognize and cope with stress related conditions such as Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout
- Strategies for coping with change and uncertainty
- Tools for building resilience to secondary stress & trauma (the stress absorbed from working with stressed populations)
- How to practice Low Impact Debriefing/Disclosure
- Various resiliency skills to be more proactive about coping with compassion fatigue
- Tools to self-regulate your autonomic nervous system and lessen the effects of stress
- And so much more!
It’s no secret that teachers have a lot on their plates, which is why it’s so important that you have access to the toolbox that is mindfulness. In this track, you will learn evidence-based practices you can use proactively as well as in the heat of the moment.
In addition to learning the tools and strategies for yourself, you will learn best practices for sharing these skills with students in a simple and effective way.
In this 30 week program, we’ll cover:
- How to practice The Mako Method™ (Breathing/Stretching, Affirmations, Perspective practices, Journaling, and Gratitude) for your own self care and how to bring those practices into the classroom
- The countless benefits of sharing mindfulness with those you teach
- How to create an intervention plan for a more mindful classroom environment for you and your students
- How to create a safe environment for your students to learn mindfulness practices
- Best practices for language and participation when sharing mindfulness practice with others
- And so much more!
