Self-Directed Courses
Staying Grounded in Stressful Work
Tend Academy
This online course provides skills to move helping professionals out of states of reactivity or avoidance and into the place of possibility where we are centered amongst the chaos and can choose how we wish to respond.
Compassion Fatigue Essentials
Tend Academy
Compassion Fatigue 101 is an online course that explores the essentials of Compassion Fatigue – a normal consequence of working in a helping field.
Couples Course (Moving Towards a Stronger Relationship)
Dalton Associates
A self-directed course to assist First Responders and those who work within First Responder organizations to improve their relationship with their spouse/partner.
Anger Solutions
Dalton Associates
A self-directed course to discover more about anger and how to effectively work with it.
Self-Care Tools
Meditation Studio App
A 1yr subscription to +500 meditations to experience right on your device. Anytime. Anywhere. There is something for everyone. Check out the collections for First Responders or Veterans.
Psychological PPE
Tend Academy
Psychological PPE is a comprehensive, online program that provides evidence-based strategies and tools to protect your emotional and mental wellbeing during exposure to high-stress, high-pressure situations.
Provider Resilience App
Created to build resilience for coping with the stress of caregiving. Includes: snapshot of overall resilience; stress-busting & compassion satisfaction-building tools; meditation podcasts and more.
Blogs, Vlogs, Podcasts
Breathe Reset Refuel
Tend Academy
I have been reflecting on the fuel that we put in our tanks with the aim to do our best at work, to care for our loved ones and to get a few (or many) of the grown-up things off our list.
Moral Injury
Good Therapy
Moral injury, which can be defined as a profound change in or betrayal of one’s sense of right or wrong, is a concept relatively new to psychology. While not a diagnosis, the term attempts to explain emotions felt by veterans and active service members in response to the ethical and moral challenges of war. Though moral injury is likened by some to posttraumatic stress (PTSD), the two outcomes are in fact distinctly different. Learn more here.
The Psychology of Compassion Fatigue
Lethbridge Therapy
This 32:49min podcast focuses on how those in the helping professions struggle to maintain balance as they experience trauma with those they help.
Ten Strategies for Managing Compassion Fatigue
Tend Academy
An engaging and informative presentation by Dr. Françoise Mathieu, on 10 strategies for Managing Compassion Fatigue.
Articles & Posts
Daily Routines to Improve your Mental Health
HeadsUp Guys
We all need structure and predictability in order to feel secure. Now more than ever, it is important to create routines to help us feel like we have some sense of control and agency in our lives.
Five Steps to Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts
HeadsUp Guys
Suicidal thoughts can be very difficult to deal with or understand even if fleeting. Learn some tips to fight back against thoughts about ending your life as they happen. Deal with this early.
How Journaling Can Help Combat Depression
HeadsUp Guys
Journaling is a proven method for managing stress & depression to help you better understand yourself, get things done and in fact evidence shows it can reduce rumination and depressive symptoms.
Tackling Depression Through Physical Activity
HeadsUp Guys
Research has shown that commitment to a sustainable routine of physical activity can help ease symptoms in both the short & long term. Tips for getting started on your own physical activity routine.
Five Common Depressed Thoughts and What To Do About them
HeadsUp Guys
Depression weighs heavily on many men & can pull your thoughts into dark places, leaving you questioning yourself. Learn common thoughts men with depression have, and what you can do about them.
Marathon not Sprint Part 1
Tend Academy
We all need to consider strategies to stay well long-term through the effects of COVID-19 rather than racing to just get through another day. What can we do to remain balanced during this pandemic?
Marathon not Sprint Part 2
Tend Academy
We all need to consider strategies to stay well long-term through the effects of COVID-19 rather than racing to just get through another day. What can we do to remain balanced during this pandemic?
Coming Home to STS
Tend Academy
There are so many things that we have no control over in our work – but how we take care of our bodies and our brains must remain at the top of the list.
Disappoint Someone Today
Tend Academy
Dealing with Loneliness During the Holidays
HeadsUp Guys
The holidays can be a difficult time for some. It is important to recognize this and take steps so we can avoid feeling alone. Learn some tips for dealing with loneliness this holiday season.