“Between stimulus and response there is a space.  In that space is our power to choose our response.  In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”  Victor Frankl Helping professionals are known as first responders, not first reactors for a good reason. Maintaining a regulated body and mind in the height of conflict or crisis is […]

Okay, so it might not look like this, or it might.  Either way….. Leaving our resilience practices for the beginning and end of the work day is not enough.  Most of us struggle with adding more ‘to-do’s’ (even if it’s good for us) to an already full plate of work and family, and self-care often […]

A Trauma-Informed Lense of this technique. A healthy body should be able to adjust from a state of stress to a state of calm within 20 minutes, or less, of being activated.  Learning how to shift from a stress response (sympathetic) to a healing response (parasympathetic) is perhaps one of the most powerful skills for […]