Tactical Self-Care for First Responders
NAVIGATING ADVERSITY
4 Barriers to Self-Care for Public Service Professionals
(Police, Fire/EMS, 911, Veterans, & Public Safety Professional Staff)
1. Failure to recognize the symptoms of distress for what they actually are, which can lead to self-medicating.
2. The belief that counselors can't understand the critical nature of the job and the impact it has on the whole life.
3. The stigma that has held for decades on anything relating to mental health care.
4. The belief that peers will lose faith in them and the fear that loved ones will believe them to be a burden.
Navigating Adversity overcomes each of these barriers.
The Navigating Adversity App Provides a Tailored Learning Experience.
- Focus on building positive characteristics while acknowledging warning signs of distress
- Learn in private with 100% confidentiality
- Individual learning plans to meet you where you are
- Guided by culturally-competent mentors from your profession
- Workforce-wide training replaces stigma with a common language of self-care
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Virtual & Confidential
Nothing about what we do is typical. In fact, long before the pandemic forced us to conduct business online, we built Navigating Adversity for you to be able to learn from wherever you are most comfortable. Dial into our guided self-care resources, connect with your mentor, and listen to powerful stories of Navigating Adversity via the app, tablet, or pc. All of this with 100% confidentiality!
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Mentors
We have some of the world's most elite mentors guiding you on your journey to reclaiming your self-worth. Professionals from the military, public safety special units, and experts known for their authority on each of the eight pillars of wellbeing are your learning cohort. Their insight, feedback, and encouragement reflect the year+ they've spent mastering the certification process to ensure that your experience is as amazing as you are!
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Self-Care Journey
Every person's needs is different, so why should your training journey be the same? Our proprietary individualized scorecards determine what kind of wellness capital will bring you relief first so that you begin to feel better right away. From there, we move you through the 8 pillars in the order dictated by your unique needs. As you apply the materials to your personal, lived experiences, our mentors will cheer on your successes and tactically guide you from one area of self-care to the next.
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Navigating Adversity Workforce-Wide
- Pre - & Post-Training Scorecard
- Certified Mentor
- 40 Total Learning Hours
- Invitation to Join the Inner Circle
- Navigating Adversity e-Book
- Navigating Adversity Audiobook
Navigating Adversity for Supervisors
- All Basic Elements Plus:
- Focus on Recruitment & Retention
- Discipling Self-Care for the Team
- Self-Care for Professional Development
- Employee Warning Signs of Distress
Loved Ones' Edition: Keeping it all Together
- 20 Training Hours
- Self-Paced
- Optional Individualized Wellness Scorecard
- Invitation to Join the Inner Circle