Setting Healthy Boundaries in Work & Life

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There was a time when the boundaries between work and home were fairly clear. Today, however, work is likely to invade your personal life and maintaining work-life balance is no simple task. We see the evidence of work/life imbalance in the workplace including increases in workplace violence, co-worker conflict, and increases in absenteeism and presenteeism. This also increases your short- and long-term disability costs.

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Topics discussed in this training include:​

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• What do you  value?

• What are the barriers from preventing you from living your best life

• Strategies for achieving balance with values conflicts

 

Compassion Fatigue

 

Do you ever feel like you just don't care anymore?  Compassion fatigue can cause employees to feel discouraged  and apathetic. Compassion fatigue can reduce an individual’s empathy and lead them to dread or even avoid certain people and/or tasks. This training explains the symptoms of compassion fatigue and teaches participants to identify, understand and respond to symptoms that may impact their ability to do their job effectively   Participants identify their "why"  for  choosing the work/career that have and empower them to develop healthy boundaries which, in turn,  will increase both job satisfaction and productivity

Improving Communication 

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Effective communication helps us better understand people and situations, enables us to resolve differences, helps build trust and respect. Clear but kind communication creates an environment where creative ideas, problem solving, and kindness flourish.  This can cause conflict and frustration in personal and professional relationships. By learning effective communication skills, you can better connect with your spouse, kids, friends, and coworkers. Topics discussed in this training include:​

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• Identifying personal communication styles

• Non-verbal communication

• Overcoming barriers to effective communication

• Are you listening to listen or to respond?

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Stress, Overwhelm and Burnout: Healthy Options for Coping

Stress is an everyday occurrence, but every person responds to the pressures of life in their own way. This training is designed to help individuals gain awareness stressors in their life, identify their own unique response to stress, and learn proven strategies to help manage stress. These strategies will help us to remain calm and effective in high pressure situations and help us to avoid the health problems associated with long term stress.

 

Topics discussed in this training include:

• Defining stress and stressors

• Understanding and completing  the Stress Cycle

• How stress affects physical health and emotional wellness

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Navigating Relationships at Work

Everyone interactions with many different types of people while on the job whether it be coworkers, bosses, customers, or others.  It’s important to be cognizant and respectful of all others. This course describes the different types of relationships in the workplace and how to interact with the people in each role. 

 

Topics discussed in this training include:

• Interacting with executives, colleagues, and others in the organization

• Handling challenging supervisors

• Understanding and managing the workplace enviornment

• When relationships turn negative

 

Bounce Back: Building Resiliency  

On average, individuals will experience major life-changing events up to 20 times in our lifetime. This interactive training will help individuals through periods of transition.  This training offers four 60 minute sessions

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Recognize

Recover

Sustain

Reflect

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Identifying, Understanding and Communicating about Substance Misuse

Substance use has become increasingly more common in today’s world.  This course examines substance use versus abuse and treatment options.  

 

Topics discussed in this training include:​

• ​Stages of substance use

• Definition and consequences of misuse

• Relationship Between Shame and Addiction

• Treatment methods 

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Resolving Conflict 

Conflict is inevitable. Understanding one''s preferred expressive and receptive language styles and reframe the the conflict and facilitate effective resolution.  This training teaches participants how to identify different style of expressive and receptive language and how to adjust their communication to influence the most beneficial outcome. 

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Self-Care: Moving beyond massages and bubble baths

Putting one's own oxygen mask first can often be difficult.  Self-care is critical to be able to care for your family, friends, coworkers, and clients/employees.

 

Topics discussed in this training include:​​

• Self-care assessments

• Recognizing vulnerabilities

• Mindfulness

Coping with Uncertainty

Everyone experiences anxiety at varying levels depending on their past and current experiences. In the whole scheme of life there we can control very little.   This course examines the different types of anxiety and healthy responses to uncertainty. 

 

Topics discussed in this training include:

• Somatic manifestation of anxiety

• Symptoms, causes, and triggers

• Treatment methods

• Self-care

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Understanding Vicarious Trauma

Vicarious trauma is a little discussed condition that impacts many employees, especially those working in health care and emergency services.  It is imperative for employees in these professions to adopt healthy stress management and coping mechanisms to manage symptoms of vicarious trauma 

 

Topics discussed in this training include:

• Defining vicarious trauma and its impacts

• Identifying symptoms of vicarious trauma

• Identifying risk factors and warning signs

• Working protectively

​​Coming January 2024

• Customer Service Excellence

• Financial Literacy

• Supporting your Emerging Adult Child

• Managing the "Sandwich" Phase of Life

• Living the Life You Choose

• Building a Trauma Informed Workplace​