WellnessMN

Focused on Behavioral Health Staff Wellness, providing tools and resources that support the individual, the team, and the organization for all responder levels to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

It is our genuine desire to support you, your team, and your organization in this prolonged challenging response.

You are much appreciated and valued. 

Upcoming Events

Minnesota Cares: Caring for Our Own Train-the-Trainer Workshop

Thursday, September 8 and Thursday, September 15
12:00 – 3:00 pm Central Time 
> Additional information and to REGISTER

> PDF of workshop details

Ongoing Events

Virtual Psychological First Aid (PFA) Training
Offered the 2nd Monday of every month thru 2022, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m

The MN Train
You will need to create an account to join any of the upcoming training sessions.  Look for Course ID:  1101620 and determine a date that works best for you.  On that day, please log in and join the training per the instructions provided.

Statewide Behavioral Wellness Group Information Sign-Up

Resources/Tools

These will vary in ease of use and duration of time. We understand that you have different interests and time available to engage in self-care.

Peer Support Resources (***NEW!***)

Center for Patient Safety Train-the Trainer Program video

Resources for Individuals
Reducing Burnout with Sustainable Compassion
Tips for Managing Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic Wallet Card
Helper pocket card
First Responder Toolkit
COVID-19 Sleep Checklist
Psychological PPE
Embracing Gratitude: A long-term approach
Managing Burnout: The Time is Now
Coping Mechanisms and When They Become Harmful
The Stress Continuum Model
Shedding Stress and Harmful Emotions
Build Your Wellbeing
Managing the Stress of Holiday Gatherings during COVID-19
Externalizing the Impact of Emotion
Anger and Irritability
Depressed Mood
Helpful Thinking Handout
Helpful Thinking Worksheet
Breathing
Children: Good Coach Bad Coach
Children: Helpful Thinking
Chronic Stress
Payoff Matrix
Managing Reactions Worksheet
Resources for Teams
COVID-19 iCOVER-Med
Resources for Organizations and Leaders

COVID-19 Leadership Checklist / Mitigating Team Stress
Leading During Crisis: Lead by Example
Sustaining Operations and Preventing Burnout during COVID-19
Leadership Series: Take the Lead – The Servant Leader
Leadership Series: Adaptive Leader – Lead by Example

Past webinars & presentation videos, by category:

4/19/22 Creating a Culture of Wellbeing in Your Workplace

04/21/22 Power of Healing Through Story 

4/26/22 Food for Thought: Crisis Junkie

Webinar: Power of Healing Through Stories 

Webinar: Power of Healing Through Story

COVID-19 and the Hasty Dissolution of Life Boundaries

Webinar: Power of Healing Through Story

Toxic Positivity

Building a Resilience Skill Set: Gratitude & Balancing Your Thinking

Encouraging the Heart

Wishing Wellness

Continuing to Build – Understanding Post Traumatic Growth (PTG)

Spiritual Wellbeing during COVID-19 Pandemic: Immunity of the Soul

Mindfulness Experience

Strengthen your Wisdom to reduce caring fatigue

Building Resilience

Webinar: Not Only Surviving, Let’s Talk Thriving

Webinar: Restoring Resilience: Blending New Science and Ancient Wisdom to Sustain a Healthy Mind, Mood and Heart

Webinar: Navigating the Transition

Building Your Tool Kit – Understanding the Discharge

The Experience and Impact of Chronic Stress (with Luke Campbell) 

Heartmath: Emotional Regulation on the Go

Choosing Calm

Celebrating or Surviving the Holidays? Navigating the Dialectic of Fatigue and Gratitude  

Strengthen your Wisdom to reduce caring fatigue

Nature Bathing

Change is Our Only Constant

Shift Happens

Coping with Loss 

Taking Care

Reducing Burnout

Living Well With Ambiguity (with Janet Yeats)

Skills for Psychological Recovery: Helpful Thinking and Managing Reactions

Moral Injury | Wounded Souls

Reflections…”where have we been and where are we going?” 

5/10/22 Verbal De-Escalation Techniques for Public Health Staff

Caring Fatigue Wisdom

Keeping Gremlins at a Distance

First Responder Toolkit                      

Resource Allocation During Scarcity of Care

Helping Kids Cope

5/24/22 Managing Stress While Leading Through Chaos

Food for Thought:  Building a Community of Transformation

Catch A Vibe

Harm Reduction

Servant Leadership in Everyday Life

Introduction to SPR and Information Gathering and Assistance Prioritization

SPR Training

SPR: Helpful Thinking and Managing Reactions

Controller/Evaluator Training

PFA skills for Managers and Leaders in the midst of the Pandemic

Watch videos from the 2021 Footprint of Disasters Conference
All past videos (by thumbnail preview)

Nature Bathing Photo Gallery

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Nature Bathing in the Boundary Waters

Nature bathing

Echoes off the lake in Cushing MN

Coffee with Mother Nature

Nature bathing in MT

Nature Bathing in Southern MN 3

Nature bathing in Southern MN 2

Nature bathing in Southern MN 1

Forest trees in front of lake

Nature bathing in the forest 1

Nature Bathing in the forest 4

Nature bathing in the forest 3

Trees in forest

Nature Bathing in the forest 2

Nature bathing in FL

Nature bathing on the island

Spooner, WI

Spooner, WI

Spooner, WI

Anna Maria Island, FL

Anna Maria Island, FL

Nature bathing 6

Nature bathing 5

Nature bathing 4

Nature bathing

Nature bathing 2

Nature bathing 3

Mackay Lake 1

Mackay Lake 3

Mackay Lake 6

Mackay Lake 4

Winter 2021-1

Winter 2021-1

Winter 2021-2

Winter 2021-2

I want to follow up on the presentation by Glenn. It had me in tears, he was so placid and understanding in his tone and his words hit deep. I appreciate the coalition so much, offering this and then also opening it up to everyone no matter what they do or where they are at. I can’t thank you enough for what I call these professional gems, the things that make the days shine brighter.
— M.L., State of Minnesota employee

I’m so impressed with the wellnessmn website and resources. I downloaded a few of the materials today to give to patients and also forwarded the site to the Provider Wellness Committee at my hospital.
— C.J., Integrative Physical Therapist

How people are doing self-care…

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  • on a day off, I sleep in without feeling guilty

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  • I designate an hour before I go to bed to do something relaxing without distractions. For me, this is reading. No devices, no TV. I call this “my wind-down hour” before I go to bed.

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  • I dedicate one hour each morning to exercise, meditate, and journal; before I get ready to work for the day.

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  • YOGA!

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  • I plan my meals to keep healthy eating habits

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  • I spend some time daily (most days) reading, praying/in communication with God. I am able to approach him because he made a way for me (us).

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  • An intense work out (running, spinning, lifting)

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  • do what I can to stay active

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  • 12 step meetings (I’m in recovery)

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  • take a lot of effort and care in the meals I make for myself and my loved ones

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  • find activities I really like to do, cross country skiing, biking, and sledding with the kids, etc., and I find times to do them

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  • Hiking up North

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  • it helps my brain to relax from work if it is concentrating on accomplishing something at home

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  • Love, Forgiveness, Service

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  • take walks regularly—fresh air and natural light really help me

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  • Take a bubble bath!

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  • if I find I’ve over committed, I allow myself to cut back, reschedule, etc.  I remind myself there’s no extra bonus in spreading myself too thin.

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  • Counseling has been so important

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  • I hired someone to help my kids with distance learning and housework

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  • I have had great friends, mentors, pastors through my life. They have been always available to ask questions, vent, and ask for help.

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  • Walk my dog down by the river (water is very soothing to me)

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  • I now fully recognize that I am not in charge. Even if I am leading the meeting, the project, performing CPR, vaccination clinic

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  • I report to God, my self-worth comes from him. He has provided a way and I am approved in his eyes, no matter if I do well or if I am way off.

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  • “Spa” music

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  • …a verse that I try to live by; 2 Corinthians 4:5; “For we preach not ourselves but Christ Jesus the Lord and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.” So, every team I am part of I will serve the best that I can.

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  • Every human I meet I try to treat them as an image of God and attempt to love them as God has loved me.

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  • Have a quiet dinner with my spouse

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  • Warm tea and a favorite blanket
Central Minnesota Healthcare Preparedness Coalition
Metro Health & Medical Preparedness Coalition
Minnesota Department of Health
Northeast Healthcare Preparedness Coalition
SEMNHCC
South Central Healthcare Coalition
Southwest Healthcare Preparedness Coalition
Northwest Healthcare Coalition
West Central Minnesota Healthcare Preparedness Coalition

This collection of resources is brought to you by the Statewide Healthcare Coordination Center (SHCC) Behavioral Health Staff Wellness Branch. The Statewide Healthcare Coordination Center is the organizational structure for the eight Healthcare Coalitions in the state of Minnesota to ensure a coordinated response in a statewide emergency.

©2022 Statewide Healthcare Coordination Center (SHCC) Behavioral Health Staff Wellness Branch