WellnessMN
Focused on Behavioral Health Staff Wellness, providing tools and resources that support the individual, the team, and the organization for all responder levels.
It is our genuine desire to support you, your team, and your organization in this prolonged challenging response.
You are much appreciated and valued.
Minnesota Cares:
A Wellness Workshop For Our Healthcare Community
A FREE event on November 2nd, 2023, to honor the healthcare community and to provide them with evidence-based tools to improve their well-being and build resilience.
Read more about the Minnesota Cares event.
Book Club
When: Second Monday of every month 11am- 12pm
Where: Join Here
Skills for Psychological Recovery (6 virtual learning session series-must attend all to receive CEUs and certificates of attendance)
When: All sessions will take place 2-3pm on Tuesdays
- October 3, 2023
- October 10, 2023
- October 17, 2023
- October 24, 2023
Register: https://www.train.org/mn/ ID# 1111006
Pre-requisite: Psychological First Aid training found Here
Fall 2023 SPR (PDF)
Other Psychological First Aid opportunities Presented by Regional Behavioral Health Coordinators
When:
- October 9, 2023
- December 11, 2023
Register: https://www.train.org/mn/ ID# 1101620
10 minutes for You!
When: Every Tuesday and Thursday at 3:50pm on Teams
Join: 10 Minutes for You
Tiny Habits
Practice tiny habits each day as a way to continue your wellness journey by using this calendar to guide your efforts.
Ongoing Events
Virtual Psychological First Aid (PFA) Training
Offered the 2nd Monday of every month, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Psychological First Aid handout (PDF)
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.
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!***)
Resources for Individuals
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
Past webinars & presentation videos, by category:
One-pagers (PDFs)
- Perspective is Essential
- You Need Not Be a Victim
- Make Mine a Combo
- Mind the Gap
- Guarding Your Heart
- Social Connection Heals
- More Social Connection Tips
- Gratitude and Wellbeing
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
Building a Resilience Skill Set: Gratitude & Balancing Your Thinking
Continuing to Build – Understanding Post Traumatic Growth (PTG)
Spiritual Wellbeing during COVID-19 Pandemic: Immunity of the Soul
Strengthen your Wisdom to reduce caring fatigue
One-pagers
Building Your Tool Kit – Understanding the Discharge
The Experience and Impact of Chronic Stress (with Luke Campbell)
Heartmath: Emotional Regulation on the Go
Celebrating or Surviving the Holidays? Navigating the Dialectic of Fatigue and Gratitude
Strengthen your Wisdom to reduce caring fatigue
Living Well With Ambiguity (with Janet Yeats)
Skills for Psychological Recovery: Helpful Thinking and Managing Reactions
One-pagers
- Strategic Wellbeing
- Take Your Meds Outside
- Becoming Anti-Fragile
- Don’t Excuse Yourself From Healing
- Do the Math
- One Minute Pause
- Progress Step by Step
- Avoiding Burnout
- One-pager- Avoiding Anger
5/10/22 Verbal De-Escalation Techniques for Public Health Staff
Keeping Gremlins at a Distance
Nature Bathing Photo Gallery
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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.
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