HEAL-THY COMMUNITY: INTEGRATING RESILIENCY

Why do you do the work you do?

Stress Makes us Sick• 1 in 2 Americans have a chronic disease• 1 in 4 have multiple chronic diseases• 91% of all Rx filled are for chronic disease• 76% of physician visits are for chronic disease• Chronic diseases are responsible for 7 out of 10 deaths in the U.S.• 99% of Medicare and 83% of Medicaid go towards chronic diseases• $3.2 trillion is spent on healthcare in U.S. ; 86% of that is on chronic diseases

NCCDPHP 2016; HIEHS 2015; Johns Hopkins University Partnership for Solutions 2000

Your workplace has a greater impact on your health, than your family doctor

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https://www.mequilibrium.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cost-of-stress-REVISED.pdf

Primary Sources of Stress

Lack of control

Lack of predictability

Lack of purpose/meaning

Lack of social supports/isolation

Demand-resource imbalance

Impact of Stress at Work• Demand resource imbalance- fatigue, lost productivity

• Sleep deprivation- errors increase, quality becomes compromised

• Saying one thing, but doing another- lack of accountability, integrity

• Value misalignment with individuals, community, planet

• Design processes driven by fear & negativity vs showcasing strengths

• Emotional, rigid colleagues- poor morale

• Poor mental & physical health- absenteeism

• Retain the “stressed”, the good ones quit- difficulties recruiting new staff

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• Organizational Health Risk & Asset Management Assessments

• Organizational Health Investment Strategies

• Organizational Health Advisement

• Organizational Health Planning

• Research

• Grant writing

• Global networking

We combine cutting-edge research in behavioral science, positive

psychology and mind-body medicine with proven leadership &

management strategies so you can create a

Valued Workplace

Integrative Re-Sources #1 Priority: Create Valued Workplaces

Objectives for Today• Identify signs of burnout from community engagement

• Identify the impact of stress & integrating resiliency

• Discuss practical strategies to create a Valued Workplace

Riding the Daily Roller Coaster

Leading a Community MovementOver 70% of transformations fail due to:

- High consequence work- Lack of strong organizational commitment- Competing priorities- Unclear team roles- Ambiguous directions or goals- Wrong need/message- Process missteps or setbacks- Lack of trust & maintaining relationships- Compromised leadership - Poor results

What happens to us personally?

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Brief Brain-Body-Breath- Behavior BanterWhat happens when we’re stressed1. Feeling out of control reduces prefrontal cortex

activity2. Prefrontal cortex circuits disconnect even with

minor decisions3. Dendrites (cell communicators) atrophy & die4. Boosting Fight-Flight-Faint- Freeze response5. Breath moves to chest, thigh muscles tighten6. Higher blood pressure creates turbulence on

blood vessel walls7. Creates breakage, scar tissue, plaque, then

INFLAMMATION– aka chronic stress = chronic disease

8. Stress strengthens HABITS, like cravings (self-medication) & makes us more emotional & rigid

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What does it mean to be resilient?

It doesn’t matter what happens to you, it matters how you respond

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Your response shapes your brain, body, breath, behavior & your buddies

RELAX: GET OUT OF SURVIVAL MODE

FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION: REFLECT ON YOUR

VALUES

BE INTENTIONAL : WE EXCEL WHEN WE FOCUS

ON WHAT MATTERS

CONNECT ACTIONS TO VALUES: PLAY

ALIGN YOUR VALUES WITH OTHERS: BUILD

YOUR ECO-SYSTEM

Integrate Resiliency for Habits of Distinction

Get out of Survival Mode: Create Novelty

Get out of Survival Mode: Strengthen Gratitude of the Ordinary

Feed your Brain: 2 hours every 2 minutes

Exercise Star Leadership

CompassionCourageCuriosityConnectionConsistency

Focus on what MattersShare one practical strategy you currently do to keep going on day’s when it’s tough

Develop a basic plan on how to create Habits of Distinction within your Valued Workplace

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Thank you

Contact InformationKami Norland, MA, ATR, CEO

Integrative Re-Sources

kami@resiliencysource.org

218.390.2676Call to Create your Valued Workplace

Today!