Building Resiliency for Adversity
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Course Description:
This course is designed to aid you in building a personal culture of resilience and holistic health. Our unique approach is intended to help you learn to better manage the stress in your life in order to increase your potential for happiness, success, and even create a competitive advantage through the creation of what we call Psychological Body Armor ™. There is no “quick fix” in this program. It is not designed to be a “pop psych” feel-good course. Rather, this course contains facts and specific suggestions for actions you can take to enhance your personal resilience, all based upon the latest and most credible science.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the nature of Psychological Body Armor ™ (PBA)
- Recognize resilient attitudes as the foundation of PBA
- Use physical exercise to strengthen PBA
- Use nutrition to fuel PBA
- Use rest to recharge and restore PBA
- Use interpersonal support to expand PBA
- Understand how spirituality deepens PBA
- Develop an individual PBA plan
Presenter: Bill Lotz, D.Min, CCISM
Bill Lotz has been involved in fire service since 1978 and in full time ministry since 1988. He has served as a pastor and as chaplain in hospital, corrections, hospice, and fire/police settings. Bill earned his Doctoral Degree in Chaplain Studies from Golden Gate Seminary in 1999 and has worked in full-time chaplain ministry since then. He is past Training Director for the Federation of Fire Chaplains and currently serves as Director of Chaplain Services Network in SE Washington State, recruiting and training chaplains for fire/rescue and police agencies. He teaches Fire Chaplaincy, Disaster Chaplaincy and Critical Incident Stress Management throughout the US and Canada. Bill lives in Tri Cities, WA with his wife, daughters, and grandchildren.
