Patients and Families

Watch An Introduction to Resilient Living Webinar to learn about the 10 facets of resilience that serve as the foundation of the Resilient Living program and future opportunities to benefit from this IFOPA program. This webinar is presented by Hayley Stolzle, Resilience Program Coordinator at Turning Point and Hope Newport, Family Services Manager at the IFOPA. 

The Resilient Living Educational Series is an opportunity for members of the FOP community to come together to learn about ways to incorporate habits that support their mental and physical well-being in their day-to-day living.

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Session 1: What Does Resiliency Mean to You?  
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We'll start this series off by looking at some of the important aspects of implementing resilient habits and learning why resilience is important for our mind and body.

Session 2: Emotional Expressiveness
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Emotional expressiveness is the awareness of basic emotions as they occur and the ability to process them appropriately.

Session 3: Ability to Self-Calm
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The ability to self-calm is using self-awareness to practice relaxation techniques and self-regulation skills to align our intellect, emotions, actions and words. 

Session 4: Self-Care
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Self-care is choosing healthy behaviors that balance the effects of emotional and physical stressors. 

Session 5: Hardiness  
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Hardiness is our ability to place ourselves at the center of the controls and realize that challenges create opportunities for potential learning, growth and personal betterment.

Session 6: Ability to Self-Replenish
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The ability to self-replenish is recognizing when our inner stores of energy and positive experience are becoming depleted and doing what it takes to fill ourselves up again.

Session 7: Non-Judgement/Self-Supporting Talk
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Self-supporting talk is challenging unproductive thoughts and replacing critical thoughts with more productive ones. 

Session 8: Hope and Optimism
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Optimism is remembering that our perception creates reality and that we must have hope to define our goals and make a plan to achieve them.

Session 9: Sense of Coherence
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Sense of coherence is focusing on a sense of order and remembering that there are a great deal of resources available in life. During times of distress action eases despair.

Session 10: Social Support
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Social support is about turning to the people who support you when you need them and remembering that reciprocating that support is key to a healthy relationship.