STRAIGHTFORWARD MENTAL HEALTH TOOLS
FOR THOSE WHO SERVE
If your job is to serve your community, our job is to serve you.
If you work as a guardian (first response, health care, death care, social services), your job is both incredibly important and emotionally exhausting. And while there is a lot of chatter out there about taking good care of your mental health, sometimes it’s hard to know what the hell that actually means.
Are you feeling the strain? Have you stopped laughing the way you used to? Are your relationships strained or dull? Do you dread going to work? You aren’t alone, all of those are common outcomes of doing work that serves others.
Is it time to do something about it?
One step at a time.
Mental health services can be daunting. Who can you trust? Where do you start? How does therapy actually work - and will there be crying and hugging? We get it, and our mission is to make it easier. So we’ve taken thousands of hours of clinical work and research and turned it into a program that is straightforward and tailored to the specific needs of someone that does your job.
Step 1: Get honest with yourself.
How often are you telling yourself to suck it up and tough it out? Are you in the trap of feeling like you’re being weak or dramatic? That’s a sticky damn trap.
The first step it to take a moment of honest assessment. Use our free and anonymous assessment took to get started.
Step 2: Learn the basics.
There are some important things that we don’t learn in the school or the academy. How to talk to our spouse about what happened today. How to manage the grief and trauma you see. What moral injury is and how to spot it.
After getting honest with yourself, it’s important to spend some time with the basics. We have a combo of free live and on-demand trainings to help.
Step 3: Master the fundamentals.
Managing your mental health isn’t magic - it’s a system of tools, skills, and habits. Just like everything else you do, it takes some practice.
We’ve taken everything that we’ve learned and turned it into an online training that teaches you exactly how to build a plan. Not just any plan, but one that is specific for your job, your circumstances, and your personality. You can also take the course with your significant other to help strengthen your relationship skills.
Step 4: Suck it up and call for backup.
Asking for help is THE WORST. If you would rather get a root canal than ask for support, we totally get it. But we all need an assist at some point.
If you are feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, perhaps it’s time for a little backup. Our coaching program builds on the skills in the online training, with expert guidance. Shannon will walk through the process with you, helping to identify the habits and patterns that might be getting in your way. She will work with you to build a plan that meets your specific needs, and if you know that there is some deeper clinical work that needs to be done, she can help you make a plan for how tackle it.
Guardian work can also be brutal on relationships. If you want to strengthen your connection with your partner, our relationship coaching package includes both individual and relational guidance.
Step 5: Chase those trauma demons.
Ugh. Trauma. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just ignore it? Tuck it in a tiny box in the back of our mind and allow it to disappear?
If that’s what you’ve been trying to do, you know it doesn’t work. Trauma leaves a mark. Sometimes subtle, sometimes completely life-altering. If you know the trauma is there, but aren’t sure what to do about it, let’s chat about EMDR.
Click the link to learn more about how Shannon can help you tackle trauma (spoiler alert: she takes a get-shit-done approach).