Building Resilience

It has been said that a certain amount of stress is incredibly motivating and helps get us off the couch and achieve our goals. But, we are living in a time of what is known as “chronic stress,” which can cause us to be less resilient, less tolerant, and let’s face it, much less patient with ourselves and others.

So, how can we manage the external stressors of today to keep ourselves as healthy and productive as possible?

In this session, we will explore the best actions we can take to more effectively handle ours and other’s stress.

I invite you to join me in measuring your current level of resilience to establish a baseline. Then I will show you a few simple exercises you can do anywhere, and just about any time, that are powerful antioxidants to stress.

The goal is for you to walk away from the session with new tools for building your resilience and the confidence to know that you can not only survive this incredible time but also move from survive to THRIVE.

Learning objectives:

• What is good versus bad stress?
• What does personality type have to do with stress, resilience, and coping skills?
• What behaviors will help us cope and what behaviors are holding us back?
• How can we change our behavior to get better results?

RSVP: Please register by October 14 using the REGISTER link to receive the Zoom access information.

If questions or to cancel a reservation, contact [email protected].

Cost:  No cost for ALA members and ALASVC business partners. Guests $20.

Denise Gaskin, Ph.D., M.S., owner of RavenWork, Inc.

Denise Gaskin has worked in several industries including healthcare, behavioral health, non-profit organizations, and legal. She has a passion for helping leaders develop their firm culture to support operational and business strategy.

She is the author of several articles on leadership skills, culture, and healthy workplaces and is the author of Design A Healthy Culture: A DIY Guide for Building a Culture of Health.

Before forming RavenWork, Denise served as the Chief Operating Officer at a large regional law firm in the Pacific Northwest. And prior to that was the COO at a law firm in Asheville, North Carolina.

She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee in Educational Psychology with a concentration in collaboration, communication, culture, and dialogue. She earned an M.S. in Counseling Psychology from Indiana University and a B.S. in Exercise Science and Wellness from Ball State University.

Before her twelve years as a law firm COO, Denise worked for a multi-county behavioral health organization in western North Carolina as the Director of Operations. Denise’s formative professional years were spent developing and implementing health promotion programs for a large hospital system and corporate clients.

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CLM^® Application Credit:
1 hour in the management category of Self-Management Skills.

CLM^SM Recertification Credit:
1 hour in the subject area of Human Resources (HR)