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RESILIENCEBuilding Blocks of Resilience for Professional Caregivers
Chaplain James Durnil, M.Div
Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin
Personal Background• Chaplain• Pastor-Evangelical Lutheran Church in America• Half Century
Resilience Background• Unintentional• Professionally• Personally
Stress
Demand
Resources
Stress: Lack Of ControlStress: Lack Of Meaning
stress
Actual Event
Perceived Event
You can control your perception and response
CatastrophizingYour boss notices you are a little more negative than usual and asks if there is something happening
= The boss is watching. I’m probably going to get fired. I will have to sell my condo and find a cheap apartment…etc.
Creating a scenario that has no basis in any kind of reality…The Runaway Story (The Legend of Rhonda Brickmann)
What is Resilience?•The ability to adapt to adverse conditions while maintaining a sense of purpose, balance, and positive mental and physical wellbeing.
•The Power to cope with adversity and adapt to challenges or change
What is Resilience?•Inner strength; hardiness, the ability to trust in personal attributes
•Self protection; ability to create boundaries between work and home
Perspectives and Behaviors Associated
With Resilience
Self-knowledge and Insight
•Having a clear sense of who you are, what you believe, value and FEEL
• Identifying your strengths and weaknesses
• Good boundaries
Laughter
• Don’t let worry kill you off – let the church help.• Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our
church and community.• The Associate Minister unveiled the church’s new
campaign slogan last Sunday:” I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours.
Challenge Or Threat
Acceptance• Setbacks and failures seen as “regular” events, rather than surprises,
High Adaptability• Learn to reframe the event in a more manageable and
less threatening way.• Optimistic and approachable
You Might Be Resilient • Past Experiences
• Jobs
• Physical/Health
• Loss
• Personal Examples
How do we do it
What’s Happening Right Now
Resilience is experienced when cohesive working teams, colleagues or mentors provide physical or psychological support including opportunities to self-reflect, debrief or validate as well as provide relief through humor and team camaraderie.
Mindfulness•We have today•Attention
• Gratitude Exercise
•Meditation• Simple• The Word• Intentional awareness
Resilience APP
Available on Google Play, The App Store, and Amazon
http://www.resiliencescale.com/en/rstest/rstest_14_en.html
ResourcesSood, Amit: Guide to Stress Free Living (2013) Mayo Foundation For Medical Educatio
Siebert, Al: The Resiliency Advantage (2005) Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Spidell, Steven (2014) Resilience and Professional Chaplaincy: A Paradigm Shift in Focus Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 20:16–24
Pipe, et al. Building Personal and Professional Resources of Resilience and Agility in the Healthcare WorkplacePublished online 13 March 2011 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/smi.1396