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Resources for Families Health, Resilience and Humanity within the COVID-19 landscape

Weekly Drop-In Meditation Sessions on Zoom

Designed for Responders, Military, Veterans and their Spouse/Partners - join Lt. Richard Goerling (ret.), Dr. Sarah Bowen and Dr. Mike Christopher for a Tuesday afternoon (430 pm Eastern) Zoom meetup. Brought to you through a partnership between Pacific University's Stress Resilience Lab and Mindful Badge Initiative.

We've added a Wednesday (6pm Eastern) session at the request of a hard working group of first responders in Seattle!

We'll offer a micro-training on resilience, facilitate a 20 minute mindfulness meditation practice, and field a question or two. Register for either through the link below. You'll then receive instructions on how to access either/both sessions.

Weekly Mindset and Mindfulness - REGISTER HERE

Sometimes we simply need to know that we can take actions to step into rest, recovery and growth. This doesn't mean we are broken or defeated. We will be predictably affected by the pandemic stressors and the challenges this brings us at work, at home and in community.

Mindfulness for Parents & Kids!

Science writer Annaka Harris offers free guided meditation practices for kids at her website. Parents might enjoy learning about her latest book, Conscious- A brief guide to the fundamental mystery of the mind.

University of California Los Angeles, Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) offers free, guided meditations here. Additionally, MARC offers a free smartphone app you can find through this link.

Susan Kaiser Greenland talks to Dan Harris about "Parenting in a Pandemic" on Dan's podcast 10% Happier.

At Mindful Badge Initiative, we believe in your innate grit, humanity and capacity to show up in the world amidst adversity...and claim your resilience. Life won't give us a free pass. Recovery and growth isn't easy, it is achievable.

Mindfulness to Cultivate Health, Resilience & Humanity

Brene Brown, social worker, researcher and author, recently began a podcast that is full of wisdom, courage, vulnerability and grounded humanity. Sometimes its nice to be a part of a conversation about real life, real issues and feel like it's all going to be okay. Start here.

Krista Tippett is one of my favorite journalists, writers, artists and humanitarians. Her ability to see beyond the borders of politics and bias and get into the grit and beauty of humanity is compelling, and incredibly valuable for those of us who tune in to her podcast. Her team at On Being has offered up this collection of podcasts, poetry, meditations and reflection to keep us connected to our collective humanity and resilience.

Our friend and colleague Laura McGladrey and the American Mountain Guide Association published tips on how outdoor professionals can use psychological first aid to stay mentally healthy. This advice is useful for all of us during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Check out this link to Outside Magazine to learn more.

Independent film maker and producer Rob Beemer and his amazing team just launched this documentary film about mindfulness. See this link to rent ($7)or buy ($14) the film and explore the 3 free COVID-19 resource videos with helpful tips to reduce anxiety from leading teachers Sharon Salzberg, George Mumford & Diana Winston.

These resources will offer simple, actionable steps that you can experiment with. Make them uniquely yours. These may not all be things you want to try right now, and that's okay.

For more resources for public safety, military and public health professionals, to include guided meditation exercises and upcoming trainings, click HERE!

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Created with images by denis_333 - "Panorama of summer mountains" • Chris Anderson - "Long exposure of Lithia Creek with trees hanging low over the water in Ashland Oregon" • Johnny - "Wildflower sunset in the Colorado Rockies, USA."