RESOURCES FOR RESILIENCE™
Sharing tools to support everyone’s capacity for wellbeing.
Resources for Resilience™ (RFR) is a nonprofit whose mission is to offer trauma-informed and resiliency-focused classes and trainings. RFR was created in response to the public health crisis of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and seeks to address the ongoing stress and trauma that many face every day. The practical strategies that we offer are intended for anyone to use as we work to prevent future adversity and support each person’s capacity for wellbeing. We believe that everyone has the ability to deepen their resilience and experience better days.
The Effects of Stress and Trauma
Neuroscience research has taught us that trauma is a biological event that affects the body. When trauma, or the stress and adversity of daily life, overwhelms the nervous system, we are thrown automatically into a fight-or-flight reaction. This takes us out of our resilient zone and can result in us feeling amped-up or shut-down. While useful in an emergency, these states can have serious negative effects on our emotions and physical health if left unaddressed over time.
Staying Well in Tough Times
Our brains are designed to keep us safe from harm. They do this so well that, sometimes, stressful events can overwhelm us long after we are safe. This can affect our learning, creativity, relationships, and even our physical health over time. Research has taught us, though, that there are ways to form new pathways in the brain that make us more resilient. Our goal is to share these simple, practical tools with others so that we can all stay healthy and connected in tough times.
Our Approach
Our resiliency educators teach about trauma, the brain, and the human nervous system in a way that people of all ages and backgrounds can understand. Our simple, teachable format is designed for anyone to learn. We have conducted hundreds of trainings for schools, mental health agencies, faith communities, and healthcare institutions, in addition to educating first responders, domestic violence and homeless shelter staff, and community organizers.
Our Stance on US Immigration Policy and the Separation of Parents and Children at our Borders
Resources for Resilience™ expresses extreme concern about the severe trauma that occurs with the separation of parents from children at our borders and endorses the statement by the American Public Health Association (APHA). Read the official APHA statement and news release by visiting their website, www.ahpa.org, or following the link below.
In our trainings, participants LEARN basic neuroscience and tools.
Guided PRACTICE is provided during training and afterward.
And ongoing practice takes us beyond resilience to THRIVE!
UPCOMING TRAININGS
Reconnect for Resilience™
Montreat, NC
August 21-22, 2019
Reconnect for Resilience™
Charlotte, NC
22-23, 2019
Reconnect for Resilience™
Raleigh, NC
September 12-13, 2019
PRACTICE
GROUPS
Reconnect for Resilience™ participants and Resiliency Educator Apprentices are invited to join us for drop-in resiliency tools practice on the following dates:
Tuesday, October 8