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Across the helping and service professions, a quiet crisis is unfolding. Rising stress, fragmentation, and moral strain are no longer individual challenges—they are becoming collective occupational trauma (COT), a system‑wide condition in which entire workforces experience chronic stress and ethical pressure at the same time. Organizational Wellness & Learning Systems...

In recent years, our conversations about wellness have expanded—rightly—into emotional, social, occupational, and even spiritual dimensions. Yet as I argued in my article on Ethical Health, something essential has been missing from most wellness frameworks: a clear, intentional focus on the moral capacities that allow individuals, communities, and institutions to...

The latest peer-reviewed research shows that evidence-based workplace resilience can be disseminated effectively. Video 1 provides three key takeaways for trainers. Video 2 examines results with trainer input.

Having trained hundreds of facilitators in positive psychology over the course of my career, I’ve noticed something fascinating: not all educators experience the curriculum in the same way. While many learn the material, apply it, and deliver workshops on resilience, health consciousness, and team leadership, only some embody the content...

The bottom-line takeaway from this article: There are many creative ways of bringing self-care practices into the work culture. Some are listed here and in linked article. Best to start somewhere (even small) and then build a more systemic approach. Do your own thing. Don't rely on outside influencers (social...

The arc of a career can have troubling pivot points. Here are two inspiring songs to get you through.

This article, written in association with the Employee Assistance Professionals Association, gathers input toward developing a new certificate course on thriving-informed practices. Please take the survey now and win a chance to be entered into a raffle. Of the many fields available to students and professionals in mental and behavioral...

Mallori DeSalle LMHC, Certified Humor Professional, Oreo Sommelier Introduction from Joel Bennett: It is a real, and long overdue, pleasure to introduce you to Mallori. I have known Mallori for close to seven years and have experienced her facilitation skills, knowledge, and clever integration of “healthy humor” with prevention and...

Ain’t No Cure for the Transition of the Transition alchemy with friends, across this precious weave of time BEGINNING My understanding of time as a spiritual resource is described across the entire collection of the Quest for Presence books. But the story of bringing this into reality for others, the...

What's in Your Resilience Toolkit? by Dan Jolivet, M.A., Ph.D. (see Dan's LinkedIn) Resilience is a set of tools that anyone can learn We usually talk about resilience as if it’s an inherent characteristic of a person, an innate capacity to cope with stress. I don’t think that’s correct. Although some...

Joel Bennett, learn@organizationalwellness.com Many models of health and wellness envelop domains through which people achieve well-being. This includes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, occupational (work), financial, and spiritual, among others. With many models out there, I have yet to find one that includes the domain of ethical health. For now, by ethical...

Audacious Gratitude: An intrepidly bold and daring willingness to appreciate even the smallest things of life in the face of difficult circumstances. 

By Kelli Oberndorf Management and Organizational Coach • Group Facilitator • Life Coach MY STORY As I started my first job in the healthcare field, I had high hopes for applying my ‘progressive’ style of leadership. I was young, ready, and eager to make a positive impact on the world....

Resilience coaching is a growing field. If you are already a life or wellness coach, you can enrich your current practice and open new possibilities. Resilience skills can be applied to individuals or groups as well as to work settings.  Disclaimer and Request (see below)* [Click here to find out...

  Awakening through COVID: How Simplification Grew a Grateful Heart Regina Novak, Financial Coach and Health Educator   My journey from stress, through silver lining, to moving forward well.   To say that every day in quarantine was easy would be a lie. To say I didn’t consider trading in my...

 Prioritizing Your Well-Being: Positivity By Estefania Lopez, M.S.           As part of my own personal development I have recently taken several steps to prioritizing my own well-being. Perhaps the most impactful decision I made was to stop tolerating negative people in my life. This type...