Grace After the Storm: Permission to Pause and Embrace Mental Health and Self-Care
November 18, 2024 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM ET | Not eligible for CEUs | Not being recorded
Grace After the Storm: Permission to Pause and Embrace Mental Health and Self-Care
Lori A Hoffner
In the wake of a traumatic event or cumulative stressors, it's common for people to experience a range of emotional and physical reactions. These responses may appear immediately or emerge over time, lasting days, weeks, or even longer. While these are normal reactions to an abnormal situation, they can feel unsettling and disruptive.
This virtual conversation will focus on understanding these reactions and how to support recovery—both for yourself, for your employees and for the community members you serve. Drawing on five key areas—emotional awareness, physical health, cognitive grounding, social connection, and self-compassion—we’ll explore practical approaches to self-care and ways to extend supportive practices to others.
You’ll leave this session with tools to help normalize and manage trauma responses, build resilience, and foster a compassionate environment that encourages healing. Join us to learn, connect, and empower both yourself and those around you on the journey to recovery.
With a background in elementary education and psychology, Lori is also a certified suicide intervention specialist and trauma recovery coach. She trains individuals and teams in resilience-building and is a Consulting ASIST trainer and Master SafeTALK instructor. Lori provides training to both adults and youth on suicide prevention and intervention. Outside of her professional life, Lori is a proud mom of three adult children and a doting grandmother of four.
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