Workforce Wellness Recharge: Personal Stress Management
Year: 2024 | Competency/Strategic Skill: Communication; Leadership and Systems Thinking | Priority Topic: Mental Health | Setting: Online | Format: Live | Sponsor: Emory University/Central Office
Overview:
This is an online, interactive session on May 14, 2024, from 12-1:30 pm ET. Participants will use Zoom to join with both video and audio. Please note: this workshop has limited capacity. If you are unable to enroll, the course might be full.
NOTE: Sessions will NOT be recorded in order to allow participants to fully participate and authentically share their experiences.
Monthly Workforce Wellness Recharge sessions are designed to help prevent and address burnout in the public health workforce by providing a safe online space for facilitated group learning, reflection, and support. This particular webinar series will focus on ways to improve wellness within the public health workforce while decreasing burnout. Participants will learn about holistic integration of their physical, mental, and spiritual well-being to improve engagement and presence in their daily work. The objective is to develop tools to manage daily stressors while providing high-quality service and addressing health equity deficits.
Each session will use the same format but will offer new tools, resources, and discussions focused on the needs of the participants in the room. Attend one or all of these live-only sessions and let us know what you think!
This month’s webinar focuses on the importance of identifying personal factors that contribute to stress and burnout. Participants will learn how to recognize stressors and develop strategies to improve fulfillment in their daily work. The goal is to better manage daily work pressures through increased recognition of issues and workplace disengagement.
Session Learning Objectives: By the end of this month’s session, participants will be able to:
Lamarr Lewis, LAPC, is a dedicated public servant, mental wellness advocate, published author, and change agent. As a community-based practitioner, he has worked with such diverse groups as; individuals living with psychiatric disabilities, people in recovery, At-Hope (He does not use the term At-Risk) youth, and more. He tirelessly gives back to his community through homeless outreach initiatives, public speaking, mentoring, coaching, and finding ways to develop the next generation of leaders. He is an alumnus of Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and received his master’s degree from Argosy University in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He is currently a mental health therapist, trainer, and consultant. His lifelong mission is to leave the world better than when he found it.
Series Learning Objectives: By the end of this training series, participants will be able to: