Resilience at Work. Why Positive Psychology Is a Health & Safety Priority. CFMA Annual Conference & Exhibition June 25, 2018

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2 Resilience at Work Why Positive Psychology Is a Health & Safety Priority CFMA Annual Conference & Exhibition June 25, 2018 Sally Spencer-Thomas, Psy.D. Professional Speaker & Impact Entrepreneur

3 Did you know?

4 Goals 1. WHY should we care? 2. WHAT practices that enhance resilience? 3. HOW do workplaces bake in resilience into health and safety culture?

5 WHO IS THIS?

6 Gratitude Self-care Social media: #ElevateTheConvo TEDx Talk Stopping Suicide

7 Workplace Wellness Programs INSERT TWO POLLING QUESTIONS HERE: How many have a wellness program? How many include social/emotional/cognitive components?

8 CDC OCCUPATION AND SUICIDE (2016) OCCUPATIONAL RANK FOR HIGHEST RATES OF SUICIDE DEATHS RANK OCCUPATION RATE PER 100,000 1 FARMING, FISHING, AND FORESTRY CONSTRUCTION AND EXTRACTION INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR PRODUCTION ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING PROTECTIVE SERVICE ARTS, DESIGN, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, MEDIA COMPUTER AND MATHEMATICAL TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIAL MOVING MANAGEMENT 20.3 GENERAL POPULATION 12/100,000 McIntosh WL, Spies E, Stone DM, Lokey CN, Trudeau AT, Bartholow B. Suicide Rates by Occupational Group 17 States, MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;65: DOI:

9 CAREER PREVALENCE OF SUICIDALITY The career prevalence estimates of suicidal ideation, suicidal plans, and NSSI were relatively elevated. Construction/Extraction General Population Ideation 38.60% % Plans 9.40% 3.90% Attempts 4.00% % NSSI 8.70% 5.90% Klonsky, E.D., Non-suicidal self-injury in United States adults: prevalence, sociodemographics, topography and functions. Psychol. Med. 41, Nock, M. K., Holmberg, E. B., Photos, V. I., & Michel, B. D. (2007). The Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview: Development, reliability, and validity in an adolescent sample. Psychological Assessment, 19, NATIONAL ACTION ALLIANCE FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION

10 Desire for suicide Model of Suicide Risk Perceived Burdensomeness Thwarted Belongingness Acquired Capacity I can. I want to. High risk for suicide death or serious attempt Model of Suicide Risk: Thomas Joiner s model of suicide risk, 2006

11 Resilience is a Health & Safety Priority Distraction Impaired perception and judgment Fatigue Mental health and physical health intertwined Photo: Bridget Coila

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13 WHAT IS POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY & RESILIENCE?

14 Positive Psychology DEFINITION: Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes life most worth living. It is a call for psychological science and practice to be as concerned with strength as with weakness; as interested in building the What it is Myths confronted best things in life as in repairing the worst; and as concerned with making the lives of normal people fulfilling as with Fully engaged and supportive relationships Money: ever-diminishing contribution to well-being, but healing pathology. Christopher Peterson Ph.D., author of A money Good Life can buy happiness if it is spent on other people. Positive Mindset: optimism, gratitude Hedonism: pleasure and comfort is trumped by Eudaimonia (authenticity, growth & excellence) (Huta 2016) Flow: Strengths and Virtues Power of Positive Thinking: And action Meaning Making Acts of Kindness Heart Over Head: Critical Thinking AND Unconditional Caring Luck: Hard Work

15 What is Mental

16 What is Mental Resiliency? Mental Muscle Strength Endurance

17 AP Photo / Khalid

18 The Paradox of

19 The Paradox of

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21 Suffering and the Human Condition One out of every five adults is living with a diagnosable mental health

22 Suffering and the Human Condition Each of us is on a hero s journey, and we come to learn to transform our wounds into a source of

23 Be bold. Belong. Be well.

24 Be bold. Feel the Fear and Do it Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Marianne Williamson

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26 @SSpencerThomas A Jump into the Abyss

27 Belong. Together we are

28 Social Isolation. (Build a Safety Net) Breadth and depth of connectivity True social networks

29 Be

30 Be well. Physical

31 Be well. Cognitive

32 Be well. Social & Emotional

33 Be well. Spiritual

34 Be well. Physical Wellness Spiritual Wellness Cognitive Wellness Social & Emotional

35 Emotional & Social Wellness Skills Dialetical Behavioral Therapy NowMattersNow.org Mindfulness Distress Tolerance Emotional Regulation Effective Interpersonal Skills Photo credit: Joe Hough

36 Marsha Linehan Mindfulness of Current Emotion

37 @SSpencerThomas Believe. You Just Never Know What is on The Other Side of Distress

38 Famous leaders with dark nights of the soul. Sir Isaac Newton Marie Curie Winston Michael Phelps Terry Bradshaw Mike Wallace

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40 WHY RESILIENCE IN THE WORKPLACE

41 WHY THE WORKPLACE? IMPACT TO BOTTOM LINE Job Strain Recruitment & Retention Transitory workforce

42 Mental health/addiction treatment Medication Disability Other Medical Poor productivity Morale Presenteeism Absenteeism Overtime to cover sick-day absences Deadlines missed Temporary hire Recruitment Hiring costs Retraining From Workplace Mental Health Partnership

43 How do we make the iceberg smaller? We warm the water.

44 UPSTREAM APPROACHES IN THE WORKPLACE Goals: Build Protective Factors Prevent Problems Leadership Engagement Promote Social Networks Mental Health Literacy Life Skills Lived Experience Stories

45 Guides, Tools & Other Beastly Resources WorkplaceMentalFitnessQuiz

46 Specific Workplace Positive Tactics Be Bold: Helping employees face psychological fears (failure, rejection, humiliation) Belong: Helping employees build engaged social connection Be Well: Integrating emotional wellness skills into total health Believe: Making meaning, connecting to something bigger

47 Program Examples: Project Helping

48 Program Examples: KyndHub Practicing Kyndfulness Volunteering Acts of Kindness Gratitude

49 Program Examples: ActBelongCommit

50 Program Examples: Mental Health Literacy

51 Recommended Books

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