Maryville

Training Overview: This training is for peers who are interested in wellness, recovery, and creating their own evidence-based Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP). Participants will learn how to develop personal life and wellness goals as they engage in a mutual learning model with other peers. Note: this workshop will meet the prerequisite to qualify for the Three-Day WRAP Facilitator Training. Each day is from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. You must attend both days. Objectives: Recognize the importance of the WRAP concept pertaining to your own wellness and recovery. List the five key concepts of WRAP. Learn the six sections of the WRAP […]

According to the National Institutes of Health, burnout has been on the rise for years among health care workers and is associated with increased risk of job dissatisfaction, suicide, and negative patient outcomes. Resisting burnout means we need to go beyond the self-care we are normally told to perform, and to shift towards building collective care to nurture our well-being, considering cultural, spiritual, relational and community-based ways to support ourselves and our communities.  Using “The Zone of Balance,” a social-justice oriented framework developed by Canadian social worker Vikki Reynolds and her peer-led team, we will examine an alternative approach to burnout […]