“Impacting community one life at a time.”
I am passionate about trauma-informed personal, professional, and mental health development. I love helping people improve their social, emotional, and spiritual resilience. I provide training, coaching, and peer support for organizations and individuals. All services are available in person or online.
I am a life learner with an academic pedigree in Traumatology, Theology, and D. Min in Crisis Response and Suicide Prevention. I enjoy Team building and developing a “Safety Net” culture for life sustainability. I have the honor of being a TEDx presenter.
With my 30+ years of experience helping to stabilize incidents, I am passionate about empowering people. Practical experience highly encourages mitigating training vs. recovery reactive operation when the unexpected happens. The strength I add to planning and goal achievement is derived from best practices, things often not considered, and lessons learned from large—and small-scale incidents.
Sensory impact content delivery helps the audiences connect content with the application. Engaging all learning styles is crucial. The use of visual aids so unexpectedly leaves lasting impressions of what was “taught so that it is caught.”
Certifications:
- Speaker, trainer, and coach Zig Ziglar Corporation
- Psychological First Aid
- Certified Critical Incident Stress Management
- Understanding Field Support to Law Enforcement, EMS, Fire Fighter, and Traum Unit Staff
- School Crisis Emergency Operations Planning and Response
- Adolescent Stress Management
- Mass Casualty Response and the Volunteer
- Terroristic Incidents
- ICISF International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
- Commissioned Chaplain
- Crisis Responder
- LivingWorks SafeTALK Suicide Prevention
- QPR Question Persuade Refer Prevention
Proficiency in conflict resolution stems from continued personal development and front-line response to critical incidents. As an intervention specialist, I focus on conflict prevention and stress management. I provide skills that equip and empower individuals to navigate stress and achieve holistic mental wellness.
All external conflict results from personal and inner conflicts. I advocate and share my content and message as living proof that achievement through determination is possible.
Publications:
Tactical Tenacity: 21 Ways To Build Resilience| Jun 26, 2023
Love Me to Life: Suicide Recovery at Church Dec 21, 2020
Conflict Resolutions Solutions, 2016
Rachael Did You Know, 2014
Dare To Be A Difference Maker, vol 4, 2014
Ask yourself?
- How do I maintain the one mind I cannot afford to lose?
- Am I or my team focused on performance or pay?
- What distractions, conflicts, and stressors prevent productivity?
- What is the cost to the health of the business, the team at home, and work?
- Does staff culture suffer from apathy, negativity, low morale, or recurring absences?
- Are my people stressed, discouraged, or overwhelmed?
- As a leader, do I have more good or bad days?
Take charge and set the course for stress management, conflict resolution, better communication skills, wellness in your organization, and increased productivity.
You have an opportunity to create a win-win, thriving organizational culture with an unequivocal return on investment.
Problem
The need for resilience skills and sustainable mental wellness programs is imperative.
Today’s highly stressed society needs help. Road rage, disasters, terrorism, victims of crime, and traumatic events impact organizational bottom lines.
“Stress costs U.S. businesses roughly $300 billion a year as a result of absenteeism, reduced productivity levels, and employee turnover.”
Can your organization afford to neglect conflict resolution, stress management, or communication skills? No!
Solution
- Consider employee assistance programs.
- Offer Critical Incident Stress Management skills training. (CE or CUE’s are available)
- Schedule a readiness assessment for needs that are certain to arise following critical incidents.
- Mental wellness programs mitigate careless errors and work-related accidents and lower absenteeism issues.
Action
Select a Program
Complete the speaker request form
Download Speaker Packet
Specify any specialized program benefits to offer with training. (CEU’s for LSW, LPC)
Disclosure: Whatever I do, I am first a Christian. I will not compromise integrity for growth. I am consistent in the principles of anything presented as unchanging with time and adaptable to culture. I have worked among government agencies my entire career, and problem solving is in my DNA. Event planners can rest assured that expectations are met and that safeguarding and political correctness boundaries are not compromised.
