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SUMMARY:Military Teen Experiences and Food Security
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In 2023\, military teens shared their experiences regarding food insecurity in the National Military Family Association (NMFA) Military Teen Experience Survey. Of the 939 NMFA survey respondents ages 13 through 19\, over one-third (37%) reported experiencing some level of food insecurity within the past 30 days. \nThis webinar highlights emergent data around military teens’ experiences and the impacts of food security on their lives. Presenters also discuss BLOOM: Empowering the Military Teen\, a resource created by military teens for military teens. This network’s goal is to connect teens to each other\, create space for them to talk about their unique experiences\, and find support from fellow military teens. Additionally\, presenters share current advocacy efforts to combat food insecurity in the uniformed services. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe statistics around military teens and their experiences of food insecurity \nIdentify how food insecurity may affect a teen’s mental well-being and daily life \nExamine NMFA resources for teen support (i.e. BLOOM network) \nDiscuss how local communities\, states\, and the federal government can respond \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenters” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”155925″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”5/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Aspen Bergmann — Strategic Impact\, NMFA” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Aspen Bergmann is a dedicated professional with a passion for understanding the needs of the military community. With a background in research from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and University of Kentucky\, Aspen has honed her skills during her time at the Department of Defense and the National Military Family Association. Aspen’s contributions to NMFA’s Research and Insights team have been instrumental in providing crucial data to inform programming and advocacy. 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She’s passionate about public relations\, social media\, and the power of social technologies to build authentic relationships that lift up a community. Raleigh holds a B.A. from Barnard College and an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University. She and her husband\, a Marine Corps Officer\, have three small children\, a dog\, and more moving stickers stuck on their furniture than they can count.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”155926″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”5/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Eileen Huck – Senior Deputy Dir. for Government Relations” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Eileen Huck became Deputy Director in the Government Relations Department in October\, 2012 after previously holding positions in the Youth Initiatives and Development Departments. In her role as Government Relations Deputy Director\, Eileen monitors issues relevant to the quality of life of families of the uniformed services. Her primary area of focus is health care\, to include the Military Health System\, TRICARE\, and behavioral health care. In this capacity\, she serves as the co-chair of The Military Coalition’s (TMC) Health Care Committee and as the Association’s representative on the TRICARE for Kids Coalition.  Eileen also handles issues related to wounded warriors and military caregivers. 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Eligibility for CE will close on 10/26/28\nRegistered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) and Nutrition and Dietetic Technicians\, Registered (NDTRs): This webinar is approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) for 1.0 CPEUs for RDNs and NDTRs. 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URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160004/
CATEGORIES:Military Service and Family Life
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SUMMARY:Reduce Your Risk of Cognitive Decline as You Age
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However\, confronting that fear and solving that mystery may be easier than you think. Research on memory has started to focus less on the mechanics of the brain and more on understanding how lifestyle factors\, including nutrition\, chronic conditions\, emotional health\, and brain training\, among others\, may influence memory function and performance. Join us as we discuss cognitive decline in the context of lifestyle choices and habits that may help to reduce your risk for a diagnosis later in life and give you confidence that you are more “in control” than you might imagine when it comes to brain health. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nExamine broad aspects of cognitive decline.\nIdentify nutrition as a protective lifestyle choice for brain health.\nEngage in training exercises to support brain function.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenters” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”157520″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”5/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Andrew Crocker\, M.S.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\nSenior Program Specialist\, Gerontology & Health\nFamily & Community Health\nTexas A&M AgriLife Extension Service \nAs Extension Program Specialist – Gerontology and Health at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service\, Andy Crocker’s focus is the health and well-being of older adults. His main role is to support the County Extension Agents for Family and Community Health in their efforts to educate older adults\, caregivers\, and the professionals who serve them. Since joining AgriLife Extension in 2003\, Mr. Crocker has worked to develop resources to help older adults improve their health literacy through communication with their health provider and better medication management; navigate the Internet and access reliable health information; and provide information and referral to grandparents rearing their grandchildren. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” 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gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Jenna Anding\, PhD\, RD\, LD” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\nProfessor & Extension Specialist\nDepartment of Nutrition\nTexas A&M AgriLife Extension Service \nJenna Anding\, PhD\, RDN\, LD is currently a Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Nutrition.  A registered and licensed dietitian\, Jenna has more than 20 years of experience in developing and evaluating Extension education programs on topics that include food preservation\, food safety\, and nutrition.  Over her career\, Jenna has secured more than $50 million dollars in contracts\, grants\, and gifts to support AgriLife Extension programming efforts.  More recently Jenna has worked collaboratively with faculty members in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to secure funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand her work into community development to address healthy 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background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][nectar_btn size=”jumbo” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”Continuing Education” url=”https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e4cwr4xo7wCz45E”][vc_column_text]\n\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This course is approved for 1.0 CE credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) for CFCS. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 11/1/25\nCertified Nutrition and Wellness Educator (CNWE): This course is approved for 1.0 CE credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) for CNWE. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 11/1/25\nCertified Family Life Educators: This program has been approved by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) for 1.5 CE credit for CFLEs. Eligibility for CE will close on 11/1/28\nSocial Work\, LPC\, LMFT: Programming approval for 1.0 CE credits is approved for Social Work\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK Eligibility for CE credit will close on 11/1/25\nBoard Certified Patient Advocates: This program is approved by The Patient Advocate Certification Board to provide continuing education credit to Board Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA). The course has been approved for a total of 1.0 CE contact hour\, of which 0.0 are in the area of Ethics. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 11/1/25\nRegistered Dietitian Nutritionists: This program is approved for 1.0 CPEU from the Commission on Dietetic Registration for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and Dietetic Technicians\, Registered. 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SUMMARY:Weaving Community Safety Nets for Youth
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Research indicates that adolescents in military families have higher rates of suicidal behaviors than their non-military peers. However\, many suicides are preventable. We can intentionally build\, mobilize\, and maintain protective factors\, recognize and respond to warning signs\, and sustain a safety net of connection in our communities to better support military children\, adolescents\, and their families. \nThis webinar explores the who and how of building a safety net for youth who may be at risk for suicide. Discussions include thinking comprehensively about how communities can work collaboratively with military service providers and mental health services to support military youth and families. This presentation focuses on understanding the risk factors and warning signs\, mobilizing protective factors in your community\, and creating a collaborative support network. The presenter discusses key questions such as: Who is already involved? Who is appropriate to include? What is their role and readiness? Who can give consent? How do we get started? \nLearning Objectives: \nBy the end of this webinar\, attendees will be able to: \n\nList warning signs of suicide risk in youth\nDiscuss factors that are protective against suicide and how to mobilize them\nDescribe collaborative safety planning for a youth who is at risk for suicide\nIdentify steps toward building a collaborative network of supportive adults and services\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenter” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”156493″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”5/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Dr. Terresa Humphries-Wadsworth” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Dr. Terresa Humphries-Wadsworth\, licensed psychologist and highly experienced public speaker\, is an expert in mental health promotion\, suicide prevention and postvention\, and behavioral health crisis care. Dr. Humphries-Wadsworth provides subject matter expertise to states and territories that are working to prevent suicide among military service members\, veterans\, and their families. 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SUMMARY:Using the Feeling Wheel to Know Your Emotions
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Knowing and naming your feelings can be really helpful for allowing yourself to feel it\, reflecting to pinpoint the cause\, knowing what actions you can take to help regulate the feeling a bit\, and deepening relationships by accurately communicating your feelings when you need to. \n“Practicasts” are shorter episodes of the podcast highlighting a specific practice to help empower us to work together to improve our resilience and readiness. \nLinks\n\nThe Feeling Wheel (PDF download) from All the Feelz\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”][music]\nBob Bertsch: Hi\, and welcome to Practicing Connection. I’m Bob Bertsch. This is our first-ever practicast\, a shorter episode of the podcast highlighting a specific practice to help empower us to work together to improve our resilience and readiness. Each month\, we’ll continue to share our longer episodes with you\, but now you can listen each week in between those longer episodes to get inspired by a new practice on the practicast. We hope you’ll give these practices a try and find them useful. In this episode\, my practicing connection co-host\, Jessica Beckendorf\, will be guiding us through how to use the Feeling Wheel\, a free printable resource to help us identify what we are feeling. Hi\, Jessica\, how are you doing? \nJessica Beckendorf: Hi\, Bob. I’m doing pretty great because I’m so excited to be sharing this practice with our listeners. It’s a really great practice for getting to know yourself better\, and that’s one of the ways that I’ve used it myself. \nBob: Well\, I’m really excited to hear more about it. Can you tell us how using the Feeling Wheel can help us feel better? \nJessica: Yes. Not knowing your emotions can make it really difficult for you to know how to feel through an emotion. I think we’re always hearing like\, “Feel your feelings\,” but when you don’t know exactly what that feeling is\, it actually can make it really difficult for you to do that. It can make it difficult to understand what actions to take in order to help regulate your emotions a bit. \nSometimes our emotions might cause us to do or say something unhelpful or even damaging. Knowing and naming the exact emotions you’re feeling that are causing the physiological symptoms you might be having can be really helpful for actually allowing yourself to feel it. Then reflecting to pinpoint the cause\, like why you’re feeling what you’re feeling and then knowing what actions you can take to help regulate the feeling a bit. This can help deepen relationships also by accurately communicating your feelings when you need to. \nBob: Yes\, I definitely can think of times when I said something at work or at home without being aware of the emotion I was feeling\, and it maybe was not particularly helpful. How did you learn about the Feeling Wheel? \nJessica: I first learned about it from actually a multicultural awareness workshop\, but then it kept showing up in other ways. I took an emotional intelligence workshop where I learned even more how to use it. If you’re not familiar with emotional intelligence workshops\, there’s an assessment that you can take\, and my results showed pretty accurately that I’m not great at identifying my emotions. \nI’m really good at social awareness and telling what everyone else in the room is feeling modifying myself and going and helping everyone else\, but I’m not great at identifying my own emotions. This was a little surprising to me because I’m generally pretty self-aware\, but I never realized that I just labeled my emotions as good or bad without fully understanding them until I was at this workshop\, in my upper 30s. This was pretty late that I was really realizing this. \nFor example\, not long before I attended this workshop\, a colleague had been in a terrible accident which rendered them unable to work any longer. Someone who had been in the office I’d been seeing five days a week was no longer there. It was devastating to everyone at our office\, even those of us who were newer\, and I was one of the newer people. I thought I had been feeling sad about what happened\, but through an activity at this workshop that utilized the feeling wheel\, I realized that while I was definitely sad for my colleague and for their family\, what I was actually feeling that was affecting me personally was fear. \nEssentially my ground was shaky because I realized that an accident like that could happen to me or someone in my house. This was a really key distinction\, this key distinction between feeling sad or feeling fear because I wasn’t getting the support that I needed as someone who was scared. Because I thought I was sad\, I didn’t even know how to talk about what I needed. \nWhat I ended up doing was really isolating myself a little to cry and to be sad in my feelings. I didn’t even know how to talk about it\, much less actually how I was feeling. It certainly didn’t help those who were trying to support me to know how they could best support me in that moment. The feeling wheel after that became such an important tool for me and has become an important tool to the participants in the emotional intelligence workshops that I now teach. \nBob: Can you give us an example of when you might use this practice? Are we pulling the feeling wheel out all the time? Is there just certain situations where it’s helpful? \nJessica: Yes\, that’s a really good question. I would recommend starting out by using it just to identify emotions. Even if you’re confident that you know what you’re feeling\, take a look anyway and pinpoint the word. If you’re not sure what you’re feeling but maybe you recognize that you’re feeling something\, like maybe your face and neck are flushed. For me\, my neck and my chest get red and hot. Maybe your forehead is furrowed or tense and you can’t seem to loosen that tension. Maybe you’re feeling some tension in your neck\, shoulders\, or back\, or whatever physiological symptoms show up for you. \nIf you’re like I was when I started\, you might use this when you recognize that you’re feeling something\, “Bad\,” but you’re having a hard time pinpointing what kind of bad. Or maybe you’re just feeling a little lost or stuck\, that’s another good time to pull out the feelings wheel. You don’t have to pull it out\, to answer your question\, you don’t have to pull it out for every single thing. I would just start when you’re feeling these physiological symptoms and you’re not sure what to do with it. \nBob: Yes\, that sounds helpful and really right. Those times I can think of where you’re wondering like\, “What’s going on with me right now?” I’m just not sure where\, like you said\, the physiological things are coming from or just how maybe you’re feeling inside and you’re just not sure how to put a name to it. I think it’d be really great if you could walk us through the practice of using the feeling wheel. Would you mind doing that for us? \nJessica: Yes\, of course. Like we’ve been saying\, using the feeling wheel can help us practice recognizing our emotions as they arise\, and recognizing our emotions can lead to a deeper understanding of ourselves and better communication and deeper connections with those we work and live with. There are different versions of this feeling wheel. If you wouldn’t did a search online\, you would find many different versions. \nThe wheel that I’m using today was adopted from the work of Dr. Gloria Wilcox in 1982. Probably a lot of the ones that you see out there have been adapted from this work. This tool is arranged in concentric circles with pie slices\, breaking the circles up into different sections like wedge sections. What are considered the core emotions are located at the center. These are things like mad\, sad\, scared\, powerful\, joyful\, and peaceful. \nWith different intensities of these emotions that are located on the outer layers of the circle. We’ll provide a copy of the feeling wheel that I use in the show notes for this episode at oneop.org/podcast. All right. Now\, the first step is to have a printed or digital copy of a feeling wheel at your fingertips. There are even some apps you can download to help. Some participants in my workshops have told me that they like to keep a copy next to their desk. Others have told me that they keep a copy on their phone. Or again\, an app would work for that as well. Whatever works best for you will be perfect. \nStep two then is using the wheel. When you’re feeling something that you can’t pinpoint\, use it to identify exactly what’s coming up for you. We brought up earlier these physiological symptoms that you might have furrowed brows\, tension in your neck\, shoulders\, back\, or your face or your chest\, heating up and becoming red. Whatever it is for you. Clammy Hands is another good one. Step two is using it when you’re feeling these things. \nThird\, reflect on what happened that brought the feeling up. You find the feeling on the wheel and then you think\, “Okay\, well what exactly brought this up? What happened? Who was involved? Why is this feeling emerging in this situation?” Then finally\, when you’re ready\, and this is optional\, the feeling wheel we’re using today is organized. Once you pinpoint the emotion you’re feeling\, you can look to the wedge that’s on the opposite side of the wheel and use those emotions to find some action that you can take to help you bridge from a feeling that maybe is not very helpful to you in that moment\, to one that can be a little more helpful to you. \nOr at least to bring you to a more of a state of calm. More of a state of like\, “Okay\, I can get through this. I’m going to get through the rest of my workday. I’m going to process this more. In the meantime\, I’m going to do something that will help me allow myself to breathe through this or stay with this feeling.” A quick recap. First\, have a copy ready. Second\, use the wheel when you’re feeling those physiological symptoms. Third\, reflect on what happened\, why was that feeling emerging in that situation. \nThen\, if it’s relevant to you in the moment\, try to look to the opposite side of the wedges and find something\, an activity that you can do that might bring you a little bit more sense of calm in the moment. \nBob: That’s awesome\, Jess. Thanks so much for guiding us through that. The Feeling wheel just seems like a really helpful tool. \nJessica: It has been for me. It’s helped me to know myself so much better to get the help I need when I need it\, and it’s helped me to improve my personal and working relationships by helping me communicate more clearly. I hope this practice is as useful for all the listeners here as it has been for me. \nBob: That’s it for this episode. Thanks so much for joining us. We hope you’ll give this practice a try and share your experience in the Practicing Connection Community LinkedIn Group where people supporting military families practice the skills that empower us to work together so that we can positively impact our communities and help families thrive. You’ll find the link to the group on our website at one op.org/practicingconnection. We’re gonna be back next week with another practicast with another practice for knowing yourself better called What Lights You Up. Until then\, keep practicing. \nKalin Goble: The Practicing Connection Podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award numbers 209-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[00:11:38] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:What Lights You Up?
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Research shows that having a sense of purpose boosts our resilience. And knowing your purpose can lead to better relationships and collaborations. \n“Practicasts” are shorter episodes of the podcast highlighting a specific practice to help empower us to work together to improve our resilience and readiness. \nLinks\n\nWorking Out Loud\nLewis\, N. and Hill\, P. 2021. Sense of Purpose Promotes Resilience to Cognitive Deficits Attributable to Depressive Symptoms\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”][music] \nJessica Beckendorf: Research shows that having a sense of purpose boosts our resilience and knowing your purpose can lead to better relationships and collaborations. I’m Jessica Bettendorf and welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection Practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice to help empower us to work together to improve our resilience and readiness. We’ll continue to share our monthly in-depth episode with you\, but now you can also listen in for a few minutes each week to get inspired by a new practice on this practicast. We hope you’ll give these practices a try and find them useful. \nThis week’s practice is called What Lights You Up. It can help you discover and engage with your purpose in ways you may not have thought of yet. My practicing connection co-host\, Bob Bertsch\, will be guiding us through the practice in a few minutes\, but first\, let’s learn a little bit more about it. Hi\, Bob. \nBob Bertsch: Hey\, Jessica. This is a practice\, What Lights You Up\, that we’ve shared together in many workshops over the years\, so I’m excited to be able to share it with our listeners on the practicast. \nJessica: Me too. Can you share a high-level overview of why this practice works and what it does to boost resilience for an individual\, maybe the people they’re connected with\, and even the larger community? \nBob: Sure. The first place that I came across this practice and the question\, what lights you up\, which is really the key part of the practice\, was in John Stepper’s book Working Out Loud. In the working-out-loud process\, that question is intended to help you identify a learning goal that really motivates you. You’d go through the work-out-loud process over a limited amount of time\, and you would use what lights you up to discover that goal that was going to motivate you over that limited amount of time. Having that kind of intrinsic motivation can help you stick with the process when things become a little bit difficult or go off course a little bit\, and having that kind of motivation is definitely an element of individual resilience. \nToday\, we’re going to be using what lights you up in more of a broad context. That’s going to help us not just identify a short or medium-term goal\, but start to discover our sense of purpose. Sense of purpose is a protective factor in our resilience as well. It’s a factor that we can lean on throughout our lives. It’s not just short-term or medium-term. It can serve not just as an internal factor for our resilience\, so sort of our own grit or stick to itiveness\, but as an external one as well. Because for most of us anyway\, our sense of purpose is going to involve things that are outside of ourselves. In order to act on that purpose\, we need other people. \nWhen we connect with others around a shared sense of purpose\, that can support the resilience of each individual in the group\, and also the resilience of the group itself. When we have groups of people connected around a positive pro-social purpose\, that can boost community resilience as well\, especially when those groups become connected with each other in a network of community support groups. \nJessica: One thing that comes up for me when I hear you talk about sense of purpose is values assessments or thinking about engaging in activities that bring you joy. How is this different from doing a values assessment and then focusing on your values or from engaging with an activity that brings you joy? How is this different? \nBob: Well\, I think there’s definitely overlap between what lights you up and those practices. I think what lights you up is more focused on the journey toward your sense of purpose. When you think of values\, I think of that as maybe the border around the area where our sense of purpose is going to reside. Our values are really intended to guide our actions\, oftentimes like our day-to-day actions. Like I value honesty\, so that means I’m going to try and tell the truth whenever possible. So we’re using those to guide our actions. We’re definitely probably not going to have a sense of purpose that falls outside of our values. In that sense\, those values provide that border of where we’re looking when we’re trying to find that sense of purpose. \nWhen we think about making a list of things that bring us joy\, for instance\, we definitely see that come up. When we’re using this practice in a workshop\, participants will often come up with things that bring them joy as they’re trying to list those things that light them up. But again\, those things may or may not lead you to a sense of purpose. Hot coffee on a cool fall morning\, or walking on the beach\, these are things you could definitely see on someone’s list of things that bring them joy\, but they don’t necessarily lead you to a sense of purpose. \nJessica: Would you mind walking us through the practice? \nBob: Sure\, I’d be glad to. First\, let’s find a quiet place where we can spend at least 10 minutes or so without being interrupted. Get a piece of paper\, something to write with. Then the core to bring us to the task\, let’s take a deep breath\, center ourselves a little bit on what we’re about to do\, and set the intention of thinking about what lights us up. If your mind is distracted\, like you have some things coming up\, or some things that just happened before you started doing this\, I find it helpful to jot some of those things down maybe on a post-it note. Just writing those thoughts down can help you let go of them and help you focus on the task at hand. \nWith our piece of paper on one side\, write down your societal and familial roles. Those are things like spouse\, parent\, child\, sibling\, employee\, supervisor\, any role that is put upon you by society\, or through your family relationships. We do that because when we’re thinking about what lights us up\, some of the things that often come up are things related to those societal and familial roles. There’s nothing wrong with that. \nSometimes those things end up being related to our answer of what lights us up\, but in my experience\, it’s really helpful to find an answer that is not related to your roles. The reason is because those roles can change. We want our answers to the question what lights us up\, to be a touchstone for us even if we stop being a spouse or when our children become adults\, or we change jobs. Having those roles written down on the paper will help you think about whether your answers are tied to those roles or tied to something more centered in your own identity. \nAll right. Now that we have the roles written down\, let’s start to think about what lights us up. If that question isn’t sparking anything for you\, you can try the question I learned from Jessica\, what’s my jam or\, when do I feel in flow? Another way to start finding what lights you up is to make a list of things that make you happy. We talked about a list of things that bring you joy\, but a list of things that made you happy when you were a kid\, or a list of things that bring you joy now can be really helpful if you’re feeling stuck. Often there are things on those lists that point you toward your answer of today\, now\, what lights me up? \nAs potential answers come to mind\, just write them down. Don’t worry if they’re not fully formed or they don’t feel exactly right\, the point is just to get them down on paper. Once you have at least one\, two\, maybe a few more potential answers written down\, take some time to read through them\, circle or underline words or phrases that really resonate with you\, and cross out anything that doesn’t feel right for you. See if you can use what’s on your paper to finish the phrase\, “I light up when I–” Again\, don’t worry if this doesn’t sound exactly right right now\, you can continue to work on it or even change it completely later. \nWell here’s my answer to what lights you up\, as an example. I light up when I can help people come together as equals to work toward positive social change. Just as a note\, that’s a phrase that came to me over time doing the what lights me up practice\, thinking about what really is at the core\, the sense of purpose in the things that were coming up for me when I answered the question\, what lights me up\, and it evolved over time. That answer may come fully formed to you as you go through this practice today or it might lead you in a direction that you can follow and eventually lead you to that answer of what lights you up. \nWhen you feel ready\, you’ve got some answers\, you’ve looked them over\, take a moment to pat yourself on the back for the work you’ve done today\, of taking time to think about this and start a journey towards your sense of purpose. You’ve gotten to know yourself a little bit better and hopefully\, get on a path to a sense of purpose that will help you sustain and build your resilience over time. \nJessica: Awesome. Thank you so much. That’s it for this episode. Thanks again for joining us. We hope you’ll give this practice a try and share your experience in the Practicing Connection LinkedIn group\, where people supporting military families practice the skills that empower us to work together so we can positively impact our communities and help families thrive. You’ll find the link to the group on our website at oneop.org/practicingconnection. We’ll be back next week with a practice to ease stress and get to know yourself better called Grounding Chair Meditation. Until then\, keep practicing. \nKalin Goble: The Practicing Connection Podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[music] \n[00:11:13] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Grounding Chair Meditation
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column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Episode” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][vc_column_text](Season 4\, Episode 13) \nWhen it comes to reducing the effects of stress on our bodies\, a growing amount of research supports meditation as a practice that pays off in a big way.\nIn this practicast\, Practicing Connection co-host\, Bob Bertsch\, guides us through a grounding chair meditation\, a practice that can help reduce stress levels in the moment\, while helping to restore calm. \n“Practicasts” are shorter episodes of the podcast highlighting a specific practice to help empower us to work together to improve our resilience and readiness. \nLinks\n\nMeditation: A simple\, fast way to reduce stress (Mayo Clinic)\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”][music] \nJessica Beckendorf: When it comes to reducing the effects of stress on our bodies\, a growing amount of research supports meditation as a practice that pays off in a big way. Hi\, everyone. This is Jessica\, and welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice to help empower us to work together to improve our resilience and readiness. We’ll continue to share our monthly in-depth episode with you\, but now\, you can also listen in for a few minutes each week to get inspired by a new practice on the practicast. We hope you’ll give these practices a try and find them useful. \nThis week’s practice is a grounding chair meditation. This practice can help reduce stress levels in the moment while helping to restore calm. It’s easy to do and can take as little as two minutes or less. My Practicing Connection co-host\, Bob Bertsch\, will be guiding us through the practice in a few minutes\, but first\, let’s learn a little bit more about it. Hi\, Bob. \nBob Bertsch: Hey\, Jessica. I’m excited for this conversation. The grounding chair meditation is something I do often to help me when I’m feeling worried\, or stressed out\, or overwhelmed\, and I am looking forward to sharing it on the practicast. \nJessica: I am too. It’s actually a practice that I have struggled with\, but I do it anyway sometimes because even though I struggle with it\, it still helps me in the moment. What has your experience been with this activity? \nBob: I’ve been practicing meditation for a little more than three years. It started during the pandemic\, actually. Jessica got me started. Thank you for sending me the link to that app\, and that really got me going. Grounding meditations like the one we’ll be sharing today are a regular part of my practice. They can be really important as a mindfulness practice because they’re designed to help you focus your attention. \nI also am able to notice the benefits of grounding meditations a little bit more than other kinds of meditation. I can feel my stress level decrease a little bit\, and I’ve noticed that I stay attentive to a task a little bit longer. In general\, I practice meditation because I just want to be happier and be a better person\, but the progress I’m making towards those goals isn’t always the most noticeable. It’s much easier to see the benefits I’m getting from grounding meditation\, and that keeps me going on my meditation practice as well. \nI also use grounding meditation in the moment when I’m feeling particularly stressed or overwhelmed. For example\, if I’m in a meeting and something’s happening that’s making me feel anxious or angry\, I just take a few seconds to pay attention to my body and its connection with the physical world. That can be feeling my hands touching the arms of my chair\, or I might put my hands on the surface of my desk or the table in front of me\, and just focus on the contact that I can feel there. \nIf I feel like I want to be maybe a little less obvious in my movements\, if we’re in a face-to-face meeting\, I might press my feet a little harder down on the floor\, so I can feel that contact between the bottom of my feet and the floor\, something physical. For me\, paying attention to those points of contact reminds me that I exist\, we all exist in a physical world\, and that physical world is different than the world that we create in our minds. \nJessica: I’m curious to learn more about some of the research behind meditation. You clearly have had some benefits from it\, but can you share a little bit about some of the research behind this? \nBob: Yes\, so I’ll just highlight a few studies. There’s many studies out there about mindfulness practices\, specifically. Meditation and mindfulness practices have been shown to decrease your perception of how much stress you’re feeling and increase your resilience. There was a study conducted with US Marine Corps reservists that showed participation in mindfulness programming was associated with fewer attention lapses when performing demanding tasks\, so that’s the focus part. Especially with grounding meditation where we’re talking about how do we improve our concentration or our focus. A group of oncology nurses in the University of California San Diego Health System showed decreases in compassion fatigue\, burnout\, and secondary trauma after practicing a structured meditation five days a week for four weeks. That’s just a few. \nJessica: I just have one last question before we get to the instructions. I’d like to talk a little bit about perfectionism in meditation. I know that when I began to use guided meditation\, I struggled a little because sometimes\, I was very comfortably lying down\, for example\, but the instructions were to sit up with a straight spine. I wondered if I was already starting the meditation out wrong and if I wouldn’t get the full benefits. I would say that my start to meditation was a little rocky and hit-and-miss because I didn’t– I would skip it for a while because I didn’t feel like sitting up in a dining room chair to do it. [chuckles] \nBob: Yes\, I could completely get that. I think that it’s difficult any time that you have something that’s guided when you’re getting instructions\, you feel like you want to follow the instructions and that you might be doing things wrong. There really isn’t any wrong way\, no matter what the instructions are. I’m going to give some specific instructions about grounding meditation. All you really need to take away from it is I’m spending some time focusing on my contact with the physical world. You could be sitting up\, or laying down\, or standing\, or walking\, as long as you are focusing on that point of contact between your body and the physical world\, you’re going to get some kind of benefit out of it. \nDefinitely don’t get caught up in\, “Am I doing this right?” Focus maybe on the main point\, which in this case\, in grounding meditation\, is just focusing on that contact with the physical world and let the other stuff fall away. \nJessica: Let’s get started. Bob\, would you please walk us through this practice? \nBob: Sure. The first thing is that if you would like to or able to\, sit down in a chair\, on a bench. If you are sitting\, having your feet touching the ground can be helpful\, the ground or the floor. Now\, if you’re comfortable with this\, close your eyes. If you’re not comfortable closing your eyes\, you’re not in a space where you’re comfortable closing your eyes\, you can just soften your gaze\, lower your gaze. I find it helpful to take a couple of deep breaths to relax and center myself on the practice. Breathe in deeply\, and as you breathe out\, try and let go of whatever was happening before you started this practice. If you feel any tension in your body\, try to let that tension go as you breathe out\, and soften the area around your eyes\, soften the tension in your jaw\, in your shoulders. \nNow\, if you can bring your attention to your body\, think about how does your body feel sitting. We sit all the time without really being aware of how it feels to be sitting. The meditation teacher\, Joseph Goldstein\, uses the phrase\, “Sit and know your sitting.” Try to feel the places where your body is contacting the chair or bench or whatever you are sitting or laying on. Feel your weight against the seat. How does that feel? Is the seat hard or soft? Are there sensations of warm or cold? What other sensations are there? Maybe some pressure or vibration. \nNow\, if your chair has a back\, you can get that sense of sitting by feeling your back touching the back of the chair. If you’re on a bench or a stool\, just try to feel your spine holding your body upright. Some teachers will recommend if you’re having trouble with that\, to think about a string attached to the top of your head\, pulling you up a little bit\, so you can feel that uprightness. \nNow\, see if you can feel the texture of the material on the chair\, whatever your chair or bench is made of. If your chair has arms\, you can feel the surface of the arms. If not\, reach down and touch the seat of the chair. How does that feel? Is it rough or smooth? Again\, is it warm or cold? Can you feel any other sensations there? Maybe it’s vibrating. \nNow that you’ve centered your body and gotten used to that contact to the physical world\, press your feet lightly into the floor or ground. Just put a little bit of pressure onto your feet so you can feel the bottoms of your feet on the floor. Shift your awareness there and think about what you can feel there. Can you feel the increase in pressure? Is there any vibration? Maybe you feel something in your feet\, whether it’s pleasant\, unpleasant\, or neutral. Sometimes some tightness\, pressure\, pain even. Focus on that feeling of your feet contacting the ground or the floor. \nNow\, imagine the weight draining from your mind and body. Whatever heaviness that you feel in your mind or feel in your body\, feel that draining down your legs\, and into your feet\, and finally\, into the ground. Take a moment to think about how does your mind feel after doing that. Do you feel lighter? Does your body feel lighter? Can you feel the sense of your weight flowing down through your body to the ground? \nAs we close the meditation\, just take a few easy\, slow breaths. When you’re ready\, open your eyes if you had them closed\, or look up\, and return your awareness to your surroundings. A meditation practice like this can be helpful when you’re feeling stressed or a sense of being overwhelmed. It helps because you become aware of your body instead of getting lost in your mind. Thanks for practicing that with me. \nJessica: Wow. That was great\, Bob. I have never experienced the weight flowing\, that part of the exercise. I really appreciated that part of it. Thank you so much for guiding us through that. \nBob: Hey\, you’re welcome. I really enjoy talking about meditation and mindfulness practices\, so it was definitely my pleasure. \nJessica: That’s it for this episode. Thanks for joining us. We hope you’ll give this practice a try and share your experience in the Practicing Connection LinkedIn group\, where people supporting military families practice the skills that empower us to work together\, so that we can positively impact our communities and help families thrive. You’ll find the link to the group on our website at oneop.org/practicingconnection. We’ll be back next week with a practice to get to know yourself better called Energy Engagement Mapping. Until then\, keep practicing. \nKalin Goble: The Practicing Connection podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[music] \n[00:12:16] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Episode” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][vc_column_text](Season 4\, Episode 14) \nThe more you understand about yourself\, the better you’ll be able to align your life with the things that are really meaningful to you.\nIn this practicast\, Practicing Connection co-host\, Jessica Beckendorf\, shares her experience with energy and engagement tracking\, a practice adapted from Bill Burnett and Dave Evans’ book\, “Designing Your Life.” \n“Practicasts” are shorter episodes of the podcast highlighting a specific practice to help empower us to work together to improve our resilience and readiness. \nLinks\n\nEnergy & Engagement Tracking Activity Log\nDesigning Your Life (Book)\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”][music]\nBob Bertsch: The more you understand about yourself\, the better you’ll be able to align your life with the things that are really meaningful to you. Hi\, everyone. I’m Bob Bertsch. Welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice you can use in your personal and professional growth. This week’s practice is Energy and Engagement Tracking from Bill Burnett and Dave Evans’s book Designing Your Life. Here to share her experience with the practice is my practicing connection co-host Jessica Beckendorf. \nJessica Beckendorf: I love this activity. It has helped me to understand which activities\, projects\, and tasks I am most connected to. I’m excited to share my slightly modified version with all of you. \nBob: Can you tell us a little bit about Energy and Engagement Tracking? \nJessica: Absolutely. Energy and Engagement Tracking is all about reflecting on the activities\, projects\, and tasks that make you feel energized and engaged\, and inflow\, or some combination of all three. The goal here isn’t to ensure that everything you do is always energizing\, engaging\, and puts you in flow. The goal is to understand exactly what energizes and engages you and which tasks put you into flow and then examine how much time you’re spending doing the things that make you feel energized and engaged and the amount of time you’re spending on doing things that drain you. \nWhen you have that\, I guess\, figured out\, from there\, you can figure out how you’re going to do more of what you love and a little bit less of what drains you. I know that this can sound almost impossible if you feel like you have no control over what you do or the tasks that you have in your work or frankly at home sometimes\, but you do have some agency over your career or over some bigger picture pieces. \nAn example that Bill Burnett and Dave Evans share where an engineer realized what he loved to do and what drained him. Prior to doing this activity\, he was considering going back to school for a business degree. After doing this activity\, he realized it would’ve really been a big mistake because what he discovered was that he really loved engineering\, so he ended up doubling down and getting an advanced degree in engineering instead. \nHe concentrated on an area that allowed him to solve complex problems because that’s the thing that he loved the most\, was solving complex problems and minimizing the activities that were bogging him down like administrative details. I don’t know who loves administrative details\, but I know that there are probably people who do. \nBob: Some people do. \nJessica: Yes. Sorry. Obviously\, that is my own self coming out there. [laughs] I don’t love administrative details. What I like about using this activity to follow what lights you up\, activity you mentioned or even a values exploration\, you could also use this to follow up a values exploration\, is that it helps you to see what you love to do in the context of what lights you up and the things that you value and care about. \nBob: I know you’ve done this tracking yourself. How has it helped you? \nJessica: Yes\, I’ve gone through this activity a few times. Usually\, I’ll go through the activity when I’m feeling a little bogged down\, or sometimes when I’m feeling overwhelmed\, or when I’m having trouble feeling motivated. I would say that the activity has helped me a few different ways. One way it has helped me is to see patterns in what I enjoy doing. \nWhen I realized that I’m energized and engaged when I have a microphone in my hand\, which is a little embarrassing to admit. [chuckles] I have to say it’s a little embarrassing. [laughs] When I looked at my energy and engagement tracker\, I realized that my current job provided me with many opportunities to have a figurative microphone in my hand\, even if it’s not usually a literal one. \nFacilitating\, for example. It helped me to see my facilitating work differently and enjoy it even more than I already did. I already love facilitating\, but there were times when I just felt very drained by it depending on the circumstance. When I realized that facilitating was one path toward that thing I really love\, which is I guess in a way entertaining or performing– When I realized that that was something– it was a pathway towards something I loved\, it helped me to see facilitating even in those moments where it would’ve been more draining in the past. \nIt helped me to see those moments as something that I love as well. Another way this activity has helped me was to point out that I was spending a lot more time on things that really drained me. While I couldn’t rid myself of all of those tasks\, there were a few I was able to pinpoint to identify and negotiate for someone else to take those tasks on\, like being the primary point of contact for a small program that I ran. It drained me to think that I might be a bottleneck. \nIf I’m being honest\, it drained me to know that I was a bottleneck. I was able to negotiate with one of our administrative staff to be the primary point of contact for that program\, only involving me when there was a more complex issue that required my attention. For the things that I couldn’t offload\, it was still really helpful to know that those tasks drained me because I could plan to do them when I had the most energy for them or I could plan to co-work with a colleague to make it a little more fun. \nBob: When we do this practice\, how are we able to tell what gives us energy or gets us engaged\, or at least\, how did you tell that for yourself? \nJessica: This is a really good question. I think it’s probably a lot easier for some of us to know what drains us versus what gives us energy and puts us into a flow. I bet anyone listening\, and I bet you can as well\, think of some things off the top of your head that you hate doing. A lot of times these are the things that you procrastinate on. They’re the things that you can’t muster the energy to do because it drains your energy so much that you don’t even want to get started on it. Those are the things that you know will drain you. I want you to track those just as much as the things that give you energy and engagement. \nHow I knew is when I thought about the activities that made me feel energized and engaged. It was more of a gut reaction for me. I’ll give you a couple of clues. Reflecting back on how I felt doing that activity or working on that project\, so really trying to immerse myself in that moment\, even though the moment has passed\, and really reflect back\, “How did I feel doing that? How did I feel about the people I was working with\, and how did it feel to work with them?” \nFor me\, when I thought about an activity that made me feel energized or engaged\, I just felt a little lighter. I maybe even smiled a little when I thought about it. Then\, I would think about\, “Okay\, was it energizing or engaging or a little bit of both?” Then after I figured out what level I felt like I was energized or engaged\, I would think about\, “Okay\, was that a flow activity?” I would remember the energy I was feeling in the moment and how it felt to engage in that activity. \nI remembered how focused I was on the activity task or project. Those are the two main things to think about. How did you feel like? Were you energized by the task\, or the project\, or the activity? How did it feel to engage in that activity? Were you highly engaged? Were you sitting back and just listening? Then\, how focused were you on the activity\, task\, or project? \nIf you weren’t very focused on it at all\, then it was not a flow moment. I can tell you that. [chuckles] The questions to ask yourself when you think about flow is\, were you so focused that the next time you looked at your clock\, it was hours later and you only looked up because you were hungry? That’s a good sign that you found an activity that puts you in flow. \nI would say most of the activities that I track\, anytime I do this activity\, most of them are not flow activities\, but tracking when you’re in flow is still a really good way to tell which activities put you in flow. \nThere are a few activities though that were also contextual for me. Writing is one of those activities that seems to show up as an activity that gives me energy and really engages me. It can even put me in flow\, but not always. It depends on what I’m writing\, what mood I’m in\, whether I’m feeling rushed by other projects\, or whether I’m feeling overwhelmed in general. Sometimes\, an activity could be contextual. I always have been a person who felt like writing was part of my identity. When I saw that I was drained by writing\, it was disappointing. I just got curious about that\, and I investigated that a little more\, and I realized it was contextual. \nBob: I think it’s time to give this a try\, Jessica. Would you mind walking us through the steps? \nJessica: Yes\, of course. It’s really a pretty easy activity. I’ll walk you through it the way I like to practice it\, which is a slight modification of how Bill Burnett and Dave Evans teach it. First\, you’ll want to start a page in your journal or start a note in your favorite app or you can download the worksheet at the link that we provided in the show notes. Next\, you’re going to reflect on your activities over the past three to four weeks. \nNow\, this is the way I do it. Sometimes\, getting out your calendar and looking at the same time can help. If looking back three to four weeks is too long of a time period for you\, you can instead just reflect on the past week\, and then you can repeat the activity for the next 2-3 weeks so that you have a little more data to work with. On the far left of your page\, you’re going to list the activities\, tasks\, and projects that you recall doing. I’m not talking about taking out the trash\, although if you want to list it\, you’re very welcome to do that. I’m talking about the activities\, tasks\, and projects that were more significant. \nThen for each item on your list\, you’re going to rate your energy level on a 1-5 scale\, or of course\, if you’re using the downloadable\, there’s a little scale that you can use. Rate your energy level on a 1-5 scale with 1 being low. You’ll then rate your engagement level on a scale of 1-5\, again with 1 being low. Write the word flow next to any activity for what you feel you might have been in flow. Again\, flow is the state of being so energized and focused that you might even lose track of time. Next\, once you have 3-4 weeks of data\, take a look at it and see if you find any patterns\, trends\, or new insights. Think about what specifically contributed to your energy and engagement ratings. \nFor example\, was it the meeting itself that was energizing\, or was it something that happened at the meeting or something that you contributed to the meeting that was energizing for you? Was it because you were able to dig into something with no interruptions\, or was it because there was a group of people involved and everyone was building on an idea together? Be as specific as it’s helpful for you to fully understand why an activity was draining or energizing and engaging. \nFinally\, brainstorm some ideas on how you can make some adjustments that will allow you to do a little more of what you love and a little less of what you don’t. You can take it a little further by imagining some bigger goals if you like. For now\, just even small tweaks to our current situation could go a long way when we’re coming from a place of self-knowledge and intention. \nBob: Thanks for guiding us through that\, Jessica. \nJessica: You’re welcome. I really enjoy this activity because it has been so eye-opening for me in the past. \nBob: That’s it for this episode. Thanks for joining us. We hope you’ll give this practice a try and share your experience in the practicing connection community on LinkedIn\, where people supporting military families practice the skills that empower us to work together so that we can positively impact our communities and help families thrive. You’ll find the link to the community on our website at oneop.org/practicingconnection. We’ll be back next week with an in-depth podcast episode sharing reflections from some of our guests from the past years on the topic of finding balance. Until then\, keep practicing. \nKalin Goble: The Practicing Connection Podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military\, Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense\, under award numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[music]\n[00:13:35] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Supporting Military Teens: Community Healthy Living and Food Security Programs
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Community support and education can have a great impact on bolstering food security. Our access to and relationship with food connects to our overall health\, wellness\, and lived experiences. Engaging military teens through programs focusing on food access\, nutrition literacy\, and healthy eating habits can equip kids with the knowledge to help them learn and grow. \nOne such community-based initiative is the Georgia 4-H VISTA AmeriCorps Summer program. Through this program\, AmeriCorp Associates engage youth through 4-H Summer Health Squad lessons and support local communities with food security initiatives. Summer VISTA Associates deliver healthy living and food security lessons and engage community members with hands-on learning around topics like food access\, addressing food insecurity\, mindfulness and healthy eating\, and other topics relevant to their unique area. Through this webinar learn about the goals and management of the AmeriCorps VISTA project\, and receive examples of how to implement similar lessons in work with supporting families experiencing food insecurity. Join us to learn more about programs and initiatives bridging the gap between resources and teens and families needing those resources. \nLearning Objectives: \nBy the end of this webinar\, attendees will be able to: \n\nDescribe the benefit and importance of addressing food security and health initiatives within communities\nIdentify ways to incorporate healthy living and food security initiatives locally\nDiscuss the AmeriCorps VISTA 4-H Partnership and identify resources offered through this partnership\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenters” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”157690″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”5/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Keri Hobbs” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Keri Gandy Hobbs serves as Senior Public Service Associate and Extension 4-H Specialist for the University of Georgia Extension – Georgia 4-H. In this role\, she creates volunteer leadership resources and professional development opportunities for more than 5\,500 volunteers annually. Keri was named the 2021 recipient of the distinguished UGA Public Service and Outreach Walter B. Hill Award. She holds a Master of Public Administration from Valdosta State University and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Georgia. She is a proud graduate of UGA’s Public Service and Outreach (PSO) Vivian H. Fisher Leadership Academy\, the UGA Facilitation Academy\, and the UGA PSO Scholarship Academy. \nShe has also served on the National Extension Conference on Volunteerism Planning Committee for four years and has served as the Principal Investigator of the AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) project for Georgia 4-H for the past six years\, where she created the 4-H Summer Health Squads to address food insecurity. Keri has given 78 presentations for international and national audiences and is currently serving on the leadership team of the NSF Regional Innovation Engines program for Next Generation Agriculture.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][nectar_btn size=”jumbo” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”Continuing Education” url=”https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eQf0WT1GDS6vnvM”][vc_column_text]The following CE credits will be submitted for this session: \n\nCertified Family Life Educators: This program has been approved by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) for 1.5 CE credits for CFLEs. Eligibility for CE will close on 12/7/28\nRegistered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) and Nutrition and Dietetic Technicians\, Registered (NDTRs): This webinar is approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) for 1.5 CPEUs for RDNs and NDTRs. Eligibility for CE will close on 12/7/26\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in documenting additional professional development activities\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: Kosamtu\, iStock 876584068 \nFood Security in Focus\nTake advantage of OneOp’s Food Security in Focus collection\, offering live and on-demand programming related to food security.  \nFood Security in Focus[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Fostering Connection in Meetings
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IN this episode\, Jessica Beckendorf talks about why relationships are so important to collaboration and guides us through some activities we can use in meetings to help build those relationships. \n“Practicasts” are shorter episodes of the podcast highlighting a specific practice to help empower us to work together to improve our resilience and readiness. \nLinks\n\nThe Thin Book of Trust by Charles Feltman\nTraining to Imagine by Kat Koppett\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”][music]\nBob: We know that relationships are important\, but with so much focus on tasks\, we rarely take time to work on relationships in our meetings. Hi\, everyone. This is Bob\, and welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice you can use in your life and work. This week’s practice is a group activity to foster connections in meetings. \nMy Practicing Connection co-host\, Jessica Beckendorf\, will be guiding us through the practice in a few minutes\, but first\, let’s learn more about it. Jessica\, why are relationships important in collaborations? \nJessica Beckendorf: Well\, [chuckles] one of the things I say in some of the workshops I teach is that\, we all seem to recognize that relationships are important\, but we don’t take the time to build them effectively beyond coming together for a quick meeting to connect about\, or to assign tasks. In fact\, sometimes people actively push back against relationship-building components during meetings. \nI think\, especially\, when they feel like the activity is trite\, or strictly an icebreaker. I do think that there are a lot of icebreakers and activities that fall into these categories. There’s nothing wrong with them\, but to some people\, they can come off as really inauthentic. Some people love these activities\, but many don’t. It goes beyond whether people like doing an icebreaker type of activity. \nWhat I’ve actually seen happen is that\, activities that are intended to connect people\, are sometimes devalued as frivolous\, when compared to the actual “work” that needs to be done. Don’t get me wrong. The outputs and the outcomes that we’re all trying to work toward\, are central to why we’re in the same room to begin with. They’re really important. \nIn collaborative efforts\, part of the work that needs to be done\, is building trust in relationships among group members\, who have committed to working together. You might say\, so that they can commit to working together\, even when they maybe don’t want to. \nCharles Feltman in The Thin Book of Trust\, defines trust as containing four elements. Our assessment of a person’s sincerity\, their reliability\, their competence\, and care. Care is\, perhaps\, the most important– One of those elements\, yet\, we arrange our meetings around things that only touch on two of those\, reliability\, and competence. It’s really baked into our culture that if we’re not doing tasks\, then we must not be doing anything useful at all. \nBecause trust is a key element in any collaboration\, relationship-building is a useful outcome of our work together. I want you to get that in your head. Relationship-building is a useful outcome of our work together. It helps us understand new perspectives\, and build empathy for how we each experience an issue. It can help us develop an appreciation for how each of us works\, and how\, the kinds of contributions we make to projects\, which in the end\, can help us utilize the strengths of each team member better. \nIt leaves room for innovative solutions\, because we aren’t shutting ideas down right away\, because we know that person\, and we’re more willing to hear them out\, or we’ve developed an understanding of that person or empathy for that person\, or whatever that is\, and we’re more willing to hear them out. \nBob: I’m curious to learn more about what goes into choosing a question for a check-in\, or how we design these connecting activities. \nJessica: Yes\, that’s a really good question. I think I just did it very automatically\, until you asked this question. I had to think about it and break it down. I guess\, first\, I like to consider whether the group already knows each other\, or whether they’re a more newly formed group. If the group is new to each other\, they often actually expect some sort of activity that encourages connection at the beginning\, at least at first. \nIf the group is not new to each other\, maybe they’ve been getting together for a while. Then\, I think you’d want to consider two things. First\, what’s the current group culture? Think about things like who’s in the group? What are their communication styles and preferences? How well do they already know each other\, and work together? Are there difficult power dynamics at play? \nThen\, the other thing to consider would be\, what is the purpose that they’re coming together for? What are they there in the same room around? Whether it’s a new group or not\, it’s always important to consider psychological safety. Things like encouraging participation\, but making it absolutely okay to pass\, or making sure your activity contains elements of anonymity along with the sharing\, so that there are activities that\, in fact\, I would start with the activities that bring in a little bit of anonymity. \nSometimes\, it just depends on the group\, after considering all of that\, the questions and activities I like to choose\, for connecting people usually involve something that connects them to their humanity\, something that connects them to each other. Then\, a third\, something that connects them to this moment\, why they’re here in the room together. \nBob: I like that point about this moment. What’s the importance of this moment? Why are we here? What are we here to do? Connecting around that purpose as well. As a facilitator in a meeting\, if we’re doing one of these activities\, or asking a check-in question\, what kinds of things do you think we need to be prepared for? \nJessica: I would say be prepared for mixed responses\, [chuckles] be prepared for groaning\, eye rolls\, and reluctance from some. Be prepared for some to just go through the motions\, and comply with what you’re asking them to do\, and be prepared for some of them to be enthusiastic about it\, and to want more of it. I think you’ll also want to recognize that you’re asking for a lot from some of the group members. \nNot everyone loves sharing about themselves\, and sometimes you can even voice that. You can say\, “Hey\, guys\, I know I’m asking for a lot here. I completely get that.” Then\, sometimes if you just model it a little bit\, and show a little bit of vulnerability to start with\, it makes it a little bit easier for others. \nIt’s also important to read the room a little bit\, and always\, always\, always have other activities or check-in questions ready in the background\, if the mood of the room isn’t a match for the activity\, or questions you planned. This works in virtual rooms also. Be willing to adapt your plan. \nThen last\, I would be prepared to include connection activities more often\, because groups will expect it a little at the beginning\, but nobody expects to be given a connection activity once the group’s been going for a while. I would recommend thinking about including connection activities more often\, and ramp them up a bit when a new person joins the group\, right? \nYou want to onboard them. You want to make them feel connected to the group. You want to make the group feel connected to them. Make connection part of the group rituals and culture. \nBob: Can you guide us through how this might work? Walk us through a couple of practices. \nJessica: Yes\, I have two that I’ll walk you through\, since one of them is a simple check-in question for when you’re really short on time. I think it’s a question that gives everyone a peek into who we are as humans\, while preserving a tight schedule. I would caution you to try to\, at least occasionally\, leave time for longer connecting activities. I wouldn’t always go for the short question at the beginning. \nTry to\, at least occasionally\, leave time for longer activities like the second one that I’ll tell you about. The first activity is a simple check-in question. If possible\, have your group get into a circle\, if you’re not already. You’re going to have each person share their name\, and ask them to add one to two words your friends would use to describe you. That’s it. \nIf it’s a really large group\, you can have them split up into smaller groups\, but I think it’s really beneficial to have everyone to be able to hear what everyone is saying. The second activity is called the story of your name\, and it comes from one of my favorite books for activities like this\, Training to Imagine by Kat Koppett. It will take about one to two minutes per participant. \nThis activity is really powerful when everyone can hear everyone else’s story\, but if you have a larger group\, you can split them up into smaller groups if you need to. If possible\, again\, get everyone into a circle. Have each participant share the story of their name. Let them know that they can tell the story of their first name\, their last name\, a nickname\, their middle name\, whatever they like. \nModel the process by going first\, giving them an example. As a facilitator\, it’s sometimes helpful\, because you might be a little nervous\, sometimes helpful just to have prepared it ahead of time. Then\, they’re going to go around the circle\, and you’ll help to facilitate\, making sure that they’re passing it on to the next person. Allow people to pass\, if they’re not yet ready. \nMake sure that you’re asking them\, “Hey\, it’s okay if you’re not ready\, we can come back to you.” If someone says they have no story about their name\, then prompt them to share about that\, or how they feel about their name. It’s okay if their story is short. I’ve had plenty of people say\, “I don’t really have a story. My parents gave me this name.” That’s totally fine \nactually. Make them feel comfortable that\, that’s totally fine. I recommend\, at least\, debriefing with one or two questions\, and here’s a couple to get you started. How did that feel? What’s the value of learning personal information about each other? Did you discover anything about yourself that you didn’t know? What did you learn about the group in general? Then finally\, in what ways do you feel different from before we began the exercise? That’s it. \nBob: Thanks for guiding us through that\, Jessica. I love the check-in question\, and yes\, this activity\, I think is going to be really great. I’m anxious to use it. \nJessica: Thank you. I’ve seen that story of your name. I’ve seen both of those activities actually yield some really interesting results and connections. I really love helping people to connect differently beyond the\, “How was your weekend?” Or\, “What do you do?” Questions. I hope that this has been helpful. \nBob: That’s it for this episode. Thanks for joining us. We hope you’ll give this practice a try\, and share your experience in the Practicing Connection LinkedIn group\, where people supporting military families\, practice the skills that empower us to work together\, so that we can positively impact our communities\, and help families thrive. You’ll find the link to the group on our website at oneop.org/practicingconnection. We’ll be back next week with another practice to help you be a better collaborator called Share Your Work. Until then\, keep practicing. \nKalin Goble: The Practicing Connection podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award numbers 2019-48770-30366\, and 2023-48770-41333. \n[music]\n[00:12:09] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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The community is designed for people who support military families in a variety of settings both on installations and in our communities.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-4-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Listen” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][vc_raw_html]JTNDZGl2JTIwaWQlM0QlMjJidXp6c3Byb3V0LXBsYXllci0xNDE3MzkzMCUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRmRpdiUzRSUzQ3NjcmlwdCUyMHNyYyUzRCUyMmh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LmJ1enpzcHJvdXQuY29tJTJGMjA5OTk4MyUyRjE0MTczOTMwLXNoYXJlLXlvdXItd29yay5qcyUzRmNvbnRhaW5lcl9pZCUzRGJ1enpzcHJvdXQtcGxheWVyLTE0MTczOTMwJTI2cGxheWVyJTNEc21hbGwlMjIlMjB0eXBlJTNEJTIydGV4dCUyRmphdmFzY3JpcHQlMjIlMjBjaGFyc2V0JTNEJTIydXRmLTglMjIlM0UlM0MlMkZzY3JpcHQlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Episode” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][vc_column_text](Season 4\, Episode 18) \nSharing your work\, even before it is done\, can make your work better\, make you visible to others\, and lead you to a community of support and growth. In this practicast\, Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch talk about the benefits of sharing your work with others and share a practice for getting started. \n“Practicasts” are shorter episodes of the podcast highlighting a specific practice to help empower us to work together to improve our resilience and readiness. \nIf you’re having trouble or you’re not quite ready to share your work and you’d like to practice in a safe space\, you can share your work with Bob at robert.bertsch@ndsu.edu. \nLinks\n\nShow Your Work by Jane Bozarth\nShow Your Work! by Austin Kleon\nWorking Out Loud\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”][music]\nJessica Beckendorf: Sharing your work even before it’s done can make your work better\, it can make you visible to others\, and it can lead you to a community of support and growth. Hi\, everyone. This is Jessica\, and welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice you can use in your life and work. This week’s practice is about sharing your work with others. My Practicing Connection co-host\, Bob Bertsch\, will be guiding us through the practice in a few minutes\, but first\, let’s learn a little bit more about it. Hi\, Bob. Can you start with sharing a little bit of background on the concept of sharing your work with others? \nBob Bertsch: Hi\, Jessica. I’d be happy to. My awareness of this concept comes from back in 2014. There was a couple of books that came out then. Both of them were coincidentally titled Show Your Work\, so it’s a little bit confusing. One is by Jane Bozarth\, and the other is by Austin Kleon. Both books made the argument for sharing your work\, especially your works in progress\, as a way to connect with people. Jane Bozarth focused a little bit more on connections between people within an organization\, and Austin Kleon wrote more about sharing in the open\, in social media\, the wild. \nAbout a year later\, John Stepper released his book called Working Out Loud. That book documented the process that John had developed to help people practice sharing their work in order to find purpose in their work and become more engaged in work. Not necessarily in their organization\, if that’s not where their purpose lied\, or where their engagement lie\, but just in general being more connected with their work through their relationships with other people that were built through the working out loud process. \nThat process has been super important to our work on Practicing Connection\, mostly because it includes so many practices and lessons for building relationships and networks\, which is a big emphasis for us. As a concept\, sharing your work or working out loud can be applied to all kinds of different contexts\, from a work team to an organization or a community issue. Even though the authors that I mentioned focused on different areas\, it’s really a useful tool in almost any area that involves human relationship. \nJessica: I really appreciate this history of it\, for lack of a better word. It’s only back in 2014. I’m familiar with all of these books\, but I didn’t realize their connections and their different specialties. Thank you for sharing that. I’m really curious to learn more about what becomes possible when we share our work. What opportunities does it create for us or for others or for our connections? \nBob: I think there are multitude\, starting with some that Austin Kleon highlighted. He writes about three reasons for sharing your work. I think that these reasons are pretty practical\, and you can adapt them a little bit to different situations. \nFirst\, sharing your work can improve your work. Part of the reason that does that is because it prompts you to think about and document your process. If you think about sharing something that is unfinished\, whomever you’re sharing it with\, you’ll need to be able to explain the stage that work is in. You’re going to have to tell somebody\, hey\, this is just an idea\, or this is my first draft\, or this is a beta version\, or what stage is it at. In the process of doing that\, you develop an understanding of your process\, and that improves your work\, and it also improves your work process because you can see how things are working. \nThe second thing that Austin talks about is that it makes your work visible to others without\, as he puts it\, “the icky feelings of self-promotion.” I can definitely relate to that. \nJessica: Same here. \nBob: If you are a longtime listener\, you probably know that Jessica and I are Midwesterners\, and we fit the stereotype in some ways of keeping our light under a bushel basket and not feeling super comfortable talking about ourselves. I’m sure lots of people outside of the Midwest share that as well. This is a way of getting attention\, I’ll just say it that way\, that helps you self-promote without self-promoting. \nThen the last thing that Austin mentions is that it creates a feedback loop. The helpful feedback we receive can definitely help us improve whatever it is that we’re working on. Even unhelpful feedback can become helpful because it might lead us down new paths. Someone might make a suggestion that really isn’t relevant to what we’re working on\, but that could become an idea for something else or a different project. \nTo add to those three things that Austin Kleon points out\, I think another potential outcome of sharing your work is the idea of making yourself visible\, relates to that self-promotion\, but in a different way\, and I think a really powerful way. When people can see what you’re working on\, it gives them the opportunity to adjust to you. In a work team\, showing what you’re working on can change what other team members are doing. \nHow that might work in the open like on social media or in an organizational sharing platform like Microsoft Teams\, making your work visible could allow people to reach out to you to establish a connection. They might offer an opportunity to deepen an existing connection or even offer to collaborate. This is\, I think\, where the powerful part comes and where this is all going. \nWhen people share information and connect with each other\, it opens up what Steven Johnson calls the adjacent possible\, and that’s the path or the door that neither person could have imagined or seen on their own. It only becomes visible when those people become visible to each other and start sharing information. Making your work visible to others opens up that adjacent possible. I think that’s a big\, big benefit. \nJessica: What are then some of the things that might hold people back from sharing their work? \nBob: The main one for me is imposter syndrome. It’s that feeling that I’m not the “right person” to be sharing this idea or that I’m not an expert in the field that I’m sharing about. That can be a tough one to get over. To get past that\, I try to remind myself that I am the expert in my own experience. No other person has had the exact same combination of experiences that I have had\, and so I’m the expert in how a particular topic looks through my unique lens. That’s true for everybody. Everybody has their own experiences and their own lens and way of looking at things. Even though you might not be an expert in a topic\, it doesn’t mean that you can’t share about it or create work in that area. \nI think when we’re sharing in completely open space like social media\, I know I do and a lot of us might hold back because we’re afraid of saying the wrong thing or experiencing some backlash or being made to feel less than by comments and things like that. I try to manage that feeling by just choosing how vulnerable I want to be in a particular space. Sharing with my work team\, I may choose and do choose to be way more vulnerable and honest if you want to think of it that way than I would be\, say\, like in a private LinkedIn group. \nI might be more vulnerable in a private LinkedIn group than I would be in a completely open social media platform like X or just posting on LinkedIn or Facebook. I think it’s best\, no matter where you’re posting\, to think about the stakes. What are the potential risks and keep those stakes low starting off so that you can build to where you are comfortable from there. I think the danger is you overshare maybe in an open space\, you have a really bad experience and then it becomes such a barrier that you have trouble sharing in other venues as well. Managing that I think is a good way to get started and hopefully not fall into those things that hold us back. \nJessica: Let’s get started. If you could walk us through a practice that will help us share our work. \nBob: Sure. \nJessica: That would be great. \nBob: I’d love to. The easiest way to get ready\, I think\, to share your work is to start sharing what John Stepper calls the universal gifts and those gifts are attention and gratitude. These are called universal gifts because virtually\, everyone enjoys them. Intentionally and authentically sharing attention and gratitude with others is a good way to practice the courage and vulnerability that it might take for us to share our work. If there’s someone you appreciate\, but you haven’t told them so or if you have seen or experienced something that has benefited you\, take the time to give the gifts of gratitude and/or attention. Once you’re ready to start sharing your work\, start with deciding what you want to share. Here are some ideas that you could share just to get you started. You could share an idea that you have for a program or a project or just a random idea. You could share a project that’s in process that you’re working on. You could share your motivations\, why do you do the work that you do? You could share a process that’s helpful for you. Maybe a process for reporting or a process for getting started on a project when you have that blank page staring at you and share that with others. \nYou can share something you’ve learned\, or you could share a challenge that you’re facing and need some help with\, or a challenge that you’re facing you’ve overcome and you’ve learned something from\, and then share what you’ve learned. Once you have decided okay\, this is what I’m going to share\, next\, think about who do I want to share this with. Who is it relevant to\, who could offer supportive feedback. This goes back to earlier in our conversation when we talked about choosing a platform where you’re comfortable\, where it might be low-risk\, or you might get out of it what you want to get out of it while also making sure the person or people that you’re sharing with that it’s relevant to them as well. \nNow that you’ve got a person or a group of people in mind\, ask yourself why might they be interested. Thinking about this can really help us add context to our sharing message. For example\, you might include a phrase like\, I thought you would be interested in this idea because of your work on dot dot dot\, or something like\, I saw your post about this topic on social media so I wanted to share this with you. Why would they be interested helps you add context to that message. Thinking about why someone would be interested in what you’re sharing might also help you think of others that you could potentially share this work with. \nFinally\, you need to decide how you are going to share your work\, like what’s the method? Are you going to send an email to just one person? Are you going to share it in a private chat like Teams or Slack? Are you going to post it in a private group or in the open on social media? Again\, think about what makes you comfortable and what opportunities might be opened up by sharing your work in that particular way. If you’ve thought about all that and answered those questions\, you’ve got a plan. Go ahead and share your work. If you’re having trouble or you’re not quite ready to share your work and you’d like to practice in a safe space\, you can share your work with me. Just email me. My email address is robert.bertsch@ndsu.edu\, and I’ll put that invitation on the show notes as well. \nJessica: What a generous invitation. Thank you so much for sharing this guide to thinking through how to share your work with others. That’s it for this episode. Thanks for joining us. We hope you’ll give this practice a try and share your experience in the Practicing Connection LinkedIn group where people supporting military families practice the skills that empower us to work together so that we can positively impact our communities and help families thrive. You’ll find the link to the group on our website at oneop.org/practicingconnection. We’ll be back next week with a new podcast episode focused on investing time in leisure\, learning\, and yourself. Until then\, keep practicing. \nKalin Goble: The Practicing Connection podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, U.S. Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, U.S. Department of Defense under award numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[00:14:09] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Episode” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][vc_column_text](Season 5\, Episode 2) \nWhen people feel that they are being listened to empathetically\, attentively\, and without judgment\, they enter a safe state that enables them to delve deeper into their consciousness and discover new insights about themselves – even those that may challenge previously held beliefs and perceptions.  \nIn this practicast\, Jessica Beckendorf talks about the listening practice\, Strength Spotting\, and guides us through how to do it. \n“Practicasts” are shorter episodes of the podcast highlighting a specific practice to help empower us to work together to improve our resilience and readiness. \nLinks\n\nVIA Character Strengths\nArmy Resilience Directorate Resources\nPracticing Connection podcast\, “Show Your Work”\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”]Bob Bertsch: When people feel that they’re being listened to empathetically\, attentively\, and without judgment\, they enter a safe state that enables them to delve deeper into their consciousness and discover new insights about themselves\, even those that may challenge previous held beliefs and perceptions. Hi everyone. This is Bob Bertsch and welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection Practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice you can use in your life and work. \nThis week’s practice is a listening practice called Strength Spotting. This practice can help you learn to listen more deeply to anyone you encounter while building deeper relationships through this validating practice. My Practicing Connection co-host Jessica Beckendorf will be guiding us through the practice in a few minutes\, but first\, let’s learn more about it. Hey Jessica. I’m really interested in the benefits of Strength Spotting. \nJessica Beckendorf: The beautiful thing about character strengths is that they’re both deeply personal and internal and they’re social. We’re all constantly expressing our strengths\, whether we know it or not. They’re part of our contributions to the world. Knowing and using our strengths is actually connected with improving our well-being and resilience. What’s interesting is that many people don’t know their own strengths. I don’t mean that in the physical sense\, like we don’t know our own strength\, but no\, we don’t know our strengths a lot of times. \nIn fact\, it’s actually often a lot easier to spot strengths in others than it is to spot our own strengths. For this reason\, I do recommend taking the free VIA Character Strengths Assessment\, which we’ll provide the link in the show notes. You don’t have to know all about strengths or even to know your own strengths in order to do someone the kindness of noticing and appreciating the strengths of others. \nWe all have language that we already use around strengths. A lot of us might recognize things like being organized as a strength\, which maybe isn’t the best example\, but things like being organized or being brave or exhibiting kindness to others as a strength. You don’t need to know all of the language of strengths in order to do this. It really is a kindness noticing and appreciating someone else’s strengths. \nIn the context of relationship building\, this noticing and appreciating I’ve been talking about is often called strength spotting. It’s a validating activity that can help the people around you identify their strengths. Remember I said that most people don’t know their own strengths? Well\, you can help other people identify their strengths by pointing it out to them when it. This strengthens the relationship and contributes to improving their overall wellbeing\, particularly as the folks in positive psychology might say\, their basic psychological needs for autonomy\, relationship\, and competence. Those are all related to using strengths. \nEven the US Army has recognized the power of character strengths by embedding it as a core part of their comprehensive soldier fitness program and as part of their global assessment tool. They emphasize not only identifying your own strengths\, but also identifying strengths in others\, which is what we’re talking about today\, and using those strengths in practical ways on teams. If you go to the website of the Directorate of Prevention\, Resilience\, and Readiness and search on the term character strengths\, a whole bunch of articles and resources actually pop up. It’s a really great resource for that. \nI could talk all day long about how using our signature strengths in different ways every day increases things like work satisfaction and our sense of meaning\, and it increases happiness and decreases feelings of depression\, with the effects lasting sometimes as long as six months. This particular practicast is all about the benefits of reflecting back the strengths of those we engage with in conversation. I really want to keep it focused there because I really could talk about strengths in many different ways. \nBob: When we’re strength spotting\, what kinds of things are we listening for? You gave a couple examples in your previous answer\, but I’m wondering if you could go deeper on that. \nJessica: Yes\, this is a really good question. Something I’ve noticed because I do a lot of interpersonal communication kinds of workshops\, and this comes up a lot. While in conversation\, our brains are doing so many things at once that when you try to break it down and talk about all the things our brains are doing at once in a forum like a podcast episode or a blog\, it can feel oddly detailed and overwhelming. \nI literally have different steps that you can go through to think about an interaction with somebody else. But for the purposes of what we’re talking about today\, I’m going to keep it really simple and say that your first just listening for what you admire about the other person in relation to what they’re saying to you. \nDon’t make it weird and they’re telling you about their day and you’re like\, “Whoa\, I really admire what an upstanding citizen you are\,” when they didn’t talk anything at all about their volunteering or whatever. No\, I’m talking about thinking about what you admire\, what you’re finding out that you admire in what they’re saying to you\, and in relation to what they’re saying to you. What was interesting to you about their story and what is it that you appreciated within that story about that person? That is the first thing I would say you’re looking for. \nThe second simple piece of advice that I would have is to observe and listen for their energy level. What did they get more animated about and what strength might be attached to that? For example\, if they’re describing a difficult week for them\, but they sounded a little lighter or more energetic when they spoke about how they came up with a new idea to present to their team\, you might say something about their creativity for coming up with a new idea or their bravery since not everyone is comfortable with sharing their ideas and it’s a brave thing to share an idea because it could be rejected. Those are the two main things I would listen to; their energy and then your own energy\, what you’re noticing that you admire in the other person. \nBob: What about actually paying attention? Are there tips for us to stay focused on what the other person is saying? Because honestly\, I find myself thinking about what I’m going to say next or what I have to do an hour later. \nJessica: Oh yes\, there are absolutely tips for staying focused. Two words\, stay focused. No. Seriously\, listening is a social mindfulness activity if that can be considered a thing. I’m going to make it a thing. It’s a social mindfulness activity. A let go of where you want the conversation to go. Let go of thinking ahead\, trying to guess where they are going with the conversation because we love to do that\, don’t we? Just be with the person or people. Frankly\, you can do this in a group too. I know we’re talking about one-on-one here. A lot of our language has been around one-on-one\, but you can do this absolutely in a group as well. \nJust be with the person or people and keep bringing your mind back to the conversation because just like in mindfulness practice\, your mind’s going to wander and it’s okay. Don’t beat yourself up for it. Just like we talk about in mindfulness practice\, don’t beat yourself up for your mind wandering\, just keep bringing it back. That is my main piece of advice for staying focused on what another person is saying. I’m sure that there’s lots treasure troves of advice out there\, but this really is about us being together and this is an episode all about listening and so really it’s just focus and do your best. Just do your best as a human [chuckles] to be present with another human. \nBob: Awesome. Well\, can you walk us through this? What does it look like in practice? \nJessica: Yes. There are three main steps. I want to recognize that our brains are doing a lot of different things all at once in the middle of a conversation. I recognize that what I’m going to break down to you in a second here is a detailed list of– it might be hard for you to initially think\, “Wait\, how am I going to do this in the middle of a conversation.” Like\, “I want to pay attention to what they’re saying. I don’t want to be doing all these different tasks while I’m doing that.” Don’t worry about it. I’ll give you some tips after. \nIt’s a three-step process. The first one is labeling. Name the strength or strengths\, it could be more than one\, name the ones that you notice. What did you observe? That’s what you’re answering here is what do you observe? What strengths are you observing in what they’re saying to you? The next one is explaining. There’s first labeling\, now there’s explaining\, and this is about giving rationale for the strength that you labeled. \nYou could just say to someone\, “Oh\, I really appreciate your bravery\,” and leave it there\, but you really need to give it a little rationale. “I appreciated the bravery or how brave was for you to share that idea in a team meeting. I have a really hard time with that myself. I’ve just had some bad experiences and I’m not sure that I feel safe sharing my ideas. I think it’s really brave of you to do that\,” right? Giving that rationale. This one’s all about answering the question\, what’s the evidence that you observed for that strength? I think this is sometimes the hardest part for some people because we can recognize something and have a hard time just articulating what it was. This is about showing your work\, which we have another episode on. This is sort of about that show your work like you were told in school. \nOkay\, so labeling\, then explaining. Now the third part is appreciating. This can be\, if the moment has passed\, this can be about thinking about your appreciation and just noticing what it was that you appreciated and why\, but hopefully you really do need to express this back to the person. I just\, I do want to mention the fact that it does happen that the moment passes sometimes\, but you know what you can do? You can write them a note later. You can send them an email. You can say\, “Hey\, you know what? I was thinking about what you said and I really appreciated the bravery that it takes for you to share an idea like that. It’s something I struggle with myself\,” right\, so appreciating. \nExpress appreciation\, affirmation. How will you share that you value this person’s strength? One last time\, labeling\, name the strength or strengths you noticed\, explain it\, giving the rationale behind what you noticed\, and appreciate. Express that appreciation or affirmation to the person. If the moment has passed\, consider writing an email to them at some later time. \nThe more you practice this\, the faster you’ll get at it\, I promise. At first\, you might only be able to label the strength you noticed and possibly not even until after the conversation is over and reflecting it back to the person feels a little impossible. It’s okay if at first you’re just noticing it after the conversation’s over\, just keep practicing. It’ll start to happen. It’s really helpful to start by downloading the list of character strengths in the link that we provide in the show notes. It’s a way to learn to get to know some of the language around strengths so that you can spot it a little bit more frequently or a little more often\, or you can spot new ones sometimes maybe that you don’t normally think about. \nIt’s also really helpful to start by practicing on characters in television shows. Start by watching a character on a television show\, label a strength that you’re noticing\, give it some rationale\, and imagine how you might express appreciation or affirmation of the strength to the character in the show. It’s a really helpful activity that will help you get faster and better at recognizing strengths. That is how I started. \nBob: Wow\, Jessica\, it’s very apparent from this conversation that you are super passionate about strength spotting\, and I really appreciate that passion. I appreciate it that you took the time to share that with us. \nJessica: Well\, you’re very welcome. I always have time to talk about character strengths. I learned about them a long time ago\, and they’ve been an important part of my work for almost a decade now. \nBob: That’s it for this episode. Thanks for joining us. We hope you’ll give this practice a try and share your experience in the Practicing Connection LinkedIn group where people supporting military families practice the skills that empower us to work together so that we can positively impact our communities and help families thrive. You can find the link to the group on our website at oneop.org/PracticingConnection. We’ll be back next week with a practice to get yourself a little bit better and also connect with others. That practice is called Asking Powerful Questions. Until then\, keep practicing. \n[theme music]\nKalin Goble: The Practicing Connection podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[00:14:47] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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Asking the right question is the most effective way of expanding a conversation\, keeping it engaging and making it meaningful. \nIn this Practicing Connection practicast\, Jessica Beckendorf shares a practice to help us engage people in the meaningful conversations we need to have in order to plan and do our work together. \n“Practicasts” are shorter episodes of the podcast highlighting a specific practice to help empower us to work together to improve our resilience and readiness. \nLinks \n\n\nAsk Powerful Questions: Create Conversations That Matter – Will Wise and Chad Littlefield \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”][music]\nBob Bertsch: Community engagement\, co-creation\, and collaboration depend on meaningful conversations. Asking the right question is the most effective way of expanding a conversation\, keeping it engaging\, and making it meaningful. Hi\, I’m Bob Bertsch and welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection Practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice you can use in your life and work. This week’s practice is focused on asking powerful questions. \nThis practice can help us engage people in the meaningful conversations we need to have in order to build relationships and to plan and do our work together. My Practicing Connection co-host\, Jessica Beckendorf\, will be guiding us through a practice to help us build rapport and ask powerful questions in a few minutes. First\, let’s learn more about it. Jessica\, what is a powerful question? What makes it powerful? \nJessica Beckendorf: Bob\, I’m sure there’s a lot of definitions out there on powerful questions. My own very simple definition is that powerful questions are open-ended questions that touch on a person’s motivations\, hopes\, and stories. They’re powerful in part because they recognize the person answering the question is the expert of their own experiences. They’re also powerful because they connect people through storytelling and authentic curiosity. They’re also powerful because the sharing that occurs when a powerful question has been asked opens up possibilities for more questions\, more conversation\, and more connection. \nLastly\, I would say that they are most powerful when the person’s intent for asking the question comes from authentic curiosity rather than a desire to lead or control the conversation or to try to make a point or because maybe they’re making an assumption about the other person they’re trying to talk to or about the group that they’re trying to talk with. \nBob Bertsch: Yes\, that’s really helpful. I’m curious about how powerful questions might have helped you in your work\, especially your work with groups. \nJessica Beckendorf: I didn’t start out by intentionally asking powerful questions. I didn’t think\, I do group process work. I’m going to ask them powerful questions all the time and it’s going to be amazing and everything’s going to work all the time. We all have natural patterns of interaction\, the things that we do automatically when we have conversations. We already know how to communicate is what I’m trying to say based on what we’ve observed or what we’ve already been taught\, either through others or through trial and error our whole lives. \nI was pretty good at small talk\, and I really enjoyed it and I know that’s going to make a lot of people cringe\, but I did\, I was able to build rapport quickly and get from small talk to deeper connections\, but I didn’t know how I did it for a long time. Once I started to understand more about connection and collaborative relationships and how powerful the right questions can be\, I began to use them with intention. For someone who already feels like\, “Ah\, I’m good at that\,” I’m telling you\, it can help you out a lot if you do it with intention. \nThen for someone who feels like\, “Ooh\, I’m not very good at that\,” and she was already natural at it\, so there’s no way that it’s going to work for me\, no\, that’s not true. I know people who it doesn’t come supernaturally to them and they worked at it and it works for them as well. Once I understood this\, I began to use these questions with intention. When I noticed that a group I was working with was struggling\, I would work on finding the right powerful question for the moment. \nIf I was able to\, I would plan several questions ahead of time before going into the situation\, or if I was in the moment\, which happens\, I would pull out a broader question and just trust the group to share. I think that’s so important is when we ask questions\, we have to trust the person to answer from their own experience or trust the people to answer. Sometimes a really well-placed what’s essential right now asked to a whole group or a question like what matters to you in this moment can do wonders for a group that’s stuck\, especially if everyone gets a chance to respond to the question. \nWe know people who are very excited and we also know people who will dominate a conversation. If you can give everyone a chance to answer those questions and respond on their own\, that’s even more powerful. Another way that I’ve used these questions in my group process work has been to infuse connection where it’s been brushed aside. I’ve seen it brushed aside lots and lots of times. \nI think what’s essential here is that without real social connections in the groups that we work with\, we’re just creating more meetings and tasks and obligations for ourselves and meetings and tasks and obligations are all working toward a goal. There’s some meeting there\, but it’s not the same as when there’s also some real social connections being built. \nBob Bertsch: You’re going to guide us through the practice a little bit in just a moment\, but I’m just trying to get sort of a context of how these work\, how powerful questions work in practice. For example\, like how many do we need for our conversation and when should we use them? Do I need\, plan out all my conversations in advance so I’m ready with my powerful questions? \nJessica Beckendorf: I’d say that in practice\, to me\, asking powerful questions begins with noticing what we’re curious about and asking questions about it. It sounds really\, really simple\, but we need to recognize that curiosity and how we engage with it presents itself differently for each person. Some people are wildly curious about people and some aren’t. Some are more curious about ideas or about other things\, about nature. That’s perfectly okay. I’d say that developing your curiosity will help you ask powerful questions more intuitively. That’s why I like to start with curiosity. \nEssentially\, this is about being present to and noticing what your heart and mind are drawing you toward during your interactions with others. Notice it and engage with it by asking open-ended questions. Of course\, while you’re working on your curiosity\, I do also recommend starting out by having a couple of powerful questions that you enjoy hearing the answers to and that you’re willing to answer yourself. Never ask a question that you aren’t willing to answer yourself. \nConnecting involves at least some mutual vulnerability. We’re not asking you to\, I certainly wouldn’t start with a question like\, “What’s the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you?” Don’t ask that question\, especially if you’re not willing to answer it. I also wouldn’t start with that question or a question like it. As far as when powerful questions should be used\, the answer is going to depend on the situation. I think as a general guideline\, if you’re just meeting someone or you’re just getting together for the first time as a group\, you could start by just practicing your noticing and asking skills that I just mentioned a minute ago\, just to build some rapport. \nWhat you’re noticing about the person or the group that’s making you curious is what I’m talking about when I say noticing and asking. Maybe it’s even something that seems simple\, like something they’re wearing or something that they’ve said about their favorite sport\, right? Those aren’t powerful questions\, but they are questions to ease into the deeper questions that we’re trying to get at. Then\, to me\, once there’s a little bit of rapport built\, and this is something that I learned from Chad Littlefield and Will Wise’s work\, they have a book called Ask Powerful Questions. \nOnce there’s a little bit of rapport between people\, that’s when you can get into some more of the powerful questions. I wouldn’t use them before you’ve established just a little bit of rapport in an interaction. \nBob Bertsch: Awesome. Thanks. That was really helpful just to get us grounded in sort of what this looks like. You mentioned you had some steps to walk us through\, so we’d love to hear them. \nJessica Beckendorf: All right. The first step is to have a couple of questions that you’ll always remember and have with you in the back of your mind. These should be questions\, like I said before\, that you love to hear the answers to and that you’re willing to share your own answer to. For example\, a question that we often use on this podcast with guests is a question that I really love is\, how did you get into your field or how did it find you? You can change up the word field with anything you want. How did you get into that hobby or how did it find you or anything you want that you could fill in there. \nHow did you get into blank or how did it find you? It’s also good to have a follow-up question\, something like\, “Tell me more about blank. I find it fascinating\,” or\, “That sounds really cool. My grandfather used to do that\, but I never understood how he did X\,” or whatever is leading you to ask about it. “Tell me more about blank\,” is another good one to have in the background. Now\, if those don’t feel natural to you\, I would recommend making up your own\, try to make up questions that sound natural to you that start with the words how or what\, and then have a follow-up question like\, “Tell me more about–” whatever language you need to use to make it sound like you is what I recommend. \nHave a couple of questions as step one. Second\, as you’re interacting with someone or with a group\, as you’re building that rapport with them\, you’re having sort of the shorter\, smaller talk\, whatever you want to call it. You’re meeting with them. You’re just in a meeting with them. Maybe any kind of discussion that you’re having\, I want you to find your natural authentic curiosity\, whatever your heart and mind is drawing you toward. You might notice this through a gut reaction and I would say\, probably a positive gut reaction\, like\, “Ooh\, that’s cool.” “Oh\, I’ve always wanted to learn that. Now I know someone who does it.” \nMaybe through sort of a lightness\, like\, “Oh my goodness\, so many possibilities. My mind is firing. I’ve got lots of ideas for this person. I’d love to share with them\,” or something that even just makes you go\, “Huh\, interesting.” You find that thing. Then step three is asking an open-ended question about it\, starting with how or what. “How did you get into X?” Or\, “Wow\, what was your process? What were you thinking about as this was happening?” \nThose are the two questions that it’s so easy to keep a how or what in your mind\, just those two words in your mind as you’re in conversation with someone and you want to get to know them better. You use those two beginnings of questions to try to propel you to asking a more powerful question than something that might get you a one or two word answer. Quick recap\, number one\, have a couple of questions to get started. Number two\, when you’re in an interaction with someone\, find that natural\, authentic curiosity through your internal reactions to what they’re saying. Then ask an open-ended question about something that made you curious\, starting with how or what. \nMy advice would be to allow the conversation go where it goes and enjoy the journey. That’s it\, three steps. Now you’re experts. \nBob Bertsch: There you go. Thanks. We’re all experts now. Thanks for getting us to do that\, Jessica. We really appreciate it. \nJessica Beckendorf: Ah\, you’re so welcome. \nBob Bertsch: That’s it for this episode. Thanks so much for joining us. We hope you’ll give this practice a try and share your experience in the Practicing Connection LinkedIn group where people supporting military families practice the skills that empower us to work together so that we can positively impact our communities and help families thrive. You’ll find the link to the group on our website at oneop.org/practicingconnection. We’ll be back next week with a practice for learning from each other. Until then\, keep practicing. \nKalin Goble: The Practicing Connection Podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under Award Numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[music]\n[00:13:42] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:IECMH: Practical Strategies to Support Attachment Relationships
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Over the course of this series\, we’ve heard your requests for more information on this important topic! Therefore\, this webinar addresses what you\, our participants\, have asked for – implementing the information provided into practice. \nThis session discusses ideas\, strategies\, and resources for fostering healthy attachment. Presenters also share ideas for supporting\, sustaining\, or repairing when attachment might be disrupted\, such as during deployment or in situations where a caregiver and child might be separated. Join us and add to your “attachment” toolbox with ideas for ensuring young children and families can develop and experience healthy attachment relationships. \nLearning Objectives: \nIn this webinar we will: \n\nIdentify ideas\, strategies\, and resources for fostering healthy attachment.\nDescribe ideas for supporting\, sustaining\, or repairing when attachment might be disrupted.\nReflect on how the shared ideas\, strategies\, and resources can be embedded into their own practice.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenter” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”98724″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”5/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Tweety Yates\, Ph.D.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Tweety Yates\, Ph.D. works on the Early Intervention Training Program (EITP) Grant at the University of Illinois and The National Center on Early Childhood Development\, Teaching and Learning (NCECDTL) contract through Vanderbilt University. She is also a consultant and faculty for the Pyramid Model Consortium. 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Eligibility for CE credit will close on 1/18/26\nIllinois Early Care & Education Providers: This webinar is a Gateways to Opportunity Registry-approved Training for early care and education professionals in Illinois. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 1/18/26\nCertified Family Life Educators: This webinar has been approved for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the National Council on Family Relations. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 1/18/27\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar has been approved for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Eligibility for CE credit will close on 1/18/26\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists:  This webinar has been approved for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. 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URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160010/
CATEGORIES:Health and Well-Being
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SUMMARY:Innovative Ways to Integrate Apps into Clinical Practice
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Discover how these innovative tools empower Registered Dietitian Nutritionists to lead data-driven discussions\, drive personalized care and help improve outcomes. In this interactive webinar\, you will learn about the types and features of apps\, the latest research on their potential benefits\, and the challenges facing wider adoption. Through real-life case studies\, learn the art and science of integrating apps into clinical practice. Don’t miss this opportunity to be at the forefront of personalized nutrition care and evolving realm of digital health! \nLearning Objectives: \n\nIdentify benefits of mobile health apps for promoting positive health behaviors and enhancing clinical practice\nReview potential challenges including privacy\, security and safety that may limit adoption\nDiscuss strategies for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists to integrate apps into clinical practice\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenters” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”161990″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”5/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Rachel Stahl Salzman\, MS\, RD\, CDN\, CDCES” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Rachel is a Lecturer in Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology\, Diabetes and Metabolism at Weill Cornell Medicine. 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SUMMARY:Learning From Each Other
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desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Episode” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][vc_column_text](Season 5\, Episode 4) \nSetting goals that focus on what we can learn from each other not only builds our own personal and collective knowledge\, but can build community and leave space for collaboration. \nIn this Practicing Connection practicast\, Bob Bertsch shares a practice to help us take control of our learning and begin to build a knowledge network . \n“Practicasts” are shorter episodes of the podcast highlighting a specific practice to help empower us to work together to improve our resilience and readiness. \nLinks\n\n\nSocial Learning Theory \n\n\nHarold Jarche’s Seek-Sense-Share framework \n\nPracticing Connection podcast episode\, “What Lights You Up?“\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”]Jessica Beckendorf: Setting goals that focus on what we can learn from each other not only builds our own personal and collective knowledge\, but we can also build community through it and leave space for collaboration. Hi\, everyone. This is Jessica\, and welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice you can use in your life and work. Today’s practice will help us set a learning goal and start taking steps toward it through our relationships with others. My Practicing Connection co-host Bob Bertsch will be guiding us through the practice in a few minutes\, but let’s first learn a little bit more about it. \nBob\, this month we’re talking about connecting with others\, but aren’t goals a solo activity? I guess I’ve always seen them that way. What kind of a goal are we talking about when we say a learning goal\, and how is it different from other types of goals? \nBob Bertsch: Well\, I don’t think goals are a solo activity. Even if we are seemingly achieving a goal all on our own\, research has shown that social support is critical to the resilience we need to keep working toward that goal. Achieving it\, even if it is a personal goal\, is really a collective effort. Learning goals are great examples of that kind of collective effort. Learning is a social activity. We learn behaviors and skills from observing other people. We learn from the knowledge of others and build on that knowledge ourselves\, and we construct meaning together in our cultures. We do that collectively as well. \nA learning goal often leans into this social aspect of learning. Although a personal goal like losing 10 pounds in the next six weeks is going to be influenced by others\, so it is kind of collective\, it’s not really focused on learning from others. We could take the goal of losing weight and add a learning goal to it or make it a learning goal by saying something like\, “I want to lose 10 pounds in the next six weeks\,” and learn how to stay at that target weight or learn how to keep it off. Learning how to maintain your weight involves learning from the knowledge and experience of others\, which makes it a learning goal specifically rather than just a personal goal. \nJessica: Yes\, thank you for sharing it that way. Because what I really like about this perspective\, the perspective that goals are not a solo activity but a social one\, is that it takes goal setting one step further. Rather than setting a goal and doing everything you can to achieve it on your own\, it also allows for some support when you fail and for a potentially bigger celebration for when you succeed. I think it really emphasizes the point that we need each other. \nI’m curious about what kind of commitment or mindset we need when we’re learning from each other. How does it benefit our work and lives? \nBob: I’m glad you asked about the mindset. Most of us have been conditioned to see formal settings as the primary way to learn because that’s our dominant experience\, from kindergarten all the way through workplace training. Some of the ideas that this experience can put in our heads are the ideas that most knowledge is transmitted directly from one person to another\, that usually that comes from an expert and goes to a novice\, that the expert or teacher hold the only knowledge that’s worth sharing. That’s an idea that that puts in our head. We also learn that teachers and experts should be in control of the method of disseminating that knowledge\, so they’re in charge of our learning. \nAnother idea that’s sort of pervasive from this experience is that learning is mostly passive\, right? We’re sitting back and learning. That the main purpose of learning activities\, quizzes and writing and other activities\, is just to measure the student’s knowledge gain. All of those ideas are coming from this experience that most of us have all shared of being primarily in formal learning settings. In order to intentionally start learning from others\, we’ve got to loosen the grip those ideas have on how we view learning. \nThe reality is that most of our learning is not the result of one-to-one transmission\, from expert to novice in these formal settings. Albert Bandura\, who created the Social Learning Theory\, wrote in his book that most of our learning happens observationally\, through modeling. We observe others as we form ideas and we learn how new behaviors are performed. On later occasions\, that information becomes coded for us and it serves as a guide for our actions. We’re always modeling others and learning from others in our environment. \nAlthough expertise is important\, we can learn a lot from our own experiences and the experiences of others. It’s not just book learning\, so to put it\, right? That is important. It’s through our experiences that knowledge is put into practice and contextualized. Finally\, learning just is not a passive activity. Through most of our schooling and even our professional training\, we let institutions\, teachers\, organizations and supervisors direct our learning. To begin intentionally learning from each other\, we need to take control and direct our own learning. \nThat’s a little bit about that mindset part of it. The benefits I think are multifold\, especially when we do shift our mindset and start intentionally learning from others. When we let our organizations direct our learning\, they’re going to focus on their goals\, and primarily\, those are going to be compliance and job performance. When we direct our own learning\, we can focus on our own goals\, whatever those might be. We can pursue learning that could help us reach goals that might enrich our personal lives or help our families or further develop not just our job performance\, but our career and our career path. \nHarold Jarche has written a lot about this\, about social learning especially in organizations and workplaces. He believes the power of social learning lies in the fact that it can not only build knowledge\, but also community and trust. Harold developed this framework called Seek-Sense-Share to help individuals take control of their professional development. In that framework\, by intentionally seeking out information related to our own goals\, especially through a network of colleagues\, and then making sense of that information in our own context and finally sharing what we’ve learned back to our network\, we start to build trusted relationships and those relationships have the potential to lead to collaborative work. \nJessica: I’m so glad that you brought up Harold’s work. I’m a big fan\, as you know\, as well. What that brings to mind for me is when we’re incubating our learning in this way\, by seeking perspectives\, ideas and knowledge from others and sharing our own in turn\, it will sometimes involve connecting to new people or connecting with people you know in new ways. What advice do you have for reaching out to people you don’t know or for asking people you do know to connect about something that you’ve probably never asked them about before? \nBob: Yes. Well\, I think it’s important to remember that we can get started learning from each other without connecting necessarily or making specific contact with anybody. You can find and follow people on social media\, which is a way of giving them the universal gift of attention. As you find people that are providing the kind of information you’re seeking\, you can see if they have a blog you can read or a newsletter or podcast you can subscribe to. \nA next step could be to reach out with the universal gift of gratitude. A simple like\, love or applaud reaction\, or a short comment on a social media post can be a low-risk way of doing that. If you want to reach out for a deeper connection\, which is what you asked about\, Jessica\, so I’ll get around to that\, try not to just send the invite as like\, “Hey\, can we have coffee?” Or\, “I’d like to pick your brain at a virtual meeting\,” or something like that. I think when we reach out to people for that deeper bid for connection\, we need to include why we’re reaching out to them specifically\, cite where your interests overlap with the other person\, be specific about what you want from them\, and also include what potential benefit this could have for them. If you don’t get a response\, don’t freak out\, like I have in the past. Don’t make up stories about how they don’t want to connect with you. Just remember– \nJessica: Like I have in the past? [laughs]\nBob: Right. Just remember\, these are people just like us; they may have intended to respond\, but other things got in the way and they forgot about it. Maybe they’re just too busy right now. Continue to engage with them on social media if you’re doing that. Try to reach out again in a few months or\, hey\, just let serendipity take care of it and maybe the next time you think of them\, maybe it’s 6 months or 12 months down the line\, You can reach out again. \nJessica: All right. Well\, let’s get started. I know you have a practice\, you laid out a practice for us. Please walk us through it. You have the floor. \nBob: Thanks\, Jessica. Yes\, I’d love to. We talked a little bit about the mindset. Having this commitment to co-learning really is the first step\, trying to let go a little bit of our preconceived notions of formal learning and commit to learning from others. The next step is to set a learning goal. We want to set a goal that connects with something you really care about. If you’re having trouble figuring out what that is\, you can return to our What Lights You Up? practicast. We’ll put the link to that in the show notes for you\, so you can go back and listen to that if you haven’t. \nMake sure that when you set a learning goal\, it’s something that you can benefit from the experience of others in pursuing\, and you can make at least some progress toward in a month or two. You have a point at which you can evaluate how it’s going. If you are making progress\, that’ll help you stay engaged with your goal in this process. Setting a goal can be hard. You might not be able to come up with your perfect goal on your first try. Don’t worry about that. You can always change your goal along the way. \nAll right\, so now that you have your goal\, the next step is to start to build your relationship list. Who are you going to learn from? One thing that we’ve done in the past with groups is to play a little internet detective if that’s needed. Maybe people pop to mind right away that are related to your goal who you’d like to learn from. If not\, do some searching. Start a list of people who can help you with your learning goal\, including people who have done something similar to what you’re trying to do\, people whose interests are related to your goal\, or people who have written about something related to your goal\, either online or in a book. Check if those people have social media accounts\, if you can find contact information\, those kinds of things\, so that you can consume the things that they’re sharing as part of your learning goal. Be sure to think about different aspects of your learning goal. Your learning goal might have distinct aspects\, many do\, and you might need to seek out people with particular experience or expertise in a particular area of that goal\, particular aspect of that goal. \nThe next step is just start to reach out with people\, either follow them or connect with them on social media. As we talked about before\, reach out with the universal gifts of attention and gratitude. Then it’s important to check in with yourself periodically\, just to make sure you’re getting what you need from your relationship list\, and as we said before\, that this is the goal that you really want to pursue. You might not have exactly the right learning goal. When you take a look at who you’re learning from\, think about\, is there something you’re missing? Some aspect of your goal that you’re not getting information about? Is there someone who’s not providing the kind of learning that you were seeking? Just adjust your list as needed\, add or subtract as you need to. \nFinally\, make sure you give this a chance. There’s going to be no epiphany after 24 hours. It may take a month or two for you to find the right mix of people to learn from and to make progress toward your goal. \nJessica: Thank you so much for guiding us through that. That’s it for this episode. Thanks so much for joining us. We hope you’ll give this practice a try and share your experience in the Practicing Connection LinkedIn group\, where people supporting military families practice the skills that empower us to work together so that we can positively impact our communities and help families thrive. You’ll find the link to the group on our website at oneop.org/practicingconnection. We’ll be back next week with our monthly longer-form episode called An Ecosystem of Military Family Support with Nicola Winkel. Until then\, keep practicing. \n[music]\nVoice-over: The Practicing Connection podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[music][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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\nA conversation about building an ecosystem of support and addressing issues upstream with Nicola Winkel\, Project Director at the Arizona Coalition for Military Families\, a nationally recognized public/private partnership focused on building Arizona’s capacity to care for and support all service members. \nLinks\n\n\nArizona Coalition for Military Families \n\n\nBe Connected \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” 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together to improve our resilience and readiness in a rapidly changing world. Here to start the conversation are Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch. \n[music]\nBob Bertsch: Hi and welcome to the Practicing Connection podcast. I’m Bob Bertsch. \nJessica Beckendorf: I’m Jessica Beckendorf. \nBob: Our guest today is Nicola Winkel\, project director at the Arizona Coalition for Military Families\, a nationally recognized public-private partnership focused on building Arizona’s capacity to care for and support all service members\, veterans\, their families\, and communities. She’s worked for more than 20 years in the nonprofit community\, specializing in program development and implementation\, bringing a mix of planning\, project management\, communication\, team coordination\, and problem-solving skills that drive execution of complex projects and build sustainability. \nNicola was awarded the Adjutant General Medal by Major General Hugo E. Salazar for her efforts in implementing the coalition and strengthening support for Arizona’s military veteran and family population. She holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Illinois and a systems thinking certificate\, which will be very relevant\, I think\, to this conversation from Cornell University. We are so honored to have her join us on the podcast. Welcome to Practicing Connection\, Nicola. \nNicola Winkel: Thank you so much. \nBob: Let’s start with how we’ve come to this moment\, at least from your perspective. What led you to your work supporting military families? \nNicola: It really is an intersection of my personal interest in this field as well as my professional background and passion. I am the spouse of a veteran. My husband served in the Marine Corps in Operation Desert Shield Desert Storm during the first Gulf War. Obviously what happens to our service members\, veterans\, and their families is very important to me and to us personally. Professionally\, my background is in non-profit program development and implementation and really looking at those great opportunities in the non-profit space to see a need and then develop a solution and to collaborate to address complex problems. \nAn opportunity came up to bring my experience in the non-profit world into the military environment and it was a unique opportunity and moment in time. That was almost 15 years ago now. \nBob: Can you tell us a little bit more about the Arizona Coalition for Military Families and what you guys do? \nNicola: Yes\, absolutely. We’re a statewide public-private partnership. Our focus is Arizona’s 500\,000 service members\, veterans\, and their families who live statewide. We are a collective impact initiative and our coalition team is the backbone team for that collective impact initiative. We are really the bridge between these different worlds and sectors that are important to this population. We bridge military\, government agencies at all level\, federal\, state\, tribal\, local\, as well as the community. \nThat’s all aspects\, so non-profit\, faith-based\, private sector with employers\, and understanding that they are all important to the well-being of the people we serve and that connection and collaboration is key to strengthening how we collectively support them. When we started 15 years ago\, this was a very new field and not nearly as developed as it is today\, and it’s still growing. It was a vision to build something that could help sustain this collective and collaborative work over time. That was our goal with creating the coalition. \nJessica: Nicola\, you are speaking to my heart right now. This is just the perfect example of a lot of the work of Practicing Connection is trying to help people see. Bob and I have talked about being able to see the networks and then\, of course\, understand how to work within them so that you’re getting the most benefit for the folks that you’re trying to serve. You’ve mentioned public-private partnership before\, and I’m really curious about how you see this being an essential part\, the fact that the public and private partnership is working together. How do you see that being as an essential core element? You’ve mentioned that a little bit\, and I’d love to hear just a little more about that. \nNicola: Yes\, absolutely. When you look at our service members\, veterans\, and their families\, by nature of who they are\, they will intersect with multiple systems. It’s almost inevitable. If we’re going to effectively serve and support them\, we cannot do it siloed. We can’t do it siloed as organizations\, and we can’t do it siloed as sectors and systems. Yet our systems just aren’t built and funded to function that way. We have to as a community\, artificially inject that collaboration and that de-siloization. It can be done if you have willing partners and you have the backbone and you have a clear vision about where you’re going. \nIt is just simply not possible to do it for any one organization\, do it alone. That’s the beauty of collective impact. We do things that each organization alone cannot do but with each organization doing exactly what they need to be doing. That public-private partnership is absolutely at the heart of everything that we do. \nJessica: This partnership\, the Arizona Coalition for Military Families has resulted in this ecosystem of support for military families. What does that mean to you? What is the ecosystem of support? \nNicola: Again\, when you look at\, if you’re trying to impact the life of a service member\, a veteran\, or a family member\, you can’t look at it one-dimensionally. You really have to look at it that they are moving through their life\, they’re intersecting at different points with different systems\, different services\, their needs will evolve with time\, their life circumstances will change. You throw a pandemic in there on top of all the other things that could be happening to a service member\, veteran\, or family member at any one time. It’s just constant. \nInstead of looking at it like we can meet their needs through one approach\, the ecosystem of support creating that\, nurturing that\, which is part of the role of the coalition and our partners\, to us\, that’s essential\, because what you’re trying to do is build an environment that is supportive and is consistent. That’s what we’re going for over time\, is more consistency about how we provide those services and support. We learned a lot about this through our very early work with the coalition\, which was with the Arizona National Guard. \nThat being a very closed ecosystem where you have a chain of command. They had a period of time where they were really struggling with three consecutive years of the highest number of suicides they had ever had in the history of the organization. This was at the height of the post 9-11 deployments. Everyone was overwhelmed\, the stress on the force\, the organization\, the service members\, family members was immense. The adjunct general you mentioned in the introduction basically said\, “I don’t believe there’s nothing that could have been done to prevent these deaths\, so figure out what needs to be done and we will do it.” \nThat’s exactly what we did as a community. We basically looked at it and said\, “We need to change essentially the ecosystem that these people are operating in. That was everything from command messaging\, de-stigmatizing getting help. Everyone will get help\, there’s no stigma because everyone’s going to do it. 24/7 response\, training all 8\,000 guard members as helpers. You’re creating an environment in which it is normalized to help and to be helped and you are putting the resources at the fingertips of the people who need them. The result of that was three consecutive years of zero suicides while that program was in operation. \nWe learned a lot of lessons from that about\, again\, creating that ecosystem or that environment to be able to have those better outcomes for our community and population. Now since 2017\, we’ve been working on that with Be Connected with our entire population of 500\,000 people plus in Arizona. It’s very different because you don’t have a closed ecosystem. You don’t have a chain of command\, but those same lessons are things that we’re carrying over\, which is about equipping helpers\, making sure our different organizations are working together\, and shortening the distance between someone who needs help and somebody getting that help. \nBob: That’s awesome work and thank you for doing it and the impact that you’ve had on military families in Arizona. That’s so awesome. You mentioned collective impact a little bit earlier and I’m curious about the collective impact model. Can you give our listeners some insight into it and maybe tell us why it’s been important to the work you’re talking about? \nNicola: We’re all about collective impact in Arizona. We like to say that we were doing collective impact before we even knew that’s what it was called. This approach came about organically\, simply by our founding group of members who established the coalition\, simply us drawing upon our experience being involved in collectives and collaboratives that did not work and that did not go and looking at the pitfalls basically. We just said\, “We want to build something not for the next six months to a year\, but something that will last years and years into– decades into the future.” \nThat was our vision for it because we knew also that the amount of time and energy and effort and resources and funding that you put into these things\, you need that to last over time. What we’ve seen in other states that have struggled over the 15 years we’ve been doing this\, most other states have been through at least three to four iterations of the type of work that we’re doing or some variation of that in that time. That’s because a lot of times the efforts are driven by things like executive orders or proclamations or things like that. \nThere’s nothing wrong with that\, but from a sustainability standpoint\, it’s very challenging to maintain something like that that has strong ownership to one leader. When we started out\, we said\, “Everyone is invited to be a part of it\, but nobody owns it.” We were really clear about that from the beginning in terms of that vision. We were just really fortunate to have leaders in our community who bought into that and understood it and were willing to fund it. That’s a big thing too. \nWe really focused in on\, we want to be really focused on what we’re trying to do. We didn’t want it to become about the mechanism of the group itself or the entity itself. We had a rule early on that I think was a struggle for some people\, but it worked for us in this case\, which was we had a rule that there would be no meetings for the sake of meeting. That every time we convened our partners or community\, there had to be a point to it. That’s a small example\, but what it speaks to is this idea that we just understood that if you are going to keep people engaged\, you have got to provide a clear direction and value for their time because we’re all– \nThis was 15 years ago. We’re even more busy today than we were then. This idea of\, we’re all going to work together. We’re going to have a backbone team. When you ask about collective impact\, there are some different key elements\, but one of them is to have a backbone team. That’s essential because we had all\, again\, been involved in efforts where when responsibility for the collaboration is shared\, those things are very hard to sustain because the individual’s job or organization’s mission\, those individual things will always supersede the collective. They should because sometimes these are things required by law\, mission\, funding. \nTo expect people to prioritize something else is not really realistic. They definitely want to contribute\, but that’s what having the coalition as the backbone allows for is that we continue to drive these efforts forward and they plug in when it makes sense for them to do so\, and they go about their business the rest of the time. It’s just something that was born out of our experiences with things that we didn’t want to replicate. Then as we went on and we learned about from Stanford\, the term collective impact\, and it was like\, “That’s what we’re doing.” [chuckles] That was a fun discovery. \nJessica: You’ve mentioned the Be Connected initiative earlier\, and I’m wondering how does that Be Connected program embody this model that you’ve been talking about and your dedication to upstream prevention? \nNicola: Great question. In 2015 to 2016\, there was an 18-month period where the risk of suicide for Arizona veterans was three to four times higher than the general population. There has been over the past decade\, a disparity in veteran suicide being higher than the general population\, but that 18-month period was an anomaly where it really spiked. What it said was that despite many people\, many organizations\, a lot of money being spent on this effort\, we just weren’t having the collective impact that we wanted to. So it prompted the partners to come together basically and say\, “Okay\, what do we want to do differently? What course do we want to set?” \nIt was a year-long strategic planning process. It was not always sunshine and roses. It was extremely challenging\, but a cross-sector workgroup. After a year\, what emerged was taking those lessons that we learned from our work with the guard and looking at how do we zoom out and apply those to our general population and focus more upstream to get out of this very narrow focus on crisis intervention\, which is super important that cannot go away. Your chances of intervening with somebody in that crisis period is very low and highly dependent on luck\, really\, that somebody who is trained and willing to help is there at that moment. \nSo we thought\, “If we can help people before they go into crisis\, that would be better.” Now\, the interesting thing for us about upstream prevention is that it’s something that you’ll hear people talk a lot about\, but what our experience has been is it is actually very difficult to get over the hump and go upstream because it just requires a ton of intentionality and everything down to how you message about what this is. You will very rarely see us talk about Be Connected as a suicide prevention program because people have historically equated suicide prevention with crisis intervention. \nWe talk about Be Connected as an ecosystem of support\, as being here for the 500\,000 service members\, veterans\, and their families\, as a phone number you can call anytime. You don’t have to be in crisis. We call it a support line. We don’t call it a crisis line. There are some very intentional things that we do to shift that focus upstream. This is also like a lot of the work that we do\, a very long-term vision. This is not something where you’re going to do something today and next month you’re going to necessarily see the effects. We see this as like a multi-year\, several-year process to put the pieces in place. \nAgain\, when you’re talking about the ecosystem\, we’re trying to set the conditions for people to have the support that they need in order to not have those outcomes. This has been an incredible journey for the last\, it’ll be seven years since we launched Be Connected next year\, and really giving us an opportunity to stretch ourselves when it comes to collective impact. We use every tool in our collective impact toolbox to implement this program and all the different pieces that fall under it and really try to create that prevention\, intervention\, postvention continuum that’s really important to this issue. \nBob: Nicola\, you mentioned the difficulty of moving upstream. I wonder if you can talk a little bit about that. Is the difficulty letting go of some of the things that you’ve been doing and reporting? Is it a mindset shift? Is it all of it? Why did you think that the group found that difficult? \nNicola: That’s a very good question. The challenge is that because historically suicide prevention has been crisis intervention\, a lot of the infrastructure around suicide prevention is crisis-oriented. You can say\, “I want to do upstream prevention\,” but if your focus is\, say\, doing gatekeeper training or suicide intervention training\, again\, those are very good things to do\, but if that is all you do\, are you really stretching yourself upstream? I was in a community practice meeting and it was really interesting to hear a person share who had been doing this work for a long time in a community. She said\, “We always say upstream prevention\, but everything we do is focused around crisis intervention.” \nShe was frustrated\, and I heard that. That’s why I say it’s not enough to say it. You have to shift your focus and you have to build different systems and infrastructure to support this upstream prevention approach. Again\, we have fantastic crisis response partners. We have the national veterans crisis line. We have our state crisis line. We have crisis teams. To be clear\, we’re not discounting the importance of that at all. It’s just that we want to complement that with\, here’s where you can send people before they’ve spiraled into crisis. We are building a suite of programs that can address their employment\, their connectedness\, social isolation. \nWe have a whole connection coaching program\, helping them navigate care\, mental health care\, physical care\, care transitions\, just connecting to information and resources. When I say it’s difficult\, I mean that you just need that intentionality and you have to have partners who are willing to support that work that complements the crisis intervention. It’s been a really interesting process because I feel like in a lot of ways\, there really wasn’t a model for us to follow. We just had to work on it. We started Be Connected with a phone line and one person answering that phone line. The phone rang five times in the first two weeks and then it took us I think about 18 months to hit 5\,000 encounters. \nThen it only took us six more months to hit 10\,000 encounters. You can set up a phone line and you can say\, “We’re going to do upstream prevention and we’re going to help people\,” but if nobody calls\, it doesn’t really matter that you did it. For us\, it was important to see if we put this messaging out\, it’s not crisis\, it’s a support line\, will people call? People have called ever since then. We actually had the opportunity once to do an evaluation project with the CDC. One of the things we looked at was\, are we actually reaching our audience upstream as intended? \nAgain\, if you set up a support line and you’re like\, “This is not a crisis line\,” but half the people calling are in crisis\, you may not be reaching your target audience. We were able to do an evaluation of the acuity of the callers and found that about 85% of the callers were what we would call low acuity\, meaning that our team members were able to help them\, connect them to resources\, give them the information they needed. Then about 14.5% were more moderate where they needed additional support to navigate those resources\, connect to what they needed. Then only about 0.5% were more in that orange-red zone of needing crisis or crisis support. \nThat was really encouraging because you can set it all up\, but you then have to see did it work? How did we get over that hump to upstream? That’s a little bit about that journey. \nJessica: Just staying on this topic for a second\, I have been working in community development for a long time. One of the things I see with this idea of trying to get upstream and there being this barrier or a number of barriers to doing that. Part of that is that a lot of the resources have been spent on that\, in this case\, crisis prevention phase. I see in other projects\, a lot of the resources get spent on a particular phase of whatever the big issue is you’re trying to address in the community. It’s really hard to convince funders sometimes\, not always\, but sometimes it’s really hard to convince funders because there’s so much need in that phase\, that there’s a reason why the resources have been spent there. \nThere’s so much need there\, but it can be really difficult to try to move beyond that in part because that’s where the resources go. If you’re not addressing that directly\, it’s hard for you to scrape for those dollars. It’s just something I’ve observed and I’m wondering was that part of the hurdles for you or is that something you’ve also observed in other areas? \nNicola: I definitely hear what you’re saying about that. I think that is a huge challenge. I think what has been different in Arizona is that\, from the very beginning\, we cast this vision for what was possible. It’s humbling to think about that vision we were talking about\, what we’re living today is even more than I imagined. It’s more. We knew that there was this potential. I think one of the things that we were effectively able to do very early on was to communicate that vision to the partners in a way that they saw it and they bought into it and they were willing to put their resources behind it\, whether those were in-kind resources\, time. \nFrom the beginning\, it was funding. To say\, “Yes\, a backbone team is important. Yes\, a neutral entity is important.” Then as we’ve gone\, once you have that\, then it builds momentum for you to be able to do\, you start with a small thing. We do a lot of consulting with state teams across the country through the VA SAMHSA Technical Assistance Center. We work with other states and territories and help them provide guidance about this process. One of the things we talk about is\, “Hey\, don’t try to do this giant thing right off the bat. It’s pretty likely you’re going to really struggle with that. Do a very small thing. \nOur small thing\, in the beginning\, was we did like one training for healthcare providers on PTSD and TBI. Then you do that one small thing successfully and what happens? The partners go\, “Oh\, that was fantastic. What a great training. Oh\, people came. Oh\, they liked it.” \nJessica: We want more of that. \nNicola: Yes. They’re like\, “That was a really good experience. Oh\, okay. Now we’re going to do something a little bit bigger and a little bit bigger.” Then you build that trust to say that we can facilitate this and we as a community can accomplish these things. As you go\, you want to be building that. You want to be demonstrating that we are action-oriented\, that we are able to execute on the things that we say we’re going to do. That doesn’t mean that there’s never a time you have to pivot or adjust\, but that\, we’re able to clearly say\, “This is what we’re planning. This is why we want to do it. This is how we’re going to do it. This is the resources that we need.” \nAs you build trust with your partners\, then it allows you to do more things as you go on. Talked about Be Connected and starting with just that one person and answer the phone and do it well. Then we’ve been able to grow to have this team of teams that’s now delivering all these different services. I think our situation being that we had invested a lot of time in growing that trust. I wouldn’t even say that there wasn’t resistance\, I would just say that there was buy-in to say\, “We’re going to add upstream prevention\, as an upstream prevention is suicide prevention.” It’s not crisis intervention\, but it is suicide prevention. \nI guess to that end\, it evolved more naturally than coming into a cold being like\, “Now we want to do this and we need to carve out money for this.” We built the relationships with all the partners to say\, “This is what’s possible if we work together on this.” \nBob: I love what you’ve shared about relationships and trust and how important those are. I’m wondering if there are any other lessons that you’ve learned about the amazing partnerships and longstanding partnerships that you’ve been able to build. What lessons have you learned or advice that you might offer to folks who are looking to build stronger partnerships? \nNicola: Yes. Relationships are so important. I’ll say one aspect of that\, that we talk a lot about in this space is that it’s really important that you build relationships throughout an organization at all levels of an organization. If your relationship is only with the boots on the ground people\, it’s going to be hard to get done maybe what you need to get done systemically to support the work that you’re doing. Conversely\, if your relationship is only with people at the top leadership\, you’re not going to have the buy-in from organizationally to maybe implement things that you want. \nOne of the things that we built the coalition for and why we have this collective impact initiative is that the only constant is change. We have in the past\, almost 15 years now\, obviously\, we have had multiple changes in governors. Our directors of our VAs have changed. They change on a regular basis. Changes in our state agency directors\, these are all very important key partners for us. You really want to look ahead and say\, “I’m going to assume\,” and that was what we did. We said\, “We are going to assume all of these things will change. How can we build the coalition as an entity\, a partnership\, an organization so it can weather those changes?” \nA big part of that is that our relationship-building is throughout these organizations. Then what happens when a new leader comes in and they’re oriented and we get to meet them\, introduce them to what we’re doing\, what our history is\, what we’re working on now\, the people around them in the organization can vouch for us and say\, “Yes\, we partner\, we do this\, we do that.” It really smooths those transitions in a way that if you didn’t have those relationships\, it would be very easy to lose that institutional connection\, right? Because the person you were connected to leaves and there isn’t that continuity. All of a sudden\, you’re back to square one. \nThat does happen\, but I’ll just say that overall\, our relationships with these organizations have only grown over that time\, even with all of those changes. That’s the thing that I think is very important when it comes to relationship building. \nJessica: That’s so cool. Do you have any personal practices that help you stay healthy and engaged in the work or just healthy and engaged in general? \nNicola: That’s a fantastic question. [chuckles] It’s been very much on our mind\, especially the last three or four years. It’s\, I think just brought to the forefront that we have to take care of ourselves and each other and do a better job. I’ll say that I have definitely for myself\, drawn stronger boundaries around just containing my work. It’s so important to me\, but also it used to bleed more into everything and just being like\, “Okay\, that’s that and that’s done for right now\, and go do other things\, live life or whatnot.” \nThat’s something we really try to impart with our team is unless something’s gone real off the rails\, you should not get an email from anyone in our organization after five o’clock. Something has gone very wrong if we have to communicate like that. We feel really strongly as a management team about modeling that for our team that yes\, give us your best when you’re here\, but this is not your whole life. Even when you’re this mission-driven and especially when you’re this mission-driven\, it doesn’t need to be your whole life. It can be an important part of your life\, but not your whole life. \nThat’s something that’s been really important. Then I think just the recognition\, this work is so challenging and it can feel sometimes over time\, it takes a lot out of you. It can be very heavy when you think about what we’re trying to do\, which is literally prevent people from dying. It’s like you have to give yourself that space to just be like\, “I will do my absolute best. I will give my best to this\,” but you have to build that space to be able to also go about your day and do- because there’s a lot of mundane things that go into the work too. \nI think for me\, just understanding that that toll is there. Then also just soaking up the moments when a really good thing happens\, and when our team member shares like\, “Hey\, I am working with a 52-year-old Gulf War veteran. Yesterday he felt like he had no way forward and didn’t want to live and today he has hope because we’re working together and we’ve figured out some different things he can try or someone who was really socially isolated. Now they’re working with our connection coach and they’re feeling hopeful or somebody who didn’t have transportation. Now we help provide transportation. \nThen just wins that we have where we work a lot with systems and that is long\, arduous work [chuckles] that spans years in some cases. There is a breakthrough there\, and all of a sudden\, we’re going to be able to do something that we weren’t able to do before to take those wins. Really not let them just fly by\, but to really soak them up and appreciate them and let it help fuel you. \nBob: That’s awesome advice. Thanks so much for that\, Nicola. Thank you so much for joining us for the podcast. We’ve really\, really enjoyed our conversation. \nNicola: Thank you for having me. \nBob: You can learn more about the great work that Nicola and her team are doing at arizonacoalition.org and www.beconnectedaz.org. \nJessica: That’s it for this episode. Thanks so much for joining us. You can keep up with Practicing Connection by subscribing to the podcast in your favorite podcast app\, joining the Practicing Connection community on LinkedIn\, signing up for the Practicing Connection monthly email\, and by following Practicing Connection on social media. For links to all those opportunities\, visit oneop.org/practicingconnection. \nBob: Thank you so much for joining us for this conversation. Thanks again to our guest\, Nicola Winkle. We’d also like to thank our co-producer\, Coral Owen\, our announcer\, Kalin Goble\, Maggie Lucas\, and Terry Meisenbach for their help with marketing\, and Nathan Grim who composed and performed all the music you hear on the podcast. We hope you’ll join us again soon. In the meantime\, keep practicing. \n[music]\nKalin: The Practicing Connection podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under Award Numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[00:38:22] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:The ABCs of Disability Benefits: Your Guide to SSDI & SSI in 2024
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What about a child dealing with an issue that impairs her/his day-to-day function? Social Security may be able to help! The Social Security Administration oversees two disability-centric initiatives: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Both programs aim to furnish financial aid to those contending with disabilities\, but each has its own criteria for work requirements and financial eligibility. While SSDI and SSI diverge in their operational nuances\, eligibility hinges on meeting stringent criteria pertaining to the nature and extent of the disability\, coupled with limitations on income and resources. During this session\, participants will learn more about SSDI and SSI as well as gain information and resources to help navigate the complex landscape of disability benefits. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe the differences between SSI and SSDI.\nReview new program changes taking effect in 2024.\nRecognize non-medical requirements.\nIdentify basic income and resource requirements for SSI.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenter” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”164086″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”5/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Rhonda Romero” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Public Affairs Specialist\nSocial Security Administration (SSA) \nRhonda Romero began her career with Social Security Administration in 2001 as a Supplemental Security Income Claims Representative. 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Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK Eligibility for CE credit will close on 2/7/26\nBoard Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA): This program is approved by the Patient Advocate Certification Board for a total of 1.5 CE contact hours\, of which 0.0 are in the area of Ethics for BCPA. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 2/7/26\nAccredited Financial Counselors (AFC): This webinar is approved for 1.5 CE credits. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 2/7/27\nCertified Personal Financial Counselors (CPFC):This webinar is approved for 1.5 CE credits. 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URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160033/
CATEGORIES:Health and Well-Being
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SUMMARY:Determining Your Values
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Bob Bertsch introduces practical exercises\, guiding you through reflections and rapid assessments to uncover and understand your core values. \nLinks\n\n\nValues Worksheets from the Wellness Society (PDF) \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”]Jessica Beckendorf: Defining your core values helps you make decisions in harmony with your personal and social goals and sharing your core values can help deepen your relationships. Hi\, everyone. This is Jessica and welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection Practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice you can use in your life and work. This week’s practice is defining your core values. It will help you get in touch with your core values\, which can reduce stress\, boost your confidence\, and more. My Practicing Connection co-host\, Bob Bertsch\, will be guiding us through the practice in a few minutes. First\, let’s learn a little bit more about it. Hi Bob\, can you start by talking about what are values? \nBob Bertsch: Values are beliefs that we have that have come to represent what is important to us. Shalom Schwartz\, who developed the Theory of Basic Values\, outlined six main features of values. First\, they are beliefs that when activated\, arouse our emotions. They refer to desirable goals and motivate us to pursue those goals. They transcend specific contexts and situations. Our attitudes and the norms we choose to follow might change depending on where we are and who we’re with\, but our values don’t. Fourth\, they serve as standards that guide our actions and our judgment of other people and their actions. This usually happens without us even being consciously aware of it. \nNext\, we hold our values in an order of importance. Values can come into conflict with each other\, and so we organize them in a hierarchy. Again\, we might not be aware of that. We don’t typically do that with our other beliefs. They’re values because we organize them in a hierarchy. Finally\, the relative importance of multiple values guides our action. According to Schwartz\, any attitude or behavior typically has implications for more than one value. That’s what makes up values. In the book Pro-Social\, the authors describe values as expressing\, “How we want to be as people and the desired qualities we would like our actions to reflect.” \nJessica: That’s a nice way of summarizing it. I think one of the things I’ve heard is that all of us like to go to MSU\, making stuff up. I didn’t realize that our values also help determine what we are making up about other people and about our own stories. Thanks so much for sharing that definition. I’m really curious to know more about how values-based action benefits us in our work and maybe even our communities. \nBob: Yes. We aren’t usually conscious of how values are guiding our actions\, but becoming aware of our values and the social values of the groups that we participate in can have a lot of benefits. Just taking time to reflect on your values can lower your stress response\, possibly because it reminds you of what is important to you. It allows you to focus on what’s important and not get so stressed out about the other stuff. That lower stress response can boost your decision-making and your problem-solving skills. Getting in touch with your values can also increase your motivation for trying something that’s difficult. \nThe things that are important to you can help you overcome your inner critic. Focusing on those values lets you try new things and stuff that might be hard. Values don’t only operate on that individual level. They also operate at the group level. Shared values guide the actions of a group\, just as our values guide our individual actions. When those shared values are known to everyone in the group\, they can lower the instances of conflict within the group and help resolve that conflict if it does come up\, right? There’s some research that indicates when your individual values align with the values of a group that you’re part of\, it can just generally benefit your health and well-being. \nJessica: That’s really interesting. It makes me think about whether we should reassess our values from time to time. Does society and culture and trauma and drama affect our values or change our values in any way? \nBob: To the first question\, yes\, about the reassessing. Values are beliefs that have become really important to us\, right? Like all of our beliefs\, they’re going to be affected by our experiences and other outside forces. Big changes in your life can lead you to reassess your values because they are a belief that’s just become really important and so you might have changed a little bit about what you believe. We often hear people talk about their values changing like after a health scare or some kind of traumatic event. \nExperiences like those can lead you to think about your values\, either revealing a value to you that you may have held without really knowing it\, being conscious of it\, or just leading you to an entirely new value. Maybe even changing the hierarchy of your values. What is most important to you? Any other belief\, your values can be affected\, as I said\, by outside forces like the people around you and the information you consume\, and societal norms. Those societal norms can lead us to think we value something or pressure us to value something. \nIn the book\, Pro-Social\, I’ll bring up again\, there’s a story about a nurse who initially listed compassion as one of their values. After reflection\, they realized they really only wrote that down because nurses are supposed to be compassionate. I’m using finger quotes for podcast listeners there. Nurses we think should be compassionate\, so they wrote compassion as one of their values just because it was that societal norm. They can definitely affect that. As a result\, we might want to think about what values we think we hold\, reassess them\, and potentially change our values if we’re led that direction. \nJessica: We shouldn’t ever “should” all over ourselves\, right? That’s one of the things that I always tell people in my workshops\, don’t “should” all over yourself. Okay\, so let’s get into the practice. How can we practice identifying our values? \nBob: Okay\, so I’m going to share a couple of practices from the Wellness Society with you today. Both of these practices are available in a values worksheet\, and we’re going to put the link to that worksheet in the show notes for this episode. These two practices work well together. My recommendation\, do them both\, right? We can start with a shorter practice\, and this one is called reflecting your values. \nThe worksheet that I mentioned\, you’ll see it has five reflection questions on it. I’m going to share three of those reflection questions with you right now. As I ask each question\, just take a couple of beats to think about it. If it’s possible for you to do it right now\, jot down some of your initial thoughts. You may want to go back and think a little bit more deeply on these later. \nThe first question is\, what qualities do you most appreciate in others and in yourself and what does that say about what you value? Next\, think about this question. What would you do if money and other people’s opinions didn’t matter? Then finally\, which events in your life have been the most meaningful to you? Those three questions and the other two questions that you’ll find on the worksheet can help us start to identify what our values are by reflecting back on what’s important to us and where that might lead us in terms of defining and discovering our values. \nOkay\, so the second practice is called fast values. The first step in this one is to open up on your computer or your phone or print out the list of values from the values worksheet. Unfortunately\, I can’t recreate this in audio for you because there’s 93 different values on the list. I’m not going to list them all for you now\, but when you get the worksheet from the show notes\, open that up or print it out\, have it in front of you. \nJessica: We should have hired an auctioneer. \nBob: Right\, exactly. They could have got them all in time. Just note\, your values don’t have to be included in the list. That list is just there to start to help you brainstorm different values and sort of what’s important to you. You might come up with something that’s not part of the 93 that really resonates with you. That’s absolutely fine. \nAll right. Now that you’ve got that list of 93 different values in front of you\, we’re going to get a timer ready and set it for two minutes. That’s it. Two minutes. That’s why it’s called fast values. Once you’re ready\, start your timer and begin reviewing the values on the list. Just quickly place a checkmark next to or write down the ones that stand out to you the most. Don’t overthink it. Go with your gut. We’re looking for your just initial response to those ones that resonate with you. \nWhen the two minutes are up\, take that list of values that stood out to you and rank them from most to least important. These values may or may not be your core values. The fast values exercise is just a way to get started thinking about what your values might be. Finally\, review both of these exercises. Think about what stood out to you in these exercises\, what you wrote down\, and use those insights to start to lead you toward your core values. \nHere are three questions that might help you think about your core values. What actions have I taken recently that are in line with this value? What actions have I taken recently that are not in line with this value? What actions can I take in the future that would be in line with this value? If you find it difficult to answer these questions for one of your values or you find you’ve taken frequent actions that were not in line with one of your values\, you might want to reconsider if that really is one of your core values. \nJessica: Thank you so much\, Bob\, for bringing us through two practices today. It’s getting two for the price of one today. No\, I found them really valuable myself. I went through them myself as you were talking about them\, except for the fast values one. I should say I went through one of them and it was\, I actually found the answers to my questions really\, really interesting. I thought about the three questions for your second activity in just different ways. I’ve done values explorations a number of times in the past\, and these are two ways that I have not explored so I’m excited to finish going through them myself. Okay. Yes. Thank you. \nBob: You’re welcome. Thanks for the opportunity. \nJessica: That’s it for this episode. Thanks so much for joining us. We hope you’ll give this practice a try and share your experience in the Practicing Connection LinkedIn group\, where people supporting military families practice the skills that empower us to work together so that we can positively impact our communities and help families thrive. You’ll find the link to the group on our website at OneOp.org/Practicing Connection. We’ll be back next week with a practice for regulating your emotions. Until then\, keep practicing. \nAnnouncer: The Practicing Connection podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense\, under award numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[00:13:08] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Regulating Your Emotions
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They delve into the importance of regulating emotions and the misconceptions surrounding it.  Bob guides listeners through a mindfulness meditation designed to cultivate equanimity\, providing a tangible practice for integrating emotional regulation into daily life. \nLinks\n\n\nRethinking: How Your Mindset Can Transform Stress \n\nDon’t Go Wasting Your Emotion: The Process Model of Emotion Regulation\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”][music]\nJessica: How we react to our emotions can impact our health\, well-being and even our relationships. Regulating our emotional response can help us make decisions and take actions driven less by stress and more by thoughtfulness. Hi\, everyone. This is Jessica and welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection Practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice you can use in your life and work. \nThis week’s practice is focused on regulating your emotions. My Practicing Connection co-host Bob Bertsch will be guiding us through the practice in a few minutes\, but first\, let’s learn a little bit more about it. Hi\, Bob. I’m so thankful that we have gone away from check your emotions at the door. I do remember those days when that phrase was used\, and people thought that it was a healthy thing to do\, right? I also know that this is still a super important topic. We may have gone away from that sentiment\, but this is still an important topic in our offices. What are we actually talking about when we say regulate your emotions? \nBob: I agree. I think we should start with what we are not talking about\, and as you mentioned\, we’re not talking about checking your emotions at the door. Ignoring your emotions\, for example\, distracting yourself from emotions that are difficult or unpleasant is not the same as regulating your emotions. A model that I like to reference in trying to understand this is Gross’s process model of emotion regulation\, and it defines points\, or sometimes I think of them as actually activities or practices that we use to regulate our emotions. \nThe first point is we can avoid a situation that’s likely to give rise to a certain emotion. We know if I get myself in this situation\, I might feel this emotion\, so I’m just not going to do it. The second one is we can try to modify a situation to make it less likely to elicit a certain emotion. I think of this one as watching a scary movie on the couch and hiding my eyes behind a blanket. I’m trying to modify the situation a little bit so I don’t get so scared. \nThe third one is we can redirect our attention away from a certain emotion as it starts to arise\, and I think most of us have experienced that\, like we’re just going to go do something else or try and distract ourselves. The fourth point is that we can try to change the way we think about a situation that brings on a certain emotion. Sometimes this is referred to as rethinking. We’ll talk a little bit more about that later on\, I think\, in our conversation. \nThen the last point is that we can regulate our response to the emotion\, both psychologically and behaviorally. I think that is the most beneficial point or strategy\, this last one\, regulating our response\, because it really prepares us for when all those other strategies\, the previous four\, fail\, and we are emotional\, our emotion is triggered\, and we need to be prepared for that. \nThis is where emotion regulation connects with the idea of equanimity\, which is a quality of mind that is referenced and cultivated in meditation practice. Equanimity is an even-mindedness or balance in which we’re able to disrupt the automatic reactions we have to stimuli\, to external forces. If I put a warm chocolate chip cookie in front of you\, you’re probably going to have the desire to eat it\, and you’re probably going to make a judgment about that desire in your mind. \nYou might judge that feeling of desire as good\, because maybe you haven’t eaten all day\, or you had a stressful day\, and you deserve a reward\, or you might judge that feeling of desire as bad\, because you think you should be able to resist it\, or you just ate ten minutes ago\, so you shouldn’t be desiring more food\, “Why am I feeling this way?” What equanimity does is it helps us realize that the feelings we have\, like our desire for the cookie\, are neither good or bad. In fact\, our emotions don’t need to be judged at all. \nAvoiding those judgments helps us. It helps us better control the actions we take in response to what we’re feeling. Accepting our desire for the cookie\, without judgment\, can help us make a more thoughtful decision of whether to eat it or not. Research has shown that meditation and other mindfulness practices can increase our equanimity\, which makes it possible for us to remain calm\, make decisions and follow behaviors that are driven less by stress and arousal and more by our thoughtfulness. \nJessica: This is really interesting. I see a lot of connections to emotional intelligence and how equanimity and mindfulness activities can help there. There are already so many pressures on our time\, though\, and developing a long-term approach seems like it’s another thing that we need to try to add into our days\, another box we need to check. What if we don’t feel like we have time to practice something like this regularly? How can we still benefit from some sort of practice? \nBob: I think regular practice is really important\, but I understand we’re all busy. Maybe we can start here. In the moment when you’re trying to regulate an emotion\, practices like box breathing can be helpful. There are variations on this practice\, but the one that works for me is to\, when I’m confronted with an emotion that I feel like I need to regulate\, is to start by breathing in for a moderate to slow four count. Something like one\, two\, three\, four. I’m breathing in that whole time. \nThen hold that breath for that same four count. Then exhale for the same amount of time for the same four count. Then wait\, don’t breathe in\, wait for a four count before taking your next breath so that you can see the box. Because there’s four sides\, each have the four count in them. Repeat that two or three times\, and doing so can decrease your stress and help you be more mindful of your reactions to the emotion you are feeling. You could take that box breathing practice that you’re doing in the moment and expand that maybe when you’re not in a stressful situation\, maybe you have a little bit more time and space to really be aware of how an emotion makes you feel. \nThen you could use box breathing and try to accept the emotion without judgment and give it time to pass because emotions are temporary. They really will pass. Sometimes they don’t feel like it\, but emotions are temporary. They will pass. You could start out by a couple rounds of box breathing and then pay attention to what’s happening in your body. Make sure you’re feeling what’s happening in your body\, acknowledge the emotion you’re feeling without judgment and then just wait for it to pass. \nJessica: Now\, let’s talk about developing the skill long-term. I definitely wanted to ask about what if we feel like we can’t\, what can we do. Now\, as we begin to develop this skill long-term\, how does it change us? \nBob: There’s a study from 2021 of equanimity. Catherine Juneau and their colleagues reasoned that mindfulness practices may lead to a de-automization of the relationship between stimuli and effective evaluations. Basically what that means is that those external forces\, the stimuli won’t automatically necessarily lead to judgments about our emotions. That’s automatic. Practicing mindfulness helps de-automatize it. \nIf we can start to de-automate our emotional processing\, then we can have more neutral reactions to our emotions. In other words\, equanimity\, and that can help us avoid actions and decisions we might regret. It also helps us actually feel our emotions instead of avoiding them. I think the ability to be aware of and feel your emotions can really help us be more empathetic\, which as we’ve talked about on the podcast before\, can help us build our relationships and really truly empathize with someone feeling that same emotion because we actually understand it. \nJessica: Okay. Before we get into the practice\, what if I don’t want to feel what I’m feeling? What are the consequences of not developing some sort of emotional regulation practice like this? \nBob: The research indicates that not regulating your emotions\, and researchers refer to this as emotional dysregulation\, that it’s linked to the relationship between PTSD and its effects on health\, that emotional dysregulation negatively impacts our dietary decisions\, and just the belief that we can’t regulate our emotions has been linked to symptoms of anxiety and depression. \nEverybody’s consequences are going to be different. For me personally\, the consequences are and have been in the past\, negative impacts on my relationships. My inability to regulate my emotions has led to arguments and misunderstandings and confrontations and actions that have damaged some of my relationships\, and in some cases\, it’s caused me to disengage from someone\, and I’m guessing it might have led some people to disengage from me because of just not being able to regulate our emotions. \nEveryone makes mistakes\, and hopefully\, the damage done to relationships can sometimes be repaired\, but better emotion regulation would have helped me avoid doing some of that damage in the first place. I think that’s one reason why it’s really an important practice. \nJessica: Yes\, I think it’s really interesting that this is really about your reaction to the emotions that are coming up for you. Because we can’t stop our emotions from happening\, but we can think about what our reaction is to it\, and we can maybe achieve some equanimity there. Okay\, so let’s get started. Walk us through a practice. \nBob: We’re going to do a mindfulness practice. I’d like to invite you to join me in a short meditation to help us cultivate equanimity. This meditation was adapted from a guided meditation led by Diana Winston. Let’s start by finding a position that’s comfortable. Then I want you to take two intentional breaths. Invite yourself to relax\, release any tension that you’re feeling and try and connect with the feeling of your feet on the floor or your butt on the chair. Just make sure that you’re feeling grounded. Close your eyes if it’s comfortable to do so. If not\, you can just soften your gaze. \nNow that we’re settled\, I want you to recall a time when you felt even-minded and balanced. Maybe it was a time where you were about to yell or say something in anger\, but instead\, you took a pause and really felt your balance or another time that you felt particularly balanced. Try and bring that experience to mind. Where were you? What did you see? What did you hear? Try and get yourself embedded in that moment. \nSee if you can put yourself there and feel what you felt. Can you feel how your body felt? Can you feel your feet on the floor? Did you feel hot or cold in that moment? What were you feeling in your chest? Bring those feelings to mind and see if you can evoke them in your body right now. We’re going to use some words to help us solidify this feeling of balance. You can repeat these words to yourself or say them softly. If these words don’t feel right to you\, you can choose your own words that get to the same idea. \nHere are the words that I’ll suggest. Things are as they are. I can be with things as they are. Things are as they are. I can be with things as they are. Now\, I’d like you to imagine something that’s made it difficult for you to be balanced. It could be something simple\, something your kid or partner said or did\, the traffic\, the weather\, or it could be something bigger\, difficulties at work or with family\, or maybe a loss you’ve suffered. \nAs you remember this situation\, notice what happens in your body. Maybe there’s some tightness or tension\, some contraction or constriction or maybe a desire to move away from those feelings that happened in that situation. Maybe you don’t like it. You wish it were different. Just breathe and try to notice what you’re feeling. Now\, let’s use some words to help us remind us of our capacity for equanimity. Imagine sending these phrases to yourself in that situation that made it difficult to be balanced. \nThings are as they are. I can be with things as they are. May I weather this situation with grace\, with equanimity. Things are as they are. I can be with things as they are. May I weather this situation with grace\, with equanimity. Check in with what’s happening in your body. Has anything changed? As you say the words\, try to connect with the feelings of even-mindedness and balance from the first experience you recalled in this meditation. Things are as they are. I can be with things as they are. May I weather this situation with grace\, with equanimity. \nAs we end this meditation\, bring your attention back to your breath or the feeling of your feet on the floor. Take a moment to get settled back in the present moment. Open your eyes if they’ve been closed and look around you to ground yourself. The next time you need to regulate your emotions\, you can turn your attention to your breath or a specific feeling in your body. You can repeat the words you used in this meditation\, or you can give yourself the time and space to feel that emotion without judgment. Let the emotion pass and go forward with equanimity. Thank you for practicing with me. \nJessica: That was awesome\, Bob. Thanks so much for guiding us through that. \nBob: You’re welcome. \nJessica: That’s it for this episode. Thanks for joining us. We hope you’ll give this practice a try and share your experience in the Practicing Connection LinkedIn group where people supporting military families practice the skills that empower us to work together so that we can positively impact our communities and help families thrive. You’ll find the link to the group on our website at OneOp.org/PracticingConnection. We’ll be back next week with a practice for giving and receiving feedback. Until then\, keep practicing. \nSpeaker 1: The Practicing Connection podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under Award Numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[music]\n[00:16:37] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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Hosts Bob Bertsch and Jessica Beckendorf explore the nuances of giving and receiving feedback\, emphasizing its role in personal and professional growth. Jessica shares a practical readiness checklist\, offering valuable insights for enhancing feedback practices. \nLinks\n\n\nDare to Lead: The Engaged Feedback Checklist \n\nListening for Strengths and Values (S.5\, Ep.2)\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”][music]\nBob: When done well\, feedback can energize\, engage\, and positively motivate both the giver and the receiver. It’s an act of gratitude and vulnerability. Hi everyone. This is Bob. Welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice you can use in your personal and professional growth. \nThis week’s practice is focused on giving and receiving feedback. My Practicing Connection co-host\, Jessica Beckendorf\, is going to be guiding us through a practice in a few minutes\, but first\, let’s talk more about this giving and receiving feedback. Hi\, Jessica. I’d like to know why you think we need practice giving and receiving feedback. \nJessica: Giving and receiving feedback can be really difficult because it involves vulnerability. Researcher Brené Brown has been quoted as saying that\, “Feedback should be as vulnerable for the person giving it as it is for the person receiving it.” I think that’s a really interesting way to think about it because when you are going to be giving feedback\, you often have been thinking about it for a long time\, right? Sometimes the person who’s receiving the feedback is sort of getting a little blindsided. \nWhen you have this in mind\, this idea that the feedback should be as vulnerable for the person giving it as it is for the person receiving it\, I think it puts you in the right headspace for giving the feedback. When you give feedback\, you are communicating what you value and any boundaries associated with that value or those values. That’s why it is also vulnerable for the person giving feedback. It’s one of the reasons why. \nLikewise\, of course\, the person receiving feedback is in a vulnerable position. I think it’s really common\, I’ve been guilty of this to sugarcoat or even skip feedback for a lot of reasons. It feels difficult. We assume that what we want to say\, even if our heart is in the best place and we really want to see this person grow\, and that’s why we have the feedback\, but we’re afraid that they’re going to receive it as criticism. Maybe we like the person and we’re afraid the feedback will hurt their feelings. \nWe might resist or avoid getting feedback because it can feel like straight up criticism\, or it can be triggering for us\, or because we have maybe a fear of failure or a fear of letting people down\, or because it can touch on some deeper stories that we tell ourselves about who we are and our worth in society. Because we need healthy relationships to live and work in this world\, getting better at giving and receiving feedback is a really crucial skill to develop\, I think. \nBob: You alluded to this hurting people’s feelings. I’m wondering how we can keep our feedback from doing that\, from becoming personal or from\, on the other side of it\, taking our feedback personally. \nJessica: Yes\, there’s so much here. I’ll bring Brené Brown’s work into this conversation again because I think that a crucial first step is one that she suggests in her book\, Dare to Lead. We need to have a certain level of readiness before we engage in giving feedback. Being able to talk about the issue from our values and from our integrity is key here. Don’t rush into it. \nKeep the feedback focused on the actions or behavior and how it has affected you\, versus a flaw or weakness that you perceive the other person has. Then as far as receiving feedback goes\, Brené Brown has some good advice here also. One of those pieces of advice is to have a bit of helpful self-talk that you can use to help you in the moment. She likes to structure hers around a strength that she has\, so she’ll say something like\, “I’m brave enough to listen.” Courage is one of her values\, I should say\, not strength. It’s probably a strength of hers as well. \nMine is\, let’s find what I can yes and in what’s being said to me\, staying present and practicing reflecting back what you’re hearing. I think a lot of times our brains are going haywire when we’re getting feedback and they’re like\, “Run away\, run away\, run away.” Try to stay present. Avoid being defensive\, which can be really\, really hard. You want to defend yourself. Maybe you disagree with what’s being said to you. \nI advise you to just refrain from that and maybe at the end you can say\, “Hey\, I need a moment to think about this. I’m going to get back to you and let’s pick up the conversation another time.” That said\, you can also give yourself permission to take a break. I know that in not all situations do you feel like you have the power to do that. You can in a lot of situations acknowledge that\, “Wow\, you’ve given me a lot to think about. I could use a little bit of time here to just absorb it and get back to you. I would definitely like to pick up the conversation again to talk through it.” \nWithin the topic of giving and receiving feedback\, I think a lot of attention is placed on when we have some negative or constructive feedback that we need to deliver. I think it’s equally important for a person’s growth for us to learn to give and receive positive feedback. I used to have a really hard time with positive feedback and once in a while I still do. I’ve learned to just say thank you. Sometimes internally I’m like\, “Oh\, do I actually deserve that feedback?” \nI have a hard time like giving feedback. It’s not that it’s hard for me to say the words\, it’s that I’m not always noticing when I might need to say them\, or I’m not always noticing the things that I should be giving positive feedback for. It’s sometimes harder for us to notice the good things because we’re so wired to just notice when something isn’t going right. Nobody has time for anything else. We just wait till something goes wrong and then we’re like\, “Oh\, whose fault is it?” We can train ourselves to notice the good things. \nStrength spotting\, which we’ve talked about on this podcast before is one way that we can provide and practice positive feedback\, and sharing our gratitude for someone’s contributions is another way. Thinking about what are we grateful? Think about that person\, what am I grateful for about this person’s contributions and then go tell them. [laughs]\nBob: That’s really great advice. Thanks for that\, Jessica. I think when we think about giving or receiving feedback\, the picture that we get in our head is a supervisor-employee relationship or a manager-employee relationship. I’m wondering how giving and receiving feedback works in situations where there isn’t necessarily a hierarchy\, like in a team situation or a collaborative situation. \nJessica: Yes\, I really love this question because I think you’re right. The default that we think about is the supervisor-employee scenario where there’s a different power differential. I think in a situation like a team or collaborative effort\, feedback can be built into your group culture\, and it can be built into your supervisor-employee relationship as well. \nSince you asked about teams or collaborations\, I think there’s some specific things you can do like establishing group principles that are focused on open\, high trust relationship building\, and having some norms around how you bring new people into a group so that they can get accustomed to those group principles. I think even building feedback directly into regular processes like your meeting agendas\, you could leave space for regular kudos\, or you could leave space regularly to discuss what’s working well and what isn’t working as well. \nAgain\, I recommend keeping the feedback focused on processes and actions\, not on individuals and who’s pulling their weight more than others. Not that anyone speaks directly like that\, but the way we talk about and the way we give feedback and the way we talk about it\, it can damage relationships. The beauty here in the situation of a team or collaboration is that the group can decide together how you’ll work together and handle feedback and conflicts. You guys can also hold each other accountable for that. \nThe more you open conversation you have about things like how we’ll do feedback in this group\, the better your group will be. Frankly\, I think it’ll build the individual skills as well for people to go back to other situations in their lives and be able to give feedback and receive feedback better as well. \nBob: All right. You have some advice and a practice to walk us through\, and I’d love to hear more about how I can start doing this better\, honestly. \nJessica: I hope this helps. The practice I have today for giving constructive feedback is actually a readiness checklist from Brené Brown. Today is a Brené Brown day for our podcast. You can download it\, the checklist from the Dare to Lead website. We’ll put the link in the show notes for you. \nYou can use this checklist anytime before you’re going to give feedback. Each question’s a series of 10 questions. Each question is a simple yes\, no. Well\, simple is maybe going to be up to you to decide. For the purpose of this practicast\, I think it’d be really good as you’re listening right now to think about a situation for which you need to provide feedback to a person. If you’re not in a situation like that right now\, think about a situation from the past where you needed to give feedback. As I go through this list\, I want you to notice if you answered no to any of the questions. Ask yourself why and what you need in order to make that answer a yes. The first question\, I know I’m ready to give feedback when I’m ready to sit next to you rather than across from you. I’m ready to give feedback when I’m willing to put the problem in front of us rather than between us. This is the difference between blaming someone and focusing on the fact that something needs to change instead. \nI know I’m ready to give feedback when I’m ready to listen\, ask questions\, and accept that I may not fully understand the issue. I think that last part is really key; accept that I may not fully understand the issue. I think we really want to make our guesses and put people in boxes. I know I’m ready to give feedback when I’m ready to acknowledge what you do well instead of just picking apart your mistakes. I know I’m ready to give feedback when I recognize your strengths and how you can use them to address your challenges. \nI know I’m ready to give feedback when I can hold you accountable without shaming or blaming you. I know I’m ready to give feedback when I’m open to owning my part. I want to acknowledge that that’s another hard one\, I think. I know I’m ready to give feedback when I can genuinely thank someone for efforts rather than just criticizing them for their failings. \nI know I’m ready to give feedback when I can talk about how resolving these challenges will lead to growth and opportunity. I know I’m ready to give feedback when I can model the vulnerability and openness that I expect to see from you. These are all\, I think\, really helpful to slow yourself down to. \nIf we’re in a situation where we need to give some constructive feedback\, I think sometimes we’re ready to rush in and just point out all the things that we need changed. This will help slow down\, help you slow down just a little bit\, think through it and help you become better at giving feedback. I just wanted to point out one more time\, for learning to notice and share positive feedback\, I recommend strength spotting from our Listening for Strengths and Values episode\, season five\, episode two. \nBob: Yes. We’ll put a link to that in the show notes for this episode as well. Thanks so much for guiding us through that\, Jessica. \nJessica: You’re so welcome. This is a topic that I think is really hard for most of us. The more we can help people in this area\, I think the better all of our relationships will be. \nBob: That’s it for this episode. Thanks for joining us. We hope you’ll give this practice a try\, and share your experience in the Practicing Connection LinkedIn group where people supporting military families practice the skills that empower us to work together so that we can positively impact our communities and help families thrive. You’ll find the link to the group on our website at oneop.org/practicingconnection. \nNext week\, we’ll be back with an in-depth episode. We’ll be discussing Share the Work and Love\, one of the eight ways of cultivating community resilience that we identified in our Connecting Communities in Asset-Based Community Recovery project. Until then\, keep practicing. \nSpeaker: The Practicing Connection podcast is a production of OneOp\, and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[music]\n[00:14:29] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Securing Tomorrow: Navigating Social Security Retirement & Survivor Benefits
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The amount of the retirement benefit is based on factors such as the individual’s earnings history and the age at which they choose to claim benefits. Survivor’s benefits are designed to provide financial assistance to the surviving family members of a deceased individual who was eligible for Social Security benefits. The amount of survivor’s benefits is influenced by factors such as the deceased individual’s earnings history and the age at which the survivor chooses to claim the benefits. In both cases\, understanding the eligibility criteria\, claiming strategies\, and potential impacts on overall financial planning is crucial for individuals and families seeking to optimize their Social Security benefits. This webinar will provide a comprehensive look at retirement and survivor benefits from the Social Security Administration and provide the knowledge and resources for providers to make informed decisions\, ensuring a secure and prosperous future for the families they serve. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nExplore the various retirement benefit options provided by the Social Security Administration.\nUnderstand the critical aspects of survivor benefits and how they offer a safety net for loved ones in times of loss.\nDiscover smart and strategic approaches to maximize social security benefits.\nGain valuable tips on effective financial planning for retirement and beyond.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenter” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”164086″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”5/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Rhonda Romero” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Public Affairs Specialist\nSocial Security Administration (SSA) \nRhonda Romero began her career with Social Security Administration in 2001 as a Supplemental Security Income Claims Representative. 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CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
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SUMMARY:Yes\, And vs. Yeah\, But
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Yet we know that validating and building on ideas and offers from others is an effective way to build high-trust relationships and teams. \nIn this practicast (Season 5\, Episode 11)\, special guest Shannon Hughes of Enlivened Studios talks with Jessica about how the applied improvisation can help us in our lives and work. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”][music]\nJessica Beckendorf: Saying “Yeah\, But” is a habit that has become second nature to many of us\, yet validating and building on ideas and offers from others is an effective way to build high trust relationships and teams. Hi\, everyone. This is Jessica Beckendorf\, and welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice you can use in your life and work. \n“Yes\, And” is an important guide that makes improv theater scenes work no matter how bizarre the suggestions. We’re all improvisers. I firmly believe that we are all improvisers\, going about our days in a world which provides some guidelines and boundaries like laws and policies and roles\, but no scripts. Today we’re going to discuss how the “Yes\, And” mindset can make an impact on our collaborative efforts\, our workplace culture\, and our relationships. \nI’m so excited about the guests we have for this next few episodes. We met through an organization we both belong to called the Applied Improvisation Network. Applying the principles of improv to my work has been so important to me since I started performing and noticed big changes within myself. That’s why I’m excited we were able to persuade our guest to join us this month. \nShannon Hughes is a facilitator and consultant with a calling to nurture people-first company cultures in companies of all shapes and sizes. In her practice\, Enlivened Studios\, she brings strategic business mentorship and experiential teaching practices to incite easeful collaboration\, I love that term\, and embolden transformational leadership. Shannon will be guiding us through the practice in a few minutes\, but first let’s learn a little bit more about it. \nHi\, Shannon\, welcome and thank you so much for being here. “Yes\, And”\, as you know\, is is ubiquitous in improv. Can you share a summary of what the concept is about? \nShannon Hughes: Yes. The improv principle\, “Yes\, And”\, it’s kind of nuanced\, actually. The word “yes” doesn’t always mean to agree\, but is rather a gesture of receiving\, accepting what we call offers in improv. I know we’ll talk a little bit more specifically about that concept of offers in a future episode\, but essentially\, offers are ideas\, character attributions\, information about a relationship or a space that actors give to one another so that the scene has what it needs to progress. In the concept of “Yes\, And”\, the “yes” is accepting those offers\, and the “and\,” the word “and” is to build and progress the story\, “Yes\, And.” \nIn a scene with two people\, for example\, that’s never been seen before and will never be seen again\, improvisers are constantly “yes\, anding.” We’ve made it a verb\, “yes\, anding” each other to keep the scene going. Think of it as receive and add\, receive and add. Imagine if two people started a scene without this practice\, right? One actor comes on stage and says to the other\, “Hey\, mom\,” and the other actor says\, “I’m not your mom\, I’m your babysitter.” Well\, the audience will probably be asking for their money back\, right? That’s not a story anyone wants to see\, two people vying for their own version of what’s true in the scene. Their own story of what they think will be funny or entertaining\, it would probably be a disaster. \nWhen those same actors “yes\, and” each other\, it’s magic. Receiving each other’s ideas and building on them to grow the story together as an ensemble. Now when you think about this in a business or a team setting\, the opportunities for collaboration and partnership are endless. Imagine a strategic planning session or a brainstorm around what’s next for a product or a service. Imagine the idea sharing and the sticky notes and the connection that might come from “Yes\, And” in those situations. Because remember\, “yes” doesn’t mean agreement. It simply means to receive and acknowledge. Many of my clients have introduced “Yes\, And” into the way they communicate and do business together\, and it can have a huge impact. \nJessica: What are some of the pitfalls people can fall into when they first start adopting a “Yes\, And” mindset? \nShannon: As humans\, we are wired. We’re not wired for “Yes\, And.” We are wired for “Yeah\, But.” So often we hear what someone’s saying and instead of saying “yes\, and…\,” right? We say\, “Ah\, yeah\, but\,” and what that does is when you say that word “but”\, it nullifies everything you’ve just said beforehand\, and it can shut down or stonewall people based on what you think is right or what you think is true. We’re all in some way\, shape or form guilty of this. In any situation\, I know I am. I’m not perfect at this. Certainly\, it’s a practice. \n“Yeah\, But\,” it says\, “Yes\, I heard you\, but I have a better idea.” Or it says\, “Yes\, I get what you’re saying\, but I stopped listening because I’m so committed to my version of the story.” The word “but” can be really tricky and limiting\, and sometimes it can be hurtful and non-inclusive. It can shut someone down and make them receive that as saying\, “Oh\, I’m not welcome here\, so I’m just not going to contribute.” In a work setting or anywhere really\, then you’re losing out on that person’s worldview and that person’s contributions. \nIt’s funny when I teach this principle of “Yes\, And”\, they’re often surprised. I say\, I give them the instruction to use the words “Yes\, And\,” but just by default\, that word “but” sneaks in there all the time. It’s like muscle memory. This is really a practice because it’s a hard one to break. \nJessica: Yes. Let’s get started. Please walk us through the “Yes\, And” practice that you’ve prepared for us today. \nShannon: Okay. Jessica\, I’m going to need your help with this one\, and I’m glad you are an improviser as well and a fabulous facilitator. We’ll do two versions of this\, and I’m sure your listeners can see where this is going\, but stay with us because again\, this is a practice\, and embodying it and getting the words out of your mouth is really helpful. This is somewhat of a playful way to do that. \nThe first scenario\, Jessica\, let’s pretend like we are siblings\, and we’re planning our uncle’s 75th birthday party. To make this fun\, let’s not worry about budget or timelines or gravity. Anything goes. Okay. For this round\, we’re going to plan the party by “yeah\, butting” each other. As best we can\, let’s actually use those words. Here it goes. I’ll kick us off. \n“Susie\, oh\, my gosh. I am so excited for uncle Bob’s 75th birthday. I was thinking that we should get a marching parade to march down right in front of his house on the day of his birthday. What do you think?” \nJessica: “Yeah\, but they throw candy\, and he’s diabetic. I think we should maybe just\, let’s have elephants\, let’s just bring elephants\, a parade of elephants.” \nShannon: “Huh? Elephants? Yeah\, but Uncle Bob\, I don’t think he’s a big fan of zoo animals. He’s really against all of that. I don’t know. I think maybe what we do is instead of elephants\, why don’t we get all of his best friends to dress up in party hats and do like a flash mob in front of his house instead?” \nJessica: “Yeah\, but\, you know\, we can’t hear anymore\, right? That’s not going to work. Maybe\, here we go. I got it. Instead\, let’s just take him skydiving.” \nShannon: We see how this goes back and forth. Here’s the second scenario. Again\, I’m sure you can see where this is going. This time we’re going to play with “Yes\, And.” Just to shift things up a little bit\, let’s pretend like we are two leaders in a company and we are planning our retreat. There’s a company retreat\, and we want to get people together to brainstorm what’s next for the organization. Okay\, so here goes. \n“Sally\, the retreat is coming up in a few weeks\, and we really have to get to planning. I was thinking that we should maybe have the retreat at the beach house\, the beach house that we rented last year.” \nJessica: “Yes\, I love that idea\, and maybe while we’re at the beach house\, we could have it catered by the restaurant a few doors down\, who does all like local food.” \nShannon: “Yes\, and I know that that was such a hit last year. I think that that restaurant actually is serving Mediterranean food now\, which is going to be such a hit with the team. In addition to getting the food from that restaurant\, maybe we could have one of those specialty cocktail people come over and make those craft cocktails for everyone so they can enjoy a drink\, if they drink\, of course. What do you think of that?” \nJessica: “Yes\, and if they don’t drink\, let’s make sure they’ve got a menu of mocktails. I think that could really be a hit for the folks who don’t drink.” \nShannon: “Yes\, and I’m glad that you added that contribution because that’s really important to remember.” \nObviously\, we were playing it up a little bit\, and I just want to remind your listeners two quick things. One is\, sometimes it feels funny saying “yes\, and\,” but there are enough and [chuckles]. There are a number of ways to say “yes\, and.” You can say it nonverbally. You can say with a nod\, like you’re acknowledging with a facial expression or something nonverbal. A “yes” can sound something like\, “Ah\, mm-hmm.” “Yes\, and” might sound a little like it’s forced sometimes\, but give it a shot and play around with different ways of saying it. They’re both important words\, “yes” and “and”\, but it’s the “and” that really sticks out like a sore thumb when you hear “but”. \nHowever\, you want to say it\, it’s really that if you can shift from “but” to “and\,” that’s almost more critical\, and you can play around with the front end. I love that we were also talking about the cocktail part\, too\, because it wasn’t that we were disagreeing with each other. You were adding a different way of thinking about that. We had that moment of saying\, “Yes\, and let’s also remember the people who don’t drink.” That was a lovely way for us to play with. We didn’t really agree 100%\, but there was no dissent either. We were acknowledging what each other were contributing. \nJessica: Can I share with the first round? I was really tempted to keep making you go back to the elephant idea. I felt like I needed to fight for that idea. Maybe our uncle would learn something about how gentle and wonderful animals are. I really wanted to argue that point and keep going back to the elephant because I had offered that idea\, and you were like\, “I don’t think he likes animals\,” and I’m like\, “Well\, but I like animals. He should like animals.” I really wanted to enforce not only my worldview onto someone who maybe didn’t want it but also onto you. I’m like\, “No\, that was my idea. That’s what I want.” [chuckles]\nShannon: Yes\, there’s this sense of galvanizing what it is\, the point that we want to make\, and that gets us nowhere fast. \nJessica: Right\, and in the second round\, I actually didn’t feel like I needed to. For one thing\, you were like\, “Yes\, that’s a good idea. I could go with that. I could go for that.” You didn’t say it that way\, but that’s the feeling that it gave me. It’s like\, “Oh\, well\, okay\, I don’t need to fight for anything. Let’s just keep the train going. This is great.” [chuckles]\nShannon: Exactly. I hope it’s evident that if you imagine yourself in a boardroom or at a planning retreat or with your actual siblings\, planning your actual uncle’s birthday\, it can be so helpful\, because then you can imagine\, the sticky notes come out\, the big ideas are shared\, and not all ideas are necessarily going to be taken into consideration\, but we need to get them out. What better way to do that to say\, like you said earlier\, to validate someone’s contribution and put it on a sticky note. Who knows\, maybe an iteration of that sticky note does become a reality. We would never have known if we shut somebody down and didn’t welcome what they had to say. \nJessica: Thank you so much for guiding us through that awesome practice. That’s it for this episode. Thanks so much for joining us. You can keep up with Practicing Connection by subscribing to the podcast in your favorite podcast app\, and by joining the Practicing Connection community on LinkedIn. Visit oneop.org/practicingconnection to subscribe and join. If you have questions\, ideas\, or feedback for the show\, you can email us at practicingconnection@oneop.org. We’ll be back next week with another Applied Improvisation Practice to help you break the mold called Make Your Partner Look Good. Until then\, keep practicing. \n[music]\nKalin Goble: The Practicing Connection podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[00:14:28] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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Hi everyone\, this is Jessica Beckendorf\, and welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice you can use in your life and work. In this series\, we’ve been introducing practices from applied improvisation. \nDuring an improv performance\, making your partner look good is an essential ingredient to making a scene sane. It requires us to be socially aware of our partner’s needs and to take the focus off of ourselves\, always lifting up our team members. Imagine if we did that for each other in daily life. That’s what we’ll be talking about today. I’m excited to introduce Shannon Hughes as our guest again. Shannon and I met through an organization we both belong to called the Applied Improvisation Network. \nShe’s a facilitator and consultant with a calling to nurture people-first company cultures in companies of all shapes and sizes. In her practice\, Enlivened Studios\, she brings strategic business mentorship and experiential teaching practices to incite easeful collaboration\, and embolden transformational leadership. \nShannon will be guiding us through the practice in a few minutes\, but first\, let’s learn a little bit more about it. Hi\, Shannon. I’m so glad to have you back. This is one of my favorite improv concepts. It’s very pro-social\, like so many improv concepts are. I’d like to start by asking you to describe what it means to make your partner look good on stage\, and how that can translate to real life. \nShannon Hughes: Thank you. Thank you\, and I’m glad to be back again as well. To me\, making your partner look good is about inclusivity\, interdependence\, and even celebration. It’s recognizing that every scene is better when we take the time to listen to one another\, to acknowledge one another’s contribution or ideas\, and to yes-and those contributions and ideas. It’s not just about grasping onto our own version of what’s right. Trying to tell our own story and hold onto our own truth\, but rather saying yes and listening to others’ contributions. \nBy the way\, when I say scene here\, I mean both scenes that are on stage\, and in real life because let’s be honest\, like you said earlier\, we are all professional improvisers. No one wakes up in the morning and finds a script on their bedside telling them everything they’re going to say and every breath they’re going to take\, and every decision that they need to decide on that day. \nWe’re all professional improvisers. You could also argue that we’re performing all the time\, and this is not in a performative kind of way\, so stay with me on this. It’s that we are constantly finding ourselves in different performances\, in different scenes\, interacting with each other at home\, at work\, with friends. We even play different characters. We might play the character of the CEO when we’re at work. We might play the busy mom when we’re at home\, or the best friend when we’re consoling a friend. \nThese are all kind of different performances and different scenes. On stage\, making your partner look good\, and in life\, making your partner look good\, is really about lifting up and elevating and celebrating your scene partner’s contributions\, their ideas\, and what that exchange might be when you’re living and communicating\, and having dialogue\, because when we do that\, things run more smoothly. \nWonderful characters are created and story unfolds\, and everyone feels like they belong\, like they matter. They’re part of this thing that’s being co-created together. This idea of acknowledging one another by saying\, “I see you. Thank you\, yes\,” can be a really beautiful way of making your partner look good. \nJessica: I think when we get mired down and so busy in the work\, we forget to pause for a second and thank people\, so I’m excited to hear about that. You started to hint at this already\, but what effect does this principle of making each other look good have on a team or a collaboration or even an organizational culture? \nShannon: Well\, we’ve talked about interdependence and belonging. What a fabulous practice to take into the workplace or into community building efforts to inspire brainstorming or invite conversations around how things might be done differently\, or more innovatively and better. If we shut our colleagues or our teammates down by shaming them or giving them a hard yes-but\, or even a hard no\, especially if that’s done in front of others\, can feel humiliating and definitely unmotivating. \nWhat happens then? Well\, disengagement\, lack of creative problem solving\, and retention issues\, quite honestly. The phrase is people don’t leave companies\, they leave managers. People don’t leave companies\, they leave cultures. Psychological safety\, which is the idea of creating an environment in an organization or in any community where ideas are welcome and don’t have any sort of punitive repercussion or voices are heard. \nBuilding that psychological safety\, which is a term that was coined by Amy Edmondson\, this idea of psychological safety is creating that safe and what I call brave space for people to be\, I don’t know\, it’s a little cliche to say\, bring their whole self to work\, but an iteration of that concept. To show up for who they are\, and to create an environment where people feel like they can voice their thoughts and opinions. \nMaking your partner look good only codifies that. To say\, “Wow\, I can speak up here and I’m acknowledged\, and I’m even celebrated and shown gratitude for what I say and how I perform here because it’s safe.” \nJessica: This seems like a pretty big mindset shift in a culture that has supported individualism and survival of the fittest\, competition. How can we reconcile or maybe bridge the difference between where we’re at now in this individualistic space and what we can achieve together through making each other look good? \nShannon: Beautiful. Well\, a couple things came to mind for me on this. The first one is transparency and authenticity. You could add vulnerability\, the environment and the mindset shift that you’ve just described. I used to work in an environment like that where it was pretty individual. You kept your head down\, got your work done\, and it was survival of the fittest. In that situation\, it was because culture came from the top down\, and by the time it reached the doers\, there wasn’t much there. \nThere certainly wasn’t much transparency or authenticity\, and employees lose their sense of why. The idea behind transparency\, authenticity\, and vulnerability as it relates to this mindset shift is also going to be included in my practice that I’m going to talk about in a second\, but it’s this idea of as a leader\, and when I say leader\, I don’t mean somebody who’s a high paying executive in the corner office\, I believe that we’re all leaders. \nWhatever that means in the context of this dialogue between a couple of people or a group of people\, is to pull up a chair\, pull up a stool\, have a conversation with your team\, talk about the elephant in the room\, what’s going right here? Where are our opportunities for improvement? What’s a story as\, let’s say I’m the leader in that scenario\, what’s a story that I can tell with a degree of vulnerability that then opens the door for other people to share as well? \nEven doing that\, although that’s not explicitly “making your partner look good” it kind of is because I’m saying I’m human\, listen to me and my story. Now what about you? It’s passing the microphone or opening up the room for other people to share their own experiences for the sake of building psychological safety and a thriving culture. Another point that I would say for that shift is\, and this is true of any culture building effort\, is to make it co-creative. No employee anywhere wants to have some flashy words on a big sign in their entryway that says things like integrity and trust and creativity. [laughs]\nJessica: Three words separated by a period. Yes. Classic. \nShannon: It’s some giant brand consultancy came up with which is\, no shade on brand consultancies\, but a good one\, a good one\, and a good leader will include the employees in that conversation. So much of this too is the third point I was going to make about values. If integrity\, creativity are your corporate values\, where did they come from? What do they mean? \nWhat are the behaviors and the routines that back that up on a day to day basis? How much did you invite the employees or the team members to be part of that conversation so everyone feels like they’re aligned to it and they don’t lose sense of that why\, like we mentioned before\, and all of that\, you could kind of wrap in a big make your partner look good effort because you’re saying\, “Yes\, I see you. I see you. Let’s do this together.” \nJessica: Well\, I’m excited to hear the practice\, or I think you have a collection of practices and some guidance for people. Let’s get into that. \nShannon: As I had just mentioned a minute ago\, culture and values are just concepts until there are systems\, practices\, rituals\, routines\, norms that are put behind those values and that culture. And so often\, and so unfortunately often\, organizations do half the work\, and then some of it just sits on a shelf or on a website somewhere. It’s that operationalizing and systematizing that really upholds that very important work. I use the word system intentionally here\, especially with this first point I’m going to make\, which is to set up a system for recognition and celebration. \nWhere does recognition and celebration show up in your mid-year review? Where does it show up in your weekly Tuesday all-staff meeting? When does the CEO or the team leader come out from behind their office door and sit amongst the team and grab lunch together and talk about the highlights of what the team has succeeded in doing versus\, we often gravitate towards what’s gone wrong. It’s really systematizing some of that and putting it into practice. I make this silly joke that leaders are supermodels. What I mean by that is\, as a leader\, it’s so important to model the behavior that you want to see. \nYou have to be the change you want to see. It starts with you. You\, maybe it’s even setting an alarm on your phone to do these things\, to make sure that recognition\, feedback\, celebration is pervasive\, and that you invite employees to do that for one another\, too. The other one is check-ins\, because so often\, meetings\, especially\, people have had a whole day before them and probably have a whole evening ahead of them. Taking a moment to check in and not just\, “How’s everybody doing\,” but come up with maybe a short list of five exercises or prompts to get people in their body and in the moment so that they feel like they’re present to what’s happening there\, and allow that too\, to potentially include shoutouts to people\, to congratulate people. \nI have a practice that I use in my morning journaling. Not every day\, but every now and again\, I just write down things that I’m proud of\, things that I’m celebrating. Because again\, we’re so wired to think about the things that haven’t gotten done. All of those can be seen as making your partner look good\, because you’re really patting the back of people that you work with and saying\, “I’ve got you. I see you. Well done.” One more thing that just came to me. Don’t be afraid to talk to strangers. What I mean by that is\, the person bagging your grocery\, the gentleman walking down the street whose shoes you like\, the children who are very clearly behaving while their mom is at the grocery store. \nJust that one second to say\, “Hey\, man\, I love your shoes. You’re looking really dapper today.” Oh\, my gosh\, that can change someone’s entire day. As humans\, we get embarrassed. “Oh\, I don’t want to say anything\,” but imagine the impact if you just say\, “I really like your haircut\,” or\, “Thank you for your work today.” That’s making your partner look good because we’re all partners\, right? We’re all just same partners living the dream\, right? To see somebody and say something that’s nice about them is so uplifting\, and it can have huge ripple effect. \nJessica: I love that. Thank you so much. This collection of practices that you shared with us today are all super simple to implement. As I mentioned before\, this is one of my favorite improv principles\, and I really enjoyed your perspective on it in our conversation today. \nShannon: Thank you\, Jessica. I loved sharing. \nJessica: Well\, that’s it for this episode. Thanks so much for joining us. You can keep up with Practicing Connection by subscribing to the podcast in your favorite podcast app\, and by joining the Practicing Connection community on LinkedIn. Visit oneop.org/practicingconnection to subscribe and join. If you have questions\, ideas\, or feedback for the show\, you can email us at practicingconnection@oneop.org. We’ll be back next week with another applied improvisation practice to help you break the mold called Noticing Offers and Seeing Them as Gifts. Until then\, keep practicing. \nKalin Goble: The Practicing Connection Podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense\, under award numbers 2019-48770-30366\, and 2023-48770-41333. \n[00:15:36] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Public Health Approaches to Suicide Prevention: Working with Military Service Members
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Through this webinar\, learn how to implement evidence-based public health approaches to suicide prevention. Specific focuses include how service providers can screen for suicide risk and align service delivery for military-connected adults.  \nJoin this webinar to review the connection between anxiety\, depression\, and suicide risk\, and join Dr. Keita Franklin\, Co-Director of the Columbia Lighthouse Project\, as she discusses best practices for engaging with individuals who are struggling.  \nLearning Objectives: \nBy the end of this webinar\, attendees will be able to: \n\nUtilize the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale to screen for suicide risk\nUnderstand the full spectrum of public health approaches for saving lives\nDetermine the connection between anxiety and depression and suicide risk\nUnderstand the evidence-based approaches for engaging with military-connected adults who are struggling with anxiety and depression.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” 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accomplished senior executive widely credited with revolutionizing several large-scale\, national public health systems. She has focused her expertise on key wellness areas including suicide prevention\, mental health\, and substance abuse. Dr. Franklin has spent her 25-year career driving complex organizational and policy change in the federal sector before recently transitioning to the private sector. She has served as a senior executive in both the Department of Defense and the Department of Veteran Affairs\, where she was the principal advisor on all matters related to suicide prevention. As a national leader in suicide prevention\, Dr. Franklin was responsible for leading a multi-disciplined team of experts in the advancement of evidence-based prevention practices for over three million active-duty members\, 20 million veterans\, and their families.  \nDr. Franklin currently leads the mental health work within the Deloitte Government and Public Health Sector where she is engaged across all federal health accounts as well as serves as the Co-Director of the Columbia Lighthouse Project. She also serves on numerous Boards and is an advocate for military communities. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][nectar_btn size=”jumbo” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”Continuing Education” url=”https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_82kOioVPwtlVAXQ”][vc_column_text]The following CE credits are available for this session: \n\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This program is approved by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) for 1.5 CE credits for CFLEs. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 3/21/27\nDomestic Abuse Victim Advocates: This webinar has been accepted for 1.5 continuing education hours for the National Advocate Credentialing Program (NACP) Credentialing. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 3/21/27\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for documenting additional professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top-left” top_margin=”0″ bottom_margin=”11″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”5px” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_color=”#f7f7f7″ column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Materials” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1689369183150{padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1758635263631{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]This is Part 1 of 2 with Dr. Keita Franklin. We recommend also watching Part 2\, Public Health Approaches to Suicide Prevention: Working with Military Spouses and Families.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: Prostock-Studio\, iStock-1467141103[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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CATEGORIES:Military Service and Family Life
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SUMMARY:Notice Offers & See Them as Gifts
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The hard part is often noticing them and recognizing them as gifts. Once we do\, it has the potential to unlock amazing possibilities in our communication and collaborative relationships. \nIn this practicast\, special guest Shannon Hughes of Enlivened Studios talks with Jessica about how the applied improvisation practice of “Noticing Offers and Seeing Them as Gifts” can help us in our lives and work.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”][music]\nJessica Beckendorf: We are offered gifts from others every day. The hard part is often noticing them\, and recognizing them as gifts. Once we do though\, it has the potential to unlock amazing possibilities in our communication and our collaborative relationships. Hi everyone\, this is Jessica Beckendorf\, and welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection practicast\, where we highlight a specific practice you can use in your life and work. \nIn today’s episode\, we’ll discuss how to notice offers and see them as gifts. This is all about being present to the people around us\, and seeing the various ways they communicate\, including their actions\, as gifts. This is an incredible tool for relationship-building and effective collaborative efforts. This is our third and final practicast for this month with our special guest\, Shannon Hughes. \nShannon is a facilitator and consultant with the Calling to Nurture people-first company cultures in companies of all shapes and sizes. In her practice\, in live and studios\, she brings strategic business mentorship and experiential teaching practices to incite easeful collaboration\, and embolden transformational leadership. Shannon will be guiding us through the practice in a few minutes\, but first\, let’s learn a little bit more about it. Hi Shannon\, welcome back again. Let’s start by talking about offers. What is an offer on stage and off\, and why is it important to notice them? \nShannon Hughes: Thank you. In improv\, players are\, we call them players\, but players are actors. In improv\, players are constantly giving one another what we call offers to work with\, in creating scenes and creating characters. An offer is an idea of an endowment for a character\, a relationship between characters\, an objective for a story\, or a location. They can be verbal or nonverbal. They can be very bold and obvious\, or really discreet. Let’s say one player walks on stage\, sits down\, and starts acting as if they’re studying for an exam. There’s maybe a book in front of her\, maybe she’s holding a pencil\, or staring off into space to think. \nAll of that is an offer to the player behind stage who’s about to join her on stage. Because when the next person comes on stage\, he has so much to work with. He may not know that player one is studying for an exam necessarily\, but all the offers have been so clearly laid out that the scene is bound to be rich with story. He might come on stage and say something like\, “Hey\, Barbara\, sorry I’m late\, man\, it’s creepy in the school library this late\, right?” Or maybe he puts his hand on her back gently and says\, “Babe\, when are you coming to bed?” Whatever the choice is\, he uses her offers to build the scene\, and they’re off and running. \nWe often say in improv that offers are gifts\, which they absolutely are. What a gift the first player gives the second player so he has something to work with and build upon. Now\, if you think about this idea that offers are gifts\, think about how powerful this might be as a practice in life and business. Because I would argue that offers are everywhere. They’re in the facial expression of the guy at the grocery store. They’re in the folded arms of your teenager in the car ride home from a lost soccer game\, right? If we just stay aware and present enough\, we will notice these offers and then make choices about how to relate with them. \nSometimes we lean in\, and sometimes we know to stay away\, like the example of the teenager\, which is a true story. [chuckles] It’s the noticing though that can be hard because we’re so conditioned to move quickly\, to make decisions\, hit deadlines\, check off our to-do list\, that the offers go unnoticed and we lose our interrelatedness and our sense of community. In my work\, I mentor leaders about how to build what I call people-first cultures in their organizations. So much of that people firstness that is about recognizing the humanity in the people we work with\, leaning in with curiosity rather than advice giving\, for example\, and noticing all the offers. \nDoes that fill some context? \nJessica: Oh\, absolutely [laughs] it did. I love the idea of seeing the offers everywhere. We talk a lot about being mindful\, and I see this idea of seeing the offers everywhere as a mindful activity that reminds us to be present. You have the idea of seeing the offers. The second part of what we’re covering today is valuing the offer as a gift. Tell me a little bit about that. How does it work? \nShannon: This might help explain\, at least from an improv perspective. There’s a game in improv called Thank You. It’s called Thank you. The way that it goes is we all circle up and the first person stands in the middle and they strike a pose. It could be anything. They strike a pose and they freeze. It could be pointing up to the sky\, something simple. The next person comes behind that person and adds to that gesture. Maybe one person’s pointing to the sky and the next person comes and puts their elbow on their shoulder. Okay? Now we’ve created a visual picture that could be a scene start if you thought about it. \nThe first person\, when the second person joins and puts the elbow on the shoulder\, the first person boldly and loudly says\, “Thank you”\, and returns to the circle\, and the game continues. I love this because it really speaks to this idea of offers and seeing them as gifts. In that example\, that game\, the second person quite literally says\, “Thank you\, thank you for adding to the offer that I had given you.” It’s a really beautiful game to play\, not only to play around with how to create scenes and how to create visual pictures on stage\, but it’s this actual verbal recognition that someone gave an offer and the other one accepted it. \nIt’s a little bit of this\, yes\, anding too that we’ve mentioned in a prior episode\, that really helps to receive\, say yes\, and see those offers as gifts. Because if you’re alone on a stage and you’ve got nothing\, thank goodness someone comes in and adds something to contribute and move the story forward. If you think about it that way\, all offers are gifts\, right? What a beautiful practice that can be. If you think about this in life\, we mentioned just a couple examples of what those offers can be\, the teenager example or the person bagging your groceries. \nIt’s about noticing\, slowing down to presence\, noticing those offers\, and then really seeing them as gifts\, and this reciprocity of giving and receiving is something that can be really instrumental in business\, certainly\, and of course in life. \nJessica: Let’s bring this now to a team level. How can seeing the offers as gifts help us on our teams or in our leadership efforts\, or I guess overall? \nShannon: Yes. I’d argue that noticing offers is a practice in mindfulness\, and you said that earlier. We talked about presence and mindfulness. That in and of itself is a huge leadership and relationship-building technique. Imagine all the cues that you could pick up with noticing. In a business environment or in an organization\, let’s say\, you might pick up that there’s an employee who always sits in the back of the room and doesn’t speak up. Why? Do they feel included? Maybe they’re really introverted\, they’ve got great ideas\, but they’re just not comfortable sharing them in a meeting. That’s a gift. That’s an offer. \nHow can I lean in potentially in a way that makes that person feel safe and invite them to\, maybe they’re more comfortable contributing written feedback and written ideas\, or having a one-on-one over a cup of coffee instead of a large group share. What if there’s a disengaged team member\, they’re on their way out. They might be looking for other jobs. What are the nonverbal and verbal cues that you’re getting to pick up on some of those cues so that you know how to plan and how to have conversations that could potentially shift their mind or help them along their career development path? \nAgain\, socially\, what are all those cues happening at a barbecue\, in a conversation with your spouse or partner? They are always there. It’s just that noticing and then making those kind of real-time improvised decisions about how you’re going to\, yes\, and\, and sometimes how you’re going to give space\, because that’s real too. \nJessica: Let’s get started with the practice\, because I think that this idea of noticing offers and seeing them as gifts is maybe even\, oh boy\, I don’t want to have anyone get upset with me\, but might be even just slightly more foundational than\, yes\, and. I feel like yes\, and starts with noticing things as offers and seeing them as gifts. Let’s talk about how we can practice this. \nShannon: This is an exercise that I’ve run with groups\, both virtually and in-person. It’s quite simple and it’s a great one to do even as a check-in for a meeting because it really helps center people. Here’s how it goes. For 15 seconds or 30 seconds\, depending on what the venue is\, or the forum that you’re gathering with people. The invitation is to simply look around your space and notice. Jessica\, just for just a few seconds here\, let’s do this. For the next few seconds\, and you can feel free to spin around in your chair\, get up if that feels right\, if there’s a window near you. I’m just going to stop talking for just a few seconds. What do you notice? \nJessica: Do you want me to say what I notice? \nShannon: No\, just keep it in your mind. Think about things that you see\, that you hear or smell. What’s going on in your body that’s worth noting. Tension. Great. Now\, as a build onto that\, let’s take another couple of seconds\, and as you look around your environment this time\, in your mind\, not out loud\, just say what you see. In my office here\, I might think to myself\, flowers\, cell phone\, heater. Just give that a try. In your mind\, just name what you see. Great. Now\, what I’ll do in Zoom meetings sometimes\, is then\, if there’s a group of people in a Zoom meeting\, I’ll invite people to look into the Zoom meeting and do the same thing for 15 seconds. \nJessica\, if we were to do this\, I might notice things about the way your hair is pulled back\, or the stripes in your shirt\, or I might notice that there’s a– Looks like a suitcase on the upper shelf of a bookshelf behind you. Those are offers. Now I’m kind of\, I wonder what’s in that suitcase. I wonder what books are on that shelf. There’s a photograph. It looks like she’s there with somebody in a photograph. I wonder who that is. Those are cues that might invite curiosity\, conversation\, and connection. Those are just a few exercises that really get us to think about noticing. \nThe naming one is really interesting. Did you have any thoughts or anything come to you through those exercises? \nJessica: I was very curious about what looks like a container of tons of pens or something behind you\, because I love office supplies\, so I immediately was drawn to that and wanted to know more. I really enjoyed those activities. It’s another way of being present\, and it’s a way that if you can’t just sit and close your eyes and breathe in the moment\, you can look around your room and notice things\, and so it’s something you can practice really anywhere\, anytime\, no matter what’s happening. Almost no matter what’s happening\, you can take a moment and look around and no one will even know what you’re doing. \nShannon: Exactly. \nJessica: Thank you so much for guiding us through this practice\, for noticing offers and seeing them all as gifts. \nShannon: Of course\, it’s a delight. Thanks for having me. \nJessica: That’s it for this episode. Thanks so much for joining us. You can keep up with Practicing Connection by subscribing to the podcast in your favorite podcast app\, and by joining the Practicing Connection Community on LinkedIn. Visit oneop.org/practicingconnection to subscribe and join. If you have questions\, ideas or feedback for the show\, you can email us at practicingconnection@oneop.org. We’ll be back next week to explore practices that empower us to work together\, to help each other\, our families and our communities. Until then\, keep practicing. \nKalin Goble: The Practicing Connection Podcast is a production of OneOp\, and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[00:14:40] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Tiny Hearts\, Big Emotions: Cultivating Emotional Learning and Development with Responsive Practices
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CATEGORIES:Health and Well-Being
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SUMMARY:Public Health Approaches to Suicide Prevention: Working with Military Spouses and Families
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Explore the impacts of deployment\, periods of parental absence from the family system\, trauma exposure\, and spillover effects for military-connected marriages and parent-child relationships. \nDr. Keita Franklin\, Co-Director of the Columbia Lighthouse Project\, will identify evidence-based strategies for engaging with families\, including during suicide prevention screening. \nLearning Objectives: \nBy the end of this webinar\, attendees will be able to: \n\nUnderstand trauma within the context of the military-connected family and community\nIdentify risk and protective factors for military-connected families and spouses/partners\nArticulate evidence-based strategies for engaging with families impacted by trauma\, including suicide prevention screening.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenter” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”163058″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”5/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Dr. Keita Franklin” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Dr. Franklin is an accomplished senior executive widely credited with revolutionizing several large-scale\, national public health systems. She has focused her expertise on key wellness areas including suicide prevention\, mental health\, and substance abuse. Dr. Franklin has spent her 25-year career driving complex organizational and policy change in the federal sector before recently transitioning to the private sector. She has served as a senior executive in both the Department of Defense and the Department of Veteran Affairs\, where she was the principal advisor on all matters related to suicide prevention. As a national leader in suicide prevention\, Dr. Franklin was responsible for leading a multi-disciplined team of experts in the advancement of evidence-based prevention practices for over three million active-duty members\, 20 million veterans\, and their families.  \nDr. Franklin currently leads the mental health work within the Deloitte Government and Public Health Sector where she is engaged across all federal health accounts as well as serves as the Co-Director of the Columbia Lighthouse Project. She also serves on numerous boards and is an advocate for military communities. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][nectar_btn size=”jumbo” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”Continuing Education” url=”https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eRrFwMRCoPqHUUu”][vc_column_text]The following CE credits will be submitted for this session: \n\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is approved for 1.5 CE credit from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) for CFLEs. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 4/4/27\nDomestic Abuse Victim Advocates: This webinar has been accepted for 1.5 continuing education hours for National Advocate Credentialing Program (NACP) Credentialing. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 4/4/27\nSexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARC) and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Victim Advocates (VA): This webinar has been accepted for 1.5 continuing education hours for D-SAACP Credentialing. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 4/4/27\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for documenting additional professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top-left” top_margin=”0″ bottom_margin=”11″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”5px” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_color=”#f7f7f7″ column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Materials” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1689369183150{padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1762786439271{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]Webinar Slides Handout \nThis is Part 2 with Dr. Keita Franklin. We recommend watching Part 1\, Public Health Approaches to Suicide Prevention: Working with Military Service Members.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: Photo by Polina Tankilevitch from Pexels[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160017/
CATEGORIES:Military Service and Family Life
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SUMMARY:Improving Health and Wellness by Getting Outside
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTlsyk7wGEA”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\n\nBiophilia is a hypothesis that humans have an innate desire and need to connect with nature. Decades of research confirm that people experience myriad health and wellness benefits when they spend time interacting with nature—from increased physical activity to improved emotional wellbeing. But the amount of time we Americans spend outside has been declining over the years. Join this webinar where we highlight some of the latest health and nature research and make the case for why we need to get back into the great outdoors regularly. We will wrap up by describing some practical programs and initiatives that help connect individuals\, children\, and communities to nature. \n\nLearning Objectives: \n\nIdentify health and wellness benefits to spending time in nature.\nDiscuss enablers and barriers to regularly connecting with nature.\nExplore programs that help individuals\, families\, and communities to get outside.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenters” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”164100″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”5/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Debra Kellstedt\, DrPH” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist\nFamily & Community Health\nTexas A&M AgriLife Extension Service \nDr. Debra Kellstedt\, DrPH\, is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in the AgriLife Extension Family & Community Health Unit as well as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Texas A&M School of Public Health and a Faculty Fellow at the Texas A&M Center for Health & Nature. With her training and experience grounded in public health\, Dr. Kellstedt’s research has focused on evaluating multilevel community-based approaches aimed at improving health behaviors in a variety of settings and among different populations. Dr. Kellstedt’s current interests include exploring how community system social structure impacts population health specific to chronic disease prevention outcomes. Her programming focuses on environmental approaches to promote physical activity and initiatives to connect communities to nature. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][nectar_btn size=”jumbo” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” button_id=”Continuing Education:” text=”Continuing Education” url=”https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2cnjctEGw3iGZtc”][vc_column_text]\n\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is approved for 1.0 CE credit from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) for CFCS. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 4/17/26\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour for CFLEs by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Eligibility for CE credit will close on 4/17/27\nSocial Work\, LPC\, LMFT: This webinar is approved for 1.0 CE credit for Social Work\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK Eligibility for CE credit will close on 4/17/26\nBoard Certified Patient Advocates: This webinar is approved for 1.0 CE credit for Patient Advocate Certification Board. Eligibility for CE credit will close on 4/17/26\nRegistered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) and Nutrition and Dietetic Technicians\, Registered (NDTRs): This program has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) for 1.0 CEs for RD/RDNs and NDTRs Eligibility for CE credit will close on 4/17/27\nCertificates of Attendance are available for providers interested in documenting their professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: iStock.com/avid_creative[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160034/
CATEGORIES:Health and Well-Being
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SUMMARY:Holding Space for Grief
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a series of three practicasts centered around “holding space\,” a concept we learned from Heather Plett\, author of “The Art of Holding Space.” Our co-creator for this series was our OneOp colleague\, Kristen Jowers. \n(Season 5\, Episode 16) \nIn this episode\, Kristen Jowers shares two practices to help us prepare to hold space for someone experiencing grief. \nLinks \n\n“What is Holding Space?” – Centre for Holding Space\n\nHeather Plett: On Holding Space and Mutual Liberation (S.3\, Ep.5) \n\nHolding Space for Difference (S.5\, Ep. 15)\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” 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\nJessica Beckendorf: All of us experience grief and loss. Having someone hold space for us during a difficult time can be just the balm we need. Being able to hold space for someone else is a skill we can all develop. Hi\, everyone\, this is Jessica Beckendorf and welcome to this week’s Practicing Connection Practicast where we highlight a specific practice you can use in your life and work. In this month’s Practicast\, we’ve been talking about different ways to hold space for others. \nHolding space refers to the act of being fully present with someone else\, without judgment or distraction\, so that the person can share their experiences and perspective. We have a special guest today\, Kristen Jowers. Kristen joined the OneOp team in 2023 as a program coordinator. With more than 8 years working in higher education\, Kristen uses her background in psychology\, child development\, and marriage and family therapy to enhance her work at the University of Kentucky. \nPart of her personal development goals this year include getting out of her comfort zone and leaning into new experiences\, like doing this Practicast. Kristen enjoys reading\, resting\, and can be found taking pictures of her dog Copper\, the Basset Hound\, who is\, I can confirm\, incredibly adorable. Kristen will be guiding us through the practice in a few minutes\, but first let’s learn more about it. Hi\, Kristen. \nKristen Jowers: Hey\, Jessica\, thanks for having me on. I am a long-time listener and first-time contributor\, so thanks for having me on to talk about holding space for grief. Before we jump in\, I did want to provide a quick content note as this episode discusses death\, grief\, and loss. We encourage listeners to pause or take breaks as needed to take care of yourself. A transcript and other resources are available on our website at oneop.org/podcast. \nJessica: All right\, thank you so much for sharing that. Kristen\, let’s start with talking about what grief is. Can you share a little bit about that? \nKristen: Oftentimes\, grief is thought of as the loss of a loved one. Today\, I want to expand that and include grief in the context of major changes like separation and divorce\, natural disasters\, school or job changes\, and illness. Grief is one of those human experiences that comes with living and loving. All of us have experienced or will experience grief at some point in our lives\, and some of us may be living with grief right now. \nYou may have heard of the five stages of grief by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. The stages are denial\, anger\, bargaining\, depression\, and acceptance. They’re often thought of as stages\, but they don’t define a linear process or timeline. The stages of grief are not consecutive\, so you might feel some\, all\, or none of these emotions. There really isn’t a timeline for grief\, and you can intersect with someone at different points in their grieving process. \nJessica: Wow\, I actually didn’t realize that. Maybe if I thought back to the times when I was experiencing grief\, I may have realized this\, but I didn’t realize that you may feel all\, some\, or none of those emotions. I found that to be really interesting. Given that that’s the case\, how can we hold space for people who are experiencing grief? \nKristen: Yes\, Jessica. There’s a lot of different complexities that surround grief and loss\, and so the response is nuanced. Heather Plett describes in her book\, The Art of Holding Space\, a collapsible container or silicone bowl\, like one of those bowls that you’ll take camping or that I take to the dog park with Copper. The bowl can be shallow\, medium\, or deep to fit the size\, space\, and need. \nFor example\, we hold shallow space when someone shares about how tired they are from having a new baby. We hold medium space for when someone shares about how their community has been affected by a natural disaster\, and we hold deep space when someone has lost a loved one. Being the bowl is how you serve when you hold space for others. The container provides protection\, support\, and safety. We help them to see that they’re not alone. \nIn Plett’s words\, we give them space for the waiting that they must do before their new story emerges. \nJessica: Oh\, yes\, because with a lot of grief and loss comes change\, right? What keeps us from holding space for grief? \nKristen: I think there are a lot of reasons this is hard\, Jessica. There’s this delicate balance we all manage as we provide care for each other while taking care of ourselves. Heather Plett talks about emotional labor taking more energy than physical labor sometimes. She talks about telling people when we’re at capacity as a way to communicate when our bowl is full. Another consideration is our own experiences of grief and how that might impact how much space we have in our bowl. \nEven when there is space\, our own fears and discomfort can get in the way. I think sometimes we’re worried about saying or doing the wrong thing\, or feeling like when everything is going wrong for someone else\, it’s uncomfortable for us. Our instinct is to want to fix it for them. \nJessica: Yes\, especially someone we love too\, we want to fix\, we want to make them feel better. Let’s get started. I know you brought a practice or two with you today. Please walk us through them. \nKristen: I’m going to talk about two practices today. The first is keep your ego out of it. With grief\, there can sometimes be this feeling that other people don’t understand what you’re going through. I think it’s really natural to say\, “I’ve been there\, I know what you’re going through.” Even if you have been there\, no two people experience things exactly the same way. You don’t want to claim to know what the other person is feeling or compare your grief to theirs. \nLean into your curiosity about their experience. Ask if they like to talk about it. Sometimes what you say is less important than just being with the person. In The Art of Holding Space\, Heather Plett says that one of the hardest things about holding space is that it can feel like you’re doing nothing. It’s going to sound crazy to say this\, but there is an art to doing nothing when there is nothing to be done. Sometimes just being is enough. \nDon’t be afraid of spending time together in silence. \nJessica: That can be tough for a lot of people. \nKristen: Yes. For the next practice\, I want to introduce the acronym SPACE\, created by Gina Ballard and inspired by the work of Harrison Owen\, author of Open Space Technology and The Power of Spirit. SPACE is something you can remind yourself of as you’re being the container and holding space for someone’s grief. SPACE stands for Safety\, Presence\, Acceptance\, Challenge\, Emptiness. \nS\, Safety. Enhance safety through curiosity and non-judgment. Non-judgment of yourself and the one you’re holding space for. P\, Presence. Use breathwork to become increasingly aware of the present moment. A\, Acceptance. Acceptance looks like being with the person. Sit with what is. C\, Challenge. Remember you’re not there to fix the problem. The challenge or opportunity rather is to be with the person. E\, Emptiness. Allow emptiness and silence without filling the space. \nGrief can evoke a lot of emotions. Anger\, sadness\, powerlessness\, hopelessness\, feeling that life is happening to us. As space holders\, we’re saying we’re here. We’re here to listen\, to support\, to liberate\, to empower. We’re here and you’re safe with us. \nJessica: Wow. That was beautiful. I feel like we should just end the episode on we’re here and you’re safe with us. Thank you so much\, Kristen. Absolutely loved hearing your practices and your perspective today. \nKristen: Thanks for having me on\, Jessica. \nJessica: That is it for this episode. Thanks so much for joining us. We hope you’ll give this practice a try and share your experience in the Practicing Connection LinkedIn group where people supporting military families practice the skills that empower us to work together so that we can positively impact our communities and help families thrives. Certainly the SPACE practice and keeping our egos out of it are both something that will empower us to work together. \nYou’ll find the link to the group on our website at oneop.org/practicingconnection. We’ll be back next week with a practice for holding space for new opportunities. Until then\, keep practicing. \nKalin Goble: The Practicing Connection podcast is a production of OneOp and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture\, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense\, under award numbers 2019-48770-30366 and 2023-48770-41333. \n[music] \n[00:11:11] [END OF AUDIO][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Harmony of Expression: Exploring Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood Through Expressive Art Approaches
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Presenters will focus on the principles\, foundations\, and evidence-base of expressive art approaches\, including techniques for fostering self-awareness\, empathy\, and interpersonal skills. Participants will also discover how art-based methods facilitate self-expression and communication and how those methods can be applied even by those with limited background in art therapy. \nLearning Objectives: \nIn this webinar we will:\n1. Identify at least one social and emotional challenge faced by individuals during middle childhood (6-12 years old) relating to issues of transition\, grief\, and loss.\n2. Gain an introductory understanding of the potential of artistic expression to support youth social and emotional development.\n3. Describe at least one principle of art-based work and its effectiveness in addressing emotional regulation\, identity formation\, and relational dynamics.\n4. 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Her direct service experience with children and youth at an urban residential mental health facility sparked her realization of the transformative power of engaging young individuals through the creative process. Specializing in Expressive Arts Therapy\, Felicia is passionate about its ability to facilitate emotional exploration beyond verbal communication\, catering to individuals of all artistic levels.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][nectar_btn size=”jumbo” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”Continuing Education” url=”https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eyrHHPWxQMGNoai”][vc_column_text]\n\nCertified Family Life Educators: This webinar has been approved for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the National Council on Family Relations Eligibility for CE credit will close on 4/18/27\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar has been approved for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Eligibility for CE credit will close on 4/18/26\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists:  This webinar has been approved for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. 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