The Process of Learning Resilience
Life is an exercise in managing stress. Every day we are faced with barriers, some small and some large. In the work R3 Continuum does, I am routinely in awe of how often people succeed in the face of seemingly insurmountable stressors. Resilience is a commonly used term, mostly as a thing — as in, “Sarah is […]
Resilience is a Verb
We hear lots of talk on resilience these days – developing resilience, qualities of resilience, raising resilient kids, and of course examples of resiliency. Often resilience is spoken of as a “thing,” a “quality,” or a “state” one enters, and it can take on a magical sort of essence. How do I get that, how […]
The Contagion Effect of Mass Shootings
Ironic as it sounds in the United States, we’ve seen a burst of mass shootings and attacks in the past few months. Since June of this year we’ve seen 6 such attacks: The media covers these events and their rapid succession with shock and surprise. Yet, those of us in the threat management and forensic […]
Concierge Services as Preventative Mental Health for Executives
In the last decade, we’ve seen high-profile cases that highlight the need for organizations to be prepared to deal with mental health issues among executives. In these circumstances, both the privacy of the individual and the protection of the business are the key considerations. For example, in November of 2011, shares in Lloyds TSB, one […]
Preventing Workplace Violence: Warning Signs of Predatory Violence
Although still a rare occurrence, the frequency of active attacker scenarios has increased in the past decade. Since the beginning of 2017 alone, there have been at least eight high profile incidents of workplace shootings. In this current environment, employers need to take a more proactive approach to ensuring the safety of their employees. An […]
Suicide Prevention: Protective Factors and Interventions
Given the unfortunate prevalence of suicide, and our inability to accurately predict who is going to engage in suicidal behavior, today we focus on what we can do. We focus on the positive. What are protective factors against suicidal behaviors and what can be done to mitigate some risk factors? Protective Factors Research has demonstrated that there […]
Suicide Prevention: Risk Factors
As we come out of September, National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and into October, Depression Awareness Month, it seems like the right time to talk about this powerful issue. Suicide is the number one cause of death globally1 and takes almost one million lives per year2, 3. The chances are that the vast majority of us […]
Suicide: Prevention, not Prediction
Most of us have been affected by suicide in some way. Whether we lost a mom or dad, a brother or sister, a significant other, a friend, a neighbor, a co-worker, or the lady who used to cut your hair; the majority of us have known someone who has taken their own life. There’s a […]
Employer Leadership in Disaster Recovery and the Power of Return-to-Work
R3 Continuum’s Jeff Gorter, LMSW, was recently quoted in an article by Carrier Management titled: “Employer Leadership in Disaster Recovery and the Power of Return-to-Work.” The article discusses the unique role business leaders play after a disaster in helping their employees recover, return to work and return to life. Follow the link below to read the article: […]
