Self-care and Wellness

Issued by Northeastern University

In the Lifelong Learning: On-Demand, Recognizing and Mitigating Trauma for Personal Holistic Well-being and Professional Practice, earners were introduced to developing practices and skills to mitigate their own cumulative stress and trauma, with skills to build resilience sustainably. Gained metacognitive insight into their own triggers, coping mechanisms, their potential origins, which can inform them how best to strategically channel their self-awareness into empathy. This is a level 1 badge.

Skills

Earning Criteria

Examined their own trauma experiences (Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), personal, cumulative, and vicarious) and consider how these influence their personal and professional efficacy (triggers and response)
Identified both adaptive and maladaptive responses, and analyzed effective versus less effective response patterns on this continuum, focusing awareness on their own patterns
Considered effective and holistic coping strategies, and created a personal plan to implement responsive, adaptive strategies for personal and professional practice