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Below please see information on a webinar series by the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) on workplace wellness and mental health support in the workplace.

These webinars are intended for any Michigan employer/employee.

They are FREE and recordings are also freely available.

Take care,

Clare

Clare D. Membiela, MLS, J.D.

Library Law Consultant

Library of Michigan

MembielaC@michigan.gov

517-335-8132

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Toxic Stress, Resilience and Workplace Culture

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Creating Healthier, Trauma-Informed Workplaces

A Three-Part Series on Toxic Stress, Resilience and Workplace Culture

This three-part webinar series explores how toxic stress and trauma affect individuals and workplaces— and what organizations and employees can do to respond in healthier, more supportive ways.

Participants will learn how stress and trauma impact the brain and behavior at work, gain practical tools to build regulation and resilience for themselves and their colleagues and explore actionable frameworks for creating workplace cultures that reduce toxic stress and support mental wellbeing.

Episode 1 Recoding is Available: Understanding How Toxic Stress and Trauma Affect Us at Work

Toxic stress and trauma responses are normal automatic responses to the abnormal stressors many of us are feeling at home, work, economically and societally. This webinar highlighted the prevalence and impact of toxic stress and trauma. It covered the basics of the brain science of how toxic stress and trauma affect us at work, whether they are brought in from our personal lives or caused at work.

Save the Dates for the Next Episodes: Feb. 18 and March 18

Episode 2: Strengthening Regulation and Resilience for Ourselves and with Our Colleagues

This episode will share concrete self-regulation techniques and resilience-building tools that can be used personally to help mitigate toxic stress and trauma responses and behaviors. It also will review practices to support your colleagues and staff with co-regulation practices and collective care to create a healthier and more productive workplace culture for all.

Thursday, Feb. 18

2-2:30 p.m.

Join Via Microsoft Teams

Episode 3: Cultivating Workplace Cultures that are Trauma-Informed and Reduce Toxic Stress

The final episode in this series will review a framework any organization can use to cultivate a mentally healthier workplace culture that helps to mitigate toxic stress and grow as a trauma-informed organization.

Thursday, March 18

2-2:30 p.m.

Join Via Microsoft Teams

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