Wellness & Self-Care Toolkit

Wellness and Self-Care for Your Team

Self, Staff Team, Client Families: How They All Matter (Marguerite Ham)

Slides (PDF)
10 Rules for the Ride of Your Life (PDF)
Mindfulness Exercises You Can Do Every Day (PDF)
Crucial Conversations (PDF)
Cultivating Mindfulness (PDF)

“The Challenge of Caring” Pie Chart Your Life (Courtesy of Dr. Davana Pilczuk)

Handout (PDF)

Success and Stress: A Different but More Effective Way to View Both (Dr. Davana Pilczuk, PhD)

Audio Recording (MP3)
Slides (PPT)
Handout 1: Four Horsemen Student Guide (PDF)
Handout 2: Sleep Worksheet (PDF)
Handout 3: Multitasking Test (PDF)

Free Mindfulness Apps Worthy of Your Attention (Mindful.org)

Creating a Championship Mindset for Your Staff Team (Dr. Gregory Dale)

Nine Steps to a Sustainable Workplace Wellness Program (Ragan Communications)

Building Emotional Resistance Begins by Understanding Your Purpose and Appreciating Your Challenges (The Bulletin)

Resolving Conflict Through Effective Communication (The Bulletin)

A Better Way of Looking at Stress and Business Performance (The Bulletin)

Got EQ? (Marguerite Ham)

Mindset is a Choice! (Marguerite Ham)

The Difference Between Coaching, Leading and Managing (Marguerite Ham)

Self-Compassion Will Make You a Better Leader (Harvard Business Review)

Understanding Compassion Fatigue (Good Therapy)

Wellness and Self-Care for Families

How the Family Manages Traumatic Loss (Dr. Bill and Debbie Hoy)

Audio Recording (MP3)
Handout (PDF)

When You Are Called to Care: A Humorous Guide to Surviving Yourself as a Giver (Karyn Ruth White)

Audio Recording (MP3)
Handout (PDF)

What Makes a Great Life (Eileen O'Grady)

Slides (PDF)
Handout (PDF)

Self-Care Resources (On Target Living)

Self-Care Handbook: Caring for Families & Caring for Yourself (Dr. Alan Wolfelt)

Use this handbook to explore effective self-care techniques, specially designed to help funeral service professionals maintain a healthy work/life balance and prevent burnout.

The handbook features tips, guidance, quizzes and journaling prompts that use proven methods to help funeral service professionals:

Evaluate experiences, thoughts, and feelings
Manage stress
Navigate a path to self-care
Uncover a deeper sense of self-understanding

Click here to download the handbook.

Funeral Service & Stress: Caring for Yourself While You Care for Those You Serve (Dr. Alan Wolfelt — Hosted by Batesville)

Grief Therapy Dogs Help Families in Ways Humans Can't (The Bulletin)

Wellness, Self-Care & Inspiration During Crisis

Mindful Moment: How to Meditate (Marguerite Ham)
Going Through a COVID Depression (The Bulletin)
How is isolation affecting your employees during COVID-19? (Ragan Wellness)
Acknowledging and Dealing with Burnout (Dr. Davana Pilczuk, PhD)
How COVID-19 is Making Us Better Funeral Professionals (Funeral Directors Life)
Simple Self-Care Practices to Balance Your Work and Life (Chelsea Hanson)
Grief and social distancing: How Indiana funeral homes are helping families seek closure. An article and interview with Dr. Alan Wolfelt (IndyStar)
An interesting historical review of the 1918 flu pandemic and how it affected the funeral profession. (Todd Van Beck)
Emotional Intelligence: A Pandemic and Isolation Coping Tool (Chicago Executive Coaching)
COVID-19 Self-Isolating Tips
COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring Tips
A Little Levity in the Time of Crisis (Ron Culberson):
Funny/Interesting Videos
Articles and Audio Interviews
Recommended Reading List
Blog
The Drive-In Funeral: Celebrating a Life in an Era of Social Distancing (Dan Madden | Stark Memorial)
TED Connects: Community and Hope — TED Talks are always a great resource for information. Check out this episode of TED Connects, featuring Chris Anderson, head of TED, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as they discuss Community & Hope.
Be the Calm in the Storm: Inspirational Video (Marguerite Ham)
Video to Inspire Positivity Within a Community (Glenn Funeral Home)
Combat Coronavirus Anxiety (Muse.com)
10 Ways to Cultivate Kindness While Social Distancing (PDF) (Linda Cohen Consulting)

Courtesy of Dr. Alan Wolfelt — Center of Loss and Life Transition:

Coping with Your Grief over the Uvalde Murders
Sorry for Your Loss, Now Get Back to Work (Published in The Atlantic)
Waking Up to Gratitude (PDF) (Published in The Director)
Walking the Wilderness Together (PDF)
Touch Starvation: How to Make up for the Loss of Touch
The Loss of Human Touch During Pandemic
Five Pillars of Self-Care
Tell Me How to Grieve (PDF)
Nurturing Hope in Difficult Times (PDF)
When One Funeral Is Not Enough (PDF)
The Seesaw of Resilience and Vulnerability (PDF)
Funeral Directors, We Need You! |The Five Pillars of Basic Self-Care During the Coronavirus Pandemic (PDF)
How to Reframe the Difficult COVID-19 Lockdown Period as an Opportunity

Courtesy of Dr. Davana Pilczuk, PhD — The Human Performance Group LLC: