Count watching just one as a small step 
toward improving your resilience.

Making Changes and Achieving Your Goals

Christine Carter: The 1-minute secret to forming a new habit. Judson Brewer: A simple way to break a bad habit.

Stress Explanations

Madhumita Murgia: How stress affects your brain.

Emotions are controlled by your brain

Lisa Feldman Barrett: You are not at the mercy of your emotions.

Combatting the negativity bias:

Improving Positive Thinking – Alison Ledgerwood https://www.ted.com/talks/alison_ledgerwood_a_simple_trick_to_improve_positive_thinking

 

How our Brains Work – full video segment.

Part of this video was watched in class.

Something to Try

10 days of positive thinking – a TED Talk series. A fun, uplifting challenge: For the next 10 days, watch one TED Talk from this list to shift yourself into a life of positive thinking. https://www.ted.com/playlists/673/10_days_of_positive_thinking

The value of gratitude

Andrea Driessen: The Profound Power of Gratitude and Living Eulogies Christina Costa: How gratitude rewires your brain

Sleep

Shai Marcu: The benefits of a good night’s sleep. Jen Gunter:  Do you really need 8 hours of sleep every night?  Matt Walker: Sleep is your superpower

Making repairs in relationships – especially with children

Becky Kennedy: The single Most Important Parenting Strategy

Listening Skills

Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better:

Fun

Catherine Price: Why fun is the secret to a healthier life

Three Secrets of Resilient People

Lucy Hone: 3 secrets of resilient people

Food and Nutrition

How the food you eat affects your brain. How Sugar Affects Your Brain

Related Reading Material

Forgiveness:  Your Health Depends on It What Does it Really Take to Build a New Habit? Chart of PBA Course Author’s Suggested Supplementary Reading Materials The following table contains the links to readings suggested by the course author.  Unfortunately we can’t control when the websites might change the URL to access them.  A search of the title may yield a new link if the one below happens to be outdated.

Module	Article/Title	Link
1	When Disaster Strikes: Inside Disaster Psychology | entire George Everly, Jr., PhD blog. Psychology Today	https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/when-disaster-strikes-inside-disaster-psychology
1	Worth Magazine – Worth Beyond Wealth Articles by George Everly, Jr., PhD	https://www.worth.com/geverly/
1	CISM Books	https://CISMbookstore.com
2	Wellness: Promoting Optimum Health Through the Workplace | Psychology Today	https://www.psychologytoday.com/sg/blog/when-disaster-strikes-inside-disaster-psychology/201907/wellness-promoting-optimum-health
2	Validation of Psychological Body Armor™	https://www.crisisjournal.org/article/10270-an-exploratory-study-on-psychological-body-armor
2	Expanding Mental Healthcare Using Psychological first Aid	https://www.crisisjournal.org/article/12297-psychological-first-aid-pfa-to-expand-mental-health-support-and-foster-resiliency-in-underserved-and-access-compromised-areas
2	Novel Ways of Educating Children about Stress and Mental Health	https://www.crisisjournal.org/article/11204-fairytales-a-novel-way-of-educating-children-about-psychological-health
2	Psychological First Aid	https://www.crisisjournal.org/article/7805-content-validation-of-the-johns-hopkins-model-of-psychological-first-aid-rapid-pfa-expanded-curriculum
2	Resilient Leadership	https://www.crisisjournal.org/article/13322-resilient-leadership-a-partial-replication-and-construct-validation
2	Disasters of Uncertainty| Psychology Today	https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/when-disaster-strikes-inside-disaster-psychology/202004/disasters-uncertainty
2	The Pandemic Endangers Marriages| Psychology Today	https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/when-disaster-strikes-inside-disaster-psychology/202005/the-pandemic-endangers-marriages-and
2	The Pandemic Will Change Everything | Psychology Today	https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/when-disaster-strikes-inside-disaster-psychology/202004/the-pandemic-will-change-everything
2	Social Stigma, Bullying, and the Pandemic | Psychology Today	https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/when-disaster-strikes-inside-disaster-psychology/202003/social-stigma-bullying-and-the-pandemic
2	Psychology of Viral Pandemic: What We Need to Know and Do | Psychology Today	https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/when-disaster-strikes-inside-disaster-psychology/202003/psychology-viral-pandemic-what-we-need
3	Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions	https://www.worth.com/why-smart-people-make-bad-decisions-why-its-hard-to-learn-from-our-mistakes/
7	Toxic People: How to Recognize and Avoid Them | Psychology Today	https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/when-disaster-strikes-inside-disaster-psychology/201911/toxic-people-how-recognize-and-avoid
7	How to Pull Away from Toxic People, and Who to Replace Them With | Psychology Today	https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/when-disaster-strikes-inside-disaster-psychology/201911/how-pull-away-toxic-people-and-who
7	The Civility Deficit | Psychology Today	https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/when-disaster-strikes-inside-disaster-psychology/201909/the-civility-deficit
7	Building Supportive Relationships | Psychology Today	https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/when-disaster-strikes-inside-disaster-psychology/201812/building-supportive-relationships
7	Finding a Personal Mentor | Psychology Today	https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/when-disaster-strikes-inside-disaster-psychology/201905/finding-personal-mentor
8	When horror and loss intersect: traumatic experiences and traumatic bereavement	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11089-009-0262-2
9	How to Make a Real Difference	https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/when-disaster-strikes-inside-disaster-psychology/202106/how-make-real-difference