Resilience Trainings 2023
In person and Online options for May, June and September
Hello friends,
Today I’d like to let you know about some upcoming Resilience trainings that a co-trainer and I are offering, both in person (Northern Ireland) and online.
I took the training in the Community Resilience Model® (developed by the Trauma Resource Institute in the US) literally one week before the pandemic shut down the world, and since then the concept of “resilience” has offered me hope that we would not only get through the challenges life presents us, but perhaps even develop different skills, grow into wiser human beings, and learn to flourish in a whole new way.
This propelled me to record an album during the Summer of 2020, because making music gave me joy and life even when the world seemed to be falling apart.
This inspired me to reach out to others in intentional conversation on how the Psalms lift our spirits in difficult times, as I developed the Psalms for the Spirit podcast.
It led me to start this newsletter/online community, Bless My Feet, to explore how spirituality connects with and enriches and enlivens our daily walk.
If you’re interested in learning the Community Resilience Model (CRM)® framework and applying it to your lines of work, communities, and personal lives, I can tell you that it’s a truly enriching and, to use a word I love, life-giving training. The co-trainer, Sara Cook, has been teaching CRM globally for the past six years, and is SO good at what she does. I feel lucky to be working alongside her. Some of you might have heard her in Psalms for the Spirit Ep. 2: Holding the Adversity and the Joy.
Here is a blurb about the CRM trainings:
The past few years have revealed how important it is to have skills for resilience to handle the stresses of daily life. The Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® is a training developed by the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI) that has been used around the world to foster wellness and resilience skills to help individuals and communities cope – and even find ways to flourish – in the face daily individual or collective stress or trauma. This training offers an intensive CRM training and will provide a sense of personal wellbeing as well as tools that can be taken back to your own communities and workplaces. CRM is a globally recognized training that can be applied to many fields, and is particularly beneficial for those in the caring professions who need to be able to support themselves and the people they serve.
If this sounds appealing, or if it seems like something that would benefit your work or personal life (or both!), please respond to this email or contact me at revkiran@gmail.com to find out more about costs, timings, etc. If your workplace funds professional trainings, it might be worth presenting this to them to cover. A heads up that this is a secular training, so it applies to many different communities and professions - but one of the reasons I like it is that it draws on spirituality as one of the resources for resilience.
Dates and Locations:
22-23 May (Mon-Tues) - Belfast (East Belfast)
9-10 June (Fri-Sat) - Online (these sessions will suit UK/Ireland and North American time zones)
25-27 Sept (Mon-Wed) Corrymeela (residential)
For more information, simply respond to this email or contact me at revkiran@gmail.com, and I’ll send it out to you.
Have a life-giving weekend,
Kiran
