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ResiliencyWarrior Resilience & Thriving
Chaplain Keith Andrewswww.chaplainandrews.com
Task Force RamPresentation Adapted from Warrior Resilience & Thriving (WRT)
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Thriving Through, Not Only Surviving
Your Combat Deployment to
Return with Honor
Resiliency
Insight # 1
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Expect and Prepare for
Adversity and Hardship
Resilient Character
Components
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Endurance
Resiliency
Character
Thriving
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Hardiness:Victory is not always external, but always internal.
Resiliency
Insight # 2
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Combat Operational Stress
and Reactions are Much More
Common Than PTSD
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20%
70%
met criteria for,
Depression
Anxiety, or PTSD,
(2003&2007)
will experience
some Combat
Operational
Stress
Resiliency
Insight # 3
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Adversity and Hardship Can
Strengthen our Character and
Build Resiliency
Think like a
Classical Warrior13
“Learning lessons in the school of
life is the antidote to feeling
victimized.”
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Five Responses to
Coping with Crisis
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1.Kindling
2.Suffering
3.Surviving
Ineffective Therapy Focus
4.Resilience
5.Thriving
Warrior Goals
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Resiliency results from
self-motivated, self-
managed learning
Resiliency
Insight # 4
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Warrior Ethos is Founded
on Character, Virtue and
Personal Discipline
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The Warrior Ethos refers to the professional attitudes and beliefs that characterize the American Soldier.
--FM 6-22 Army Leadership
Resiliency
Insight # 5
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Applying Insights of the Stoics and Self-coaching can Manage Combat, Operational, Team and Relationship Stress
The Stoic Warriors22
Will and Moral Purpose
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Rationality
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Adaptive Emotions
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RightActions
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• Activating Event
• Beliefs
• Consequences
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Warrior Self-coaching
Challenging
Irrational Beliefs28
Replacing
Irrational
Beliefs
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It is critical for leaders to remain
calm under pressure and
expend energy on things they
can positively influence and not
worry about things they cannot
affect. --FM 6-22 Army Leadership
Resiliency
Insight # 6
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Rationality Must be Practiced Daily To Defeat the “Internal Insurgents”
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Beware of the
INTERNAL
INSURGENTS
Where Resiliency, Thriving and
Post Traumatic Growth Reside:
Suicide is not an Option
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A
ASK
CARE
ESCORT
A
Resiliency
Insight # 7
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Resilient Families and Teams that Can Thrive Through Combat Deployments, Hardship and Adversity
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Distribute work fairly
and lead by personal example
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Tell the truth as they see it
Develop and share a family vision to
Preserve Family cohesion and pride38
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Connect, Clarify and Commit to what
is really important
Chaplain Keith Andrews
Task Force Ram
www.chaplainandrews.com