Building Resilience: Strategies for Personal Well-Being
This eeWEBINAR took place on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, 2:00–3:00 PM ET
Drawing from a decade of experience supporting conservation professionals, Dr. Vik Mohan, a practicing physician and resilience expert, shares evidence-based approaches for thriving in a changing world. This interactive session offers practical tools for navigating workplace challenges, understanding stress responses, and cultivating sustainable support systems. Dr. Mohan combines his medical expertise with real-world insights to help participants develop strategies for maintaining energy and focus while pursuing meaningful and important work.
In this session, Vik shares:
- Evidence-based techniques for managing change, uncertainty, stress, and overwhelm
- Tools and suggestions for coping with current challenges, and for taking positive action in support of our goals and our own well-being
- Concrete steps to maintain motivation and purpose in demanding roles
- Methods for building and strengthening support networks
- Ideas to enable us to think differently about and feel more empowered to tackle the challenges we face
Additional resources:
Telephone and crisis support lines
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline – Call or text 988 for 24/7 support
- Crisis Text Line – Text HELLO to 741741 for free emotional support
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) – Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) for mental health resources
Mental Health & Wellbeing Apps
- Headspace – Guided meditation, mindfulness, and stress reduction
- Calm – Sleep stories, relaxation techniques, and meditation
- Insight Timer – Free meditation and mindfulness app with many guided sessions
- Sanvello – CBT-based app for stress, anxiety, and depression (some free features)
A few web resources
- https://actionforhappiness.org/10-keys
- https://self-compassion.org/
- https://positivepsychology.com/what-is-positive-psychology-definition/
Speaker:
Dr. Vik Mohan
Dr. Vik Mohan is a practicing physician in the UK, a storyteller, a teacher, and a conservationist. For twenty years he has worked to integrate health services with community-based marine conservation initiatives, for the benefit of people and planet. Drawing upon his expertise as a doctor and his experience as a conservation leader he now also works to support the well-being of frontline conservationists and conservation leaders. He is a passionate advocate for rights-based community conservation; the rights of communities, the rights of nature, and the rights of conservationists.
If you would like to stay connected with Vik, he can be reached through this LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/drvikmohan/.
This webinar is brought to you by ee360+.
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