Resiliency & Readiness Institute

Holistic Models & Practices to Develop Resilience, Readiness & Well-Being

Principled Story – A Resiliency Quotient

The Power of an Overcoming, Resilient, and Re-Storied Life!

An exploration of how leaders deal with and overcome traumatic events and major setbacks is crucial to developing holistic models & practices of resilience and well-being. Principled Story – A Resiliency Quotient is based on an integrated model that pulls together the four disciplines of narrative story integration (NSI), biblical narrative theology (BNT), leadership development theory (LDT), and attribution psychological theory (APT). These four taken together help leaders deal with and overcome traumatic events. Leaders overcome by restorying their lives through the process of retelling their story, remembering a greater story (God’s), and responding to the stories of others. A synopsis of extensive research and practice reveals an integrated model that provides a foundational approach for overcoming and resiliency that includes 8 main movements (retell, remember, respond, retrain, reframe, resist, realize, and restory) and 8 conjunctive or connective elements (recognize, resolve, repent, redesign, restore, return, reconcile, and rejoice). The result is 8 Axioms for helping leaders have an Overcoming, Resilient, and Re-Storied Life!

Moral Injury - A Handbook for Military Chaplains

Moral Injury (MI) is a term used to describe a constellation of persistent symptoms that result from transgressing moral and ethical boundaries. This is a condition that often occurs in the setting of severe trauma, affecting the perpetrator, the observer, the victim, or all three. MI involves painful and often disabling emotions that are manifested by psychological, spiritual, and religious symptoms. There is some overlap in symptoms with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which MI often occurs alongside of -- yet there is growing evidence that these two conditions are distinct, both of which need treatment. Failure to recognize this may result in protracted and unsuccessful treatments for PTSD.

We believe that military chaplains are those best suited to address MI among active-duty Service Members, in terms of prevention, identification, and treatment. In this book, we provide information for military chaplains about the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of MI that will be particularly helpful in preparing them for this critical responsibility. We believe that the readiness of our warriors for combat operations is dependent on the role that military chaplains play in this regard. MORAL INJURY: A HANDBOOK FOR MILITARY CHAPLAINS, extensively referenced and scientifically grounded on the latest research, is designed to equip chaplains with the knowledge and tools that they will need to accomplish this mission.

Spiritual Readiness - Essentials for Military Leaders and Chaplains

Although plenty of emphasis has been placed on military readiness (munitions platforms and technology), there has been much less attention paid to the readiness of military personnel themselves –called “warrior readiness.” In addition, there is an aspect of warrior readiness that has been almost completely ignored in the training of military personnel, and that is “Spiritual Readiness.” Spiritual readiness (SR) is the strength of spirit that enables the warfighter to accomplish the mission with honor. Maintaining SR is essential for members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their allies in order to keep the peace and, when necessary, win wars. This is of particular concern since SR influences all other aspects of warrior readiness – psychological, social, behavioral, and physical. Intended for military leaders, military chaplains, and VA chaplains, this book reviews concerns about warrior readiness based on recent events in various branches of the U.S. military. These concerns are underscored by widespread reports of mental health problems and lack of psychological, social, and behavioral fitness. The book provides several definitions of SR that are relevant for military settings and then discusses how to measure it.

Getting There, Living Here

The Key to Satisfaction and Success

Getting There, Living Here is about creating coaching environments and processes where individuals can thrive. These environments move people towards being psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually committed to their calling, roles, and performance. It enables a person to learn to love the journey as much as the destination, realize the ‘best version of themself,’ and be fully engaged in both the workplace and at play. The key to satisfaction and success is a process where a coach helps you move forward towards a destination through the exploration of ideas and candid dialogue. This approach is performance-oriented, solution-focused; goal-directed and designed to help achieve measurable results.

Reigniting hope in our heroes.

Heroes are suffering. Families are paying the price.
This must change.

Reignite Heroes is an Initiative focused on raising awareness and bringing understanding to the invisible struggles that military service members, veterans, and their families face as a result of protecting our nation, defending our freedom, and when returning home from battle.