DEFINE CLARION PROFESSIONAL
When this happens, remember that you are not the first professional to start this fire. There will always be those who accuse you of being too visionary and be overly cynical about the potential for successfully creating a new culture or a new landscape.Through patience and persistence, we make progress. The first thing I want to charge you with is not to get caught up in losses-just like a fire that is shaping the landscape, real victories can be forged in imperfection. Just because it looks like you’re down to your last embers does not mean your fire can’t be stoked back to life. Just because your fire is burning brightly today does not mean that your journey is over. When you are trying to create and maintain a movement, there are many ups and downs. The movement has begun, and the spark that you created is already fueling change. Start the fire – Check this off the list.What does fighting fire with fire look like for wellness professionals? That’s the question I’d like to answer. Stay with me, because this next part is very, very important. Still tracking with the analogy? We’re only halfway done. We have the power to turn the heat up on health so that our world doesn’t burn down around us. As wellness professionals, we are tasked with reshaping our terrain and creating new cultures and climates for healthier organizations and communities. As an example, Native Americans once used the controlled burning of forests every one to three years to create grasslands and promote more diverse habitats that would ultimately bring them more stability and security.Īnd now it’s our turn. You know, all the things we were tasked with before the pandemic even started.Īfter all, fire can be a violently destructive force, or it can positively re-define our reality. In the case of the flames we face, stopping the spread involves reducing access to anxiety and stress, unsupportive workplace cultures, unhealthy lifestyle choices, and poorly managed diseases. Firefighters can accomplish this by setting a controlled burn or through explosives. If you want to stop it, you have to rob it of both of these resources.
As you may know, fire requires oxygen and fuel (i.e. There actually are scenarios where fire is used to combat another fire. You’ve heard that saying before, I’m sure. How do we respond to this unmitigated blaze? It’s simple. You don’t need stats to understand this truth. This pandemic has scorched the emotional, physical, social, and financial well-being of our workforces.
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