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Wellbeing resources

Fortem places high importance on connecting the first responder community to accessible, quality, and relevant information that can promote insight, reflection, and help-seeking.

With over 60 years of combined clinical experience, our subject matter experts couple real world knowledge, plain language explanation and first responder-specific clinical application with lived experience that is embedded within Fortem.

The aim of the resources is to empower the first responder community – personnel and family members – with information that is research-informed and that works to highlight and/or normalise the experiences of first responder life and its challenges.

If reading one of our resources triggers thoughts of suicide or vulnerability and you need professional support, please reach out to Lifeline (13 11 14), Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636) or Fortem’s Clinical Services (1300 33 95 94).

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Eat well when you work night shifts

Exercise for stress relief

Eat well when your partner works night shifts

Movement for resilience

Supporting children through trauma

How (and why) to talk about suicide

Support a first responder who is struggling

Building healthy sleep habits

How to practise gratitude

Keeping yourself safe from suicide

Dealing with uncertainty

Identity and career transition

Supporting yourself through stress and burnout

Understanding PTSD

How to support someone with PTSD

Create a self-care plan

Ways to repair and recharge from the stress of COVID-19

Impact of COVID-19 on first responders

Imposter Syndrome: Understanding and taming feelings of self-doubt

Shift work and daily routines: The balancing act

Critical events: recognising and managing the impacts – a guide for first responders

Journey to balance: Michelle McKenzie’s letters

Mental health PPE

Critical events: recognising and managing the impacts – a guide for family members

Mental Health PPE for Families

Psychological hazard reduction for first responders and their families

Minimising mental ill-health associated with physical injury

Understanding Trauma

Beyond Brave Summit

Navigating Distress: SUDS and Cues

Understanding Triggers

The 4 R’s for First Responding

Understanding Emotions

Sleep for Custodial Officers

The Custodial Officers’ Food for Fuel

6-Week Movement Program for Wellbeing

Validating Children’s Emotions

Understanding Fight, Flight, Freeze

Slowing the Mind Before Bed

Career Management Workbook

Values: What Matters to me

Stigma and support-seeking

Understanding and Managing Stress in an Unpredictable Environment

Transition Between Work and Home