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Since 2017 Minding the Badge™ has been one of the leading developers of mental health curriculum for public safety professionals. Our team of contributors has more than 50 years of combined experience in clinical trauma therapy and first responder culture, but, perhaps more importantly, all of us share a common bond—a journey to find healing and happiness in the aftermath of terrible trauma, and the passion to teach others the solutions that we found most valuable in our own victories.
Minding the Badge™ is known for its focus on “preemptive resiliency,” which relies on methods of self-assessment and self-regulation that reach cognitive areas of the brain where anxiety, addiction, and trauma are embedded. Rather than waiting for the inevitable trauma and stress that comes with public safety careers, preemptive resiliency conditions the brain and nervous system to react differently to trauma—thereby reducing its effects or avoiding them altogether. Minding the Badge™ builds a foundation of “solution-oriented” methods that bring the focus of solutions to the prefrontal cortex, rather than allowing the amygdala to hijack the mind. These highly effective strategies rely upon what is called Neuroplasticity, which is the ability to create new neural pathways, while defusing previous harmful pathways. Over time, the cognitive areas of the brain heal and the results are actually visible on specialized brain scans.
The results are also visible in the lives that heal.
These preemptive strategies are a theme throughout our curriculum and is the key to what makes Minding the Badge™ training impactful. The most effective suicide intervention is a preemptive one, just as the most effective way to reduce post-trauma is pre-trauma training. We exercise our body to become more resilient physically, so why aren't we exercising our brain to become more resilient mentally?
The reason is because most people don't know how--they lack the training on what works, what doesn't, and how to learn to use it in their own life. This leads to a culture of public safety where mental health provisions really just come down to damage control, instead of damage prevention, and the people that are tasked with helping their peers are often untrained to help themselves.
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