The solution to long-term success - by patrollers for patrollers

A patroller's health and well-being are crucial in making clear-headed choices on and off the hill. Unfortunately, over time, a patroller might be exposed to hundreds of unforeseen events that may impact our health and well-being and alter our decision-making. As patrollers, we can maintain optimal health and regain our well-being after traumatic events by implementing coping techniques. These techniques include self-hypnosis, EFT Tapping, and exercises to calm the nervous system. Additional skills, such as recognizing the different mental states and non-verbal to verbal communication cues, how to create rapport, calibrating, and self-assessing, are all taught in this S&W Fundamentals

Wellness balances a person's physical, social, spiritual, emotional, intellectual, environmental, and occupational well-being. Achieving this balance and maintaining a balanced lifestyle helps as a preventative measure for dealing with our traumatic experiences on and off the hill. Mastering these skills empowers us as a patroller to live a balanced life and to make life-saving decisions from a place of clarity.

Head Start
Our brain is a complex organ that controls memory, thought, emotions, temperature, touch, vision, breathing, hunger, motor skills, and every process that regulates our body. A healthy functioning brain and nervous system give us the advantage on the hill. This program uses a brain-based approach to create fast and effective changes.

Head Strong
Headstrong is about maintaining good daily habits that promote long-term health, well-being, and performance-being; headstrong means sustaining the ability to make decisions from a place of nimbleness and intelligence for clear-headed choices on and off the hill.

The Three E's system is a step-by-step roadmap to feeling mentally strong and ready to take on any challenge.

Education is the foundation for A Good Assessment (AGA), understanding communication, and understanding what adjustments are effective to improve one's health and well-being.

Engagement is a vital component of rapport, effective communication, and self-care.

Empowerment through skills gives one the confidence and the ability to access choices to make positive changes.

The Wellness Fundamentals include:

A Good Assessment Skills:

• Self Awareness: Calibration card, a tool to assess your feelings and mental state.

• Perception: The process of interpreting information from our senses.

• Stressors: Events or situations that cause stress in our lives.

Communication Skills:

• Interpersonal Communication: Abilities that help us exchange information, ideas, feelings, or needs with others effectively. The Question "How are you?": A question that can hurt or help another patroller, depending on how you answer it.

Coping Skills:

• Breathing skills: skills that use our breath to calm our nervous system and achieve balance.

• For Coping Skill information go