A Forward-Facing® Approach to Optimal Performance Host: J. Eric Gentry, PhD 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭: https://forward-facing.com/event/forward-facing-face-to-face-an-approach-to-optimal-performance-2/ When I was 11 years old, I tried out for junior league baseball. I did not make the team. It was devastating for me because I had played first string catcher and batted third in the lineup since I was eight. However, the tryouts were held the...

A Forward-Facing Approach to Optimal Performance When I was 11 years old, I tried out for junior league baseball. I did not make the team. It was devastating for me because I had played first string catcher and batted third in the lineup since I was eight. However, the tryouts were held the year after my parents had finalized an acrimonious divorce and I was bounced between my two parents multiple times during that year. During the tryouts, I was in the outfield and one of the coaches hit a...

Are you struggling to implement Forward-Facing principles and skills into your therapy and/or coaching practice? Do you have clients with whom you know Forward-Facing would be helpful but cannot seem to get it delivered to them in a way that is palatable? Are you unsure when and how to introduce Forward-Facing to your clients? Would you like some support and assistance practicing and mastering Forward-Facing in your own professional and personal lives? Would you like to develop a support...

🍃 Befriending your Nervous System, a non-clinical approach to achieving post-traumatic growth. 🍃 Hosts: Jenny Brackman and Emily Hedrick 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭: https://forward-facing.com/event/module-3-of-the-post-traumatic-growth-specialist/ Hope to see you there! ➡️ 4PM AZ | 5PM MT | 6PM CT | 7 PM ET

Tools for Hope will show you how to put your focus and energy where you have control and power— yourself! You will learn how to change your physical, emotional, perceptual and behavioral reactions into intentional efficient responses conducted inside a comfortable body. Sounds like magic? Well, it’s not. The resiliency skills you will learn are grounded in good science and are evidence-based. With these videos you will: Identify the true causes of stress in your personal and professional...

A Forward-Facing Approach to Optimal Performance When I was 11 years old, I tried out for junior league baseball. I did not make the team. It was devastating for me because I had played first string catcher and batted third in the lineup since I was eight. However, the tryouts were held the year after my parents had finalized an acrimonious divorce and I was bounced between my two parents multiple times during that year. During the tryouts, I was in the outfield and one of the coaches hit a...

Hey there, Have you been interested in Forward-Facing Professional Resilience? Or have you taken the course and want more? Dr. Gentry is offering a FREE Forward-Facing Professional Resilience Bonus Content Session and Q&A . Join him Sunday, April 24, 2022 from 4:30-6:00 (AZ Time). 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭:

Forward-Facing Professional Resilience : Prevention and Resolution of Burnout, Toxic Stress and Compassion Fatigue CONSULTING SERVICES FOR RESILIENCE & LEADERSHIP What you’ll learn Forward-facing professional resilience is the result of 20+ years of research and development in the area of burnout and compassion fatigue prevention. We have published nine empirical peer-reviewed studies that have demonstrated the skills in this workshop lessen the stress-related effects of care-giving and...

Join Dr. Gentry as he welcomes General Kathleen Flarity, PhD, DNP and Jeffrey “Jim” Dietz, MD for a one-hour conversation about professional resilience in the 21 st Century. The presentation is entirely free of charge. Dr. Kathleen Flarity, DNP, PhD, CEN, CFRN, FAEN, FAAN is the Deputy Director of the CU Anschutz Center for COMBAT (COmbat Medicine and BATtlefield) Research. Additionally, Brig Gen Flarity is the Mobilization Assistant to the Command Surgeon, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB,...

Forward-Facing Face to Face: Professional Resilience An Evening with Friends Tuesday, March 1, 2022 5:00 PM (PST) Join Dr. Gentry as he welcomes General Kathleen Flarity, PhD, DNP and Jeffrey “Jim” Dietz, MD for a one-hour conversation about professional resilience in the 21 st Century. The presentation is entirely free of charge. Dr. Kathleen Flarity, DNP, PhD, CEN, CFRN, FAEN, FAAN is the Deputy Director of the CU Anschutz Center for COMBAT (COmbat Medicine and BATtlefield) Research.

Forward-Facing Face to Face: Mission Statement, Vision and Code of Honor Join Dr. Gentry and Jenny Brackman for a opportunity to declare your Mission Statement, Vision and Code of Honor before witnesses in a supportive community. Over the holiday season we finalized our Documents of Intention and are excited to share them, as well as support anyone who would like to share theirs. Open to anyone! Join us Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 5:00pm Arizona Time for Forward-Facing Face to Face: Mission...

What if healing ACEs and preventing compassion fatigue and burnout were one in the same? This free webinar is designed for direct service providers (social workers, teachers, case managers, supervisors, behavior coaches, therapists) who work with marginalized communities suffering from the effects of ACES.

Forward-Facing Face to Face: Embodied Trauma-Informed Care Our bodies have the power to convince people we serve that we are trustworthy, but how? This workshop will equip professional caregivers to offer embodied trauma-informed care to traumatized communities by teaching them how to interrupt their threat response and offer cues of safety from a relaxed muscle body instead of cues of stress. Join us Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 5:00pm Arizona Time for 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞...

Forward-Facing Face2Face: Freedom Join us for an evening with Forward-Facing Freedom. Meet the authors as they share the secrets of healing your past, transforming your present, and creating a future on purpose. Opportunity to purchase discounted books, inscribed and signed by the authors.

Forward-Facing Freedom Healing the Past, Transforming the Present, A Future on Purpose The evidence is undeniable: toxic stress in our daily lives is wreaking havoc on our physical and mental health. Our relationships are suffering. Chronic illness has skyrocketed. Trauma is infiltrating our lives and being passed down within families and throughout generations. The research is clear—stress and anxiety are increasing exponentially for us. What would it mean for your life if you learned how...

Forward-Facing Face2Face: Overcome Toxic Stress by Hacking Your Nervous System This free short intensive webinar will give you the insight and tools to begin to rewire your anxious thoughts and emotions to live a life of self-regulation & intentionality. Most of these tools do not require a lot of time and just minimal effort, but should be done consistently to see lasting change. You will learn: Identify the true causes of stress in personal and professional life. Learn skills for...

Have you ever been snarky with a partner? Yelled at your kids? Lost it in rush hour traffic or when you couldn’t find your keys? Then you, my friend, have failed to self- regulate! No judgement here! Unfortunately, this is a skill we’ve never been taught and because of that...we see ourselves failing day in and day out. When we lose our cool, uncomfortable feelings come up and we start to feel shame, disconnection, guilt, or anger for our actions. We question ourselves and wonder who we...

By Jenny Brackman, Vice President of Forward-Facing Institute From Strangers to Safety Jenny’s experience in Forward-Facing Me I wrote this reflection in 2018, back when Eric Gentry was a relative stranger and I was just beginning my journey with self-regulation and intentionality. Since then I’ve had the privilege to lead dozens of people through these groups, and each time the experience has been just as magical. When I had the opportunity to participate in a small group using Eric...

Forward-Facing Face2Face: Overcome Toxic Stress by Hacking Your Nervous System This free short intensive webinar will give you the insight and tools to begin to rewire your anxious thoughts and emotions to live a life of self-regulation & intentionality. Most of these tools do not require a lot of time and just minimal effort, but should be done consistently to see lasting change. You will learn: Identify the true causes of stress in personal and professional life. Learn skills for...

What do you want to choose for your life? Being intentional gives you the power back. Want to learn from the Forward Facing Institute? Our next class, Forward Facing ME, is all about learning tools to self regulate thru difficulties and live a life according to your own intentional principles. This 7 week, live + online class offers powerful, personal transformation and provides hope and compassion for people in all walks of life. You are able to create the change in your life that you choose.

Thursday, July 29 from 5:00 – 6:00pm (Arizona Time) Forward-Facing® Face-to-Face: Optimizing Our Relationships (and Healing Our Attachment Trauma) This free short intensive webinar will give you the insight and tools to begin to gain traction in becoming the person you choose to be in all the relationships in your life. The more you are able to achieve and sustain intentional behavior in these relationships, the more you are diminishing the power that past trauma and painful experiences have...

Thursday, July 29 from 5:00 – 6:00pm (Arizona Time) Forward-Facing Face-to-Face: Optimizing Our Relationships (and Healing Our Attachment Trauma) This free short intensive webinar will give you the insight and tools to begin to gain traction in becoming the person you choose to be in all the relationships in your life. The more you are able to achieve and sustain intentional behavior in these relationships, the more you are diminishing the power that past trauma and painful experiences have...

Forward-Facing Face-to-Face: Optimizing Our Relationships (and Healing Our Attachment Trauma) Tuesday, June 22nd from 5:00 – 6:00pm (AZ Time) How frequently do you find yourself acting in ways that you do not like and that lower your self-respect within the important relationships of your life? How frequently do you fail to act in the ways that you want to act with these people? Would you like look back on your day and feel good about the way you behaved with the people you care...

CBT – Narrative Exposure Therapy The Heart and Soul of Trauma Memory Processing This course teaches licensed clinicians the knowledge and skills they need to integrate the safe and effective use of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy technique of Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) into their practice immediately following the completion of this course. This course thoroughly teaches the skills for utilizing NET to address symptoms of PTSD—specifically focusing upon ameliorating Criterion B:...

This article was originally posted on the Forward-Facing Institute Blog written by Pete Cargill. We are Dented Cans Dented cans are cast aside, although they are not broken. A dent is not the can’s fault, it did not decide to get dropped, or kicked, or mishandled. It just happened. The dent can’t be removed. The dent is on the outside of the can, it cannot be hidden or disguised. Some dents are bigger and more noticeable than others. The can could be rewrapped but the dent will remain. Even...

This article was originally posted on the Forward-Facing Institute Blog written by Rebekah Brown The Friend of Love - Resiliency My best friend is moving away. She’d been dropping hints for months, but I decided to retreat behind a wall of denial and hope for the best. The best was not to be. Ellen is moving, and there isn’t anything I can do about it. We had our share of joyous events over the time we had together. Once, a seafood company sent $300’s worth of prime, unreturnable Maryland...

There’s a NEW and DIFFERENT way for your clients to naturally and permanently heal from trauma in as little as four minutes a day.... Without them having to directly revisit past traumas… Which can often lead to overwhelming emotion and retraumatization. It’s called Ventral Vagal Integration. And it’s based on the breakthrough research from a world renowned traumatologist who has trained over 100,000 mental health professionals in the healing of traumatic stress. It’s very different from the...

The Stories We Tell Ourselves - Emotional Regulation My first grade year was the first time in my life I felt understood. I loved everything about school. The snacks, the smell of mimeographed worksheets, learning how to read and write, the playground, and most of all, I loved my teacher Mrs. King. She was the first adult I ever met who loved me back. As the school year drew to a close, I overheard my parents talking in the den. “I can’t stand the other second-grade teachers,” my mother...

Fight or flight and emotional regulation The desert of the Southwestern United States has a strange, stark beauty all its own. Gorgeous sunsets, rock formations and deep canyons accented with spiky cactus resemble another world. If you grew up back east like I did, your previous experience with plant life will be of no use. I once asked a friend if I could dig up some of her innocently named “bunny ear cactus.” She failed to mention I should use protective gloves. As I planted the cuttings,...

This article was originally posted on the Forward-Facing Institute Blog March 4, 2021 Fight or flight: the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one either to resist forcibly or to run away. I thought I was safe. At four years old, I believed if I couldn’t see you, you couldn’t see me. I had secreted myself away in a nice little spot between the couch and the wall and eagerly stuck my thumb in my mouth. As I closed my eyes, the delicious feeling of numb...

I'm afraid. * Can I get there and back before dark? Now I’m in a rhythm, going fast, breathing harder, yet still able to inhale the Sedona beauty that never gets old. Last mile now. Steep ascent. Crisp air chilling. Sun descending. * I’m here before dark and yeah, it looks just as scary as the pictures did. I’m not afraid of heights but something about this is terrifying. I watch “maniacs'' take their turn on the largest sandstone bridge in the Southwest and like Sid the Sloth I tell myself...

Chaplin Xavier Justice and Jenny Brackman speak with Lisseth London about how Forward-Facing Trauma Therapy can assist BIPOC in dealing with trauma. In a conversation about the impact of trauma, Justice brings an enlighten perspective on how religion and spirituality are more intertwined into the concept of healing one's trauma and explores some basic concepts that he gleaned from Dr. J. Eric Gentry. Justice shares how he incorporates the principles in his work and continues to study data on...

What is Forward-Facing and who does it help? Learn how Forward-Facing Practice helps parents, law enforcement officers, medical professionals, athletes, musicians, and everyone else! Interested in taking a Forward-Facing training? Register for the on-demand Forward-Facing Trauma Therapy training with the link below. What you'll learn The focus is to increase understanding of individuals through the trauma/adversity history lens. Motivation and meaning of behaviors will be explored and...

Listen as Lisseth London interviews Dr. Eric Gentry and Jenny Brackman about the Forward-Facing® Institute. "...the primary goal of FFTT is to develop resilience and the capacity to live meaningful, principle-based lives" (Gentry, 2020, p.33). Discussion points include: the purpose of Forward-Facing® Trauma Therapy the vision for Forward-Facing® Institute upcoming book Forward-Facing® Freedom Find out more about Forward-Facing® Institute here: ▶︎ https://www.forward-facing.com/ Take an...