Wired to Serve: Understand Stress and Tools to Stay Well
Mon, Nov 10
|Northwoods Technical College, Room 305
Join us for this workshop designed for rural first responders. Facilitated by Dr. Margaret Gavian, co-facilitated by The Auxilia Initiative.
Time & Location
Nov 10, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Northwoods Technical College, Room 305, 2100 Beaser Ave, Ashland, WI 54806, USA
Guests
About the event
A practical, relatable workshop for all types of rural responders - fire, EMS, law enforcement, and dispatch - focused on the real impacts of stress and cumulative trauma in the field. We'll explore how stress affects your brain and body, how to recognize when you’ve hit your limit, and what actually works to reset. Designed with rural realities in mind, this is not therapy - it’s a straight-talking, tools-based conversation about staying well in the work.
Participants will leave with:
A clearer understanding of how stress impacts performance, health & home life
Practical, science-backed tools for resetting the nervous system
Tools to use after difficult calls
A printed resource sheet to take home