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    Randy Weekes
    • May 8, 2020

    Resilience in the time of COVID-19

    Let me begin by thanking CANADEM deployees and all other international workers who are working on the front lines or remotely, in your ho...

    Randy Weekes
    • May 5, 2020

    The Stress of Nice New Places

    It wasn’t a war zone.  It wasn’t a hardship post.  The power stayed on, the food was delicious.  Beyond unpredictable drivers and the occ...

    Randy Weekes
    • May 4, 2020

    Practicing Safe Stress

    I lay in a hospital bed, just months after I started my first international job.  I had swollen joints, blurred eyes, high fevers and no ...

    Randy Weekes
    • May 3, 2020

    The Incredible Shrinking Hippocampus

    It didn’t feel good.  Worry was a feeling in my chest and it woke me up at night.  Fear made my heart pound, my ears ring and my voice go...

    Randy Weekes
    • May 2, 2020

    The road to burnout is paved with good intentions

    We joined the “Let’s make the world a better place” club to help other people. We didn’t join to get hurt. And many of us, at some point ...

    Randy Weekes
    • May 1, 2020

    If bad things happen – to me

    It will happen to some of us.  In a long career away from home something that causes physical or emotional injury – or creates the fear t...

    Randy Weekes
    • Apr 30, 2020

    When trauma happens to someone we know

    It was a nice afternoon.  Quiet.  People were finishing their day’s work and planning their evenings.  The drive home and a bit of shoppi...

    Randy Weekes
    • Apr 29, 2020

    Coming Home: Understanding the Challenge

    When I ask whether going on an international mission or returning home is more challenging, most people say that coming back is harder. T...

    Randy Weekes
    • Apr 28, 2020

    Coming Home: Process the past... Plan the future

    When I came back from my first international placement, I was stuck for many, many months.  I couldn’t figure out where I wanted to go or...

    Randy Weekes
    • Apr 27, 2020

    PTSD Support: with compassion and corny humour

    Dr. Dee Rajska is a Canadian clinical psychologist who has a blog and website directed towards helping military service personnel manage ...

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