2104       Title: Self and Balance Amid Chaos: Fostering Professional Resilience Date: Thursday, June 19, 2008 Time: 03:45 PM - 05:15 PM Type: CONCURRENT Level: INTERMEDIATE Track: Professional Development Sponsor(s): - Speaker(s): Ellen P. Fink-Samnick We spend our careers advocating for and empowering others. We have personal lives where a majority of our energy is spent on those around us. Yet, how much time and energy do we invest in our own efforts? How often do we put ourselves first? What does it take for us to get to that point? What lessons and strategies could one develop and integrate within their world to enhance balance amid that feeling of chaos that spirals around us? How can one “Revision” life to feel in control and purposeful? Does “how you spend your time, define who you are?” If the answer is NO, then you need to attend this session! Objectives: Identify five factors impacting professional & personal Resilience.   Introduce and define Professional Resilience.   Introduce and demonstrate the “Revisioning” Model.