#95 – YOUR BODY UNDER STRESS: A CONTROL GUIDE – Dr Judith Anderson & Steve Poplawski

If you had the ability to program your brain on the spot to deal with a high-risk situation, would you know how?  

Meet Dr Judith Anderson creator of iPREP.  

iPREP training is focused on how people can learn to modify their responses to stress in the moment (and over the long term) and iPREP integrates that into whatever occupation you are working in.  

Dr. Judith’s training and research as a health psychologist was originally investigating the impact of severe stress on mental and physical health among US soldiers and veterans.  They found a strong link between chronic and severe stress (e.g., combat exposure) and long-term mental and physical health problems.   

When Dr. Judith returned to Canada in 2011 to begin at the University of Toronto, she decided to shift her research and focus to figuring out if there were methods of intervention to help (first responders/law enforcement) that were more rapid and effective. There wasn’t much available to officers that addressed stress on the job. Rather, there were clinical programs available for people after they got sick, but she knew that was too late for many people – there had to be a better way.  

Dr Judith and her team created a fully ambulatory laboratory and went out in the field to measure officer stress and performance – based on these original studies Dr. Judith and her team were able to develop a unique program tailored to law enforcement and first responders that helps improve both health and performance.   

Ladies and Gentlemen: Dr Judith Anderson and special guest Steven Poplawski CEO of Step Training Inc.  

For more information on iPREP visit: https://proresilience.org/ and Step Training Inc visit: https://steptraininginc.com/  

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