Coffee&Convos: Stress First Aid (Dec 2025)
Calling all small business owners! Coffee&Convos provides networking and programming to help support your small-business needs.
Stress First Aid: A Practical Framework for Business Owners
Stress First Aid (SFA) is a peer support and self-care model originally developed for high-stress professions like the military and healthcare. It’s now being adapted for business leaders and teams facing chronic stress, uncertainty and burnout.
For business owners, SFA offers a simple, actionable framework to recognize and respond to stress in yourself and your employees before it escalates into crisis. It’s built around the “7 Cs”:
- Check – Be aware of signs of stress in yourself and others.
- Coordinate – Connect with resources and support systems.
- Cover – Ensure physical and psychological safety.
- Calm – Use strategies to reduce acute stress.
- Connect – Foster supportive relationships.
- Competence – Build confidence and skills to manage challenges.
- Confidence – Restore a sense of purpose and hope.
We hope you will join us at Caron Treatment Centers, to gain a greater understanding of SFA. Each participant will complete a brief Stress Continuum Self-Check—a simple color-coded tool that helps you identify where you are on the stress spectrum (Green: Ready, Yellow: Reacting, Orange: Injured, Red: Ill). You’ll walk away with a clearer understanding of your current stress level, and one personalized action you can take this week to move toward greater resilience. This activity reinforces the SFA model and gives you a practical starting point for applying it in your business.
Meet our Speakers:
As the Senior Director of Psychological Services, Dr. Tipton leads the development and implementation of new psychological services and oversees psychological services, as well as recreation and wellness, throughout Pennsylvania.
Dr. Margaret King, PsyD | Caron
As the Endowed Chair for Trauma Treatment, Dr. Margaret King develops, coordinates, and implements trauma-informed practices within the organization to ensure that Caron provides a safe and compassionate environment for patients and staff as well as specialized trauma treatment for patients.
Nate Mannino, BS, CADC, CPT, SCS, CES | Caron
As director of Caron’s fitness, wellness, and recreation services, Nate Mannino uses personalized recreation therapy, fitness, and wellness modalities to enhance the mind, body, and spirit of those impacted by addiction and substance abuse. He finds creative ways to educate patients on the value of fitness, wellness, and recreation during their treatment experience as well as throughout their lives in recovery. He also has a leadership role in the treatment of chronic pain patients, managing the services and modalities offered to them.
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Date and Time
Wednesday Dec 10, 2025
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM EST
Location
Center for Business Excellence
49 Commerce Dr., Reading
Fees/Admission
Free for GRCA Members
Contact Information
Katie Johnsen
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