About this episode
Jennifer Pearsall discusses her thesis on resilience in emergency managers and the transformative events that can lead to personal growth.
Jennifer Pearsall joins the Not a-Fib Podcast to share insights from her Naval Postgraduate School thesis on the strengths that can emerge in emergency managers after life‑changing events. We explore her career across local and federal emergency management, the contrasts she encountered along the way, and the experiences that inspired her to create EM Wellness and define its mission. She reflects on her time at the Naval Postgraduate School, and we dive deep into the core findings of her thesis. Our conversation covers the types of transformative events that can lead to post‑traumatic growth, the conditions that make that growth possible, and the personal and organizational factors that either support or hinder it.
People in this episode
Host: Not a-Fib Podcast
Guest: Jennifer Pearsall
Topics covered
- resilience
- emergency management
- post-traumatic growth
- transformative events
- personal development
Keywords
- resilience
- emergency management
- post-traumatic growth
- transformative events
- EM Wellness
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Naval Postgraduate School, EM Wellness, Not a-Fib Podcast
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