Discover Connected Resilience with RFAST's transformative 3-hour workshop, designed to equip you with essential tools and strategies for fostering mental wellbeing in yourself and others. Unlock your potential in promoting resilience and embark on a journey of personal growth and empowerment for the betterment of your community, workplace and personal life. - Develop an appreciation for mental health prevention strategies - Understand the significance of supporting resilience in others - Enhance your ability to recognise when someone needs resilience support - Identify your strengths and create a resilience action plan RFAST is designed to benefit a diverse range of individuals and professionals who are interested in fostering resilience and promoting mental wellbeing in their communities, workplaces and personal lives including: - community Groups Not For Profit Organisations - Education and Training - The Arts and Media

Resilience First Aid Starter Training

Course Description

Discover Connected Resilience with Resilience First Aid Starter Training (RFAST). 

RFAST is a transformative 3-hour workshop, designed to equip you with essential tools and strategies for fostering mental wellbeing in yourself and others.

Unlock your potential in promoting resilience and embark on a journey of personal growth and empowerment for the betterment of your community, workplace and personal life.

RFAST offers valuable insights and practical tools for individuals from various backgrounds and professions, providing a comprehensive understanding of connected resilience and its potential for promoting mental wellbeing.

RFAST is designed to benefit a diverse range of individuals and professionals who are interested in fostering resilience and promoting mental wellbeing including:

• Educators and school staff
• Community leaders and organisers
• Healthcare professionals and mental health advocates
• HR and management personnel
• Parents and caregivers

Course Structure

The RFAST workshop covers the following topics:

• The evolution of mental health towards prevention, emerging trends in therapies and new approaches
• The importance of psychosocial hazard awareness and your role in promoting a healthy environment
• The concept of Connected Resilience and strategies for cultivating it
• The six resilience domains, including their highs, lows and risk factor awareness
• Identifying your unique strengths and creating a tailored resilience action plan

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will:

• Have learned a preventative approach to mental health
• Understand resilience and the significance of supporting resilience in others
• Enhance their ability to recognise when someone needs resilience support
• Identify their strengths and create a resilience action plan

Your Tutor is Carey Hauri

Carey Hauri has been teaching at WEA since 2025.

She is a Resilience, Mindset and Wellbeing Specialist, helping individuals and groups develop the mindset, skills and strategies to better cope with the stresses, adversities and challenges of life.

The learning and coaching she provides, draws on wisdom gained from 40 plus years of life and learning, and more than 20 years of experience working in training, education and coaching.

During her professional life she has enjoyed working in a variety of other roles including English teacher, journalist/media liaison, business mentor, training coordinator, vocational trainer (business, management and leadership) and Success and Wellbeing Services Team Leader/Coach.

In 2015, she published her first book, “Life Salsa: Life Lessons from the Dance Floor”.

Born in Switzerland, she immigrated with her family to Australia when she was six years old. Carey calls Australia home but has also lived in Switzerland, Hungary, South Africa and Spain, has visited more than 30 other countries and learnt four languages. She loves being with people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds!

When she's not working, you might find her meditating in the peace of the early morning, enjoying a cappuccino with a friend, sitting in a favourite cafe absorbed in a book or walking at the beach at sunset.