WLLE® Training Symposium - Special Offer for Attendees

2024 WLLE® Training Symposium

Courageous Heart: The Human Behind the Badge is proud to attend the Women Leaders in Law Enforcement® Training Symposium in September 2024. Our aim is to reach all law enforcement attendees and share our groundbreaking programs focused on officer wellness and self-care in the current context of law enforcement positions today.

Reserve and register your spot today for one of our courses and receive a free seat for a colleague. Read details about the course and Courageous Heart program below.

Invite a Colleague for Free*

*When you register for an open enrollment course from Courageous Heart: The Human Behind the Badge during the WLLE Training Symposium, you will receive a free program seat to award to an eligible colleague of your choosing.

Click below to read and register your spot. This offer is exclusively available during the WLLE® Training Symposium from September 3rd, 2024 through September 6th, 2024.

Upcoming Courses

November 8th, 2024,
November 15th, 2024,
& November 22nd 2024

3-Day Immersion: Resilience, Compassion, and Leadership for Law Enforcement

November 30, 2023,
December 7, 2023,
& December 14, 2023

3-Day Immersion: Resilience, Compassion, and Leadership for Law Enforcement

July 25, 2024

1-Day Introduction: Resilience and Compassion for Law Enforcement

Interested in upcoming Courageous Heart courses?

About Courageous Heart and Our Programs

Courageous Heart: The Human Behind the Badge training is designed specifically by Compassion Institute for, and in partnership with, Law Enforcement and Public Service personnel.

This unique, practical, and groundbreaking program develops the strength to be with suffering, the courage to take compassionate action, and the resilience to deal with emotional stress in the face of life’s challenges. It sets individual officer wellness and self-care in the context of the current realities of the job, and introduces upfront the science behind resilience training and the potential benefits of integrating these practices into everyday life.

Courageous Heart has served more than 75 agencies and cities across the State of California to date. Our 1-Day and 3-Day courses are Certified by the Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) in the State of California.

Courageous Heart Training can make a difference by supporting physical health, happiness, and wellbeing, including increased self-compassion and self-care, reduced stress, anxiety, and enhanced connection with others, even in the face of conflict. It can also support deeper understanding of cultural and racial bias through specific exercises recognizing common humanity.

Our courses offer a combination of practical training, tools, meditation, discussion in small and large groups, as well as optional out-of-classroom assignments.

Existing research shows that mindfulness and compassion trainings can meaningfully reduce the symptoms of stress, burnout, and improve health and wellness outcomes.

Receive a Challenge Coin & Certificate

Participants who complete our POST-certified 3-Day Immersion course — Resilience, Compassion, and Leadership for Law Enforcement — are awarded a Courageous Heart Challenge Coin and a completed Training Certificate.

Challenge Coins are a tradition that began in the U.S. military and subsequently became popular among law enforcement. These coins can be awarded for a specific event or purpose and serve as a symbol of pride, fellowship, and common loyalty shared by the members of a group. Challenge Coins also honor hard work and excellence.

At Compassion Institute, we created the Courageous Heart Challenge Coin as a symbol of belonging to the CH Alumni and as a recognition of the willingness to learn about resilience, mindfulness, and compassion. We’re honored to award these coins upon law enforcement professionals who are also open to engaging in habits and practices that support personal wellness — which in turn — can positively influence their personal life, work life, and interpersonal dynamics.

This training is necessary for officers of ALL experience levels. We must be mindful of the challenges of the profession and then address them – consistently. I wouldn’t trade this profession for anything, but it does come at a cost. If we understand the risks and challenges, we can defeat them!

This training is not what you think it will be. It will make you a better police officer and a better person.

This program is eye-opening; it is one that every law enforcement professional should consider.

This class was important to me as a human being and an organizational leader with the same challenges most of us have. I have a better understanding of personal wellness and the impacts it has in my personal and professional life. The practices and resources provided to me will make me a better person and a better leader.

Post Certified Training

The State of California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) was established by the Legislature in 1959 to set minimum selection and training standards for California law enforcement.

In 2020, Compassion Institute was the recipient of a State Innovation Grant to support officer wellness training throughout California and offers POST-certified courses to sworn officers under this grant.

Since then, Courageous Heart 1-day and 3-day courses have been POST-certified and qualified graduates receive training credits for their participation.

“In my 25 years of active service, I have never attended a course of this nature. I wish I had done so much earlier.

The program truly emphasizes self-compassion and self-care, something I think we often take for granted. I would recommend this program to any public safety professional. Job well done! At the end of the course, students had some new ‘tools’ in their tool belt to promote personal health and well-being.”

Senior Instructor,
POST Training Evaluation

LEARN MORE ABOUT COURAGEOUS HEART

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