Unpacking Your Emotional Ruck

Each day we wake up and carry around invisible weight. We call this our emotional backpack or ruck. Active Duty Military and Police Officers have the most stressful jobs in the world.

This stress spills over into the families. My workshop addresses this stress by using an evidence based treatment model internationally recognized as one of the leading treatments for reducing suicidal ideations.

This workshop can be customized to Veterans, Active Duty Service Members, First Responders, and their spouses or children.

Your Participants Will Learn

MINDFULNESS

These skills help you to focus on the present and attend to what is happening in the here and now in a calm way. It helps people slow down and focus on doing what is needed to care for oneself in the moment. Also really good for anxiety, panic attacks, and understanding oneself.

INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS

These skills teaches respecting the self and others, listening and communicating effectively, dealing with difficult people, repairing relationships and being able to say no. It teaches how to build and maintain relationship and understanding and communicating your needs.

EMOTION REGULATION

These skills help people understand their emotions. It teaches people to decrease the intensity of their feelings and helps them ride out strong emotions without acting on them. It provides education about the function of emotions and how to not be swamped by them.

SELF CARE

Self Care is an important skill to learn. These skills include relaxation techniques, physical and mental health care, growing and building mastery, and other important tips on reducing the weight in your ruck.

CRISIS SURVIVAL

This helps people get through difficult times when emotions are running high. This allows individuals to make wise decisions and avoid engaging in problematic behaviors.

COMMUNITY & RESOURCES

Each workshop creates a sense of community and discusses values, morals, and faith. We often partner with local resources to raise awareness in the local area.

Agencies we have already worked or partnered with

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PARTICIPANT STATEMENT

The concept of Her Ruck affords military spouses the opportunity to find community through shared emotional journeys. Richelle Futch is a remarkable person that has worn many hats including: veteran, military wife, and social worker. Her passion for bettering the military culture and helping other spouses develop resiliency is evident. After attending one of Richelle’s workshops, I felt a newfound sense of hope and gratitude. I have continued to reference the workbook and find myself implementing skills in my daily life.

Richelle is both a teacher and innovator for military spouses, seeking to break through the restraints of emotions and strengthen the wise minds we have. She has such a lovely gift of inspiring us to be mindful and providing a glimpse into the emotional journey of military spouses.

We hosted an event with Richelle Futch in August. We had about 22 spouses attend. At first our spouses were a bit on the quiet side but once Richelle started speaking about emotional baggage the spouses really began to open up to her and each other. There were tears, there was laughter and definitely bonds created. Our organization purchased the Her Ruck workbooks and T-shirts and offered lunch and childcare. We have had such great reviews that we are looking into bringing her back once our guys redeploy.

Richelle and her team have become my number 1 contact for all topics dealing with Military Spouse well-being. Richelle’s knowledge/awareness of the emotional impact that comes from being a Military Spouse is second to none. Multiple spouses have approached me and have asked that I invite Her Ruck back for another event. In January of 2020, members of the Her Ruck team are flying back out to 2nd Ranger Battalion to conduct a Spouse Re-integration event before husbands return from deployment. I will continue to recommend Her Ruck to every Military Unit and Organization that I possibly can.