Terra Firma's
Stress Release Course
Terra Firma’s Stress Release Course is a multi-faceted, evidence-based approach for you to fully understand the actual causes of stress, change thinking about stress-producing circumstances, develop strategies for establishing more positive reactions to stress and, ultimately, support successful long-term professional and personal resilience.
The course is entirely online, emphasizes current best practices and tools to support successful stress management and offers interactive components with technical and content support.
With the Stress Release Course for Nurses*, you earn 15 contact hours of CNE and also amass lifelong stress mastery skills!
The course is entirely online, emphasizes current best practices and tools to support successful stress management and offers interactive components with technical and content support.
With the Stress Release Course for Nurses*, you earn 15 contact hours of CNE and also amass lifelong stress mastery skills!
OUR TEAM
The Experts Behind Terra Firma
Michael Olpin, PhD
Michael has spent more than 30 years developing and teaching the Stress Release system that strengthens resilience needed in professional and personal environments to achieve lifelong stress mastery and be permanently in control and thriving.
Dr. Olpin is Professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Performance and Director of the Stress Relief Center at Weber State University (UT).
He is co-author of the textbook, Stress Management for Life: A Research-Based Experiential Approach (2021; 5th Edition) used at over 60 universities in the US and Canada.
He is co-author of the textbook, Stress Management for Life: A Research-Based Experiential Approach (2021; 5th Edition) used at over 60 universities in the US and Canada.
- PhD, Health Education Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
- MS, Health Sciences and BS, Psychology, Brigham Young University
- AA, Business Management Utah Valley Community College
Liz Close, PhD, RN
Liz has 40 years of nursing education leadership and faculty experience in public university systems offering undergraduate and graduate nursing education programs and is Professor Emerita at Sonoma State University (CA).
Dr. Close served as Nurse Expert Consultant (2010- 2019) for the Center to Champion Nursing in America to implement the 2010 Future of Nursing Report recommendations nationwide, led California statewide ADN to BSN academic progression efforts, and has been Executive Director of the Utah Nurses Association since 2018.
- PhD, Sociology
- MS, Nursing and BS, Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
- BS, Child Development, University of California, Davis
Sign Up Today
Take our Online Stress Release Course to:
- Earn Continuing Nursing Education Credit
- Learn effective strategies for stress prevention, and
- Enhance your overall well-being
With the Stress Release Course, learn how to prevent stress and master techniques to sleep better, decrease anxiety, lower blood pressure, increase energy, think clearly, and feel better in all stressful environments by strengthening your resilience.
IF YOU NEED HELP NOW
This site DOES NOT provide emergency mental health services
If you have thoughts of suicide or self-harm…
Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
Help and support is available to you right now if you need it.
You do not have to struggle with difficult feelings alone.