Category Archives: CARE4YOU
Compassion Begins with Curiosity
Lessons Learned from 25+ Years in the Field
In this opening keynote for CARE4YOU 2026, Françoise Mathieu shares her lessons learned from working alongside helping professionals from across the world.
June 2026
Rethinking Addiction
A Conversation on Stigma, Fear, and Hope
In this CARE4YOU 2026 session, psychiatrist, addiction medicine specialist, and author Dr. Nzinga Harrison invites us to challenge what we think we know about addiction.
June 2026
These Are Hard Times, Not Hopeless Times
Reconnecting to Meaning in Our Work
In this CARE4YOU 2026 session, Dr. Jillian Horton explores how advocacy can serve as a pathway back to purpose. She will share small, strategic actions you can take to reclaim your voice and reconnect to the meaning that brought you to this work.
June 2026
Where Can Curiosity Lead Us
CARE4YOU 2026 Closing Address
In the CARE4YOU 2026 closing address, Françoise explores small, everyday practices for bringing curiosity into both our professional and personal lives.
June 2026
Can I Say Something?
How Psychological Safety Can Transform Our Workplaces
In this keynote presentation for CARE4YOU 2023, Françoise Mathieu explores the essential role of leadership in managing burnout - no matter where you sit on the organizational hierarchy.
June 2025
You Can’t Meditate Your Way Out of a Stressful Job
A Conversation on Real Self-Care with Dr. Pooja Lakshmin
In this CARE4YOU 2025 session, Françoise Mathieu and Dr. Pooja Lakshmin will talk about what real self-care means for people working in high-stress, trauma-exposed jobs.
June 2025
One Care
How Caring for Geckos, Gorillas, Yourself, and Each Other is Interconnected
In this CARE4YOU 2025 session, Sabrina Brando shares stories from her journey in wildlife care and conservation, as well as insights from her research on self-care practices among zoo and aquarium professionals.
June 2025
Navigating Perfectionism, Stigma, and Shame
A Lawyer-Therapist’s Perspective on Staying Well in Trauma-Exposed Work
In this CARE4YOU 2025 session, Doron Gold shares his lawyer-therapist perspective on how high-stress work impacts our well-being and offers strategies to stay well.
June 2025
Cultivating Moral Courage
CARE4YOU 2025 Closing Address
In this closing address for CARE4YOU 2025, Françoise Mathieu explores how to meet difficult situations with moral courage, act with integrity, and keep making decisions that align with our values, day by day, one decision at a time.
June 2025
Everything is Turned Up to 11
Supporting Each Other Through the Reality of Today’s Workplace
In this keynote presentation for CARE4YOU 2024, Françoise Mathieu explores insights from organizations who are thriving and lessons learned from those who are struggling.
June 2024
From Education to Integration
Weaving Staff Wellness into the Fabric of Your Workplace
In this CARE4YOU 2024 session, Cambria Walsh, Diana Tikasz, & Marlene O’Neill-Laberge share what they’ve learned about staff wellness initiatives and what it takes to embed those initiatives into the workplace routine.
June 2024
Embarking on Your Trauma-Informed Journey
Tips & Insights for Organizations
In this CARE4YOU 2024 session, Kathleen Gorman explores trauma-informed practice and shares key considerations for organizations embarking on a trauma-informed journey.
June 2024
“The Other Wet Floor”
The Emotional Risks of Working in a Helping Profession
In this CARE4YOU 2024 session, JD Gilmour explores the “other” occupational risks of working in a helping profession: empathic strain, secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and moral distress.
June 2024
The Pace of Change
CARE4YOU 2024 Closing Address
In this closing address for CARE4YOU 2024, Françoise Mathieu provides strategies and hope for teams looking to implement the lessons learned from this year’s conference.
June 2024
CARE4YOU 2023 Closing Address
In this closing address for CARE4YOU 2023, Françoise Mathieu presents an overview of key strategies to become a secondary trauma-informed professional and offers some inspiring stories from the field.
June 2023
What Do You Have to Quit in Order to Stay?
Strategies to Sustain Our Careers
In this CARE4YOU 2023 session, Dr. Brian Miller discusses the importance of noticing our narratives and cultivating realistic ways of improving our relationship to our job stress.
June 2023
CALM
Building Mutual Support through Intentional Listening
In this CARE4YOU 2023 session, Diana Tikasz explores the acronym CALM (Center, Attend, Listen, Mindfully) – four steps to fostering meaningful and intentional connection at work.
June 2023
Compassion as a Catalyst for Change
The Leader’s Role in Addressing Burnout
In this keynote presentation for CARE4YOU 2023, Françoise Mathieu explores the essential role of leadership in managing burnout - no matter where you sit on the organizational hierarchy.
June 2023
Who Will Lovingly Hold You Accountable?
Closing Address for CARE4YOU 2022
Finding those who care for us and support us is a vital piece of staying well. In this closing address for CARE4YOU 2022, Françoise Mathieu shares strategies to build a community of support.
June 2022
How Do We Talk About Trauma?
A Discussion on Boundaries with Laura Khoudari
When Laura Khoudari developed PTSD, she had trouble finding the trauma-informed recovery program she wanted – so she designed one herself. In this CARE4YOU 2022 session, Sarah Stewart interviews Laura about why boundaries might be hard to identify.
June 2022
“You Don’t Have to Be the Boss to Be a Leader”
A Discussion on Psychological Safety
This panel discussion explores the concept of psychological safety with an emphasis on the unique challenges faced by middle managers in the reopening workplace.
June 2022
Teaching What I Need to Learn
A Discussion with Scott Jones, Police Officer & Yoga Instructor
In this CARE4YOU 2022 session, Scott Jones shares the story of his wellness journey and how yoga has helped him as he reflects on his 30-year career in the Edmonton Police Services.
June 2022
Growing the Good
Using the Principles of Neuroplasticity to HEAL
Based on the work of Dr. Rick Hanson, Diana Tikasz explores a simple tool to turn positive experiences into lasting change in this CARE4YOU 2022 session.
June 2022
Are You Okay?
Processing the Psychological Impact of the Pandemic
In this opening keynote for CARE4YOU 2022, Françoise Mathieu explores post-traumatic growth, how it has been misunderstood and misused, and offer strategies to process and recalibrate.
June 2022
Now What?
A Conversation About Moving Into The "Next Normal"
In this closing session for CARE4YOU 2021, Françoise Mathieu shares lessons learned during the pandemic, and how we can continue to care for ourselves as the pandemic recedes.
June 2021
Race and Culture Have Everything to Do With It
Intersections of Secondary Traumatic Stress with Racism, Historical Trauma, and other Systems of Oppression
In this CARE4YOU 2021 session, Sandra Chase, Alison Hendricks, and Carmen Rosa Noroña explore how secondary traumatic stress intersects with culture, racism, historical trauma, and other systems of oppression.
June 2021
Caring for Ourselves
Understanding Meaning and Grief
In this CARE4YOU 2021 session, David Kessler and Denise Jablonski-Kaye talk about the many faces of grief and share strategies to address "grief overload."
June 2021
Less Time, More Work
How Three Professionals Re-evaluated "Wellness Strategies" During the Pandemic
In this CARE4YOU 2021 session, Françoise Mathieu, Diana Tikasz, and Dr. Jennifer Russel share how they incorporate micro-skills into their personal and professional lives.
June 2021
How Are You Doing?
Caring For Ourselves and Each Other During Unsettled Times
In this opening keynote for CARE4YOU 2021, Françoise shares lessons learned during the pandemic, and how we can continue to care for ourselves as the pandemic recedes.
June 2021
This is A Marathon, Not a Sprint
Dealing with Stress & Uncertainty During COVID-19
In this opening keynote for CARE4YOU 2020, Françoise Mathieu reflects on thinking clearly and balancing personal stressors, the work at hand, and the unpredictability of the pandemic.
June 2020
Change & Leadership During Times of Uncertainty
CARE4YOU 2020 Panel Discussion
How do we educate, share, and inform others that change is necessary? In this closing session for CARE4YOU 2020, our panel discusses the challenges of leadership (both formal and informal) during times of uncertainty.
June 2020
Don’t Set Yourself on Fire to Keep Others Warm
Countering the Self-Sabotaging Mindsets of Helping Professionals
Do we need to suffer to do our jobs well? In this CARE4YOU 2020 session, John Borthwick discusses running on fumes and forging a healthy mindset for a lifelong career.
June 2020
We Can’t Be Trauma Responsive Without Being STS-Informed
Tools for Organizational Change
What does it mean to be a secondary-trauma informed workplace? In this CARE4YOU 2020 session, Dr. Ginny Sprang explores tools to assess the degree to which a workplace is secondary-trauma-informed.
June 2020