Category Archives: Mental Health

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

“Feeling Stressed? Here’s Our EAP Flyer!”

Navigating the Pros and Cons of Employee Assistance Programs

Employee Assistance Programs – does your organization have one? Have you used it? In this discussion, Françoise Mathieu, Diana Tikasz. and Dr. Jennifer Russel, this session explores the benefits and challenges of EAP programs.

June 2022

Looking Back Before Moving Forward

Tools to Manage Anger and Grief

Those in human service fields have expressed powerful feelings of anger and grief in reaction to the pandemic. In this discussion, Françoise Mathieu, Diana Tikasz. and Dr. Jennifer Russel share strategies to process these feelings.

October 2021

Here We Go (Again)

Finding Joy During Turbulent Times

What are the subtle and critical stories that you tell yourself? In this discussion, Françoise Mathieu and Diana Tikasz explore recalibration, hostile attributions, and strategies to find joy during turbulent times.

September 2021

Stress Reduction for Lawyers

A Conversation About Self-Care with Doron Gold

Doron Gold is a psychotherapist and former practicing lawyer, and this background gives him a unique and valuable perspective on the challenges faced by those in the legal profession. In this conversation, he shares his lessons learned about assisting lawyers to stay well and to cope during times of uncertainty.

August 2021

Peer Support, Autonomy, & Young People

A Conversation on Boundaries with Mardi Daley

Mardi Daley is a certified peer specialist and founder of the Lived Experience Lab. In this conversation, she shares her lessons learned about setting boundaries with young people as a lived experience peer advocate and mentor.

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

Advocacy Breeds Confidence

A Conversation About Imposter Syndrome with Dr. Matthew Chow

Dr. Matthew Chow is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and President of the Doctors of BE from 2020 - 2022. n this conversation, he shares his lessons learned about imposter syndrome and strategies to find confidence in our work.

May 2021

Unemployed, Burned Out Manager, & Languishing Students

Faking It Q&A

In this discussion, Françoise Mathieu, Diana Tikasz. and Dr. Jennifer Russel answer questions about the impact of working-from-home on imposter syndrome, managers who may not recognize their own burnout, and how online learning has impacted college students.

May 2021

The Great Reset

A Conversation About Workplace Mental Health with Mary Ann Baynton

Mary Ann Baynton is the Director of Strategy and Collaboration for Canada Life’s Workplace Strategies for Mental Health. In this conversation, she shares her lessons learned about creating a psychologically safe workplace and strategies to cultivate authentic leadership.

March 2021

Long Haulers, One-Year into the Pandemic

What is Working for Your Psychological Well-Being?

March 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the pandemic in North America. In this discussion, Françoise Mathieu, Diana Tikasz. and Dr. Jennifer Russel consider what has been working to help maintain psychological well-being during a time of upheaval and significant stress.

March 2021

Hot Walk & Talk

Understanding the Role of the Listener

Diana Tikasz explores the steps of the Hot Walk & Talk with an emphasis on the role of the listener.

February 2021

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