Category Archives: Mental Health
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
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
It’s Not Taboo to Care
A Conversation About Peer Support and Mental Health
LCol (retired) Stéphane Grenier is a former Canadian military officer, and founder and lead innovator at Mental Health Innovations (MHI). In this conversation, he shares his lessons learned about supporting mental health in the workplace and strategies for creating peer support programs.
February 2021
Mental Health & “Scary Issues”
A Conversation About Stigma with Dr. Mike Condra
Dr. Mike Condra is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Queen’s University in Kingston, ON. In this conversation, he shares his lessons learned about reducing stigma in the helping professions and offers strategies for verbal de-escalation.
December 2020
Stigma & The Stiff Upper Lip
Self-Compassion and the "Carry On" Culture
Many of us work in a culture that maintains that we must stoically “carry on” or be perpetual heroes. In this discussion, Françoise Mathieu, Diana Tikasz. and Dr. Jennifer Russel consider the resentment and isolation that can arise from stigma in the helping professions.
December 2020
