April 17th, 2020
Navigating Change and Uncertainty Through Yoga
During this time, it is important to take care of our mental, emotional and physical health. Yoga can be an excellent strategy for combatting the uncertainty we are feeling in our lives right now. We sat down (virtually!) with PSHSA Health and Safety Consultant and certified yoga instructor Olivia Monk-Saigal to learn more about the practice of yoga and how it can help during these uncertain times.
July 27th, 2018
The Benefits of Being Grateful and How it Can Help You #FeelGood7/24
July 24 is a day when you should pause and think about what you are doing to stay healthy, prevent illness, or cope with a condition. This year the focus is on feeling good 7/24 – seven days a week, 24 hours a day, so this week we will review some evidenced based things that you can do to feel good every day – Today’s Topic – The Benefits of Being Grateful.
July 25th, 2018
Getting Active to #FeelGood7/24
According to the Conference Board of Canada, the majority of Canadians are only moderately active, or the equivalent of walking 30 minutes three times a week. The World Health Organizations (WHO) recommends that for good health adults age 18-64 should be moderately active for 150 minutes per week or vigorously active for at least 75 minutes per week or any equivalent combination. WHO also recommends that adults should do muscle-strengthening involving major muscle groups on two or more days a week.
July 24th, 2018
5 Tips for Improved Sleep to #FeelGood7/24
July 24 is a day when you should pause and think about what you are doing to stay healthy, prevent illness, or cope with a condition. This year the focus is on feeling good 7/24 – seven days a week, 24 hours a day, so this week we will review some evidence based things that you can do to feel good every day – Today’s Topic – 5 Tips for Improved Sleep.
May 11th, 2018
5 Ways to #GetLoud for Mental Health
It’s time to #GetLoud about Mental Health. Every May for the last 67 years, Canadian workplaces, schools and communities have come together for mental health week. Since 1951, CMHA Mental Health Week has been working to raise awareness and funds to help end the stigma associated with mental illness. …
May 10th, 2018
Hey Small Businesses… Go #BeyondSilence and #GetLoud about Workplace Mental Health
May 7-11 is Mental Health Week, and the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s #GetLoud campaign for this week focuses on lending your voice to the national conversation and helping to stop stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health problems and illnesses. The conversation I’d like to start focuses…
April 24th, 2018
Dealing with the Unthinkable
I was sitting in a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) workshop in Kingston yesterday with the WSIB and Fire Service representatives from Vaughn, Kitchener and Kingston when the news came across my BlackBerry. It was actually an announcement from our office building saying that Yonge Street was closed due…
