by Suzanne | Jun 21, 2021 | Children, Mental Health, Resilience, Well-being, Workshops
Checking In on the Mental Health of BC Youth May 7, 2021 was National Child and Youth Mental Health Day. In honor of the day, I co-presented a webinar with McCreary Centre Society called Checking In on the Mental Health of BC Youth. McCreary presented the data from...
by Suzanne | Feb 15, 2021 | Children, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Well-being
This list of apps (and one website) covers the three areas that people most often are looking for support in: anxiety, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence. These are the apps that I recommend; a couple of them I use myself. My suggestion to you would be to play...
by Suzanne | Oct 5, 2020 | Connection, Developing empathy, Kindness, Well-being
Compassion and Forgiveness I’ve been thinking a lot about compassion throughout this pandemic. How we all are quicker to become dysregulated and how it is also taking longer to return to a state of regulation. How this means that we need to have compassion for others...
by Suzanne | May 20, 2020 | Connection, Emotional Literacy, Emotional Vocabulary, Listening, Mental Health, Resilience, Well-being
During this transition to Phase 2 as schools being to reopen their buildings, it can be challenging to support our children when we have so many questions and feelings ourselves. Some of you may choose not to send your child(ren). If your child(ren) will be returning,...
by Suzanne | May 4, 2020 | Emotional Literacy, Mental Health, Resilience, Well-being
May 4 – 10, 2020 is Mental Health Week. During this time of shelter-in-place, looking after our mental health is more needed and more challenging than ever. I created this infographic as a simple visual reminder of four ways we can support our well-being. If you...
by Suzanne | Apr 15, 2020 | Community, Connection, Mental Health, Resilience, Well-being, Workshops
How are you doing? How are you and your family in this time of COVID 19? How I am doing is a pretty mixed bag to be honest. Short answer is, I’m okay. The longer answer is more complex – I’m feeling grateful, worried, nervous, unfocused, unsettled, content, peaceful…...