Month: March 2020

Mental Wellness Challenge – 26 March, 2020 Last week I challenged all of you to: Visit HEALTH CANADA. Get the facts on COVID-19– know the facts. Leave your social media account alone for 4 hours every day. For some, this will be a piece of cake, for others – this piece is going to brutal – that should say something… Be kind. Be intentionally kind. How did you do?  I did OK with all of...

Mental Wellness Challenge – 2020, March 19 Wow, another week’s gone by already… Last week I challenged you to: Go for a walk every day… even a short one, go around the block on day one, round the block twice on day two, three times on day three – then maybe even venture out to the park… you get the idea. I’m going to do my best on this one too…  I know it helps with the way I am...

I want to share this really good piece from the UK on reacting in the new reality that is COVID-19. I have a responsibility to myself and to those around me - that are connected to me -  to be reasonable in the way I act and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. There is certainly reason to be aware of risks and to do the things that can be done to mitigate those risks. I was around the city...

My challenge to you last week was to:Go for a walk with a friend. You don't have to talk or solve the world’s problems, just be there for each other.Reach out to someone in your life that is a little more distant than your heart tells you they should be. Call them.  TALK TO THEM.  If you need to break the ice - shoot them an email or a text - but then follow up with a call and speak with...

My mental wellness challenge from last week had three parts... I'd like to check in with how I did with my challenge.Read through the above piece about my model and then think about other tools and supports that you use if you ever get lost in the darkness.I read through my piece on my model a few times actually.  I saw some things that I would like to clarify more in the future, but all in...