Training and Workshops
Health, Safety & Wellness and Homewood Health Mental Wellness Sessions
Health, Safety and Wellness together with Homewood Health, is pleased to announce the return of our mental wellness sessions during the Winter 2023 term.
The wellness sessions listed below are now full; thank you to all who registered.
Session #3: The Science of Happiness
Date: Thursday, March 16 2023
Scientific studies have shown that 50% of our individual differences in happiness are determined by our genes, 10% by our life circumstances, and 40% by our intentional activities. This one-hour session will introduce participants to some of the research-based “happy habits” they can adopt to increase their levels of happiness and well-being.
Session #4: The Art of Relaxation
Date: Wednesday, April 12 2023
Today’s life is fast-paced and leaves little time to relax and decompress. Greater pressure is being put on all of us to do more. The result is that many of us have lost the ability to sit still and simply be with ourselves. This session will explore personal stress triggers and review some practical, easy techniques to make brief relaxation moments a natural part of everyday life.
The Working Mind
The Working Mind Objectives:
- Reduce the stigma around mental illness
- Promote your organization’s mental health
- Transform the way participants think and talk about mental health and mental illness
- Help participants identify poor mental health in themselves and others
- Give participants for coping skills to manage stress and poor mental health
- Review mental health rights and responsibilities
- Create a more supportive work environment
The Working Mind course offers easily applied scenario-based lessons, videos that feature people with lived experience of mental illness, reference guides, and practical handouts.
TWM for employees offers practical knowledge to increase participants’ overall comfort level with mental illness. On completing the course, employees will be able to:
- understand mental health and mental illness
- recognize its signs and indicators, in themselves and others
- reduce stigma and negative attitudes toward people with mental health problems
- support colleagues with mental health problems
- maintain their own mental health and improve their resilience.
Modules:
- Mental health and mental illness in the workplace
- Stigma and discrimination in the workplace
- The Mental Health Continuum Model
- Self-care
- Creating a supportive workplace
- Practical application