Magic Moments - The of Helping

“Caretake this moment Immerse yourself in its particulars
Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit the evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble It is time to really live, to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now.” - Epictetus

“Huge potential in small things…" Magic is about transforming our self and work in health care from one moment to the next.”—Donna Devlin

Everyday we have the privilege of making a difference in the life of another and as a result making a difference in our own life.

There are daily challenges and hurdles that strain us in our ability to make meaningful connections. It becomes essential to understand ourselves and develop fruitful, mindful and compassionate relationships with ourselves, co-workers and those we serve.

Full of practical tools to inspire, renew and enlighten helpers both personally and in their quest for creating meaningful healing relationships with those they serve. <workshop reviews>

Being Mindful of Mental Illness

“Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.” - Elie Weisel

Learn about one of the least talked about, most feared, most misunderstood and stigmatized illness anyone can have: Mental Illness. 20% of all Canadians will experience a mental illness in their life time. The economic costs are in the billions. The human cost is beyond comprehension.

Anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bi-polar, psychosis, personality and eating disorders are some of the mental illnesses affecting our lives at work and at home.

In an open, informative, relaxed, compassionate atmosphere learn about these illnesses to help yourself and others. You may just help someone and it may be you!

A Caregivers Life WELL Lived

"One has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.” - Y’essye Norman

A wellness inservice for professional and nonprofessional caregivers. With all the challenges us as caregivers, looking for ways inspire, renew, and acknowledge become paramount. Taking care of people facing life threatening illness, grief, loss and death sometimes can take a toll on our well being.

Learn how to avoid the helpers’ hole and recognize our helping myths and interpersonal allergies. Discover the value of finding and maintaining your own caregiver oasis.

Your Listening Presents

"Real listening isn’t a need we have it is a gift we give.” Unknown

What kind of listener are you? Explore the benefits of true heartfelt listening and how you can understand and improve your listening skills and as a result build trust and respect and healthy healing relationships with your colleagues and those you serve.

Spirituality and Mental Health

"Man lives in three dimensions: the somatic, the mental, and the spiritual. The spiritual dimension cannot be ignored, for it is what make us human.” - Unknown

Defining and understanding the terms spirituality and mental health and exploring the value of addressing these factors when helping others.

Light in the Darkness – hopes way in depression

"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work, and you don’t give up.” - Anne Lamott

Depression is a pervasive mental health challenge to society and so often it may be unrecognized. Shedding light and acknowledging an often taboo subject where a society seems to value “the buck up approach or ignore and pretend that nothing bothers us” is integral to our own and others mental health.

Hope is a pivotal factor in how we can help someone that is suffering a depression. We will identify and gain understanding of hope’s role in depression and explore what hope is and how we can bring hope to those suffering a depression.