Leaders are so often focused on the needs of their team members that they don’t take time for self-care. This can lead to stress, fatigue, illness, injury and professional dissatisfaction.

Join Tracey Hawthorn, one of Canada's leading specialists on well-being in the workplace, as she shares learnings from the pioneering work being done in Canada on mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. This workshop will provide insight into the challenges around personal and professional wellbeing, and offer some tools to help build resilience when faced with health, work and life challenges.

This introductory self-care workshop is designed to provide:

an awareness of wellbeing
education, self-evaluation and completion of a Self-Care Checklist
knowledge of the importance of nutrition; exercise; sleep
how to improve self-esteem and self-confidence
learning strategies that increase awareness of factors that contribute to fluctuations in mood, as well as methods to manage them

In this interactive workshop you will gain insight into challenges for your personal and professional wellbeing. You will learn simple lifestyle changes that will positively affect your physical, mental, and emotional well-being and develop tools and skills to improve your vitality and resiliency in the workplace.

The price of the ticket includes refreshments and a light lunch.

About Tracey Hawthorn

Tracey Hawthorn is a qualified Kinesiologist and Physiotherapist, dedicated to helping individuals to manage their well-being.

Charismatic and compassionate, Tracey is currently facilitating courses on Living with Balance to help teachers and other professionals to maintain a healthy work-life balance. She is certified to provide Mental Health First Aid, Suicide Prevention Training and is a Certified Advisor of the National Standard on Psychological Health & Safety in the Workplace. She has also completed training on Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction.

Tracey has received great recognition for her work, including one local and two national awards in British Columbia, and she is successful in influencing positive workplace cultures. Canada is the first country in the world to have a National Standard for Psychological Safety and Health in the Workplace and Tracey was recognized by the Mental Health Commission of Canada as a leader in this area. She is currently involved in the development of a National Standard for Post-Secondary Students.