When I teach or facilitate workshops, I upload my materials here for everyone to access. Feel free to use them, but please give me a little credit if you use them professionally 🙂
Mindfulness @ JAM
March 9th & March 16th, 2020 (Postponed): An Introduction to the Power of Infusing a Little Mindfulness Into a Busy Life. Handout
Compassion Fatigue Introduction – December 5, 2019
Providence Unity Health Toronto – Registered Dieticians
Compassion Fatigue: A Workshop for Humans Working with Humans
@Seneca College – Wednesday October 9, 2019
Thank you all who came for a wonderful workshop experience! I really enjoyed your enthusiastic participation. So much fun! You know how to contact me, please don’t hesitate. I would love to hear from you. As promised, I uploaded some more content from the workshop. See below. Heather.
- Workshop Slides
- Handout
- Our Better Nature (Pod Cast): Why your brain needs you to go outside. Listen Here
Recommended Videos
The Changing Minds Project Design Process (March 6th & 14th, 2019)
- Guest Lecture: Recreation Therapy Program, Research Design Course
- Changing Minds Project Design Process – Slides
The Canadian University and College Conference Organizers Association (CUCCOA) Annual Conference
October 2, 2018
- Presentation: Mental Health: Thinking Outside the Box
- Book: Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing How You Think
- TEDTalk: The brain-changing benefits of exercise | Dr. Wendy Suzuki
- TEDTalk: Hardwiring Happiness | Dr. Rick Hansen
Be Well * Do Well: August 28, 2018
Workshop: Mindset & GRIT: Developing the Mindset to Persevere
- Presentation: GRIT Presentation – Be Well Do Well August 2018
- Handout: GRIT Questionnaire & Ways to Develop a Growth Mindset
- Are you a carrot egg or coffee bean?
Campus Living Centres Annual Conference
Keynote Address: CLC Keynote – Momentum – June 4 2018
Seneca College Workshop: June 1, 2018
OISE/UofT Presentation: March 22, 2018
- Post Secondary Preparation: The Non-Academic Skills: Presentation
- Are you a carrot egg or coffee bean
- Labelling Your Thoughts – 10 Common Patterns
- Subclinical Feeling Words – Intensity
- GRIT Questionnaire
Additional Resources:
- Book: How Emotions Are Made, Dr. Lisa Feldman Barret
- Book: Hardwiring Happiness, Dr. Rick Hanson
- TEDTalk: The Brain Changing Effects of Exercise, Dr. Wendy Suzuki
- YouTube: Dr. Jonathan Haight on Coddle U vs Strengthen U
- Article: The Coddling of the American Mind – The Atlantic
Welcome Back!
Here are some of my presentations kicking off the Fall 2017 Semester:
Start Smart @ Mohawk College
Be Well*Do Well Presentation @ Mohawk College
Tuesday August 29, 2017
Recreation Therapy Workshop: Personality (MBTI) – May 18, 2017
REBOUND Workshop Day – February 27, 2017
Strategic Stress Reduction & Resilience Building Strategies
Developing the Skills You Need for…Well…Everything!
*Thank you to the participants! You were a wonderful group to spend time with. I am grateful that I was able to be a part of your gratitude expressions. I was so inspired by what you wrote on your cards that I needed to share them with others. Check out the inspiration: CLICK HERE
Start Smart @ Mohawk College
January 9, 2017: Time Management – Project Managing Your Academic Life
September 13, 2016: ABM Hosted by the Ontario Western Region Colleges
My Presentation: Understanding Career Pathways to Maximize Student Retention – Click Here
Skills, Characteristics and Values Checklist
September 1, 2016: Start Smart @ Mohawk College – Time Management Presentation: Academic Organization and Time Management – Start Smart September 2016
Be Well – Do Well Day! August 31, 2016
Presentation: GRIT Presentation – Be Well Do Well – August 31, 2016
Handout #1: 25 Ways to Develop a Growth Mindset
Handout #2: EQ Adaptibility – Are you a carrot, egg or coffee bean
GRIT Survey: 12-item GRIT Scale
Retreat Day Resource: Mohawk Student Association: Personality & Stress – August 15, 2016: MSA PD – MBTI August 15 2016
PRESENTATION: February 24, 2016: Applying to University: Click Here for Presentation
PRESENTATION: Start Smart January 2016 – Time Management / Note-Taking: Project Managing Your Academic Career: Click Here for Presentation
PRESENTATION: Mental Health 101 – Stress Management & Resilience Building. Presented on November 18, 2015: Click Here for Presentation
PRESENTATION: Time Management: Project Managing Your Academic Career: Smart Start September 2015 – Time Management – Project Managing Your Academic Career
PRESENTATION: Personality & Life Satisfaction. DBARC Mohawk Staff PD: August 19, 2015 DBARC PD – Personality & Life Satisfaction – August 19 2015 – Handout
PRESENTATION: Using Social Media to Engage Students: Thinking Outside the College Counselling “Box” – CCVPS Presentation – eSuccess Coaching May 2015
WORKSHOP: Balance & Wellness Workshop: Human Services PD – May 5, 2015 – Balance – Human Servies PD – May 5, 2015
WORKSHOP: Start Smart Presentation: April 30, 2015 – Start Smart April 2015 – Time Management and Note-Taking
ASSESSMENT: Wellbeing Assessment: Click Here
VIDEO: Emotional Intelligence- The Skills Our Students Deserve | Ronen Habib | TEDxGunnHighSchool
This is an excellent resource outlining the importance of building emotional intelligence skills in students and how Ronen Habib has created a very successful Positive Psychology course embedded within a high school program.
