Resources
OSSTF Stress Relief for Educators
OSSTF -EFAP Morneau Shepell
Big White Wall is an on line mental health resource developed in the United Kingdom that offers a place to talk about your life stressors and learn about creative tools to
Mind Your Mind is another resource to help with managing mental health challenges. Below is the website but there is also mobile app.
APPS
My EAP Mobile Device Application
Stop, Breath and Think
Calm.com
Mindshift
Smiling Mind
Headspace
Distress Centers
Below is a link to information on distress centres and crisis resources
CAMH
ConnexOntario 1-866-531-2600
24 hour mental health and addiction telephone information and navigation support.
AHS: Ways to Wellness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ju2G3KtKNA
Employee and Family Assistance Program
Brochure
My Services
- professional counselling
- financial support
- legal support
- nutritional support
- family support
- career counselling
- naturopathic services
Health and Well-Being
Health and Well-Being
- emotional well being
- mental health
- family and relationships
- diseases and conditions
- Crisis situations
- general emotional well-being
- grief
- LGBT
- stress
- loneliness
- leisure/vacations
- Optimism
How to be happier through positive psychology
Lighten up: using humour to your advantage in the workplace
Being happy
Four ways to increase happiness on and off the job
You don't have to win the lottery to enjoy life
How to be happy
Beat the Monday blahs: bouncing back to work
You don't have to win the lottery to enjoy life
Practicing gratitude
A healthy attitude: optimism, pessimism and your health
-Self-esteem
Body image basics
Weighing you down: building a better body image
Self-esteem in children
Pressure to succeed
Effects of negative self-talk
Gaining Balance by Saying "No" and Setting Boundaries
The psychological effects of being unfriended online
Constructing confidence: building belief in yourself and your abilities
Assertiveness: saying "yes" and saying "no"
What happens after a mental illness diagnosis?
Supporting a co-worker through grief or illness
Being Yourself in a Professional Environment
Avoiding self-medication: Tackling root causes of personal issues
Stress and Resiliency: Understanding the "Back to Work Blues"
Mind-body balance
The media and stigma
Promoting balance at work and at home
When the children have left home: adjusting to an empty nest
Am I becoming my parents?
Seeking Professional Help with a Personal Issue
Building resiliency in your life
Supporting someone through a loss
Life loss: coping with the sudden death of a loved one
Saying goodbye: helpful advice for those dealing with loss
Managing grief: understanding emotions around trying situations
Taking care of yourself after a loss
Grief: Help with navigating uncharted waters
Understanding stress
Take Control of Your Life
Stress and Resiliency: Understanding the "Back to Work Blues"
Identifying and managing stress
Coping with retirement stress
Stress Effects: Avoiding the Strain Drain
dealing with loneliness
Loneliness and the holiday season
Keeping it simple over the holiday season
Parent's summer survival guide
Cooking up healthy holidays
Health hints to ease your family in to the fall season
Your guide to holiday peacekeeping
Time out: making the most of the holidays
- Eating disorders
- Suicide
- phobia
- general mental health
- anger
- Alzheimer's and dementia
- schizophrenia
- obsessive compulsive disorder
- depression
- anxiety
- seasonal affective disorder
Eating disorders, body image and self-esteem
Anorexia nervosa
Unhealthy escapes: the rise of addictions and suicide during a downturn
Suicide signs and prevention
Understanding and addressing phobias
Facing your fear: overcoming a phobia
Mental illness in the workplace: recovery
Helping others help themselves
Teaching online civility
Family ties: coping with a relative's mental illness
Brain gain in life’s later years
A friend, indeed: friendship as a source of solace and support
Mental illness and relationships
What you need to know about iCBT
Avoiding self-medication: Tackling root causes of personal issues
Understanding postpartum depression
Top 10 reasons to volunteer
Facebook or Fakebook?
Discovering mental illness
Tools for stress reduction and resiliency
Mental illness in the workplace: removing stigma
The value of online communities and support boards
Resiliency at work and home
Cultural and ethnic stigmas surrounding mental health
Return to work, friends and routine after mental illness
Should you share your mental illness diagnosis?
Under the radar: detecting mental illness
Helping friends and family identify and address mental health concerns
Who is affected by mental illness?
A checklist for positive mental health
Let's talk mental health
The stigma related to mental illness
How to support your team through mental health challenges
Defining common mental health terms
Recovery roads: accessing help for mental health concerns
Mental illness in the workplace: return to work
Healthy living: the five R’s of mental health
Embracing Aging
Generation Z and mental health
The five R’s of mental health
Culture of silence: overcoming the cultural barriers of mental illness
Living with mental illness
Recognizing and responding to signs of mental illness
Generation X and mental health
Mental health myths and facts
Promoting good mental and physical health in the workplace
health-in-the-workplace
Mental illness in the workplace: recognizing risk
Does mid-life crisis exist?
Overcoming stigma around mental illness
Discussing your mental health issue
The psychological effects of being unfriended online
Staying the course: maintaining mental health during troubling times
Baby boomers and mental health
Mental illness: The road to recovery
Men and women: How to recognize mental health risk
Millennials and mental health
It's all in your mind: achieving good mental health
Be mindful – not mind full: five steps to improve your mental health
Six ways you can help someone affected with a mental illness
Recovery is possible
Mental illness in the workplace: resilience
How to pick an organization to volunteer for
Four pillars of mental fitness
Talking to your kids at any age about your mental health
Mental illness: do you know myth from fact?
Mental health: a healthy mind affects overall health
Memory makeover: tips to spruce up an absent mind
Counselling in a digital world
The mind-body connection
Returning to work after a mental health-related leave
Should you discuss your mental illness with your kids?
How social media affects our mental health
Should You Discuss Mental Illness with Your Kids
Choosing the right professional for support with a personal issue
Red flags: signs and symptoms of mental health challenges
Five Keys to High-Level Wellness
Stories of recovery from mental illness
Money and your mind: taking care of your finances and mental health
Mental illness: How aware are you?
The evolution of counselling in the digital age
Boost self-care with positive relationships
Sorting through support
Mental barriers to breaking the debt cycle
Myths and facts about mental health and gender
Mental health stigma: How it affects men and women
Mental and physical health: making the connection
How-to guide: Raising awareness about mental illness
Creating your best mind and body
When is anger out of control?
Keeping a Lid on Anger
Putting Anger in its Place: Strategies for Understanding and Managing Anger
Understanding and Countering Road and Air Rage
Managing anger
Commuter calm: getting to work without getting annoyed
Anger and drinking
Dementia: understanding the causes and symptoms
Tips when caring for someone with Alzheimer’s
Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s may be the toughest thing you ever do
Caring for someone with Alzheimer's or Dementia
Supporting a loved one with Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's - an inspirational journey
More people are caring for their elderly parents
Understanding Alzheimer's disease
Fading memories: an absent mind or warning signs?
What is Schizophrenia
Treating obsessive-compulsive disorder
Identifying obsessive-compulsive disorder
Understanding and addressing phobias
Facing your fear: overcoming a phobia
Understanding panic attacks
Anxiety medications and you
Keep calm and work on
Understanding and treating anxiety
Supporting someone with anxiety
Coping with separation anxiety
Children and anxiety
Understanding and Treating Panic Attacks
Keeping anxiety in check in the face of uncertainty
Beating the winter blues
Identifying seasonal affective disorder
Have you got the holiday blues?
Coping with seasonal affective disorder
Healthy Hibernation
Seasonal affective disorder: surviving the winter blues
- Adoption
- other relationships
- Child Care
- parenting
- personal growth
- conflict
- senior care
Tips for families considering adoption
Explaining adoption to your child
Adopting a child
Family ties: coping with a relative's mental illness
A friend, indeed: friendship as a source of solace and support
Friend therapy
Coping with loneliness
Full house: Welcoming new additions to your household
Friendships and your well-being
Practicing patience with aging parents
Help your children and teens succeed with Children’s Support Solutions
Setting limits and letting go: creating healthy boundaries and knowing when to let go
Safety tips for parents of infants
Protecting children: helpful rules to keep young people safe
Stay alert and stay safe: street proofing your kids
Guide for choosing a group daycare centre
Back-up/Emergency child care
Choosing child care in your home
Understanding sudden infant death syndrome
Sharing a child care provider
Raising resilient children
Camp countdown: helping kids emotionally prepare for summer camp
Behaviour contracting: a win-win approach to parenting
Parenting challenges: conflicting schedules
Teaching online civility
Tearing your kids away from the TV
Setting Social Media Boundaries for your Kids
Parenting a child with a disability
Childbirth options
Ringing in a balanced New Year
Personal security: a practical approach
Tips for building resiliency
Attaining your New Year’s resolutions
At last! An article on procrastination
Summer Stock: Using Your Extra Time in the Summer to Put Your Life in Order
Personal goal setting
Tips and Techniques for Achieving Greater Balance in Your Life
Choose a SMART Resolution!
Accepting change is vital to your health and happiness
Bouncing back: how to improve your resilience
Understanding and improving your quality of life
Tips and Tools for Great Decision Making
Change is inevitable, growth is optional
Age expectations: accepting life's journey at every age
Resilience: An important skill for all
A perspective on domestic abuse
Family feuds: collaborating to resolve family conflicts
The big split: kids, separation and divorce
Cooling relationship conflicts
Handling family conflict well
Dual incomes: renegotiating roles
Domestic dilemmas
Types of bullying
Bullied children: what to do when it hits home
Elder Care Options
Elder Care: Sources of Stress and How to Cope
Independent Living
Slowing Down to Help Aging Parents
Family ties: coping with a relative's mental illness
Sandwiched priorities: caring for both children and elders
Communicating with older adults
You and your aging parents: understanding different stages of elder care
Seniors’ safety: how to prevent injuries
Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s may be the toughest thing you ever do
- Osteoporosis
- Stroke
- sexual problems
- sleep issues
- diabetes
- incontinence
Osteoporosis: lifelong prevention
Bone builders: understanding and preventing Osteoporosis
Coping with recovery after a stroke
Coping when a loved one has had a stroke
Identifying and treating sexual problems for women
Identifying and treating sexual problems for men
Relationship revival: keeping a mature relationship in full bloom
Making your dream of better sleep come true
Sleep: do you get enough?
Insomnia: preventative strategies and practical advice
Preventing type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes 101
Stress and diabetes - understanding the link
Living with diabetes
Stress and diabetes - understanding the link
Incontinence: it doesn't have to be an obstacle
Career and Workplace – all straight to article – no subsection
- Health and Attitude
- coping with change on the job
- time management
- stress burnout
- traumatic events
- career development and continuing education
- conflict and communication
- workplace leave
Making nutrition work for any work scenario
Mental illness in the workplace: recovery
Helping others help themselves
Appreciation in the global workplace
Work/Life balance: for the good of your health
Back to work blues: easing into work after summer vacation
Stress and Resiliency: Understanding the "Back to Work Blues"
Cannabis in the workplace – for employees
Working with a disability
Social media and your coworkers: To friend or not to friend
How change impacts the team
The pros and cons of flexible work arrangements
Embracing change in the workplace
Setting your expectations in a new culture
Building a resilient work team
Managing millennials
Transition shock: dealing with changes in our work and personal lives
Getting a handle on your non-standard work schedule
The multitasking season is here: Your survival guide
Making the link: Digital multitasking and stress
How to be more engaged at work
Planning and leading effective meetings
On top of it: Organization to keep stress in check
Systems and processes to make work run smoothly
Balancing Work, Family and Fun
Ten tips for fitting work and life together
Working on workplace stress
Work/Life balance: for the good of your health
Workload survival tips
Blurring the boundaries between work and home
Managing employees during times of stress and grief
The sting of burnout on productivity
Re-energizing and re-focusing your career
Understanding absence
Fight or flight: learning how to handle workplace stress
Balancing your work and personal life
Understanding a co-worker’s grief or illness
Talking to the recently bereaved
Tips for helping your child through a traumatic event
Taking care after a traumatic event
How a traumatic event can affect you
Dealing with a death in the workplace
Coping with the after-effects of a traumatic event
How personal development helps professional development
How did I end up in this job? It’s not what I thought it would be!
Overbooked! Balancing work and life with continuing education
Workplace strategies for positive mental health
Understanding and preparing for a performance appraisal
Learning and development across the generations
Social media and your coworkers: To friend or not to friend
How to manage an office romance
Building a good relationship with your boss
Communication tips in the digital age
10 tips for tactfully voicing your opinions at work
Embracing change in the workplace
Being yourself in a professional environment
Easing the transition back to work after having a child
The do's and dont's of welcoming an employee back after a mental health leave
Return to work, friends and routine after mental illness
Returning to work post-baby
Staying in touch during maternity/paternity leave
Staying in touch with work while on parental leave
Stress and Resiliency-Understanding the "Back to Work Blues"
Financial Security– all straight to article – no subsection
- financial planning
- credit and debit management
- budgeting
- investing
- will preparation
- legal
- tax
- real estate/mortgages
Establishing financial security following a divorce or separation
Making your money work for you
Investing for retirement: all you need to know about retirement income options
Finances and family planning
Financial health: how your finances affect your mind
Finding the right financial advisor
Finances for new parents
Moving out on your own
Millennials: Your financial future is now
Finances and family planning
Protecting yourself from identity theft
Credit Card Survival Tips
How to handle your debt load
Considerations when facing bankruptcy
Tips for savvy holiday-season spending
Easing financial pressures after the holiday season
Money and your mind: taking care of your finances and mental health
Mental barriers to breaking the debt cycle
Fitness and nutrition on a budget
Staying fit on a slim budget
Relationship restructuring, love, family and finances
Eating on a budget
Holiday budget tips for you and your kids
Making your money work for you
Finances and family planning
Avoiding the budget crunch
Budgeting: living within your means
Retirement planning late in the game
Coping with retirement stress
Planning for your retirement: things to consider
Quiz: Are you ready for retirement?
Weighing your options: RRSPs and mortgages
Life after retirement
A guide to choosing retirement apartments
Filling your retirement with meaningful activities
Understanding your pension
Retirement planning: when will you be able to retire?
Will and Estate Planning
Will and Estate Planning
Family law in Canada: division of assets
Family law in Canada: marriage agreements
Legal support services
Hiring a lawyer
Family law in Canada: child custody
Family law in Canada: separation and divorce
Taxes and stress – tips to manage both!
Tax planning: the key to your financial health
Tips for making the tax season less taxing
Managing the stress of moving
Downsizing without downgrading
Estate planning
Real estate issues: buying versus renting
Real estate law: the ins and outs of buying your first home
Making the decision to relocate
Dream home decisions: a blueprint for home buying
Life Events
- death of a loved one
- planning retirement
- dealing with a disability/serious illness
- getting separated/divorced
Grief: Help with navigating uncharted waters
Managing change
Life loss: coping with the sudden death of a loved one
Understanding and coping with a loss
Annuities versus life income funds
Investing for retirement: all you need to know about retirement income options
Retirement planning: when will you be able to retire?
Understanding your Pension
Finding the right financial advisor
https://www.Finding the right financial advisorworkhealthlife.com/Article/Read/Finding%20the%20Right%20Financial%20Advisor
Coping with retirement Stress
Parenting a child with a disability
Living with hope: coping skills for people diagnosed with chronic or terminal illness
How to talk to your doctor
Osteoporosis: lifelong prevention
What to do when your family member is being discharged from the hospital
Coping with the news of a cancer diagnosis
Coping with recovery after a stroke
Caring for a terminally ill family member
Regaining a satisfying social life after a significant illness
Coping with a terminal diagnosis
Dealing with pain and depression when recovering from an illness
Working with a disability
Living with a disability
How to cope with a serious medical diagnosis
Life after Divorce
Tips on Parenting after a separation or Divorce
Helping Children Deal with Divorce
Living with Divorce
OTF
Managing Stress
Recognition prevention and coping strategies for beginning teachers
mental well being it's not always a mental or emotional cause
10 stress burning secrets of great teachers
avoid teacher burnout - 5 quick and easy tips
teacher stress and resilience
10 ways to deal with teacher burnout
Teacher: an effective stress manager
take care of yourself to take care of your students
from chaos to coherence
https://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin413.shtml
10 ideas to help teachers beat stress
teacher burnout and stress management
Mental Health
Organizations and Resources
Center for addiction and mental health
ementalhealth.ca
Ontario mental health helpline
Canadian mental health Association
Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
Articles and Videos
- teachers TV: teacher mental health
- antidepressant skills at work
- antidepressant skills workbook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZxQyyApKps
https://psychhealthandsafety.org/asaw/
https://psychhealthandsafety.org/asw
Work Life Balance
Work life balance quiz
https://cmha.ca/work-life-balance-quiz#.VyYsIzArKhc
Wave: workload and volunteerism research study - OSSTF study on positive and negative impacts of co-curricular's
ATTACHMENTS
Work life balance suggestions
teaching is fundamental: ideas for friends and spouses supporting teachers early career challenges
changes teachers can make
teacher network and work life balance