The Wellness Connection

Financial wellness is one of the eight domains of wellness that involves the process of learning how to successfully manage financial expenses.  Living within your means is important as money plays a critical role in our lives and not having enough of it impacts health and wellbeing.  Financial stress is repeatedly found to be a common source of stress, anxiety and fear for most people.  In this W...

In this Wellness Connection podcast episode, Paula and Shannon focus on wellness for parents, some of the stress, stigmas and resources available in our rural community.  We chat with special guest, Anna McLean who is a parent, family coach and social worker.  Anna has 8 years of experience in supporting children and families and shares some of her knowledge with us in this episode.  She also shed...

Workplace wellness is more than trying to recover from your workweek.  Learn about employee wellness strategies, shifting our thoughts around work/life balance and resiliency in the workplace.   Thank you to our episode sponsor, the Canadian Mental Health Association's Rural Mental Health Project.  

Today's conversation is about the topic of Healthy Communication and Assertiveness as it relates to our wellbeing. Join Shannon and Paula along with special guest, Joshua Iverson as they dive into this subject.  Josh is a doctoral candidate studying clinical psychology.  He is a trained classical musician and says that music and art play a huge role in his wellness. Much of Josh's psycho...

In this Wellness Connection podcast episode, Paula and Shannon reflect on the impacts of Covid-19 on our physical and mental wellbeing.  What were the positive aspects that came out of our time in the pandemic. How do we move forward while managing our stress and anxiety about the future.   This podcast is brought to you by the Rural Mental Health Project through the Canadian Mental Health Associa...

In this Wellness Connection podcast episode, Shannon and Paula chat about being a wellness leader in your community.  Being a leader begins with you.  Create awareness of your own wellness; daily habits and behaviours that build a strong, resilient body, mind and spirit.  As a leader of wellness you work to determine what creates better wellbeing for yourself and you inspire others to find what th...