Past Events

Offered by Kathy Somers.  "Worry is like a rocking chair. It rocks and rocks and gets us nowhere." So why do we do it? What perpetuates and even escalates this habit? Do you even worry about how much you worry? How much is too much? Is it possible to worry yourself sick? How do we prevent it from running our life? Or giving us anxiety? This evening workshop provides information about worrying, and teaches practical strategies that curb worry and decrease its negative impact on mood and performance.

LivingWorks Start is an online alertness training that prepares anyone, regardless of prior experience or training, to recognize when someone is thinking about suicide and connect them to help and support.

The Wellness Education Centre is hosting virtual Mood Routes walks for students and employees. Online Location Instructions Join the Teams group called "Mood Routes". The link for the video call will be shared in this group each week.

Join this edition of “Coffee Connections” to casually connect with colleagues from across U of G. This is a social chance to connect virtually with other faculty and staff to chat about a common interest:: Fall foods!  Share your favourite Fall foods and recipes with one another.   Coffee Connections is a series running several Fridays in October, with the intention of building community connections on campus over a shared interest. Register today!

This webinar is hosted by Excellence Canada. Resilience is an "inner strength" that helps you bounce back after stressful situations. Join Robert Hawke, a speaker, comedian and cancer survivor, as he uses his 20 years of comedic experience and the lessons he learned in his battle with cancer to uplift and entertain you. Be inspired to care, to take risks and to work outside your comfort zones to create extraordinary results in your life and your work.   Register today.

Every Tuesday and Thursday at Noon Everyone – faculty, staff, students, alumni and retirees – Welcome No experience required. Join Zoom Meeting Please contact ljairath@uoguelph.ca to register and access the meeting link.

For Healthy Workplace Month, employees are invited to join the Wellness@Work “Podcast Club” (think book club, but for podcasts).  The Podcast Club will be listening to episodes from “The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos” from Yale University. Register for the Podcast Club and weekly episode titles will be shared to listen to before each discussion, Podcast Club chats will take place on the following dates:

Provided by Learning and Development (Continuation of Managing Me at Home, some repetition, more advanced version). Most people, when faced with change, uncertainty and pressure to go faster, plan less. Yet the productive, agile response is to stop, think and plan more – shorter planning cycles, more frequent check-ins, and of course, more contingency planning. This highly engaging virtual session will provide you with immensely practical planning strategies to help you thrive in the new game of constant change.

With reference to the book “How Women Rise”, by leadership experts Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith, in this session we’ll explore the unique roadblocks that women face as they advance in their careers and how to overcome them. Please register and join us online. Late additions welcome but it is helpful to know how many to expect

We all juggle personal, family, social, financial, and work demands. Most of us do pretty well, but any of us could be blindsided by an unexpected crisis or overwhelmed when too many stressors coincide.