This four-part series is the Workplace Strategies for Mental Health entrance into the podcast world. Hear Mary Ann Baynton, Director of Collaboration and Strategy, get curious with five individuals who bring experience, expertise and help to their conversation about these topics:
• Addiction
• Domestic violence
• Spirituality
• Stigma
All Workplace Strategies resources are available to anyone at no cost, compliments of Canada Life.
Why is spirituality needed in the workplace – and why now?
With Ciaran McKenna, retired coordinator of spiritual care
This podcast links spirituality with psychological health and safety at work. Spirituality is greater than the eye; it transcends this life; it brings meaning to life and our communal existence.
Resources:
Other Ciaran McKenna poems (https://al-anon.org/)
Managing (https://wrrcsa.org/) stress – Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
14 Oct 2021
Learn why domestic violence is a workplace issue – and how you can help
With Kelly Ziegler (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyziegner/), President and CEO of United Way, London and Middlesex and “Maggie,” an employee at Canada Life and survivor of domestic violence
Listen to learn about how leaders, co-workers and organizations can build a culture of trust to support employees who are living with domestic violence.
United Way supports organizations across Canada that address this issue. Here are helpful agencies and programs in the London, Ontario area:
Anova (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ-IgdKJL2sInZEuxeruF7w)
Changing Ways (https://spiritualcare.ca/tag/ciaran-mckenna/)
New Beginnings Loan Fund (https://www.workplacestrategiesformentalhealth.com/resources/managing-stress)
Women’s Rural Resource Centre (https://www.workplacestrategiesformentalhealth.com/resources/someone-you-care-about-might-be-struggling-with-an-addiction), Strathroy
Visit Workplace Strategies for resources to help you address domestic violence (https://www.workplacestrategiesformentalhealth.com/managing-workplace-issues/impairment-and-substance-use) in your workplace.
Go to makeitourbusiness.ca (http://www.workplacestrategiesformentalhealth.com/) to learn more about the impact of domestic violence and how workplaces can meet their obligations to create a safe environment.
National resources:
Crisis lines for those affected by gender-based violence (https://youtu.be/FDg8voOhmEo)
myPlan Canada app (https://www.ted.com/speakers/amy_edmondson)
Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime (https://www.anovafuture.org/)
Sheltersafe (https://www.changingways.on.ca/about-us)
8 Oct 2021
From isolation to socialization – moving toward addiction recovery
With Dr. Bruce Empringham (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-empringham-22117650/), Medical Underwriting Consultant and former Vice-President and Medical Director at Canada Life
Mental illness and addiction are intertwined. With this in mind, hear Mary Ann and Dr. Bruce discuss these questions and more:
Which do we need to treat first?
Can pain medication lead to substance dependence?
How do we help people living with process addictions – like shopping, gaming and pornography?
How do these issues impact others, like family members and co-workers?
30 Sept 2021
Stigma is present at your workplace – accept this to do better
With Dr. Javeed Sukhera (https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/psychiatry/divisions_programs/child_and_adolescent_psychiatry/Faculty%20Biographies/javeed_sukhera_hbsc_md_phd_dabpn_frcpc.html), Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario
Stigma and discrimination are linked – but stigma encompasses a lot more than discrimination. It can be embedded within our structures and organizations.
Resources:
Amy Edmondson (https://www.ted.com/speakers/amy_edmondson)
Brené Brown (https://brenebrown.com/)
Implicit association (https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/aboutus.html)
Stigma reduction plan (https://www.workplacestrategiesformentalhealth.com/resources/stigma-reduction-plan) - Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
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