Wellness Exchange – Free Online Workshops for You!
Alberta Health Services continues to provide free virtual wellness workshops available to all Albertans.
Wellness Exchange is a series of skill-building workshops designed to help increase a person’s ability to cope with change, build resilience, and improve their overall wellbeing. Topics include problem-solving, positive activities, managing reactions, helpful thinking, and healthy connections.
“Wellness Exchange” is a free online class with five topics related to wellness – one topic per week.
Where: Online (via smartphone, tablet, or computer)
When: Thursdays, 1:30 to 3:00 pm from April 13 to May 11, 2023
Who: Adults interested in learning skills to cope with change and deal with stress
Registration: Register for any or all topics of interest
Week 1: Problem-Solving
It’s important to clearly define our problems and look at all possible solutions. Learning ways to problem solve effectively helps us address the entire situation, influence what we can, and increase our confidence in the decisions that we make.
Week 2: Positive Activities
Positive activities provide us with opportunities for enjoyment, improve our mood, increase our sense of control over our life, and create hope.
Week 3: Managing Reactions
Physical and emotional reactions happen as life stressors occur. Having confidence that we are able to effectively manage our emotions is important, as it helps protect our wellbeing, maintain our healthy connections, make effective decisions, and respond in healthy ways.
Week 4: Helpful Thinking
Our thoughts have an impact on how we see the world, how we feel, and how we behave. Shifting our unhelpful thinking to more helpful thinking is important to help increase our confidence in coping with stressors, improve our mood, and reduce the intensity of our reactions.
Week 5: Healthy Connections
Social support and connecting with others helps us feel a sense of belonging and reduces isolation. Building healthy social connections helps increase our confidence and our overall well-being.
You can register for the courses via this link: https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/news/psa/ne-psa-amh-wellness-online-courses.pdf or email your request to [email protected].
