Self Help Tools

Radio Doom and Gloom

What’s normal anxiety — and what’s an anxiety disorder? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

4 Ways to Stop an Anxiety Spiral | SuperSoul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network

Rethinking anxiety: Learning to face fear | Dawn Huebner | TEDxAmoskeagMillyardWomen

What is depression? – Helen M. Farrell

Don’t suffer from your depression in silence | Nikki Webber Allen

Feeling Good Podcasts

This talk isn’t very good. Dancing with my inner critic | Steve Chapman | TEDxRoyalTunbridgeWells

You are not your thoughts

Thanking Your Mind: Taking The Power Out of Difficult Thoughts

The Stageshow Metaphor

Why Brené Brown Says Perfectionism Is a 20-Ton Shield | Oprah’s Lifeclass | Oprah Winfrey Network

Dr. Brené Brown on Faking It, Perfectionism and Living Wholeheartedly | SuperSoul Sunday | OWN

Perfectionism Self-Help Resources – Information Sheets & Workbooks (health.wa.gov.au)

Perfectionism – The Battle of Never Feeling Quite Good Enough | Julia LeGallo | TEDxTruro

Loneliness

The Simple Cure for Loneliness | Baya Voce | TEDxSaltLakeCity

How caffeine and alcohol affect your sleep | Matt Walker

Surrender To The Stillness | Sarah Blondin

Rootd: Rootd focuses on panic attacks and anxiety. It helps users to understand and overcome their anxiety and panic attacks with a therapist-approved panic button, guided by deep breathing, an anxiety journal, soothing visualizations, stats pages, emergency contacts, and lessons. 

DBSA: The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance can help you connect with others who have been there. They provide personal wellness options (medication information, wellness trackers, etc.), as well as information on how to help others who are suffering.

PolarUs — Bipolar Disorder: PolarUs helps people living with bipolar disorder monitor their mood, sleep, and well-being while developing practical self-management strategies. Developed with researchers, clinicians, and people with lived experience, the app has been independently assessed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) for quality, safety, privacy, and clinical evidence. 

Mood Mission: This iOS/Android app is used to track your mood. When you tell MoodMission how you’re feeling, it gives you a tailored list of 5 simple, effective, evidence-based Missions to improve your mood.

Sorted – Emotional Well-Being and Resilience: Sorted is an app designed for anyone looking to improve their mood, manage stress and anxiety, build confidence, or sleep better. The app offers guided audio exercises using relaxation, breathing, positive thinking, and visualization techniques to help you cope with everyday challenges and build emotional resilience. Sorted has also received the MHCC assessment badge. The app is free to download, although some content requires payment. 

Essential Study Skills – Sleep: Sleep is one of our basic human needs, and yet many of us struggle with it. Whether you’re hoping to get more sleep or better sleep, this module will help you to finally get some rest!

MindWell – Mindfulness and Stress Management: MindWell is a mindfulness app and online platform that helps students manage stress, improve focus, and build emotional resilience. Its Take 5 Daily program offers short, guided mindfulness exercises and practical strategies for managing everyday challenges, including academic pressures and anxiety. Additional features include self-assessments, online classes, and well-being resources. 

Breathr – Mindful Moments: Breathr is a mindfulness-based app offering people a variety of practices, from guided meditations to simple practices that can be used anywhere by youth, parents, caregivers, and health professionals. 

AccessMHA: AccessMHA makes it easier to help find mental health, or substance use health and addictions support, services, and care. They eliminate the guesswork and work with you to refer you to the services you need, all while supporting you through the process. After reaching out to them, you will be paired with a trained mental health, substance use health and addictions professional who will connect you to the services you need from a network of partner organizations. 

Calm in the Storm: This iOS app provides stress management through meditation, tracking mood, personalized photos and phrases, and providing information about stress.

Stress Management: This unit from Algonquin College Library can help you learn to manage your stress.

Joypop: Joypop focuses on well-being and stress management. It has features such as mood scales, breathing exercises, and games, along with sleep and crisis support to promote well-being and resilience by targeting emotion regulation.

Calm in the Storm: This iOS app provides stress management through meditation, tracking mood, personalized photos and phrases, and providing information about stress. 

Essential Study Skills – Stress Management: This unit from Algonquin College Library can help you learn to manage your stress.

PTSD Coach: This iOS/Android app can help you learn about and manage symptoms that often occur after trauma.

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health: Not sure what the signs and symptoms are for a traumatic experience? Visit the CAMH website to learn more.

SMART Recovery: SMART Recovery provides evidence-based program materials, an online community of meetings, and in-person support groups for people seeking independence from any kind of substance use disorders and problematic behaviours. They offer a positive reinforcement educational program for family members and friends who wish to support their loved ones in their recovery.

Breaking Free — Substance Use and Recovery: Breaking Free is an online program and app that helps people reduce or stop problematic alcohol or drug use. It offers practical exercises based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and other evidence-based approaches to help manage cravings, change habits, and build healthier coping strategies.