Wellness & Ability

Our necks bear the brunt of the stress when we spend too much time looking at screens. With simple corrections to your posture and typing habits, you can eliminate injury to this sensitive area. With this 1:09 min video clip, discover the proper way to stretch your back and neck, lengthen your neck muscles and upper spine, as well as help relieve and prevent neck pain.

Want to get your body moving more and feeling better? Feel free to join your colleagues for free yoga sessions, offered every Wednesday, ether virtually or in-person. Find out more on MyAC.

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When it comes to mental health in the workplace, incorporating healthy thinking, emotional literacy and self compassion practices are critical to regulating one’s inner state and energy. Take some time to explore this 2:35 min video on Improving your Mental Health at work.

Mental Health Week takes place on May 5-11th. Please join us for the following workshops:

• Mental Health First Aid
• The Working Mind Mental Health Training for Employees
• The Working Mind Mental Health Training for People Leaders

Don’t forget to check out our Mental Health Awareness Week activity designed to support your well-being. To register for any of these free workshops, please use this registration link.

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Do you find yourself saying ‘yes‘ to requests from your team, peers and colleagues when you are limited in time and energy? The empowered refusal discusses three competencies that will help you set boundaries to protect your time and energy. Listen to this 1:29 min audio clip to learn how you can strengthen and maintain your relationships while still effectively saying ‘no’ to additional requests.

Looking to learn more? Listen to the full course on, How to Say No without Guilt.

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Our College Community is changing and is experiencing tremendous change as we move forward together. This change is hard and it can have a great impact on our mental and physical well-being. Watch this 5:28 min video clip on Breathwork to Release Pressure to help you relieve stress, tension and anxiety to help you improve and support your mental and physical well-being.

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Are you having trouble focusing or making decisions? Do you find yourself making more mistakes than usual? If you answered ‘yes’ to some of these questions, it might be time for you to think about getting more sleep.

Watch this 2:45 min video clip to explore several helpful tips to help you improve your deep, slow-wave and REM sleep cycles.

Interested in learning more? Join the upcoming TELUS Health workshop session, Dealing with Sleep Issues on Friday February 21st. Register here to learn more!

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The Centre for Organizational Learning would like to wish all employees a healthy, safe & restful holiday season. We look forward to supporting your learning needs in the New Year.

For those with who may want to spread a little sweetness this holiday, we want to share this quick and easy recipe (40s video) for Rolo Pretzel Turtles.

If professional development is one of your New Year’s resolutions get a head start and check out the Employee Learning Catalogue to get a snapshot of our currently scheduled learning opportunities!

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When was the last time you played at work?

Play has many benefits in the workplace including building community and culture, improving memory and increasing creativity and spontaneity. Watch this 2:34 min video clip on Fostering a safe space for play & connection to see how play can enrich and enhance our work with others.

This is just one tip from the series, Skills to Build Stronger Work Relationships, please feel free to check them all out!

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Change is all around us, and our professional life is no exception. If you are feeling anxious about upcoming change, check out this 1 min nano video clip, to learn a strategy to help you accept what you cannot change by refocusing your energy on what you can change.

This is just one tip from the short 9 min 11 s course Nano Tips to Thrive in Uncertainty and Embrace Change, feel free to check them all out.

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Our brains already have the built-in machinery to be wildly creative—some of us just need a bit of clarity on the process. This 5m 54s LinkedIn Learning video provides you with advice to help you get your creativity flowing by relaxing your brain. When our brains are relaxed, they function more creatively.

This is just one small sliver of advice from the Creativity Tips for All (7h 31m), check out the full course for even more tidbits to get (even more) creative.

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In this 1:10 min introductory video, you will become familiar with the importance of why regulating your nervous system matters. Stress, anxiety, burnout, overwhelm, and disengagement are all connected to the function of your nervous system. Learning how to work at the level of your nervous system can help you bring your best self to the daily challenges you face. In this course, somatic expert and coach, Jay Fields teaches simple practices for regulating the autonomic nervous system, which unconsciously controls your mind and body’s response to stress. Participate in activity exercises to apply some basic concepts to your personal experiences and to help you to regulate your nervous system. While this course won’t magically make the world a less stressful place, by participating in the exercises and applying the lessons Jay imparts, you will have a nervous system that is wired to help you meet challenges with more calmness and clarity.

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