Resources
To support mental and spiritual well-being.
Tip Sheets
Guides
- In the Moment Mindfulness Practices for Anxiety
- In the Moment Mindfulness Practices for Anxiety - Spiritual
- Meeting Grief with Compassion and Presence
Mental Well-being
- Canada 988 Suicide Prevention Helpline - Get Help | 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline
- If your safety is at risk - call 911 right away.
- Find Mental Health Support - a comprehensive list of mental health supports and how to get help when you need it (Ontario, Canada).
- Workplace Strategies for Mental Health provides free materials, tools and resources to support mental health and workplace psychological safety.
Meditation and Mindfulness
It is important to acknowledge the shoulders we stand upon. The following mindfulness and spiritual teachers have inspired my work:
- Toward Stillness Meditations founded by Tony Murdock. My first meditation teacher who continues to inspire me. Tony's approach integrates essential elements of meditation, yoga philosophy, world mysticism, spiritual leadership, compassionate living, and the basic principles of Healing Meditation.
- Unified Mindfulness (UM) is a secular skill-based system of mindfulness developed by American Mindfulness Teacher Shinzen Young. UM offers a free virtual, online, self-paced mindfulness training program and group coaching.
- Tara Brach, Ph.D. is a spiritual teacher, psychologist and author of several international bestselling books.
- Jack Kornfield, PH.D. is one of the key teachers to introduce mindfulness practice to the West and is the author of 16 books.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn the developer and founder of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) credited for bringing the ancient Buddhist meditation practice of mindfulnes into mainstream medicine, health care, science, and beyond.
Spiritual Well-being
- Integrative Medical Health University - Founded by Emma Bragdon, Ph.D., offers accessible, free, effective resources to people and their loved ones challenged by spiritually-transformative experiences.
