On Wednesday night, at the Ullus Community Complex, the Winds of Change hosted its 3rd Wellness Gathering, and recognised local wellness champions with the Wellness Recognition Awards. The first category recognised was for Empowering Individuals and Communities to Make Healthy Lifestyle Choices. Congratulations to Lindsay May, the recipient of this award. You know her as … Continue reading Wellness Champion, Lindsay May
People aren’t born knowing what beauty is. Instead, the images projected to us as we grow up create our definition of ‘beauty.’ Now more than ever, young girls and boys are being exposed to our society’s image of ‘perfect’ beauty. In most cases, however, this image is unattainable. The media certainly plays a role in … Continue reading Inspiration: You are more beautiful than you realise. Take it from Zoya Jiwa.
This blog post by Wellness Gathering guest speaker Zoya Jiwa is shared from the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre. Zoya will speak at the Banquet Room at the Ullus Community Centre, at 1pm on Thursday October 25, as part of the Healthy Living Workshop series of the 3rd annual Winds of Change Wellness Gathering. When … Continue reading Being Simply You
Anyone else find this as terrifying/exhilarating an invitation as I do? Eventually I discovered for myself the utterly simple prescription for creativity: be intensely yourself. Don't try to be outstanding; don't try to be a success; don't try to do pictures for others to look at. Just please yourself. ~ Ralph Steiner (Thanks for the … Continue reading Inspiration: Be yourself.
Dr Art Hister is the keynote speaker at the 3rd annual Wellness Gathering on October 25. Here's a little taste of his energy and wisdom, in a video interview about how we can be a bit more active in our daily lives.
The Centre for Addictions Research at the University of Victoria posted this article this summer, which jives perfectly with what we are all about here at The Wellness Almanac. It also jives with what Pemberton resident Mo Douglas has created with the Hello Pledge, and what Pemberton BMX founder Jessica Turner has said is at … Continue reading Wellness: Resilience comes from… caring about each other enough to say hi.
Question of the day: could we be more like the trees? Could societies learn from the forest, in the way it networks and responds, constantly in flow, to the needs of those around it? Watch this remarkable video about mother trees and the interrelatedness between trees and fungi about a constant exchange and connection taking … Continue reading Coaches Corner: Learnings from the Mother Tree
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