HCLS & LCGWC

Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington County & Halton Community Legal Services

Winter Wellness Workshop - Jan. 30, 2025

Slide deck

Click here for a PDF (note-taking version) of the slides.

Resources mentioned in the workshop

• OPIRG Guelph Land Acknowledgement

• Woodland Cultural Centre

• Arriving practice (5-4-3-2-1) (video)

• The State of Mental Health in Canada 2024 (CMHA Report)

• Low-Impact Debriefing Protocol

• Vicarious Resilience research (Hernandez et. al.)

• Re: assuming pre-existing ability - Small Acts of Living: Everyday Resistance

• Circles of Control, Influence, and Concern

• Prentis Hemphill - What It Takes to Heal (book, related to boundaries)

• Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab, LCSW

• End of day/going home guided mindfulness exercise (video)

Other resources you might find useful

• Beyond the Cliff (Video) by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky - talks about the impact of secondary trauma on trauma-exposed helping professionals

• The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky

• When the Body Says No: the Hidden Cost of Stress by Dr. Gabor Maté

• Self-Compassion practices by Dr. Kristin Neff

• Trauma-Informed: The Trauma Toolkit

• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem - embodied strategies for racial justice

• Learning Brain vs. Survival Brain (video)

• Your 3-step guide to better boundaries at work (video) - Nedra Glover Tawwab