Upcoming Courses & Past Presentations

Mission’s 1^st. Annual Seniors’ Wellness Fair

Date: 3 June 2023

Time 10:30-12:00

Venue: Boswyck Seniors’ Activity Centre

Presentation Title

Stress & The Older Adult

Topic:        Happiness: The Final Frontier OR A Conversation in Futility?

Date:        Wednesday 8 December, 2021

Time:        7:00 – 9:00 pm

Venue:      Virtual via Zoom platform

This virtual workshop will hopefully explore and include (but not exclusive to) the following:

• Is happiness attainable? If so, is it sustainable?
• What does it look like to us?
• Is our idea of ‘being happy’ an unrealistic concept?
• Can we ‘build’ happiness?
• And if so, what does that look like?

It is hoped that the workshop will be as interactive as reasonably possible on the premise that everyone has something awesome to offer on this topic.

You will not be ‘picked on’ to contribute if you are eating or drinking at the time! Unfortunately, nodding off and naps do not count…..

Returning to Bliss ‘post-CV19’? An exploration of shifts in our beliefs & values.

It’s not over till it’s over. “Post-CV19” has taken on a whole new meaning ever since lifting of Stage 4 restrictions took a backseat to the 4th wave of the variants like delta, lambda and mu.

Nevertheless, our beliefs and values regarding people, situations and the world have shifted for sure. For example, maybe we have become more grateful for what we had before, when we took it all for granted.

This interactive workshop will attempt to include (but not exclusive to) the following areas.

1. A working definition of beliefs and values.
2. A review and discussion of specific changes in our behaviours, and whether they have been out of necessity or choice.
3. And if the former, have any of these behaviours become a conscious & deliberate choice in the final outcome.
4. How have these changed behaviours impacted and influenced our belief and value system?
5. An attempt to link this realignment of our life priorities to a quadrant of values through a questionnaire.

Date:           Tuesday 5 October, 2021

Time:          9:30 – 11:30am

Format:     Online with Zoom

Myths of Depression

Depression is one of the leading causes of disease around the world. Nonetheless, many myths and misconceptions about it persist. People and families misunderstand depress on the impact on  to mental health. To help combat misunderstanding of depression, it’s important to learn the facts about depression.

Learn about some of the common myths and misconceptions surrounding depression, as well as the realities of depression.

Date: March 9, 2021

Day: Tuesday

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Sessions: 1 or Series of 2 workshops

Fee:  Free – put please pre-register to receive the link.

Format: On-Line with Zoom

Myths of Anxiety

Anxiety is a common disorder but it is often misunderstood and underestimated. The Internet abounds in information and misinformation about anxiety. In this session we will dispel the myths related to anxiety, explore what is trustworthy information, and where and how you can find help that will work for you.

Date: February 9, 2021

Day: Tuesday

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Sessions: 1 or Series of 2 workshops

Fee:  Free – put please pre-register to receive the link.

Format: On-Line with Zoom

“WINDS OF CHANGE” SERIES

• Session 1: 28 April 2020
  

        REINVENTION OF WORK

In our current climate of unprecedented consequences, the nature of work as we know it will change by default, if not by (enforced) creative design. It is the latter that will define our resilience.

This webinar (and the subsequent handouts) will endeavour to cover the following:

1. Our associated losses and their relationship to grief reactions

2. A quadrant of change strategies

3. A model of a Change Curve (and how it relates to business)

4. A view of two of the four types of resilience

5. Some resilience skills and attributes to aid our redesign of work

6. Transitioning through change in the new economy

• Session 2: 19 May 2020

        READJUSTMENT TO RELATIONSHIPS

The strain that the current situation is putting on our lives is immense. And it is affecting most of our relationships in some way.

It makes perfect sense to be struggling in our relationship now. We’re stuck inside our homes, forced to spend more time together than ever before. We’re relying on a partner/spouse/roommate for almost all of our social support because we can’t see our friends or relatives.

We’re balancing new responsibilities like working from home, child care, home schooling or housekeeping. It’s undoubtedly a lot of change all at once. At the same time, some of us feel guilty about acknowledging our relationship woes because it seems as if there are much bigger issues to worry about.

This webinar (and subsequent handouts) seek to address the following:

1. Awareness of and intentional changes to the types of personal boundaries that may apply in our relationships.

2. A foray into how emotional intelligence may assist us.

3. Specific research-based strategies on the DOs and DON’Ts in our relationships – much more so in view of the current events.

4. Other tips on sustaining and building on our relationships – for our partner, other family members as well as for our ‘remote’ relationships.

5. New research on non-traditional social strategies in maintaining our ‘belongingness’ regarding social connections; as well as saving our relationships(!).

   .  Session 3: 16 June 2020

       REALIGNMENT WITH LIFE

The current pandemic has certainly, in varying degrees, affected our ability to cope or integrate the ideas and emotions involved in that experience.

This can take a serious emotional toll on us, even if the event did not cause physical damage. This can have a profound impact on our identity, resulting in negative effects in mind, body, soul and spirit.

It is not the event that determines whether something is traumatic to us, but our experience of the event and the meaning we make of it.

Post-pandemic life is not about returning to the same life as it was previously experienced before, but rather it is about undergoing significant ‘life-changing’ psychological shifts in thinking and relating to the world, that contribute to our personal process of change, that is deeply meaningful.

We may find that this “benefit-finding” gives us a broader perspective of life and some positive personal development.

This webinar (and subsequent handouts) will attempt to cover:

1. A brief look into the world of trauma stress.

2. The similarities and differences between resilience and PTG.

3. Completion of a PTG questionnaire.

4. Discussions on the possible gains in some aspects of our living resulting from this ‘stress-related growth’ or ‘adversarial growth’.

5. How this may translate to/have transformed our realignment of our wellness wheel.

The Mission Region Chamber of Commerce and Changewerxs have partnered to present a series of workshops to examine the silent factors that can impact personal and workplace productivity and work satisfaction. In these highly interactive two- and half-hour workshops you will learn how making small changes to habits can drastically improve the levels of productivity and efficiency in your business or work. This allows you to get more quality work done, reduce the amount of time spent on unnecessary tasks, and improve work effectiveness.

Topic:     Assertiveness – Do we really know what it is? And is that how we communicate?

Date:     Tuesday 25 February, 2020  (10:00-12:30)

This workshop examines what assertiveness actually is and aims to raise self-awreness and increase our ability to communicate effectively with others in the workplace and with clients.

In this workshop, we will explore:

• Assertiveness versus passive, aggressive and passive-aggressive stances
• How assertive we are
• Barriers to assertive communication
• Myth around assertiveness
• Tips for assertive communication
• Understanding of “I” statements.

Topic:    True Colours – A mechanism for team-building and for a more effective workplace (Webinar)

Date:     Tuesday 21 April, 2020  (10:00-12:30)

True Colours is a fun and informative, communication system which provides an understanding of human behaviour and motivation. This interactive workshop introduces us to the True Colours concept and the personality spectrum.

In this workshop, we will explore:

• An understanding of how our ‘colour’ affects the way we interact with others
• Our likes & dislikes, concerns and contributions
• Enables us to know our strengths and how to learn from others

In terms of team-building, each organisation utilises the talents and resources of its members. True Colours provides an ideal method to choose, mix, and motivate team members. This workshop will assist us to help team members to perform at their best in an inactive, supportive, creative, and responsible manner.

In this this respect, we will also:

• Learn how to work with different personality types
• And how to use their strengths and interests to best set up teams that efficiently handle projects.

Topic:    Thinking Traps & Errors – How these Cognitive Distortions affect us in the workplace.

Date:     16 June, 2020  (10:00-12:30)

Sometimes we wonder how past experience influence our judgement, or maks us feel cautious or on edge. These unhelpful thinking styles are called thinking traps or errors. This workshop helps us to recognise these thinking flaws and provide important steps to help us rectify them by changing our language and behaviours.

This workshop will outline:

• Some common Unhelpful Thinking Styles/Cognitive Distortions which we use daily
• Antidotes for challenging them and changing the way we deal with others
• Combinations of thinking errors which contribute to the way we communicate and relate to others, often causing distress in the workplace and ineffective resolutions.

Topic:    Towards A More Balanced Work/Life

Date:     Tuesday 20 October, 2020  (10:00-12:30)

In modern life, all of us are asking how one establishes a work/life balance. Explore what work/life balance means to us and what strategies we have available to achieve a meaningful work/life balance.

In this workshop, we will explore:

• What does balance look like?
• What is the state of our Wellness Wheel?
• Dimensions of and exercise for our Wellness Wheel.
• Strategies for making any necessary changes.

Bring your colouring pens!

 Topic:    Managing Change & Making It Stick.

Date:     Tuesday 17 November 2020  (10:00-12:30)

Most of us are not comfortable with change. Change can bring benefits but first we must understand our own and other people’s real and perceived concerns about change and why many of us try to avoid it. After all, change is the only constant.

This workshop explores the nature of change and offers tools to make change situations more manageable.

In this workshop, we will explore:

• A change-readiness assessment
• What is our motivation behind making changes?
• An understanding of the stages of change
• Examples of different change curves and where we might be on them

What Chamber participants said about the Fall 2019 Workshops:

• Love the conversations
• Thank you always useful/helpful
• Thank you!
• Jason is a fun, engaging and gifted facilitator
• Great – Engaging
• The discussion was helpful
• Opening my eyes to ways to improve
• Personally, I found learning about the “stories” we tell ourselves about time management (our excuses) really hit me
• The tips & strategies
• Excellent instruction
• Great Workshop Jason! Thank you!
• Need it all
• Great

Workshops at Mission’s Lifetime Learning Centre

Winter / Spring 2020

“A HEALTHIER LIVING” SERIES

• Preparing for Spring Clean-Up (3 April 2020)
  

If we have trouble letting go of things, are always on a search and find mission, this workshop will discuss realistic ways of gaining control of our living space and how it can de-stress us and release creativity

This workshop will explore:

• Are we a clutterer?
• Common types of clutter, clutter v. hoarding.
• Readiness for change and goal-setting tips.
• Clutter beliefs checklist and a Saving Inventory.
• Barriers to and facilitators for change.

Personal Growth from Life’s Challenges

(1 May 2020)

This workshop will explore:

• Five aspects of living which may show positive growth following major life

challenges (e.g. retirement, bereavement, divorce, acute or chronic illness,

financial hardship, abuse, a major injury, etc.).

• Principles of healing, recovery and growth.
• Dealing with our guilt.
• Some elements of mindfulness, self-compassion and spiritual self-care

Workshops at Mission’s Lifetime Learning Centre

Winter / Spring 2020

“A HEALTHIER LIVING” SERIES

Grief & Loss (7 February 2020)

Every person at some point in life will experience grief and loss, or a sense of final separation from someone or something important. Grief is a complicated and unique experience that often requires assistance to work through the process.

This workshop will explore:

• Definitions, reactions, types and stages of grief.
• Ways to transform loss as a way of healing and getting through it (not over it).

Happiness by Design (6 March 2020)

Happiness is a state of mind that must be chosen and reinforced with action, often on a daily basis. It becomes important to increase the amount of positive experiences, engagement, meaning, and opportunities we have in our lives.

This workshop will explore:

• Happiness as an abstract concept? Or something more?
• What does it look like?
• Can we create happiness? What does it look like?

Staying Safe & Sane (8 April 2020)

Virtual Workshop on Strategies for Managing the Personal Impact of Physical Distancing and Self Segregation.

Workshops

Offered With

The Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce

The Mission Region Chamber of Commerce and Changerwerxs have partnered to presents a series of workshops to examine the silent factors that can impact personal and workplace productivity and work satisfaction. In these highly interactive two- and half-hour workshops you will learn how making small changes to habits can drastically improve the levels of productivity and efficiency in your business or work. This allows you to get more quality work done, reduce the amount of time spent on unnecessary tasks, and improve work satisfaction.

Stress in the Workplace – Managing the Constant

Date: 2^nd. October 2019; 10:30 am-1:00 pm

Whether you are a business owner, manager or employee stress is a constant because of the pressure of sustaining and growing a business, maintaining sales or satisfying clients. With stress levels reaching new highs, it’s more important than ever to take steps to control and reduce stress.

This course will introduce participants to the complex issue of stress in the workplace, what workplace stress is, its causes and impacts, what is good stress and what is bad stress, and which stresses we can control and which are the most important to change. The focus of the workshop is to assist with the personal management and reduction of stress in the workplace.

Topics include:

• Causes of workplace stress
• Organisational factors vs. individual/personal factors
• Impact on staff and organisations
• Workplace stress as a health and safety hazard
• Recognising the signs of workplace stress
• What employers can do
• Managing stress
• Tips to help prevent, eliminate and reduce workplace stress

Or Contact Jamye Dobson at

E-Mail: events@missionchamber.bc.ca

Or Phone 604-826-6914

Managing Procrastination For Improved Productivity

Date: 6^th. November, 2019; 9:00-11:30

Procrastination can be a big problem for businesses owners, managers, and employees. It’s so easy to get distracted when you cannot find the motivation to keep working or when you are just too tired and cannot get your productivity back.

However, everyone needs to know how to deal with procrastination so it doesn’t impact your productivity. Learn why we procrastinate and delay what we know needs to be done. This workshop will examine the nature of procrastination and its relationship to other behaviours.

Content of the workshop will cover:

• Why we may procrastinate
• Types of procrastinators
• Behavioural outcomes
• Strategies for intervention in relevant areas of procrastination and
• Time management tools

What Chamber Members Said About the Fall 2018 Workshops

• Thank you so much
• It was very enjoyable – super informative
• Thank you for the helpful handouts!
• Would like to have more time on topic
• Goals/Relationship matrix
• All – will send an office staff memo
• Excellent job!
• Overall awesome
• Love the enthusiasm
• Great, would be interested in more

Workshops at Mission’s Lifetime Learning Centre

2019

  Surviving Holiday Stress

Do you dread major holidays and family gatherings? The loss of a loved one, divorce, children relocating, family dynamics, and values and social pressures can all impact our health, happiness, and wellness during major holidays This workshop will provide you tools to navigate the major holidays.

Workshop content includes:

• When, what happens and why?
• Tips for making through the holidays and
• A personal holiday wellness plan.

Date: December 6, 2019

Day: Friday

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Fee: Member $35.00/Non-Member $45.00

To Register Click Below

Healthy Relationships

Relationships are an important part of leading a healthy and fulfilling life. Some bring out the best in the individual and others leave you with a mixture of negative emotions. All of us want to experience stronger relationships and a more balanced life with less conflict.

This workshop will examine the nature of relationships and delve into questions such as:

• What is it? What are the elements of one?
• Healthy Relationship Wheel explored.
• Characteristics of a healthy relationship.
• Gottman’s 4 Horsemen & 7 Principles.

Date: November 1, 2019

Day: Friday

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Fee: Member $35.00/Non-Member $45.00

Healthy Coping for Unhealthy Behaviours

Habits are a critical to both creating and sustaining health. Approximately 45% of daily life consists of key lifestyle behaviours and habits that drive health. In order to cope, we sometimes use unhealthy behaviours to manage stress and anxiety.

This workshop will examine:

• Do we have behaviours that we deem unhealthy?
• Where are they on the continuum of Experimental- Heavy-Addiction?
• Do we have adaptive or maladaptive coping strategies?
• Does a cost-benefit analysis help?

Date: October 4, 2019

Day: Friday

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Fee: Member $35.00/Non-Member $45.00

To Register Click Below

Communication Styles

This workshop will explore the nature of communications, the four communications styles, identify your personal styles, and how this knowledge can be applied in interactions with others.

In this workshop, you will explore:

• Which style do we usually communicate in?
• Do we communicate differently with different people and in different situations?
• How does our style connect with the way we learn, our anger style, our conflict management style and our personality?

Date: February 1, 2019

Day: Friday

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Fee: Member $35.00/Non-Member $40.00

True Colours

True Colours a fun, informative, communication system that provides an understanding of human behavior and motivation. This interactive workshop introduces you to the True Colours concept and the personality spectrum.

In this workshop, you will explore:

• An understanding of how our ‘colour’ affects the way we interact with others,

• Our likes & dislikes, concerns and contributions.

• Enables us to know our strengths and how to learn from others.

Date: March 1, 2019

Day: Friday

Time:  9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Fee: Member $35.00/Non-Member $40.00

Sleep

The benefits of a good night’s sleep are well known – Improved health, better concentration and memory, more energy, and faster metabolism. This workshop is for anyone who struggles to sleep, maintain sleep, wake up too early or does not sleep.

In this workshop will learn:

• Nature and stages of sleep.

• Possible causes of poor sleep hygiene.

• Guidelines and tips for a good night’s sleep

Date: April 5, 2019

Day: Friday

Time:  9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Fee: Member $35.00/Non-Member $40.00

Worry

Do we worry too much, do we have a friend, child, or relative who worries too much and needs lots of reassurance? This workshop will explore the ways we can cope or help others to cope with these challenges.

Workshop content includes

• Identify worry

• Recognise and categorise our worry

• Building our worry management toolbox.

Date: May 3, 2019

Day: Friday

Time:  9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Fee: Member $35.00/Non-Member $40.00

Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce

Lunch and Learn

Time Management for Business Owners, Managers, and Entrepreneurs

Date: 3^rd. April, 2019; 9:00-11:30

You may often find yourself taking on a variety of tasks and challenges in your working week. From managing accounts to managing projects and staff; the typical working day of a business is never simple. Effective time management skills are fundamental to business success. Both the successful managing of a business and a happy healthy home life depend on work-life balance.

The key to juggling your day and many of the demands for your attention is time management. This workshop will assist you to understand time management and provide tips to use your time wisely and effectively.

In this workshop, we will explore:

• What it is?
• Time stress questionnaire,
• Time wasters and
• Eisenhower / Covey’s Decision-making Matrix.

Conflict Management

Moving towards Resolution

Dealing effectively with workplace conflict is a meaningful way to discuss important issues, open lines of communication and strengthen relationships. This presentation will examine what creates conflict for us, how we respond, and how it can be managed for mutual benefit.

Explore:

• The Definition of Conflict
• Theory of Conflict
• Conflict Management Styles
• Tips for Managing and Resolving Conflict
• Constructive Conflict Resolution (The Collaborative Style)

December 18, 2018 – 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Attention Management

For Economy, Efficiency and  Effectiveness in Business

Researcher indicates an interruption of as little as 2-8 seconds doubles the errors made when you returned to a test, and with the 4.4 second interruption, the error rate quadrupled. This workshop goes beyond time management. It teaches the ability to control distractions, how to single task for higher-quality results, and how to engage in sustained, focused attention when necessary.

Explore:

• What are unproductive behaviors
• The truth about multitasking and reactive behaviors
• What is a distracted work environment
• Work environments to support focused and single-tasking

November 28, 2018 – 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Intergenerational Communications – Bridging the Gaps

Different motivating factors, skill sets, and expectations can make it difficult to communicate effectively in community and family settings. This workshop will help understand generational motivating factors and influences, identify generational communication preferences, generational myths, and how to accept differences.

November 30, 2018

Journaling for Personal Change

There are many formats and techniques for journaling. Journaling is a method to create a disciplined daily or weekly journal of hand-written notes to identify and explore thoughts, feelings, judgments and opinions and can be used for a wide variety of reasons.

October 5, 2018

Introduction to Mindfulness

Mindfulness is the state of being fully present in the moment, but what does that mean on both an emotional level and practical level. In this workshop, you will learn why so many people are embracing this simple and effective way to quiet the mind and build awareness.

November 2, 2018

Happiness

Mindfulness is the state of being fully present in the moment, but what does that mean on both an emotional level and practical level. In this workshop, you will learn why so many people are embracing this simple and effective way to quiet the mind and build awareness.

June 15, 2018

Grief and Loss

Every person at some point in life will experience grief and loss, or a sense of final separation from someone or something important. Grief is a complicated and unique experience that often requires assistance to work through the process.

April 20, 2018

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Presentation at Abbotsford Learning Plus

Grief and Loss

Every person at some point in life will experience grief and loss, or a sense of final separation from someone or something important. Grief is a complicated and unique experience that often requires assistance to work through the process.

In this two hour workshop you will explore

• Definitions, reactions, types and stages of grief and loss.

• Ways to transform loss as a way of healing and ‘moving on’.

Date: October 2, 2018

Day: Tuesday

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Fee: Member $5

In partnership with Riverside College (Continuing Studies)

Riverside College, 33919 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Mission, BC, V2V6Y4

Balancing Life, Work, and Personal Wellness 

We are living in a time of increasing pressure and stress; leaving many people working frantically, thinking short-term, and feeling disconnected. In this paradigm, our own self-care is often neglected or at the bottom of the list. Balancing Life, Work and Personal Wellness is an evolving personal learning project in which participants explore and reflect on past experiences and make improvements as they move along. Leaving a little different than when they started the program.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Courses can be taken as a series of three courses or individually.

Workplace Stress

Participants will how loss, divorce, children relocating, family dynamics, and values and social pressures can all can impact our health, happiness, and wellness at work.

• Tools and tips to navigate the major stresses
• When, what happens and why?
• Develop a personal wellness plan.

October 17, 2018

Boundaries

This workshop assists you to understand the role personal boundaries in our lives and how important they are to achieving life balance, personal contentment and overall health and wellness.

In this workshop, you will explore:

• What are boundaries,
• How clear are our personal boundaries with others,
• How poor boundary management may lead to stress and mental health concerns, and
• Where   are we personally on the boundary continuum

November 7, 2018

Balanced Life

Participants will learn strategies on how one establishes a work/life balance and will explore what work/life balance means to you.

• What does balance look like?
• How is our Wellness Wheel
• Dimensions of and exercise for our Wellness Wheel.

December 5, 2018

Course and Registration Details

Start Date: October 17, 2018, second class November 14, 2018 & final class December 5, 2017

Cost: Series – $180 or each individual workshop $65.00

Space is limited for each of the series.  Call Riverside College at 604-814-0446 and talk to Raman to reserve your spot.