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Deri’s blogs and video posts include emerging information, tools, tips, and strategies for living a positive, mentally-healthy life – at work and beyond!
7 Strategies for Resilient Leaders
Leaders require certain capabilities to be successful in today’s complex work environment. While the importance of ‘technical’ skills decreases as you rise within the organization, the importance of self- and social-awareness increases. Interestingly, research shows that the capacity for self- and social awareness declines as leaders rise within the organization. The difference seems to be…The Power of Love: A Prescription for Better Mental Health
Love: It’s the force that makes the world go round, from the flutter in your stomach when you meet someone new to the deep bond that connects friends and family. But did you know that love isn’t just an emotional experience? It’s a mental health powerhouse that can actually help keep your mind in tip-top…
The Benefits of a Mental Cleanse: Refresh Your Mind for Clarity and Peace
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy for our minds to become cluttered with endless to-do lists, stress, and distractions. Much like how our bodies need a cleanse to remove toxins, our minds benefit from a regular mental detox. A mental cleanse offers numerous benefits that can significantly improve our overall well-being. 1. Reduces Stress and…
Mental Health Moment: Choose Your Story
This #MentalHealthMoment video, invites you to #ChooseYourStory, so that you are not confined or undermined by the limiting story that you might be telling yourself. Instead, choose the story that works FOR you! TweetShareSharePin
Radiate Sunshine: Unleashing the Superpower of Positivity
Welcome to the bright side of life! It’s always there, even when the sky is grey. Positivity can transform your day, week, month, year and life. We’re not talking about toxic positivity (because that is annoying), but about the power of choosing a sunny perspective and disposition. 1. Positivity: A Real-life Superpower Move over, capes…
New Year, New You: Choose Your Change!
This image from @earthlyeducation says it all. You’re supposed to change. In fact, you don’t really have a choice in the matter. You ARE changing; every minute of every day. The choice you have is in HOW you change. Are you merely ‘getting older’, or are you embracing the wisdom of having lived? Are you…
PINK’s Performance: A Lesson in Excellence!
Pink = Excellence!I had the honour of experiencing Pink’s concert in San Antonio, Tx on Monday. What a pro! Her performance was top-notch, and included moments in which I gasped as she flew around the Alamodome to wave farewell to us all. Pink is known to be an extremely hard-working, accessible, and authentic performer (and…
Concerned About Sports Gambling? Give This A Listen!
I have had the honour of being a frequent guest on CJOB Radio as a resource on “living a good life” as part of The Jim Toth Show. My over 30 years of researching, speaking, and interacting with people on topics related to resilience and mental health, I have a lot of information to share…
April Showers Bring May Flowers: What Are You Nourishing Today?
I love this time of year. Here in Central Canada, we look forward to April showers. The rain not only helps to clean up our streets and wipe away (along with our wonderful City services) the mess from winter, it also begins to nourish what will soon be blooming all over our beautiful city. I…
Why Time Off Helps You Have Better Time On!
It astounds me as I read articles and research from reliable sources, such as Canadian HR Reporter, how many people are not taking their vacation time! Every year, HR departments and the leadership teams they support are challenged to find ways to encourage people to take their earned, and well-deserved, time off! We hear all…