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Mindfulness Practice

Join Kate Landreth as she guides you through this Mindfulness Practice to pause and be aware of your breath. Consider your mental wellbeing before versus after the session. How do you feel differently? How did this session impact you? How could you incorporate elements of this session into your daily life? More mental health resources: […]

Creating a Caregiver Support Plan- Part 2

Join Wendy Johnstone for a Facebook Live conversation about Creating a Caregiver Support Plan (Part 2 of a two-part Facebook Live series). If you are looking for more support on this topic, check out these resources available on our website: Caregiver Support Plan Flipbook Building Your Personal Resilience Flipbook Resilience Check-In

How You Say It Matters: Strategies for Strengthening Communication with Family Caregivers

Good communication between health-care providers and family caregivers is an essential ingredient for an effective care team. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the different ways that health-care providers communicate. In this webinar, the Alzheimer Society of B.C. and Family Caregivers of B.C. will share helpful strategies that health-care providers can use to strengthen communication with […]

Accelerating Family Caregiver Friendly Health Care in British Columbia

In this new webinar, we introduce the importance of family caregivers in terms of what they give to their care recipient and to the health care system. This webinar is an opportunity for healthcare professionals to accelerate family-friendly health care in their practice. What you will learn from this 20-minute presentation: Important facts regarding how family caregivers […]

Release Tension and Resistance Mindfulness Practice

Mindfulness Practice Time: 13-minutes Kate gently invites you to be aware and release tension and resistance in the body and to connect with your breath to soften the grip and activation of the fight or flight nervous system (sympathetic nervous system). Training the mind and body to become aware and inquire in a safe environment […]

Grief & Loss

This morning, Wendy Johnstone led a Facebook Live Learning Session discussing coping with grief and loss as a caregiver. If you are interested in additional resources, be sure to check out: Caregiver Out Loud Podcast – Episode Six: Grief is a Human Experience: https://www.familycaregiversbc.ca/podcast/episode6/ Caregiver Coach webinar on Grief and Loss: https://www.familycaregiversbc.ca/video/coach-caregiver-loss-grief/ Managing Ambiguous Loss: […]

Beginner’s Mindfulness Practice

Mindfulness Practice Time: 15-minutes Kate explains types of mindfulness practices and the intention behind practicing mindfulness. We practice to find small pockets of quiet and cultivate compassion and kindness within and towards others. She then guides you into a relaxation practice that focuses on awareness of your body and your breath using a 4-count box […]

Mind-Body Connection

Wendy discussed the importance of paying attention to the mind-body connection when we consider our self-care as caregivers. She shares her thoughts on this topic, drawing from her experience supporting caregivers.   Additional Research: “Are you a healthy caregiver?” self check-in Injury Prevention Webinar Virtual “Staying Healthy While Caregiving” course Visit our calendar to find […]

Open Awareness Mindfulness Practice

Mindfulness Practice Time: 18- minutes Kate guides your breath and awareness through different parts of your body in a body scan. The body scan meditation will help you to rest deeply and is best done lying down in a comfortable position where you won’t be disturbed.

Mindful Self-Compassion Webinar

Patricia Williams, clinical counsellor and Mindful Self-Compassion teacher educates caregivers on core skills associated with mindfulness and self-compassion and brings mindful self-compassion from an abstract concept into a living reality. During this webinar recording you will learn practical tools that you can apply to the challenges of daily life. Mindful Self-Compassion is proven to reduce […]