Wellness toolkit
One of the bedrocks of good health is a healthy balance between the various aspects of our lives. Found the recipe that works for you? Congratulations! Keep it up!
But if, like many of us, you need a helping hand, keep reading for some helpful tools and advice.
First things first: Understanding mental illness and finding help
Mental illnesses can take many forms, just as physical illnesses do. Mental illnesses are still feared and misunderstood by many people, but the fear will disappear as people learn more about them.
Visit the Understanding Mental Illness section of the Canadian Mental Health Association's (CMHA) website, where myths about mental illness are debunked and where you can learn more about mental illnesses and their treatment or find out more about getting help.
Two brochures about work-life balance
Desjardins Financial Security has produced two work-life balance brochures in partnership with the Psychology Foundation of Canada.
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The first, The Struggle to Juggle: Stress Management Strategies for You and Your Family, is designed for families, and is bursting with tips for managing stress and identifying its symptoms in children.
 16 pages - 595 kb
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The second, Managing to Manage Workplace Stress, is designed for employers and contains a host of tips, including ten workplace strategies that promote a healthy work-life balance.
 12 pages - 591 kb
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Managing workplace anxiety and depression brochure
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The Feeling Better: Dealing with Anxiety and Depression in the Workplace brochure, intended for workers, was designed by Desjardins Financial Security in partnership with Rogers Publishing and deals primarily with anxiety and depression in the workplace.
 28 pages - 712 kb
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Mental Health: A Workplace Guide
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Mental Health: A Workplace Guide is a brochure designed for employers that is intended to provide them with a better understanding of the issues they face concerning the mental health of their employees.
 32 pages - 717 kb
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Stress Check: Strategies to help your child deal with stress
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The Stress Check insert is intended to help parents teach their children stress-management techniques they can use on a day-to-day basis. Desjardins Financial Security produced this brochure in partnership with the Psychology Foundation of Canada.
 2 pages - 2628 kb
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Five top tips to help kids deal with back to school stress
Working in partnership with the Psychology Foundation of Canada, Desjardins Financial Security issued a press release outlining five helpful tips to make returning to school less stressful for kids.
Discover the five top tips!