Helping Your Loved One Lift the Stigma of Mental Illness
It’s often hard to know how to support someone struggling with a mental illness. Here are some tips.
Health Dimension
Emotional Well-Being
Protect and maintain mental health, improve resilience, manage stress, cope with difficulty, manage anxiety, depression and worry. Develop positivity, mindfulness and gratitude.
Microsite: The Ambiguous Side of Mental Health
A microsite was created by LifeWorks during Mental Health Week in May 2022 to help promote topics such as burnout, stress, work dissatisfaction and accepting our feelings when we are down.
Video: Supporting a Friend, Family Member or Colleague with Mental Illness
Short and quick video on supporting others with mental illness.
Do You Have This Mood-Boosting, Isolation Busting Support at Home?
When thinking about work-life balance issues, we tend to overlook the role of our furry, finned and feathered friends. Pets play an integral role in making you happy, reducing daily stresses and improving your overall well-being.
Mindful Moments: Meditation and Yoga
Weekly opportunities to practice secular mindful meditation techniques to increase relaxation and focus
Maintaining Positivity and Good Health
Short video on the benefits of positive thinking.
Emotional Labour
Sociologists define emotional labour as the idea that people need to manage their emotions, keeping feelings to themselves in order to exist within society.
Languishing: What It Means and Why You Might Be Struggling with It
You may have heard about a phenomenon called languishing—an aimless, joyless state somewhere between depression and flourishing. But is languishing a real health condition? How might it appear in your life, or in the life of a loved one? And if it does, what can you do about it?
Health and Well-Being Programs and Services
Support for U of T employees and managers involved in sick leave, long-term disability, occupational health issues, workplace injuries, and workplace accommodation for employees with disabilities. Provides support for keeping physically and mentally healthy on the job.
Family Care Office
Consult with a Family Care Advisor, join a discussion group or attend a parenting/eldercare workshop