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The Neoma WellnessJournal
Where professional insight meets lived experience.
A wellness journal created to inform, support, and empower.
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Wellness Wednesday with Alexa Kowaluk - The Mind-Body Connection: How Stress Shows Up in Your Body
Stress is a word that we hear about often. Whether it's talking to friends and family about day to day stress or rating your stress on a scale from 0-10 at your doctors appointment. Stress is something that we have to navigate constantly through our life, and just like everything else, it often ebbs and flows depending on what is going on in our life. Stress isn’t always one big moment, it’s usually a collection of little things we navigate every day. A busy morning with the

Alex Kowaluk
Jan 127 min read


Wellness Wednesday with Nicola Kimber - CMHA Regina
Mental health and physical health – what’s the difference? We know about physical health. We know to brush our teeth, to eat healthy foods, to go for walks. We know that ignoring our physical health can lead to negative consequences, like cavities, infections, or sickness. But what about mental health? Is good mental health an absence of mental illness? If we take care of our mental health, does that mean we won’t get mentally ill? We’re going to answer some of these question

Nicola Kimber
Dec 10, 20254 min read


Wellness Wednesday with Dr. Joti Samra - Importance of Psychological and Social Support in theWorkplace
The more psychological and social support workers have, the more involved, committed and satisfied they are. Learn more about how to create a psychologically safe and supportive work environment. Psychological and social support comprises all supportive social interactions available at work, and refers to the degree of social and emotional integration and trust among co-workers and supervisors. It refers also to the level of help and assistance provided by others when one is

Dr. Joti Samra
Nov 19, 20255 min read


Wellness Wednesday with Adrianne Vangool - Burnout & Living a Life on Purpose, with Purpose
Loving into Wholeness: “Let’s reimagine our approach to health and wellness: our bodies need to be nurtured back to health and wellbeing,...

Adrianne Vangool
Jun 4, 20256 min read


Wellness Wednesday with Taylor Chetty - Embracing Eros
Trigger warning: sex, sexuality, sexual violence Eros, the Greek God of love, desire, sexual attraction and son of Aphrodite, Goddess of...

Taylor Chetty
May 8, 20255 min read


Wellness Wednesday with Michelle Braaten - Wellness OVERWHELM (not your typical wellness blog)
Ever tried all the things- matcha, cold showers, meditation, 5am journaling- and still feel like a stressy squirrel in yoga pants? Same....

Michelle Braaten
Apr 2, 20253 min read
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