Well-Being Connection

This episode highlights Well Central, the Virtual Recovery College at CMHA Manitoba and Winnipeg. James and Stephen speak with Research and Evaluation Specialist Laurie McPherson about Well Central's innovative, evidence-based model, and the learning journey participants experience on the platform. Later on, our hosts have a conversation with Well-being Learning Centre Peer Facilitator Karen Hoersch about her experience participating in the program and how it empowered her to land her dream job.

Visit www.wellcentral.ca to learn more and get connected with this innovative program.

Levi Labelle is the Manager of the Integrated Youth Hub in Winnipeg’s Downtown West Broadway neighborhood that will open this Fall. Today, he joined us from the location of our Integrated Youth Hub. He was our guest on this week’s podcast for part 2 of our conversation and shares about the importance of having a place where youth are able to co-design programs, express their creativity, and receive the support necessary to be the best version of themselves.

Virtual Ride Don't Hide 2021 + Spirit week continues on! Move more, give back, and feel better by riding your way, donating, and learning more at ridedonthide.com/manitoba

We want to give a special shout out to our incredible partners who are making Ride Don’t Hide + Spirit Week 2021 possible:

Corporate Challenge Champion: MGEU

Spirit Week Sponsor: Talbot Marketing

Family Ride Sponsor: Manitoba Hydro

Nourishment Partner: Red River Co-op

Levi Labelle is the Manager of the Integrated Youth Hub in Winnipeg’s Downtown West Broadway neighborhood that will open this Fall. He was our guest on this week’s podcast and shares about the importance of having a place where youth are able to co-design programs, express their creativity, and receive the support necessary to be the best version of themselves. We are thrilled that this part one of two episodes which will run back to back!

Virtual Ride Don't Hide 2021 + Spirit week continues on! Move more, give back, and feel better by riding your way, donating, and learning more at ridedonthide.com/manitoba

We want to give a special shout out to our incredible partners who are making Ride Don’t Hide + Spirit Week 2021 possible:

Corporate Challenge Champion: MGEU

Spirit Week Sponsor: Talbot Marketing

Family Ride Sponsor: Manitoba Hydro

Nourishment Partner: Red River Co-op

Holly Enns is an Administrative Assistant for the Bounce Back program at CMHA Manitoba and Winnipeg. She was a guest in our podcast this week alongside her father, Eric Enns, a firefighter who also contributed to Ride Don’t Hide. Eric shares his ride experience and the challenge he was able to overcome after an accident. Meanwhile, Holly shares some input about her father’s commitment to help with the fundraising event. Brandon and James chat about the 330 Ride Challenge that Brandon completed June 26th and 27th, and they reflect on intellectual wellness and what it means to them.

Trigger Warning: Current events in Indigenous communities are discussed in the last segment of the podcast.

Virtual Ride Don't Hide 2021 + Spirit week continues on! Move more, give back, and feel better by riding your way, donating, and learning more at ridedonthide.com/manitoba

We want to give a special shout out to our incredible partners who are making Ride Don’t Hide + Spirit Week 2021 possible:

Corporate Challenge Champion: MGEU

Spirit Week Sponsor: Talbot Marketing

Family Ride Sponsor: Manitoba Hydro

Nourishment Partner: Red River Co-op

Emily Potter is a professional basketball star and a mental health champion who completed the 330 Ride Challenge on June 26th and 27th alongside Brandon Friesen, co-host of Well-Being Connection and Ride Don't Hide 2021 CMHA Staff ambassador, and their respective siblings. Four inspirational heroic individuals completed the ride, and Emily and Brandon recount the meaning behind their actions, the challenges they faced, and touching anecdotes along the way. Thank you Emily for all that you do!

The 330 Ride Challenge, 330 kilometres from Selkirk to Hecla Provincial Park and back, representing the $330 it takes for one person in Canada to receive mental health care that they need, is complete, but the work is not yet over. We need you to share this with the people who mean the most to you, to connect, to talk about how important it is to support youth mental health in Manitoba. Invite them to ridedonthide.com/manitoba to learn more and donate.

Move more, give back, feel better.

We want to give a special shout out to our incredible partners who are making Ride Don’t Hide + Spirit Week 2021 possible:

Corporate Challenge Champion: MGEU

Spirit Week Sponsor: Talbot Marketing

Family Ride Sponsor: Manitoba Hydro

Nourishment Partner: Red River Co-op

Grant Reid is the CEO and Founder of GFit Wellness, a fitness coaching platform that assists in your physical well-being. In this episode, Grant highlights GFit’s progress helping people maintain a balanced lifestyle, and he shares some of his personal learnings and growth through challenges we all face during the course of the pandemic. We, the staff of CMHA Manitoba & Winnipeg, feel honoured to call GFit Wellness a partner in our work.

We want to give a special shout out to our incredible partners who are making Ride Don’t Hide + Spirit Week 2021 possible:

Corporate Challenge Champion: MGEU

Spirit Week Sponsor: Talbot Marketing

Family Ride Sponsor: Manitoba Hydro

Nourishment Partner: Red River Co-op

Tristan Dreilich is a Mental Health Resource Developer for the CMHA Interlake Eastern region.  In our fifth episode of Well-Being Connection Tristan shares the importance of social wellness and his commitment in teaching.mental health education.  We continue to follow the 330 Ride Challenge that Brandon Friesen and Emily Potter along with their siblings will ride on June 26 & 27 from Selkirk to Hecla Provincial Park (and back)  to raise funds for Youth Mental Health.

We encourage you to visit: www.ridedonthide.com/Manitoba to join the 330 Ride (virtually) and share with others how they too can support this amazing initiative.

Listen to this episode and learn how you can participate in this movement to promote, support and ensure that youth mental health services are available for the communities the CMHA Manitoba and Winnipeg serves.

We want to give a special shout out to our incredible partners who are making Ride Don’t Hide + Spirit Week 2021 possible:

Corporate Challenge Champion: MGEU

Spirit Week Sponsor: Talbot Marketing

Family Ride Sponsor: Manitoba Hydro

Nourishment Partner: Red River Co-op

James Welsman is CMHA’s Youth Mental Health Promotions Coordinator and Co-host of Well-being Connection. In the fourth episode of our podcast, he shares some of his personal struggles with environmental wellness and encourages listeners to think about what the youth are going through when contributing to Ride Don’t Hide.

Get involved and join Brandon’s team

Ride any way - your way, and join the movement to raise $330 – $1 for every kilometer Brandon rides. These funds will directly support youth mental health programs at CMHA that reach thousands of youth across Manitoba annually.

We want to give a special shout out to our incredible partners who are making Ride Don’t Hide + Spirit Week 2021 possible:

Corporate Challenge Champion: MGEU

Spirit Week Sponsor: Talbot Marketing

Family Ride Sponsor: Manitoba Hydro

Nourishment Partner: Red River Co-op