2020 marks the 10th year for the High River Community Wellness Challenge. Considering Covid-19 restrictions, the group wasn’t sure what the future would hold for the challenge. After much discussion all members felt that this year it was needed more than ever, with a few tweaks and adjustments for our current situation, the challenge will […]
Read moreI NEED HELP Asking for help can be hard. “I need help” – 3 little words, why is it so hard?? Even when we have to physically move something big we try to do it ourselves first. Let’s think about moving a big table. First we look at it, hmmm… maybe I can move it. […]
Read moreThe flood of water in June 2013 was followed by a couple of other floods. The flood of volunteers and helpers, the flood of recovery specialists, the flood of researchers. Each one left a mark, some visible some concealed. One of the things that was fortified during these floods was a connection between the professional […]
Read moreA Good Trade : Judgement for Curiosity Do you remember the scenes in Dances with Wolves where they talked about a good trade? Don’t worry, I’m going to put them right here, doesn’t Kevin Costner look young? I spent this past week in training with 12 other professionals. This training, creating emotional safe spots, […]
Read moreExpress Yourself Do you feel like you are safe to be yourself in High River? As Alberta becomes increasingly diverse we are seeing the small town emerge from a place where people have a relatively similar background and mindset to a place where difference cultures, ideals and lifestyles are increasingly intermingled. In a healthy ecosystem […]
Read moreby Fawna Bews There are some things we just don’t talk about. As a couple of my colleagues said to me “we were taught that you don’t air your dirty laundry”. Over the past few years the doors on mental health as an acceptable topic of conversation have opened up. There was a time in […]
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