Back To School: How To Stay Mentally Well
Since the onset of the pandemic, most students from elementary to high school have been in and out of their classrooms for the past year and a half. This has sparked massive amounts of stress, [...]
Mental Health vs. Mental Illness
Mental Health vs. Mental Illness What is the difference? Let's first watch one of our YouthSMART: Fact or Fiction videos to find out if mental health and mental illness is the same thing. https://vimeo.com/578544386 [...]
Understanding The Feelings Wheel
What is the Feelings Wheel? Sometimes it's difficult to describe how you're feeling in the moment. This is why the Feelings Wheel is designed to help people learn, recognize and communicate their feelings.¹ The wheel [...]
July 24 Is International Self-Care Day
What is self-care? Self-care is the practice of taking the necessary steps to preserve or improve one's overall health. It is not an act of selfishness, but an act of self-compassion towards your body, mind [...]
How To Practice 2SLGBTQIA+Allyship
June is Pride Month! Pride Month is dedicated to celebrating and uplifting 2SLGBTQIA+ voices and cultures. The push for positive social action, change and acceptance for 2SLGBTQIA+ people has been in the works for many [...]
What Is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is the ability to fully engaged in the present moment. At that moment, you are aware of your thoughts and feelings. In that same moment, you have the ability to uncover and accept different [...]
YouthSMART: Fact or Fiction
With the support of Sagium and Kinsted Wealth, YouthSMART.ca has the opportunity to expand it’s youth-based content to great lengths reaching even more viewers across the country. Other than just being a resourceful website, the YouthSMART initiative aims [...]
Physical Activity And Mental Health
Physical Activity Improves Mental Well-Being Focusing on your physical well-being can be key to improving your mental health. Years of evidence have proven that exercising, even as little as moving your body for a short [...]
What Is Resiliency?
We hear the word "resilient" being used a lot, especially when talking about recent events. But what does it actually mean? What Is Resiliency? Resilience is the ability to recover from difficult times. Being resilient [...]
How To Handle Zoom Fatigue
How To Handle Zoom Fatigue The term Zoom fatigue has become quite a popular term for the mental and physical exhaustion that follows video conferencing, specifically on the Zoom platform. Zoom spiked in popularity throughout the [...]