Well-being labs are designed to bring staff together from across our organization in order to learn, practice and apply habits of resilience. These well-being labs will be conducted so that Kids Help Phone team members can participate, day or night!
Past Labs
Check out the follow-up resources from our previous labs!
Even though many of us are experts in mental health and spend our days supporting others, we’re not always the best at helping ourselves. Your well-being matters at Kids Help Phone and based on your positive feedback from the Well-Being Lab on Hope that we hosted in December 2020 more Labs are on their way!
Led by experts in the science of well-being at work, these workshops are designed to bring us together as a learning community to build habits and practices that will help all of us flourish at work and in our lives more generally.
French – Friday March 5 at 2:00 PM ET
Evening – Monday March 1 at 8:00 PM ET
English – Friday February 26 at 2:00 PM ET
If there’s one lesson that rings true across all of our You Matter efforts at Kids Help Phone, it’s that well-being isn’t a solo practice – it’s a team sport. This session will focus on building the kind of high quality connections that help us stay energized and close – even when we have to stay physically apart.
During this workshop you’ll:
Learn about the pathways to positive interactions, even brief ones, that make you feel seen, energized, uplifted and engaged whether you do them virtually or face-to-face.
Have lots of time to connect with peers and practice.
Create strategies to increase connection with your colleagues across Kids Help Phone.
French – Monday March 22 at 2:00 PM ET
Evening – Thursday March 25 at 8:00 PM ET
English – Friday March 26 at 2:00 PM ET
After 50 years of research, we know that the most resilient people are optimists. Not because they wear rose-coloured glasses, but because they understand that how they think shapes how they feel and what they do. What most people don’t realize is that they can learn to be more optimistic!
During this workshop you’ll:
Learn how to make space between you and your thoughts and explore reframing for optimism.
Connect with peers from across Kids Help Phone in small breakout groups to practice resilience together.
Walk away with an action plan to build your optimistic mindset in the weeks and months ahead.
English – Monday April 12 at 2:00 PM ET
Evening – Wednesday April 14 at 8:00 PM ET
French – Friday April 16 at 2:00 PM ET
This Well-being Lab will be about using our strengths to keep engaged. We all have things we’re uniquely good at when it comes to doing or being in the world. Researchers call these character strengths, and have found 24 that represent the very best universal human qualities. When we harness our strengths during times of struggle we not only improve our well-being, we feel more productive and in control.
During this workshop you’ll:
Learn a science-based process to harness your strengths when you need them most.
Connect with peers from across Kids Help Phone in small breakout groups to explore our strengths together.
Walk away with a plan to use your strengths to keep engaged over the weeks and months ahead.
About Our Facilitators
Eudaimonic by Design is a global network of facilitators who share a passion for the science of well-being and believe that organizations must be designed to enable it. They harness the best of scholarly thought and years of practical experience to help people be truly engaged, act ethically and pursue excellence at work.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Participation in these workshops is encouraged but completely voluntary.
Yes – we will conduct one workshop per topic in French.
To accommodate scheduling we will conduct each workshop multiple times so that as many people as possible can attend.
These workshops will not be recorded, however follow-up resources will be shared with staff afterwards.
We will use Zoom for these workshops due to its functionality. We will also use browser-based engagement tools such as Menti. We encourage you to participate using a computer rather than a handheld device and test your system ahead of time to make sure your audio and video work well.
Contact your manager or Human Resources if you think you are having a challenging time or need additional support. You can also always access Beacon iCBT services.
If you have questions or want more information about the resilience topics we’re covering, contact [email protected].
During each workshop, we will spend some time learning about the topic as a big group and most of the time exploring the topic with a small group of colleagues randomly assigned from across the organization. These break-out groups are a space where you can have rich dialogue with peers about how we can bring the habits and practices of resilience to life at work and at home.
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