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Join us for weekly writing prompts, reflections, gratitude’s, and the opportunity to share your story. No writing experience required! Facilitated by: Peers Rob Pyck & Karen Peterson (ky perraun)

“Be Kind, Embrace Your Mind” - Learning how to take care of our mental health and well-being can be challenging! This course will cover the importance of maintaining positive mental health and recognizing some of the ways that we can struggle. We will briefly discuss stigma and the role that it can play in our own perception of mental health, and our comfort in seeking support. We will also explore and discuss different tools that we can use to support ourselves and others on our journey to mental wellness!

Join us for weekly writing prompts, reflections, gratitude’s, and the opportunity to share your story. No writing experience required! Facilitated by: Peers Rob Pyck & Karen Peterson (ky perraun)

Hope Building 101 is for anyone who is interested in learning more about the importance of hope, and how to use solution-focused techniques to gently challenge hopeless and helpless thinking. In this course we will identify strategies to support helpful and hopeful thinking.

Whether you’ve been creating visual art for years, or you wish to know how, this course is an opportunity to explore various topics and techniques. All materials are supplied. There is no fee for the course.

Life can take a toll on our stress levels, our moods, our sense of control, our sense of the future, and our confidence. The best antidote to these impacts is self - compassion. This interactive course will help you rediscover self-compassion and provide some tools to build this skill.

Join Zarley Jacknisky and David Prodan for an adventure surrounding the joys of collage and mixed-media art. This course was designed to be beginner friendly and requires no prior experience. You can expect to learn how to make DIY zines, tape transfers, and all kinds of collage art including: surrealism, dada, pop-art, painting with paper, abstract, and texture-based collage. All supplies provided FREE of charge.

Radical Mental Health Peer Support Training This course is relevant to anyone interested in learning to become a Peer Support Worker and learning how to use your “lived experience” with mental wellness or substance use challenges to support others in the Community in their “journey” towards mental wellness. The course consists of 12-hours of introductory training and includes 6 modules that focus on the basics of Peer Support. Training is offered in-person, and online, and a certificate is issued once the training has been completed.

• Training is free

Building Better Boundaries involves learning how to set boundaries, talking to others about your boundaries, and showing others you respect their boundaries. This course will introduce you to what boundaries are, the various types of boundaries, why they are important, and help you practice setting boundaries to help you improve your overall wellness. This interactive online course is hosted on Zoom.

The PTSD Survival Course, is a course which explores survival from, and wellness for, individuals diagnosed with PTSD. The purpose of the Course is to instill hope for recovery, and to provide relevant information and tools to facilitate and encourage each participant’s journey towards their own healing.  Anecdotal information is kept to a minimum; rather the goal is to share valuable information and approaches to healing (a PTSD recovery “toolkit”) with course participants. "First, we need to believe we can heal. Then we need to know how. “

Whether you’ve been creating visual art for years, or you wish to know how, this course is an opportunity to explore various topics and techniques. All materials are supplied. There is no fee for the course.

Learning how much to share, when to share, and who to share your story with can be tricky. This course will cover how to safely, and appropriately, share information about your mental health. This course is run by two trained facilitators, one of whom has lived experience.

Join us for weekly writing prompts, reflections, gratitude’s, and the opportunity to share your story. No writing experience required! Facilitated by: Peers Rob Pyck & Karen Peterson (ky perraun)

What makes us happiest?  Join us for this four week course to learn skills to improve your mood, bounce back from challenges, and make time for what matters most to you.

Join us for weekly writing prompts, reflections, gratitude’s, and the opportunity to share your story. No writing experience required! Facilitated by: Peers Rob Pyck & Karen Peterson (ky perraun)

“Time heals all wounds” is an often-used, well-intentioned statement that can have a negative impact on someone experiencing a loss. This course is for anyone who is interested in learning about loss and the grieving process, and about how to acknowledge and support others in their grief journey.

Many people are experiencing increased levels of stress in our ever- changing world.  This course will look at how our minds and bodies react to stress, and explore ways to manage and cope with stress, as well as how to establish balance in these uncertain times.

Journaling can be a very helpful tool in the pursuit of better mental health, or just for relaxation. Join us, as we explore journaling in more detail and take a closer look at our thoughts and feelings, personal goals, and mindfulness, in a confidential, peer environment.

Learning to recognize the signs and symptoms of stress in an ever evolving world can be difficult.  Managing stress before it can develop into burnout can be even more challenging. Join us to discuss stress management and burnout prevention, and to explore some helpful tools and strategies that can be used to maintain our overall wellness.

Anxiety is a normal reaction to uncertainty during challenging times. However, too much anxiety can take a toll on our daily lives and overall well-being. In this course, you will learn a variety of tools to recognize and react to important warning signs and confront your discomfort in a positive and healthy way.

Radical Mental Health Peer Support Training This course is relevant to anyone interested in learning to become a Peer Support Worker and learning how to use your “lived experience” with mental wellness or substance use challenges to support others in the Community in their “journey” towards mental wellness. The course consists of 12-hours of introductory training and includes 6 modules that focus on the basics of Peer Support. Training is offered in-person, and online, and a certificate is issued once the training has been completed.

• Training is free

Life can take a toll on our stress levels, our moods, our sense of control, our sense of the future, and our confidence. The best antidote to these impacts is self - compassion. This interactive course will help you rediscover self-compassion and provide some tools to build this skill.

Building Better Boundaries involves learning how to set boundaries, talking to others about your boundaries, and showing others you respect their boundaries. This course will introduce you to what boundaries are, the various types of boundaries, why they are important, and help you practice setting boundaries to help you improve your overall wellness. This interactive online course is hosted on Zoom.

“Be Kind, Embrace Your Mind” - Learning how to take care of our mental health and well-being can be challenging! This course will cover the importance of maintaining positive mental health and recognizing some of the ways that we can struggle. We will briefly discuss stigma and the role that it can play in our own perception of mental health, and our comfort in seeking support. We will also explore and discuss different tools that we can use to support ourselves and others on our journey to mental wellness!

Learning how much to share, when to share, and who to share your story with can be tricky. This course will cover how to safely, and appropriately, share information about your mental health. This course is run by two trained facilitators, one of whom has lived experience.

“Time heals all wounds” is an often-used, well-intentioned statement that can have a negative impact on someone experiencing a loss. This course is for anyone who is interested in learning about loss and the grieving process, and about how to acknowledge and support others in their grief journey.

Journaling can be a very helpful tool in the pursuit of better mental health, or just for relaxation. Join us, as we explore journaling in more detail and take a closer look at our thoughts and feelings, personal goals, and mindfulness, in a confidential, peer environment.

What's more important, thinking or feeling? Both! How we think and what we think can often make us feel better or worse. This one-hour course will help you learn about yourself and how your thoughts can affect how you feel and act. We will explore ways you can use your thoughts to help you deal with challenges and skills you can implement to help keep you grounded during these uncertain times.