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Wellness is an interactive process of becoming aware of and practicing healthy choices to create a more successful and balanced lifestyle.
As National Volunteer Week approaches (April 7 – 13th), we look forward to celebrating our volunteers at Carizon! Volunteers help improve quality of life for others. Volunteers also gain valuable experience, develop new skills and studies show that involved Canadians enjoy improved overall health. Every day at Carizon we witness the benefits of having volunteers… Read more »
We should all be completing our returns…why? When we hear that it’s tax time again, many of us wince at the thought. But, there are many benefits to completing your tax returns. Here are some you should be thinking about: For the Employee: To verify that your employer has deducted CPP, EI Benefits and Income… Read more »
Investing in the future can include fostering resiliency in our children. According to Ann Masten, PhD, resilience is the ability to show positive adaptation, handle stress, overcome disadvantage, recover from trauma, and use opportunities to grow and learn in the face of adversity. So how do you know that you are raising a resilient child?… Read more »
Valentine’s Day is around the corner and Carizon staff share some skills and traits that help to nurture and sustain loving relationships all year long. Love yourself. If you have self love, you can tolerate differences in others. If you feel good about you, your behaviour tends to be in keeping with how you feel about… Read more »
Family Day is fast approaching – Monday, February 18th. It is a time to celebrate families and to think about how spending time together can strengthen our relationships. The staff at Carizon has provided a list of winter family activities that are either free or low cost and provide fun for the whole family on… Read more »
Last year, during the month of February, Carizon started a new initiative – we designated February as a month for self-care. Knowing that these last months of winter contribute to the blahs, the whole idea behind the movement was to encourage people to undertake self-care activities that promote wellness. Carizon also designated a day in the middle of… Read more »
Our Culture Committee at Carizon decided to focus the month of February on wellness. When people rank their least favourite month of the year, February is often the winner. With the holiday season behind us, the colder temperatures, the lack of sunshine, and the drawn out winter months of shoveling, hazardous driving conditions and slippery… Read more »
Often at the start of January, we make resolutions about things we are going to do in the new year. To safeguard your hard-earned cash, you should also look to things you are not going to do in the future. Here are seven recommended “Don’ts” to adopt as part of your everyday money management practices…. Read more »
Holiday time can be a challenging time for managing feelings of anxiety or depression. Beyond coping with daily struggles, many feel the added burden of: time and financial constraints commercialization and pressure to overspend media images of perfect couples and families celebrating holidays together idealized, yet unrealistic expectations feeling that our imperfect families and relationships… Read more »
The holiday season is a time to spend with family and friends. It’s a time to celebrate long-lived traditions and introduce new ones. The holidays can also be a time when we experience numerous stressors such as doing too much and spending too much, experiencing too much togetherness, or not enough togetherness. The positive side… Read more »
We hope you find some of the these archived blog posts useful as we all look to manage and find the joy in daily living.