Enjoy a few laughs while revving up your resilience


No matter who you are, we all face stretches of stormy weather. UpLift is a one-of-a-kind wellness program designed to help you navigate those difficult times. 

This webinar series was created by Josh Martin: a cancer survivor, author and regular guest facilitator for the Canadian Mental Health Association.  In each of the modules below, you’ll find obstacle-busting advice and practical resources, drawing on lessons learned from lifeโ€™s awesome and absurd moments.

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Enjoy a free wellness webinar series

Lift up your inner awesomeness. Each self-directed module below features entertaining stories from my many misadventures, advice about tackling adversity and a collection of practical resources.

Module 1. Making your own luck: Lessons learned from a coin flip

Module 2. Improving adaptability: Lessons learned from an absurd Christmas tree

Module 3. Embracing teamwork: Lessons learned from a rogue haybale

Module 4. Leveraging tools: Lessons learned from a poorly chosen sledgehammer

Module 5. Learning humility: Lessons learned from a very brief career as a valet

Module 6. Failing forward: Lessons learned from banshee babies and buttered butts

Module 7. Avoiding shortcuts: Lessons learned from a giant backpack

Module 8. Redefining success: Lessons learned from an idiotic bet

Module 9. Letting go: Lessons learned from a gooey pit of clay

Module 10. Taking responsibility: Lessons learned from trying to catch a train

Module 11. Getting creative: Lessons learned from the toboggan hill

Module 12. Fuelling motivation: Lessons learned from sleeping in a barn

Module 13. Handing over control: Lessons learned from riding in a shopping cart

Module 14. Practising gratitude: Lessons learned from a very special list

Module 15. Prioritizing self-care: Lessons learned from a surprise birthday celebration

Module 16. Creating lasting change: Lessons learned from life’s awesome and absurd moments

Looking for a helping hand?

Find therapists and other supports in the Barrie area!

Alliance Therapy Group

Amazing Space Centre for Wellness and Psychotherapy

Amber Sperling Social Work & Psychotherapy Services

Ambreen Agha, Registered Social Worker

Amy Johnson, Registered Psychotherapist

Amy May Counselling

Anderson Counselling Services

Authentically You Counselling & Psychotherapy

Baldwin Psychotherapy

Bay Lake Mental Health

Beyond Trauma Recovery Centre

Bloom & Thrive Threapy Services

Blossom Lives Counselling & Psychotherapy

Bona Fide Psychotherapy & Counselling

Brit Lobsinger Holistic Psychotherapy

Cedar Grove Healing Centre

Central Ontario Psychology

Collective Care Counselling

Confidential Counselling Services

Creative Flow

Curiosity Awakening

Down in the Valley Counselling

Dr. Dianne Maing, Psychologist

Dr. Gwen Jenkins, Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Jacqueline Rynard & Associates

Dr. Petra Gyles, Child & Adolescent Psychologist

Driftwood Psychotherapy

Dynamic Minds Therapy Services

Evergreen Wellness Studio

Evolution Counselling Services

Family First Play Therapy Centre

Family Matters Plus

Family TLC

Farhana Adatia, Registered Psychotherapist

Gillian Freeman and Associates

Glowing Hearts Psychotherapy

Grace North Psychotherapy

Green Sage Psychotherapy

Healing Path Therapy

Healing Voices Psychotherapy

Inner Growth Counselling & Psychotherapy

Insight Centre Counselling & Psychotherapy

J. English Counselling

JLB Counselling

Joanne Cantor, Registered Psychotherapist

Johanna Benoit Psychotherapy

KB Counseling Services

Kendra Wagner, Psychotherapy, Supervision & Consultation

Kristi Martin M.A. Registered Psychotherapist

Lakeview Psychology

LiveWell Psychotherapy

LK Counselling & Psychotherapy

Mainstream Therapy

MB Counselling and Consulting Services

Michele Brett, MSW, RSW

Michelle Harris & Associates

Mind 2 Heart Connections

My Compass Health

My Inner Peace Therapy

Natalie Drever, MSc. RP, Psychotherapy

Nesbit Counselling

Neuro Balance Therapy Life

New Beginnings Barrie

New Page Counselling

Oak & Sands Counselling Services

OCD North

OCD Wellness

Pal Counselling

Paul Turner Counselling

Prismatic Compassion

Psychology Matters

Reflection Centre Psychotherapy

Reset Counselling & Psychotherapy

Rev. Dr. Kim Mehmet, Pastoral Counsellor

Sarah Hull Psychotherapy + Counselling

Sequoia Counselling

Serebro Health

Shanna Gerber Counselling & Psychotherapy

SHE Psychotherapy

Simcoe Therapy โ€“ Counselling & Psychotherapy

Smith Psychological

Soul Body Healer

Spotlight Recovery

Stephanie Butler Coach

Sunnidale Wellness

Sweet Spot Family Counselling

The Holding Space

Trailhead Psychotherapy Clinic

True You Psychotherapy

Two Trees Psychotherapy

Volpone Counselling & Consulting Services

Vox Mental Health

Words of Hope Counselling Services

Yellow Serenity Counselling and Psychotherapy

For more options, visit PsychologyToday.