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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Dorothy Tzimas, Registered Psychotherapist

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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

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Find therapists and other supports in the Guelph-Wellington area!

A Mindful Change

Affirmative Healing

Aligning Minds Counselling

Amelia Sloan Therapy

Amy Boyd Therapy

Amy Moroz Psychological Services

Andrรฉ Johnson Psychotherapy Services

Angela Herzog, MA, RP, CCC, SEP

Angie Collie Therapy

Authentic Minds Counselling & Psychotherapy

AWC Grief Support

Balanced Wisdom

Bending Tree Counselling

Carlos Neves, Counselling & Psychotherapy

Changing Tides Counselling

Chef Pam Fanjoy

Chettiar Counselling & Associates

Christopher Heap, Life Coach

Cogent Psychological Services for Men

Colleen Fava Psychotherapy

Compass Community Services

Core Connections

Cunnington Counselling

Dorothy Tzimas Counselling and Psychotherapy

Dr. Angela McHolm & Associates

Dr. Kristen Reinhardt, PhD, CPsych

Dr. Mike Thibodeau, Clinical Psychologist

Edith Townsend Psychotherapy & Counselling

Elizabeth Brown Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embrace Psychotherapy

Everworth Counselling Services

Evolve Therapy

Finding Your Own Way

Fleurish Psychotherapy & Wellness

Flourish Psychotherapy Services

GJ Counselling

Good Thanks Therapy

Greenaway, Theis & Associates Psychological Services

Guelph CBT

Guelph Counselling and Holistic Healing Centre

Guelph Psychology Centre

Heffernan Counselling

Inspire Counselling & Coaching

Jenna McGonegal Therapy

Jett Psychological Services

Jocelyn Hansen Psychotherapy

Jordana Sternberg, MSW RSW

Kickstart Men’s Therapy

KS Therapy Services

Laird Counselling Services

Lasting Wellness Counselling Services

Laura May Culver, Knowself Services

Lisa Detwiler, Registered Psychotherapist & Registered Occupational Therapist

Lisa Koole Therapy & Nutrition

Lisa McCaskell Therapy

Lisa Van Huyse Psychotherapy

Marnie Neve, Counselling & Yoga Therapy

McGrath McKinley Counselling

Mindspace Counselling

MyLife Counselling

Natural Choice Medical Clinic

Nature & Nurture Psychotherapy

Niilo Wellness

Off The Couch

Paige Oberfelds, MSW RSW

Pathways Counselling & Therapy

Resonance Counselling

Riverwood Therapy

Rose Zen, Registered Psychotherapist

Ruth Kerr, Registered psychotherapist

Shift Counselling

Sit With Linda Perlis

Sparks Counselling

Stevie Forbes-Roberts, MSW, RSW

Sunny Harbour Counselling

Supria Karmakar, BSW, MSW, RSW

Tanya Rae Counselling

Tara Cardiff, Trauma Therapy & Somatics

Tara Kanerva, M.A., M. HSc.

Teresa Smith Psychotherapy

The ADHD & Spectrum Centre

The Glen Tara Centre for Hypnosis, Counselling and Wellness

The Kid Counsellor

The Oaks Psychotherapy + Wellness

Therapy with Naszrin

Therapy with Taylor Geim

Third Path Psychotherapy

Thomas Counselling

Thriving Ivy

Tracy Kennedy Counselling & Trauma Therapy

Trickett Psychotherapy

True North Psychotherapy

Vicki Sydor Counselling & Coaching

Wayhome Counselling

Wellness Collective Counselling

Wendi Woo Psychological Services

Ziji Psychotherapy

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