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

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Aligning Minds Counselling

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Lisa Detwiler, Registered Psychotherapist & Registered Occupational Therapist

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Lisa Van Huyse Psychotherapy

Marnie Neve, Counselling & Yoga Therapy

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Mindspace Counselling

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Nature & Nurture Psychotherapy

Niilo Wellness

Off The Couch

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Pathways Counselling & Therapy

Resonance Counselling

Riverwood Therapy

Rose Zen, Registered Psychotherapist

Ruth Kerr, Registered psychotherapist

Shift Counselling

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Tara Cardiff, Trauma Therapy & Somatics

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Teresa Smith Psychotherapy

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The Kid Counsellor

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Therapy with Naszrin

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Tracy Kennedy Counselling & Trauma Therapy

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True North Psychotherapy

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Wellness Collective Counselling

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