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 Kingston area!

Angie Vanderwees, Registered Psychotherapist

The Armchair Collective

ASB Psychotherapy

Ashley Hughes Counselling

Autumn Birch Wellness

Best Life Counselling

Buchan Psychotherapy

Carrie Watson Counselling

Centre Wellness Assessment & Psychotherapy

Cheryl Storey Counselling Services

Claire Pecora Psychotherapy

ClearMind Neurotherapy

Compass Psychotherapy

Completely You Counselling & Psychotherapy

Dave Neary, Registered Psychotherapist

Diana Mitchell Counselling

Dr. Dianna Gibson, Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Jodie Waisberg, Psychologist

Dynamic Psychotherapy & Psychology Centre

Emily Murphy Counselling

Emily West Coaching

Ensemble Counselling & Consulting Services

Evolve Therapy Kingston

First Light Therapy

Flourish Psychotherapy Kingston

Halstead Psychotherapy

Hammond Psychotherapy

Harper Johnston, Child and Adolescent Therapy Services

Heartcraft Art Therapy

Heidi Mack PhD, Registered Psychotherapist

Horsford Counselling and Consulting

J. Spape Psychological Services

J&K Mental Health Therapy and Counselling

Jackie Bristow, M.A. – Registered Psychotherapist

Jennifer L. Liesen, Registered Psychotherapist / Trauma Therapy

Jenny Neil Psychology

Jill White Therapy

Joanne Roston, No Bullshit Therapy

Josee Houde Psychotherapy

Kaitlin Lindquist Counselling

KCM Counselling

Kim Lawrence Counselling Services

Kim Marshall Counselling & Psychotherapy

Kingston Family Wellness and Counselling

Kintsu Counselling Services

KลซRated Care Collaborative

Limestone Clinic

Londry Counselling

Lyndsay Foster Clinical Counselling

Marissa Holway, Registered Psychotherapist

Melanie Huffman Child & Parent Counselling

Mike Melles Counselling & Psychotherapy

Milestone Wellness

Mind in Bloom Kingston

Mithila Ballal, Psychotherapist

Nadia Hovencamp Counselling

Napanee Psychotherapy

Neuma Centre | Psychedelics & Integrative Living Practices | Meditation, Breathwork, Training

New Bucket Coaching

New Day Counselling and Psychotherapy

Old Capital Counselling

Onward Psychology

Out of the Woods Therapy

Outside the Box Education & Psychotherapy

Paula Bell Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy with Savannah

Psychotherapy with Shelley

Red Pine Therapy

Reflective Self Psychotherapy

Resolve Counselling

Rising Hope Counselling Services

Rising Phoenix Therapy & Wellness Centre

Sabrina Tripolitano, Registered Social Worker

Salomon Therapies

Sara Couto, Registered Psychotherapist

SCB Therapy

Seeking Solace Psychotherapy

Selah Counselling & Consulting

Shannon Collins Psychotherapy

SoulScape Services

Spear Wellness Centre

Stephens Counselling

Sunset Counselling

Sweetgrass Therapy

Tall Tree Psychotherapy

The Compassion Clinic

Therapy for Kids & Teens | Bia Wannamaker

Therapy with Tanya

ThinkWell Centre for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Tracey Taylor, Registered Psychotherapist

Tri Health Clinic

Unfolding Lotus Psychotherapy

UpSpring Therapy

Victoria Benjamin Psychotherapy

Victoria Davies Psychotherapy

Virtual Connect

Wellness Within Therapy & Counselling Services

Whitney A. Babcock Psychotherapy

Yan Psychotherapy

YGK Psychotherapy

Your Therapist, Andrea

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