Easy-to-use resources to support you during these challenging times

Looking after our own well-being and the well-being of others has never been more important than right now. That’s why we’ve put together a collection of toolkits designed specifically to respond to COVID-19. Each includes downloadable resources that are easy to use and share with others. We hope that you'll find them helpful and useful.

Self Care
Self Care
Flex: Tips for managing stress
Flex: Tips for managing stress
Connect - Coming soon
Connect - Coming soon

WE Well-being Podcast

Hosted by Madame Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, this special podcast series offers listeners hands-on advice, tools and strategies to foster well-being. Featuring thought-provoking and informative conversations between mental health experts, advocates and celebrities to help empower people of all ages with tools to help support their well-being and the well-being of their community.

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WE Well-being Playbook

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The WE Well-being Playbook is a hands-on guide filled with everyday tools and actions to nurture your own mental well-being and the well-being of others. We’ve worked with leading experts and drawn from the best available evidence to create tips applicable to daily life—cutting-edge science applied in practical, fun ways. Download and share individual chapters below. We've also created a special version to respond to COVID-19.

The WE Well-being Playbook Chapter one
The WE Well-being Playbook Chapter one
WE Well-being Playbook Chapters

The WE Well-being Playbook Chapter one
The WE Well-being Playbook Chapter one
WE Well-being Playbook Chapters


Additional Resources

01 Promoting positive, inclusive safe and caring environments and relationships
01 Promoting positive, inclusive safe and caring environments and relationships
02 Reducing stigma, celebrating diversity and forecasting resiliency
02 Reducing stigma, celebrating diversity and forecasting resiliency
03 Increasing social, emotional, physical and mental well-being
03 Increasing social, emotional, physical and mental well-being
01 Promoting positive, inclusive safe and caring environments and relationships
01 Promoting positive, inclusive safe and caring environments and relationships
02 Reducing stigma, celebrating diversity and forecasting resiliency
02 Reducing stigma, celebrating diversity and forecasting resiliency
03 Increasing social, emotional, physical and mental well-being
03 Increasing social, emotional, physical and mental well-being
01 Promoting positive, inclusive safe and caring environments and relationships
01 Promoting positive, inclusive safe and caring environments and relationships
02 Reducing stigma, celebrating diversity and forecasting resiliency
02 Reducing stigma, celebrating diversity and forecasting resiliency
03 Increasing social, emotional, physical and mental well-being
03 Increasing social, emotional, physical and mental well-being
01 Promoting positive, inclusive safe and caring environments and relationships
01 Promoting positive, inclusive safe and caring environments and relationships

The People Behind the WE Well-being Playbook

LEYSA CERSWELL KIELBURGER, AUTHOR

Leysa Cerswell Kielburger, author of WE Well-being, is the co-founder of WE Well-being and a faculty member at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies, where she develops mindfulness-based programs and trains health care practitioners and educators. Her Ph.D. dissertation in Clinical Psychology focused on mental health care for underserved and marginalized populations. Leysa has taught and practiced across North America, Asia and Africa.

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SUSAN ALLAN, EDITOR

Susan Allan, editor of WE Well-being, is an award-winning journalist who has worked at Maclean’s, iPolitics and the Ottawa Citizen. Based in Ottawa, she is an enthusiastic volunteer, yoga teacher and hockey mom. She serves on the boards of L’Arche Ottawa and the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom. In 2008, she contributed to The World Needs Your Kid, a guide to help parents raise socially conscious children.

Are you experiencing a mental health crisis? Go to the nearest hospital or call 911.