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Strong friendships give us the power to be our true selves; when we have strong friendships, we feel respected and valued and we work hard to find ways to show our friends that we respect and value them. Strong friendships take work! This 8-week course will help you learn about yourself, what you say, the way you act, and how all of your actions can affect relationships with others. Focusing on these aspects helps us gain confidence in our relationships and we will be more likely to achieve our friendship goals.

Life is full of ups ad downs and your capacity to cope is often challenged. When the pressure is on and you have to deal with life’s big bumps, you have to find a way to dig deep into your resiliency reserve and your memory bank of times when you successfully coped before. The purpose of this course is to focus on how to cope resiliently, develop your personal capacity for resilience while practicing and applying techniques you can reliably use to build or recover your capacity to bounce back. By the end of the course students will be able to: Identify what coping strategies will improve their resiliency; Identify external stressors and skillfully respond with resiliency building strategies; Determine ways to silent any negative internal messages; and set goals and action plans to implement new coping strategies into everyday life.

What are boundaries? Do you have them? Do you need some? In this 4-week course you will learn the importance of boundaries, the types, how to articulate them to others so that you can have self-compassion and self-worth.

This drop-in peer-to-peer family support group is for parents and caregivers of children or young adults experiencing a mental health concern or addiction. This program offers compassionate support from a peer, who has "been there" as well as a CMHA staff member. Specific information and resources will be shared which will assist you in your care-giving while maintaining your own mental health.

Whether we like it or not, anxiety and stress are a normal part of life, but they can also get in the way of us enjoying life. In this 3-session course, you will learn how to value, recognize, and respond with awareness to emotions by learning positive coping strategies through meditation and grounding techniques in order to support healing and growth.

Throughout life there may be times where we are feeling lonely and alone. If we are experiencing loneliness more often than not, then come and connect with others and learn skills to conquer loneliness.

There are many conversations in our lives that matter. Sometimes it can be hard to get a conversation started, and even harder to keep the conversation going! Some are easy and some are difficult. Throughout this 4 session course you will explore how to communicate, build boundaries, learn about body language and how to navigate tough conversations.

Connect your body, mind and soul together with a gentle yoga flow. This is a weekly registration. Please email recoverycollege@cmha-aser.ca with your name and phone number 24 hours before class.

Losing a loved one to suicide can often leave us feeling confused, angry and alone. This 8-week support group will provide you with an opportunity to explore and share your feelings with others who have also experienced a loss due to suicide. You will have the opportunity to learn more about: The grieving process, emotions during bereavement, family dynamics of grief, finding hope, and the importance of self-care.

In eight enjoyable 90-minute sessions —one per week—this program helps people make a difference to their lives. Participants are taught how to deal with their feelings when fed up or worried, and learn skills to help them tackle problems and navigate life transitions and difficulties. Resilience & connection in uncertainty! The cost for this course is $30. Please contact Paula at our office 403-504-1811 ext 106 to pay for this course and to receive information about the course materials.  Thank you!

Is your mind full or is it mindful? Come join us Mondays to learn about mindfulness. Being mindful is about being present in the here and now while engaging with your senses. Being present in the moment will bring joy, peace and calm into your life.

Let's dive in together and learn about snip it's from all of our courses during our Recovery College camp week such as; boundaries, communication, self-disclosure, stress and self-care to promote our wellness journey! This Camp is for anyone ages 18 or older.

Emotions are a completely normal, usually healthy part of being human. But when it gets out of control and turns destructive, it can lead to problems – problems at work, in your personal relationships, and in the overall quality of life. This course is meant to help you understand and control your emotions before they control you. We will explore relaxation techniques, cognitive restructuring, problem solving, and better forms of communication.

The road to wellness or recovery is not an easy path. It is a journey of reinventing how you think about yourself, your mental health or substance use, and your recovery can be a challenging one! Throughout this 4-session course you will explore how to think and act in ways that move you towards a more meaningful life.

There are many conversations in our lives that matter.  Sometimes it can be hard to get a conversation started, and even harder to keep the conversation going! Some are easy and some are difficult.  Throughout this 4-week course you will explore how to communicate, learn about body language and benefits and risks of self-disclosure to help inform what to share, when to share, and to whom.  You will also learn how trust is built, how to navigate tough conversations, learn ways to set boundaries around their self-disclosure and navigating conflict when two people’s boundaries or conversations are different. You will also explore the ways people use online and technology mediums in today’s world.

In this 2-week course, students will explore the benefits and risks of self-disclosure to help inform what to share, when to share, and to whom and how trust is built. Students will learn ways to set boundaries around their self-disclosure and navigating conflict when two people’s boundaries are different. You will also explore self-disclosure via online and technology mediums used today.

Align and Balance your body mind and soul with some yoga and meditation. Feel the peace and serenity by nourishing your soul in nature at Lions Park in Medicine Hat.

Mindfulness means being present, and fully engaged, with whatever we’re doing at the moment. We are free from distraction or judgment, and aware of our thoughts and feelings without getting caught up in them. Our thoughts can feel unruly at times and this course will teach you to tame your mind by using mindfulness activities. If you have taken Confront Discomfort this course will build on the tools you have already gained to help you stay in the present moment despite what is going on in your life.    

Grab a cup of coffee and join us for a discussion about mental wellbeing. This is an open group for people living with mental illness or mental health problems. This is an open group, which means you can join at any time and you are not required to attend every session. WOW provides opportunities to learn more about coping with mental health issues while meeting people who have similar experiences.