Does it feel like an increased number of people around you are experiencing burnout? Since the start of the pandemic, burnout levels have been increasing across all levels of organizations. At the end of 2022, the data showed that 33% of Canadians reported feeling burned out, while that number doubled among workers in healthcare.

Why is this happening? What is burnout and how do we recognize it? More importantly, what do we do about it?

When you have a really challenging day at work, what helps you through? What if that really hard day turns into several hard days in a row or even months? What would motivate you stay committed to the job and show up fully?

In 2020 while the world was reeling from the pandemic, COVID-19 was also sweeping through Vancouver Island, targeting some of the most vulnerable individuals. As the Chief motivator and Executive director at Eden Gardens long-term care home, Erin Beaudoin could not have anticipated the extent to which this may impact her role, but she understood the mission. Responsible for 130 residents and 250 staff, Erin knew she needed to lead her team well and protect those in her care.

A diagnosis can change everything. For Taryn Nergaard, hers was the missing piece to her lifelong story of struggle and resilience.

After being diagnosed with ADHD and autism later in life, Taryn felt like she could finally stop wearing the masks she’d always hidden behind and begin a new journey toward authenticity, self-compassion, and peace.

As a high achiever, Joanne Greene would suggest she spent most of her life needing to be in control. Finding value in productivity, and perfection over vulnerability, she preferred to be in the driver’s seat. It wasn’t until Joanne was in a fluke accident, sustaining severe injuries that she discovered her true power.

How can we re-calibrate our connection with others? What role do relationships play in our well-being—and our resilience?

Dr. Jody Carrington’s reverence for connection is deeply embedded in her work as a psychologist, best-selling author, and public speaker.

In her book, Feeling Seen: Reconnecting in a Disconnected World, Dr. Jody suggests we’ve never been as disconnected as we are now. But when we create connection, we re-discover joy.

Can you recall a time when you witnessed the remarkable achievements and success of someone and considered them to be fortunate, blessed, or lucky?

If we want to find the true essence of one's success, we might take a closer look at the habits, discipline and fortitude that were the pillars of resilience.

Colleen Jones has a list of successes, notoriety, and awards. Whether she is known as a TV personality and first female sports reporter with CBC Halifax, her role as the skip of two women's world championship curling teams, or her recent appointment to the Order of Canada, Colleen knows what it takes to lean into the challenges and trust the process.

As a two-time melanoma cancer survivor, Lorie knows the challenges of navigating the choppy waters of life all too well.

After her experience with cancer and recovery, Lorie set sail on a new voyage and became a certified mindfulness and meditation teacher, helping her clients build resilience through their own storms.

Speaking with us from her sailboat on the coast of Florida, Lorie is also host of the podcast “Sailing Through Life,” which is anchored in the stories of inspiring people who found hope on the other side of adversity.

Many of us understand that being involved with sports has several benefits, but how does it grow our Resilience?

Ask anyone who played or continues to be involved with sports, and they will tell you some of their best connections and long-time friendships originated from playing on a team. Aside from growing our community, learning to play a sport offers countless opportunities to grow our Resilience.

Welcoming a child into the world is a monumental moment in a parent’s life. But for Nikki Holekamp and her husband, amidst the joy and celebration of her son’s birth, it was also a time of heartache, confusion, and fear.

Their son Asher was born with Distal Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a rare genetic condition. One in a million people will have this diagnosis. At less than two years, and limited mobility in his lower body some specialists suggest Asher may never walk. Months of searching for a proper diagnosis and the right medical services left Nikki stressed, frustrated, exhausted. Knowing the importance of early intervention, they were in a race against time

Have you noticed that sometimes the very thing that lights us up can become the very thing that can burn us out?

After a long career as a first responder in his hometown community of Salt Spring Island, Arjuna George was on a silent yet destructive path to burnout. In this inspiring podcast episode, a retired firefighter and author, he shares his journey toward healing from chronic stress, moral injury, and trauma.