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Children's Mental Health Blogs
Overcoming Back-to-School Anxiety: Tips for TeenagersAre you nervous about starting school again? It’s normal to feel anxious on the first day of school and you’re not alone. As a teenager starting the new school year, the important thing is to know the signs of anxiety and a few strategies to help manage it!
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Calming Anxiety: Use Your Senses to Ground YourselfGrounding skills help us move our attention away from our thoughts and focus on our physical body or the world around us. One helpful way to practice grounding skills is by using our five senses.
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When it comes to supporting your teenager’s mental health, grounding skills are a powerful tool. Here's how you can practice them!
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Employment Services Blogs
Let’s get Realistic About your Job Goal!How do we know that we’ve picked the right job goal? Your goal should meet these 3 criteria: you understand what the job involves, you have or can get the needed credentials, and the job is in demand. Let’s explore how to make sure your job search meets these criteria!
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Is Your Resume Missing These Essential Skills?Have you heard before that your resume should highlight both Hard and Soft skills? Those don’t mean Difficult and Easy skills! Let’s talk about these categories and some ways to recognize the full range of skills you have.
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How Volunteering Can Benefit Your Job SearchJob seekers sometimes consider volunteering to be a distraction from their job search or a waste of time, but there are so many hidden benefits that volunteering can have for job seekers!
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Housing Services Blogs
Staying Safe when Air Quality is PoorOver the past few weeks, we have experienced fluctuating temperatures along with thick, smoky air. While extreme weather conditions put everyone at risk, some groups are made more vulnerable than others, including people experiencing homelessness. Let’s look at some ways we can all stay healthy over the warmer months ahead.
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Review on Encampments: Share your ideas by May 26thThe Federal Housing Advocate is gathering information from individuals with lived experience of homelessness, as well as advocates for the right to housing, and other stakeholders. Read more to find out how you can share your stories, experiences, and ideas for solutions.
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How can we end chronic homelessness in Waterloo Region?Lutherwood is working with the Region of Waterloo to support a plan developed in community, by community, and for community. Find out more about how you can participate in sharing your experiences and insight.
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