Rural and Northern Telehealth
203-1700 Ellice Ave R3H 0B1 Winnipeg, MB, Canada

A few simple tips for caregivers. Pro tip - works for grown ups too.

Do you find sometimes you feelings just take over? Did you know that your breath can help change that? Take a few minutes with Leslie and try this breathing exercise.

#ymhc @naturallife

Suzanne Keast - Mental Health Clinician Suzanne is often the first person on our team you will talk to when you become involved with our program as she is our intake clinician. She has her Bachelor of Social Work and has spent most of her career working in a clinical role with adolescent girls using a wholistic model to encourage resilience and mental wellness. Suzanne believes that relationships are a key component to mental wellness and bring wholeness to our stories by understanding how our body, mind and spirit work together. Outside of work Suzanne is a wife and mom of two. In keeping with the narrative part of her work that she loves she enjoys reading, writing, music and photography, basically anything that tells a story. Sue is a passionate hockey fan despite hating the cold. Go Jets go!

Natalie Koleric - Mental Health Clinician Natalie has a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy and a Masters in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies. She has 5+ years working with indigenous youth including those with significant trauma histories, FASD, CFS involvement, justice involvement and addictions issues. She also has 5+ years of family, couples and individual therapy work. She is additionally trained in Brainspotting, couples addictions work, sexuality in teens and yo...uth, and Circle of Security. Natalie uses several approaches to therapy, though focuses primarily on internal family systems, emotionally focused therapy, experiential and stage one and two trauma work. When working with children, Natalie uses a variety of play therapy skills. She works from an attachment lens and uses compassion and self-esteem as guiding principles in therapeutic work. See more

From all of us at Rural and Northern Telehealth Services we want to wish you and yours a safe and happy holidays. It has been an unprecedented year full of challenges and amazing resilience. We look forward to continuing to share these with you in the year to come. Merry Christmas!

Several months ago we implemented a sharing circle as a part of how our team tries to stay connected and honour the work we do. Today’s circle looked different because of COVID but is a reminder that no matter our role we can and should always take the time to do the things that keep us balanced. Thank you for the sharing, thank you for the listening.

A huge thanks going out to Motel 6 Headingley / Winnipeg West for a donation of toiletries, toilet paper, garbage bags, toothbrushes, towels and sheets to add to the packages heading up to our friends in Shamattawa. Shamattawa's Jordan's Principle Initiative

Several of our team changed pace today to prep care packages and donations of warm clothes for our friends in Shamattawa. Huge thanks to the helping hands.

Hamper prep underway! Packing care packages for Shamattawa today.

Today is Giving Tuesday and as we think of what we have to give remember these make fantastic gifts for anyone, including ourselves.