If you are like most people, making a New Year’s resolution is met with hesitation and anxiety as most resolutions vow to lose weight, stick to a workout plan, quit smoking, or some other activity that feels like an uphill struggle. That is exactly why most of us have abandoned our resolutions by mid-February and we are feeling discouraged and defeated by setting a [...]
When is the last time you looked yourself in the eye and said, “I love you”? The most important relationship you have is with yourself, yet a lot of people struggle with maintaining a loving relationship with themselves. Our minds are filled with a running commentary, most of which is filled with negative thoughts about our bodies, our actions or reactions, our choices and [...]
With the world leaning towards alternative and complementary medicine, and growing tired of the ongoing prescription of drugs with more and more side effects, it's critical that we look at alternative ways of staying healthy. There is absolutely a place for traditional medicine - this is not my argument. I believe medicine saves lives every day with doctors and surgeons laboring hard at ensuring [...]
We can all feel a little directionless from time to time, whether it be in our relationships, our career, or financially. We have been taught to set goals since grade school and to write down our goals and an action plan on a piece of paper. Where do those goals end up? If you are like me, they usually end up in a notebook [...]
I thought long and hard about writing a blog this year about Remembrance Day, worried about the repercussions from acknowledging that my son is a soldier in our Canadian Forces. To be perfectly honest and selfish, I want him to remain safe without adding more attention to his career but that is just naive to think that he could always remain safe with such [...]
Mental Health conditions are now responsible for 30% of all short and long term disability claims. This week alone an estimated 500,000 Canadians will be absent from work due to mental illness. Those numbers add up in a big way. The cost to our economy is estimated to be $51 billion dollars per year. These statistics can have a monumental impact on the success [...]
In 2011 over 260,000 Canadians were injured on the job causing them to lose time at work. In 2012, 3.8 million Canadians reported that their daily activities were limited due to a disability. Statistics also report that one in six Canadians will become disabled for three months, or more, before the age of 50. These statistics are on the rise and are often challenging [...]
You’ve just been to your family physician for your annual check-up and the results have all come back “normal.” Your blood pressure is “normal” and your blood work is all within the “normal” range. On paper, you are “healthy.” But is that really the case? What does it truly mean to be healthy? [...]
We have all seen it, most of us have felt it, and unfortunately a large percentage of us are currently living it. What am I talking about? Employee burnout. Long hours, increased workloads, stressful commutes, personal commitments and responsibilities are all contributing factors to employee burnout and decreased productivity. How is employee burnout detrimental to you as an employer? Your employees tend to lose [...]
With almost 30 years in claims/case management, I have managed thousands of claims and not one has been identical to the other. They have similarities but that’s it. When you are dealing with claims, there are individuals that makes each case unique – the employee, the doctor, rehabilitation professionals, and of course either WSIB or an insurance carrier and each one of their adjudicators, [...]
