Tickets Available August 22nd, 2023. Click the link to purchase your tickets.
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Event Evening Outline
6:00pm - Doors open & Cocktail hour begins. There will be event tables at the event for people to speak too during the cocktail hour and will be there for the entire evening.
6:45pm - 15 Minute warning before event begins, please find your seats
7:00pm - Opening Speeches, let the night begin!
7:15pm - Welcome first Speaker
Speakers will talk for 20 minutes. After each speaker there will be a chance for a Q&A, following with a 15 minute break in-between each speaker. During cocktail hour there will a prize raffle for three grand prizes were you can purchase tickets before. After each speaker a prize will be drawn and winning ticket number will be announced.
9:30pm - Speakers end and prizes will all be drawn. The bar will be open till 10:00pm for a chance to mingle and enjoy the rest of your evening.
10:00pm - The evening comes to a close.
The Entrepreneur Mental Health Gala will feature three incredible speakers for a Ted-Talk style event covering Work/Life balance, the connection between mental health and entrepreneurship, and how mental health can affect our physical well-being. You can find more information below, including a brief bio of each speaker and the topics they'll be covering.
Shulamit Ber Levtov, MA, RSW, CCTP
The Entrepreneur's Therapist
Discussion Topic: Mental health: the overlooked factor in business success.
Join us for a thought-provoking talk that delves into the uncharted intersections of entrepreneurship and mental health. We'll explore the often overlooked, yet inherent, mental health risks founders face on their transformative journey of business ownership. Plus, we'll delve into how to nurture flourishing founders (and businesses) so they can drive positive change in society as a whole. Don't miss this transformative discussion that will reshape the way you conceive of mental health, business planning and the entrepreneurial eco-system.
Bio: Shulamit (she/her) is the Entrepreneurs' Therapist. She works with women business owners to care for their mental and emotional wellbeing in an era of relentless stressors that can make you want to lose your crap on the daily.
Shulamit has been an entrepreneur for over 27 years and has more than 22 years of professional experience applying therapeutic, coaching and somatic tools to support women's mental health and personal growth. In addition to working with clients 1:1, Shulamit teaches in private and university business programs and speaks locally, nationally and internationally about the intersection of mental health, trauma, financial psychology and entrepreneurship.
As an award-winning entrepreneur, masters-level, licensed trauma therapist and trauma survivor, with certifications in Brené Brown's Dare To Lead™ methodology, the Trauma of Money, Nonviolent Communication and Yoga, Shula brings a unique perspective and approach to supporting women in business.
Shannon Gander, BPE, CAC, CM
Discussion Topic: Balance & Business, Really? Strategies for Resilience, Mental Well-Being & Preventing Burnout and in Business & Life
Work, family, friends AND self-care sound like too much? Ever feel like you’re failing at work-life balance or struggling to manage a feeling of too busy? Worldwide, business owners are trying to figure out how to take care of themselves, prevent burnout and restore some stability after a challenging time. If you’re feeling a little wired and tired or confused about how to take care of yourself off the side of your desk, this session is a great segment for you! Discover the benefit of work-life boundaries over balance and explore strategies for resilience and closing the stress loop so that you can feel like your tool kit has more gadgets without adding more to your “to do” list. Together we will explore how to flourish, not fry so that you can lead on into the future with awareness, energy and joy.
Bio: Shannon Gander is a global speaker, trainer and counsellor. She is also the Founder and Director of Life Work Wellness, a company that empowers individuals and workplaces to achieve their goals for better mental health. Having spent her career as an entrepreneur, Shannon understands what it’s like to work on the edge of burnout and juggle family, clients and the demands of a busy work-life. She has also worked with multiple clients whose stress has impacted their ability to work and has contributed to short and long-term disability. Shannon is highly motivated to prevent this by equipping individuals and teams with skills for thriving through stress and preventing burnout.
Shannon’s dynamic background in counselling and workplace interventions help her to bring mental wellness topics to life in a way that is both captivating and authentic. She leaves her audience with portable skills and practical strategies to apply right away from the boardroom to the kitchen table. When not presenting, Shannon works in her private counselling practice in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Lucy Sloan, BA Psych, RPC, ACCP, CAATP, CCAATP
Discussion Topic: Physical health - How mental health, stress can affect physical health and what are physical signs you may not realize are stress related.
In order to understand how to manage our busy lives, we need to explore the ‘why’ of stress and how it can impact many different aspects of our health, including our mental, emotional, and even physical health. In our discussion we will take a deeper look at recognizing what is happening in our bodies and how we can learn to work with stress and not against it. This thought provoking talk may shift how you see stress. You may even learn… it’s not as bad as you think or in fact, it may be as bad as you think. We will talk about when chronic stress negatively impacts us physically, how to notice this in our bodies, and ways to help manage more effectively. AND we can do this by changing our perspective of stress to help drive us rather than hinder us.
Bio: Lucy has spent over 23 years in the counselling field and almost 10 years as an entrepreneur. She started an 11 year career as a Probation Officer in Winnipeg supervising and providing interventions to offenders in the community. Lucy then went on to spend 4 years in the mental health field as a Community Mental Health Worker and Intensive Case Manager; working with a variety of adults with mental health disorders. In addition to being a lifelong animal lover, following a major head injury, Lucy discovered the healing capabilities of animals and decided to integrate this with her counselling skills. She founded Lil' Steps Wellness Farm in 2015 to assist youth and adults in increasing their positive mental wellbeing with the help of animals. Lucy has been operating this business for over 8 years and has expanded the services offered and now has two locations in St. Malo and Winnipeg. She currently provides the only training and certification in Manitoba through the Child-Centered Animal-Assisted Therapy Association to assist health care professionals in integrating animals into their scope of practices. She is also a part of a team of professionals with the Institute of Child Psychology, where she provides mental health education to parents, caregivers, and helpers in building capacity for them to help their child. Lucy also founded in 2022, Lil' Steps Wellness Foundation, a non-profit association that provides youth and adults from low-income families to access mental health services and helps to support the rescue of animals who provide this service. Lucy is also a published children's book author and integrates the stories of her animals into learning for children and teens. She has successfully developed and implemented a school program based on this children's story across Manitoba and Alberta. Lucy is a mother to three human children and over 5o animal co-workers.
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