Teacher-Librarian
Ms Brenda Estabrook
8:00 - 3:30 extended hours with permission
Contact: 867.667.8044 Extension: 305
brenda.estabrook@yesnet.yk
'What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.’ –Buddha
Mental Wellness - A Place to Begin
Life isn't always gentle on us. Sometimes, young and old, find themselves in a loop of frustration, fear, or anxiety. We may then experience life as someone who is overwhelmed, shutdown, and, perhaps, as someone who is down-right hard on ourselves and those who care for us.
When our feelings and our actions take us away from existing in a safe and healthy place, caring people often try to 'help'. Teachers are, by our very nature, caring people. Having often been in a position of 'advice giving', and while I value this confidence you put in me, I am by far not an 'expert' in life management, so I feel it is important this space helps people connect to experienced providers of mental wellness services.
Work on oneself is always a process and often not an easy one. I would encourage you to take on work that helps you sort out the challenges of life. This work is a process that can, with support and intention, help you reap the rewards of what we all want: to live life as a whole, healthy and self-aware individual.
*Note: In no way do I claim the following are a substitute for having real conversations with the people in your life who can be the providers of the direction, support and encouragement all of us need at various times in our lives. The following are a place to go if you are feeling lost and in need of professional helping conversations.
Kids Help Phone - click to access the website or call a counsellor: 1-800-668-6868 (Canada wide)
Kids Help Phone is a national 24-hour, bilingual and anonymous phone counselling, web counselling and referral service for children and youth.
This link (found in Kids Help Phone site) provides a wealth of connections and many of them are local: https://apps.kidshelpphone.ca/resourcesaroundme/search.html?q=&category=&location=whitehorse_yukon-territories
Note: While searching for resources for this page, I found the Kids Help Phone site provided amazing information. Please visit this site - even if it's just out of personal curiosity. Well worth a look because you never know what's around the next corner.
Kids Help Phone is a national 24-hour, bilingual and anonymous phone counselling, web counselling and referral service for children and youth.
This link (found in Kids Help Phone site) provides a wealth of connections and many of them are local: https://apps.kidshelpphone.ca/resourcesaroundme/search.html?q=&category=&location=whitehorse_yukon-territories
Note: While searching for resources for this page, I found the Kids Help Phone site provided amazing information. Please visit this site - even if it's just out of personal curiosity. Well worth a look because you never know what's around the next corner.
Yukon Mental Wellness support: https://yukon.ca/en/health-and-wellness/mental-wellness-support-during-covid-19
Again, I found this site provided many local (Whitehorse) connections to professional mental health providers.
Again, I found this site provided many local (Whitehorse) connections to professional mental health providers.
Photo used under Creative Commons from Eric Van Buskirk
