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Mental Health

P2: Application of Skills for Resilient Mental Health

Concrete, evidence-based strategies to strengthen resilience and protect mental well-being in daily life.

60 min (flexible 30–90)
In-Person & Virtual
Vancouver, BC

About this Talk

Mental Health Part 2

Knowing strategies to promote and bolster mental health is an important part of resilient mental health. However, having a clear road map of how to implement these strategies is crucial to maintaining our mental health through day-to-day challenges.

This talk focuses on applying concrete, evidence-based skills to protect mental health and promote personal resilience. Dr. Nicole Legg introduces mindset strategies and thinking-based tools that facilitate problem-solving, acceptance, and emotional flexibility. Attendees will be equipped with practical techniques to navigate difficult decisions, manage challenging emotions, and deepen their understanding of the factors that influence mental well-being.

Attendees must first participate in Dr. Legg’s Part 1: Foundations of Mental Health session, to ensure all attendees have the foundational understanding of mental health required to apply skills and promote resilient mental health.

Quick Facts

Duration

60 min (flexible 30–90)

Ideal For

All employees, leaders, HR teams

Format

In-Person & Virtual

Approach

Evidence-based, actionable tools

Workshop

Also offered as a workshop

LEARNING OUTCOMES

What your team will learn

Attendees leave with practical, evidence-based skills they can apply immediately.

1
Understand resilient thinking

Identify the mindset patterns that help protect mental health and support adaptive coping.

2
Build emotional flexibility

Learn strategies for responding to difficult emotions with greater balance, clarity, and self-awareness.

3
Strengthen coping tools

Apply practical techniques that support problem-solving, acceptance, and resilience under pressure.

4
Use skills in real situations

Leave with actionable ways to apply resilience tools in day-to-day work and life challenges.

SESSION BREAKDOWN

What the talk covers

01

The Building Blocks of Resilience

The session opens by exploring the psychological processes that help people recover, adapt, and stay grounded through stress and uncertainty.

02

Mindset Tools That Support Well-Being

Participants learn evidence-based strategies that encourage more flexible thinking, stronger coping, and healthier responses to adversity.

03

Applying Resilience in Everyday Life

This section focuses on how to use these tools when navigating difficult decisions, strong emotions, and ongoing workplace or personal stressors.

Dr. Nicole Legg

Your Speaker

Dr. Nicole Legg

PhD, Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Nicole Legg is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, research scientist, and speaker with over 10 years of experience delivering evidence-based talks on mental health, resilience, and well-being. With a PhD in Clinical Psychology and extensive experience working with organizations, leaders, and employees, she is known for translating complex mental health topics into practical, relatable strategies.

Dr. Legg completed both her MSc and PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Victoria, and her Clinical Psychology Residency with Fraser Health Authority at Royal Columbian Hospital. She currently provides psychological assessments and treatment in the community, bringing both clinical depth and evidence-based expertise to every presentation. Over the past decade, she has delivered highly rated talks for corporate teams, executives, government bodies, schools, health clinics, and non-profit organizations. She has also been featured on podcasts, radio programs, and in articles, sharing her expertise on mental health and wellness. Dr. Legg's research focuses on understanding when and why people engage in high-risk behaviours, including substance use and disordered eating, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in Canada. She has received federal research fellowships and numerous awards, published in peer-reviewed journals, and co-authored textbook chapters for Oxford and Cambridge University Press. Dr. Legg is a strong advocate for mental health awareness, and in her free time she enjoys taking advantage of the many outdoor activities Vancouver has to offer.

Client Testimonials

As part of our Company's ongoing mental health initiatives, we engaged Dr. Legg for a webinar on Self Care. The presentation was excellent and she made the information extremely relatable. We walked away with a completely new understanding of what Self Care is and how we can implement it into our individual lives. We would strongly recommend Dr. Legg to other organizations wanting to educate their staff on subjects related to mental health.

Tom Truchan

Director Health & Food Safety, Sustainability & Logistics, Georgia Main Food Group

Nicole's talk on mental health and wellness for our employee mental health day lunch and learn hosted by the HR department absolutely exceeded expectations. Our internal survey showed unanimous positive feedback from our employees and positive comments. As a truly dynamic, articulate and skillful speaker, Nicole was able to engage our audience of well-educated corporate professionals, engineers, managers and technologists with material based on the latest evidence-based mental health science but in a way that was enjoyable, relatable, practical and meaningful to all. Nicole combines a depth of subject matter expertise in mental health, experience in treatment as a clinical psychologist in training and a clear passion & skill in public speaking to deliver a grounded yet captivating talk that we found extremely insightful and pragmatic. It was the perfect foundational talk on mental health to enable us to build on the content with our own internal education pieces and continue the conversation. We have no reservations recommending Nicole to any organization or business seeking a foundational and notably captivating talk in mental health and wellness foundations.

John Wing

Senior HR Business Partner, Westport Fuel Systems Canada

Rare to see someone with the ability to make staff feel so at ease and bring to their attention that minor changes in their attitude towards people with mental health issues will make a huge difference. Words mean a lot and Nicole gave examples that each one of us can use to make someone feel seen and heard and not stigmatized.

Barbara

Utilities Administration, District of North Vancouver

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