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Live Well: Wellness Articles

Live Well: Wellness Articles

Wellness is such a popular topic, but it’s also incredibly broad – we all want to feel better, but where do you start? Your MFAP is a fantastic resource for articles on a variety of wellness-related subjects.

Midwives

AOM employees

Toronto Birth Centre

Live Well: Wellness Articles

Live Well: Wellness Articles

Wellness is such a popular topic, but it’s also incredibly broad – we all want to feel better, but where do you start? Your MFAP is a fantastic resource for articles on a variety of wellness-related subjects.

Practice Admin Staff

Live Well: What is CBT?

Live Well: What is CBT?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a form of therapy that can help you feel better through understanding and changing negative thought patterns, emotional responses, and behaviours.

Practice Admin Staff

Live Well: What is CBT?

Live Well: What is CBT?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a form of therapy that can help you feel better through understanding and changing negative thought patterns, emotional responses, and behaviours.

Midwives

AOM employees

Toronto Birth Centre

AOMBT recognized with Healthiest Workplace Award

AOMBT recognized with Healthiest Workplace Award

The Healthiest Workplace Awards celebrate Dialogue clients who demonstrate an exceptional commitment to employee health and well-being. This award is reserved for organizations that have been direct clients of Dialogue for at least six months, celebrating their measurable contributions to improving team health and fostering a positive workplace culture.

New for midwives: ALAViDA

New for midwives: ALAViDA

Midwifery is a highly rewarding but also highly stressful calling. Some people turn to alcohol or other substances in times of stress. We’re responding to this need by introducing a new resource to help with substance use management: ALAViDA. 

An office with two people standing in foreground, two others in background. Credit: Michael Poley

Live Well: A Size-inclusive Workplace

Obesity is considered public health issue, but it's also a difficult one. The lack of sensitivity and nuance around this condition means that people are often discriminated against. Fatphobia is a frequent problem in the workplace.

Live Well: Body Diversity

Live Well: Body Diversity

According to the current Health Canada definition, people are considered obese if their body mass index (BMI) is 30 or more. While a useful indicator, the BMI cannot serve as a stand-alone measure. Clinical obesity involves more than what the scale reads, and people with many different body types can be healthy.

Live Well: Fighting off Fever

Live Well: Fighting off Fever

You can catch respiratory illnesses at any time of year, but flu, RSV, and Covid are especially common in the winter. One of the top tools to keep on top of illness and soothe a sore throat is water.

Live Well: Keep Hydrated

Live Well: Keep Hydrated

Did you know that your body is mainly made up of water (about 60%!) and that it uses it to help with many processes, including transporting nutrients around your body, getting rid of waste products and temperature control?

Keeping hydrated can also boost energy and cognitive function and is important to help prevent dehydration and dry skin.