Preventing & Overcoming Workplace Burnout

Our Burnout Prevention workshops provide practical strategies for leaders, managers, and employees to overcome burnout and help organizations thrive.

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Overview:

Burnout is physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion resulting from chronic, unmanaged workplace stress. The negative consequences include energy depletion, feeling mentally distanced from one’s job, and feeling less able to meet work demands. In the workplace, burnout leads to lost productivity, decreased energy and concentration, increased conflict, illness, and leaves of absence. It affects relationships and quality of life both personally and professionally.

Target Audience:

• Corporate and nonprofit organizations. Healthcare, education, emergency response and public sectors.

• This training can be customized for conferences, workplace leadership, managers, teams and employees who want to increase their capacity to prevent burnout and create a healthy organizational culture.

Pairs well with:

• Compassion Fatigue workshop

• Healthy Boundaries workshop

• Stress Management workshop

• Resilience Strategies workshop

Popular Burnout Prevention workshops for leaders & employees

• Burnout Prevention: Thriving In A Stressed-out World

• Burnout Prevention In a Clinical or Social Services Setting

• Burnout Prevention: Six Factors Of Organizational Culture

• Evaluating & Preventing Employee Burnout Throughout Your Organization

• Building Psychological Safety In The Workplace

• Trust-building and Resilience In Times of Change

• Change Management

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Client Testimonials:

• “Bonita is an exceptional facilitator – her engaging workshop provided us with the guidance needed to create clear, actionable ways to manage and prevent burnout as individuals and as a broader team. We’re deeply appreciative of her insights and recommend her services no matter how strong your workplace culture is.”

  Cynthia Goodwin, CEO, CCGoodwin Consulting

• “Bonita is a passionate, knowledgeable professional who is an absolute joy to work with. If you choose to work with Bonita, you will not be disappointed. Excellent speaker with great poise and presence. HRPA would definitely welcome the opportunity to work with Bonita again in the future.”

  Sacha Williams - Learning & Development Professional, Human Resources Professionals Association

• “Bonita brings a wealth of knowledge and compassion to guide leaders and teams towards wellness. Her workshops provide the right balance of learning and practical tools to support leaders and teams towards thriving in their careers.”

  Tarra Wellings, Director of Operations, Arrow Leadership

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Overcoming Compassion Fatigue Training

Our Compassion Fatigue workshops provide practical strategies for leaders, managers, and employees to overcome compassion fatigue and create a healthy organizational culture.

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Overview:

Patterns of vicarious trauma, moral injury, emotional labor and chronic workplace stress can lead to Compassion Fatigue among professional care providers. Compassion fatigue is commonly found in healthcare professionals such as nurses, physicians, nursing home staff, and personal support workers (PSW). It is common among emergency responders, including police, military, firefighters, and paramedics. Compassion fatigue is prevalent in nonprofits, community support service organizations and spiritual care providers.

Compassion Fatigue can negatively affect employee engagement, innovation, and work-life balance, causing leaves of absence, job turnover, and resignations. This workshop provides practical information and solutions for leaders, managers, and employees experiencing Compassion Fatigue.

Target Audience:

• Healthcare, nonprofit, community services, education and emergency response organizations.

• This training can be customized for conferences, workplace leadership, managers, teams and employees who want to gain practical solutions for preventing and overcoming compassion fatigue while supporting a healthy organizational culture.

Pairs well with:

• Burnout Prevention workshop

• Healthy Boundaries workshop

• Stress Management workshop

• Resilience Strategies workshop

• Mental Health workshop

• Effective Self-care workshop

• Inquire about: Psychological safety, Moral injury, Emotional labor, Trust-building in times of change.

Popular Compassion Fatigue workshops

• Compassion Fatigue: Symptoms and Strategies

• Resilience Strategies: Preventing and Overcoming Compassion Fatigue

• Overcoming Compassion Fatigue: Leadership For A Resilient Workforce

• Customized workshops based on your organizational challenges and goals.

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Client Testimonials:

• “The County of Simcoe Ontario Works Department partnered with Bonita Eby from BreakThrough to create a customized workshop for our team focusing on compassion fatigue, burnout, self-care and resilience. Through one-on-one planning sessions Bonita committed to learning the roles of our staff and what challenges they were facing; this allowed her to deliver relevant content in a safe and meaningful way. Our staff raved about her passionate and empathetic facilitation skills and left the training with practical skills to implement into their work and personal spaces. Thank you Bonita and excellent work!”

County of Simcoe Ontario Works Department

• “Working with Bonita has been a true pleasure. Bonita went above and beyond to pull a curriculum together that will support us in creating a psychologically safe environment and to foster a culture of compassionate leadership. Bonita’s session on Trauma Informed Leadership gave our leaders the skills they need to understand the important role they play and how to implement positive changes.”

Julie Wheeler, Director Seniors’ Services Region of Waterloo

• “Our organization connected with Bonita to provide a customized workshop about vicarious trauma, moral injury, compassion fatigue and burnout.  It was so helpful to understand the difference between each of these factors, how they contribute to our mental health, and how we can work to prevent them.  Bonita did an outstanding job of understanding our organization and our culture, and helped us to make meaningful progress in supporting our leaders.  I would not hesitate to recommend Bonita's services for any organization hoping to support their team in preventing burnout!  It is simply a fantastic investment:).  Thank you Bonita!”

Adrienne Hodges, Human Resources, Baptist Housing

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Enneagram For Healthy Teams

The Enneagram, a comprehensive personality framework, offers a valuable tool for workplace team development, company culture transformation, and overall team success.

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Overview:

In today's dynamic work environment, effective team collaboration is crucial for achieving organizational goals.

Developing a deep understanding of team members' personalities, motivations, and communication styles is essential for fostering positive and productive working relationships.

The Enneagram is an effective personal & professional transformation tool used by organizations worldwide. It provides a compelling set of resources for transforming leadership teams to work at their best.

About the Workshop:

Enneagram for Healthy Teams is a team-building workshop to build cohesion, improve communication effectiveness and enhance workplace culture.

Through facilitator-guided training and activities, this workshop enables teams to understand and leverage individual strengths and communication styles and create stress mitigations to build greater trust among its members for stronger team dynamics and productivity.

Workshop Inclusions:

• Free consultation - We’ll gather background details and seek to understand your unique goals for the workshop. We’ll discuss options, budget, proposed timelines and answer your questions.

• Enneagram assessments - Each team member will complete a respected Enneagram assessment.

• Enneagram type report - Each participant will receive an in-depth report on their Enneagram type.

• Workbook - Each team member will receive a companion workbook to accompany the workshop, which will be used as a reference for long-term team collaboration and accountability.

Target Audience:

• Corporate and nonprofit organizations. Healthcare, education, emergency response and public sectors.

• This training can be customized for boards, workplace leadership teams, management teams and working teams who want to maximize their team’s potential, create cohesive communication and overcome conflicts for a healthier organizational culture.

Pairs well with:

• Healthy Boundaries workshop

• Inquire about: Psychological safety, Trust-building in times of change, Change management.

Learning Objectives:

• There are many different modules available to suit the needs of your team. Please request an information package at the bottom of this page.

• Learn what the Enneagram is and foundational knowledge about how it works.

• Learn essential principles for engaging with the Enneagram individually and as a team.

• Engage in a team discovery session to understand one another’s types and learn which types are represented within the team and which are missing.

• Gain insights into how each triad type primarily approaches their work and how that affects relationship patterns within the team.

• Discover what stresses each type at work and how typical responses play out within a working environment.

• Understand how different communication methods suit your teammates and how that may play out within the workplace.

• Learn your team members’ natural working styles in order to better work together with mutual trust and respect.

• For conflict management, gain an understanding of how each Enneagram type typically behaves if they have low self-awareness or selfish or abusive tendencies. Unpack previous harm that has happened within the team and make commitments toward healthy and sustainable team growth.

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Client Testimonials:

• “Our team recently had the opportunity to learn about our Enneagram types – nine personality types based on core motivations. By sharing our preferred communication styles, what motivates and energizes us and how we behave under stress, we deepened our understanding of each other and unlocked new ways of working together as a team. We look forward to applying our insights and would like to thank Bonita Eby for guiding us through another impactful team-building workshop!”

Cynthia Goodwin, CEO, CCGoodwin Consulting

• “I found the training day useful for understanding how to communicate effectively with the other staff, and also to have a greater awareness of my own personality and strengths/weakness. I can honestly say it gave me a greater respect for my co-workers and the unique gifts they all bring to this team. I am truly blessed to work alongside each of them.”

Enneagram For Healthy Teams Workshop Participant

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Healthy Boundaries Training

Our Healthy Boundaries workshops provide practical strategies for leaders, managers, and employees to master workplace boundaries, prevent burnout and compassion fatigue, and foster a healthy organizational culture.

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Our Course Catalogue outlines all workshops, training, and keynotes, as well as vital information on how we transform culture so your organization, leaders, and employees thrive.

Overview:

Healthy boundaries require self-awareness and strategic application. This requires first understanding your own needs and motivations to protect your physical, emotional, and mental health while using your skills and talents generously. Learning to recognize when others are taking advantage of you and overstepping boundaries and what to do about it is critical for forming long-lasting, mutually respectful relationships in your workplace and professional life.

Target Audience:

• Healthcare, nonprofit, community services, education and emergency response organizations.

• This training can be customized for conferences, workplace leadership, managers, teams and employees who want to gain practical solutions for preventing and overcoming compassion fatigue while supporting a healthy organizational culture.

Pairs well with:

• Compassion Fatigue workshop

• Burnout Prevention workshop

• Enneagram For Healthy Teams workshop

• Stress Management workshop

• Resilience Strategies workshop

• Mental Health workshop

• Inquire about: Psychological safety, Moral injury, Emotional labor, Trust-building in times of change.

Popular Healthy Boundaries workshops

• Healthy Boundaries for Nonprofits & Community Service Organizations

• Healthy Boundaries For Work-Life Balance And Resiliency

• De-Escalating Crisis

• Overcoming Burnout & Compassion Fatigue With Healthy Boundaries

• Healthy Boundaries: Building Team Unity Through Communication & Patient Care

• Boundaries In The Workplace

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Client Testimonials:

• “Our team had the pleasure of welcoming Bonita as our key note speaker for a retreat that we had organized for our Pediatric Clinic staff and physicians. Our retreat focused around creating a Mission & Vision for our team, as well as building a team charter. Given the extraordinary pressures everyone in healthcare has been under for the last few years, we felt it very important to center our discussions around wellness and setting healthy boundaries. Bonita took the time to research and understand our specific organization’s culture, mission and values and wove this throughout her talk. Feedback from participants was extremely positive; in fact, reference was made throughout the day back to concepts and strategies that Bonita had shared. I would highly recommend Bonita and BreakThrough to any health care organization.

Amanda Hignell, Department of Pediatrics, St. Michael’s Hospital

• “Absolutely amazing presenter! Very helpful tips and feedback. HR has been in a very difficult position in the last few years and I think this info will be helpful for us in supporting others but also in helping us heal from burnout.”

Human Resources Professional, Human Resources Professionals Association Conference

• “I am so grateful my managers implemented this into our professional development. I found this to be so very relatable and beneficial. I hope by talking about these things as a team we can apply what we have learned and discussed to ensure we have the best workplace environment and culture.”

  T.J., Windsor-Essex County Health Unit Oral Health Department

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Supporting mental health in the workplace training.

Our Mental Health workshops provide support for employee mental health to encourage a healthy organizational culture.

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Our Course Catalogue outlines all workshops, training, and keynotes, as well as vital information on how we transform culture so your organization, leaders, and employees thrive.

Overview:

Mental health and employee burnout are intricately connected. According to the World Health Organization, burnout results from chronic workplace stress that has been unsuccessfully managed. Burnout consistently results in exhaustion, a negative view of one's work and workplace, and decreased productivity.

Workplace wellness programs that provide support and resources for employee well-being can prevent employee stress, burnout, exhaustion, and compassion fatigue, resulting in greater work-life balance, resilience, innovation, and mental health status. 

65% of Canadians who consider their organization a great place to work have among the most favourable mental health scores. (Mental Health Index.)

Target Audience:

• Corporate and nonprofit organizations. Healthcare, education, emergency response and public sectors.

• This training can be customized for conferences, workplace leadership, managers, teams and employees who want to support their mental health and provide employees with mental health resources for a healthy organizational culture.

Pairs well with:

• Mindfulness workshop

• Burnout Prevention workshop

• Compassion Fatigue workshop

• Healthy Boundaries workshop

• Stress Management workshop

• Resilience Strategies workshop

• Inquire about: Psychological safety, Emotional labor, Trust-building in times of change.

Popular Mental Health workshops

• Mental Health Strategies For Real Life

• Stress Management: Calming The Nervous System With Mindfulness

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Client Testimonials:

• “I can't thank you enough, that is by far the most helpful mental health workshop I have attended, and with so many strategies. I am so calm after this incredible session. Thank you so very much - this will be helpful to not only me but the amazing team I work with that are very passionate about the work we do. Thank you!”

Manager, Workshop Participant

• “Most sincere appreciation for having you join us last month as our Keynote Speaker. It was everything I was hoping for and more. I really appreciate the wealth of knowledge and insight you shared with the diverse membership we represent and am grateful for new strategies to think about and explore. Thanks again!”

Joy Levy, Executive Director, Ontario Camps Association

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Mindfulness Training

Reducing stress with cognitive control.

Overview:

Mindfulness is a highly researched stress reduction and resilience tool. However, mindfulness can be a challenge and frustrating to learn unless you have the right tools. This workshop presents the neuroscience behind the stress response that hijacks our higher thinking. By understanding effective mindfulness techniques, you can learn to stop the stress response immediately and gain control over your thinking. For workplaces, mindfulness can increase critical thinking, problem-solving, concentration, and creativity for greater productivity.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn several mindfulness practices you can use effectively in your everyday life.

• Learn to decrease stress at work.

• Understand how the brain reacts to stress and how to stop the stress response efficiently.

• Learn to use your breath to reduce stress and increase focus.

• Learn simple strategies that get you past the barriers of mindfulness.

Some Topics Covered:

• The neuroscience of the stress response.

• Fight, flight, or freeze stress responses.

• How mindfulness affects the brain.

• The neuroscience behind mindfulness.

• Effective mindfulness techniques.

• How to reduce stress using powerful neural pathways to gain relaxation.

• Mindfulness research.

• The physical, cognitive, and psychological benefits of mindfulness.

• The secrets to mindfulness success, based on the latest neuroscience research.

• Mindfulness practices for stress management & cognitive control.

• Experiential mindfulness learning modules.

Target Audience:

This training can be custom-designed for workplace leadership and managers, employees, groups and teams, and individuals who want to learn how to reduce stress and increase resilience using cognitive mindfulness control.

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Ministry Burnout Prevention Training

Soul Care for Pastors

Overview:

Pastors and ministry leaders face challenges unique to ministry. It is essential to equip church leaders for health and longevity more than ever before. Ministry leaders require healthy systems, quality self-care, and most importantly, soul care to perform at their best for the long term.

This training can be customized for pastor credentialing and ordination preparation, seminaries, universities, and church conferences.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the factors that create burnout in the church and how they affect ministry leaders' lives.

• Identify potential burnout warning signs early so that church staff can implement changes to foster holistic wellness.

• Implement practical responses to challenges to foster long-term clergy well-being.

• Learn how to create a safe space for ministry staff to talk about their challenges and find practical solutions.

Some Topics Covered:

• Understand the unique challenges pastors face that contribute toward burnout if not successfully managed.

• Recognize why burnout has run rampant among ministry leaders in recent years.

• Unpack the most significant stressors pastors face.

• Learn how overwhelming stress can lead to burnout and what to do about it.

• Learn simple and effective stress-management techniques.

• Implement practical church-wide and personal responses to challenges to foster long-term clergy well-being.

• Learn elements of effective self-care and soul-care practices.

• Create a personalized wellness strategy to prevent and overcome pastor burnout.

Target Audience:

This training is designed for ministry leaders, pastors, ministers, clergy, and church staff. It can be customized for workshops, classrooms, keynote addresses, and conference presentations.

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Resilience Training

Our Resilience Strategies workshops provide practical strategies for leaders, managers, and employees to master the skills to overcome stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue and foster a healthy organizational culture.

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Our Course Catalogue outlines all workshops, training, and keynotes, as well as vital information on how we transform culture so your organization, leaders, and employees thrive.

Overview:

Resilience begins with applying positive coping skills to support well-being and positive mental health. In times of stress, burnout and uncertainty, resilience is required more than ever before. While life does not necessarily get more manageable, you can become stronger and more resilient. By learning and applying effective strategies for overcoming stress that may lead to burnout and compassion fatigue, you can establish a life of positive physical, emotional, and mental health. In the workplace, resiliency training helps managers, teams and employees gain productivity, proficiency, concentration, innovation, and employee engagement.

Target Audience:

• Corporate, nonprofit, healthcare and education organizations.

• This training can be customized for conferences, workplace leadership, managers, teams and employees who want to increase their capacity for resilience and create a healthy organizational culture.

Pairs well with:

• Stress Management workshop

• Burnout Prevention workshop

• Compassion Fatigue workshop

• Healthy Boundaries workshop

• Mental Health workshop

Popular Resilience workshops

• Creating A Life Of Resiliency: Physical, Mental & Emotional Rest

• Healthy Boundaries For Work-Life Balance And Resiliency

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Client Testimonials:

• “Bonita Eby is a powerful educator on the practical principles one can use to master the challenges of our everyday, often stressful lives. Through sharing her own encounter with burnout, Bonita’s thought-provoking webinar provided our employees and industry partners with empowering and life-altering information on burnout and how to prevent it. I encourage all people or organizations who need a boost to reach out to Bonita to bring much-needed transformation and revitalization.”

Rhonda Reist, Workshop Coordinator, Nova Mutual Insurance Company

• “Bonita worked with us to create a customized workshop on physical, mental and emotional rest. She is a warm, friendly and engaging speaker and provided a variety of opportunities for audience engagement during the session. Our staff appreciated the variety of practical tips and strategies offered on how to attain better rest, and the personalized workbook provided to go along with the workshop. Bonita was responsive and open to our input throughout the planning process, and it was a pleasure working with her!”

Research Team, CLAC

• “The training was focused on us as individuals and our experiences. I learned new tools and coping strategies that I have already started using. Bonita was so knowledgeable and her passion for helping others deal with burn out was genuine”.

  County of Simcoe Ontario Works Department

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Effective Self-care Training

Our Self-care workshops provide evidence-based strategies for leaders, managers, and employees to support their health and foster a healthy organizational culture.

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Our Course Catalogue outlines all workshops, training, and keynotes, as well as vital information on how we transform culture so your organization, leaders, and employees thrive.

Overview:

Effective self-care encompasses far more than what popular media would lead us to believe. Self-care is necessary for functioning at optimum joy and efficiency in your personal and professional life. By understanding self-care through a holistic model and practicing evidence-based strategies, you can establish a routine that works for your demanding life. For workplaces, effective employee self-care translates into greater productivity and innovation, less conflict, greater focus, and commitment. This training provides an opportunity to evaluate your self-care routine and create a new plan that is both compelling and manageable.

Target Audience:

• Corporate and nonprofit organizations.

• This training can be customized for conferences, workplace leadership, managers, teams and employees who want to gain effective, evidence-based self-care strategies and foster a healthy organizational culture.

Pairs well with:

• Stress Management workshop

• Resilience Strategies workshop

• Mental Health workshop

• Burnout Prevention workshop

• Compassion Fatigue workshop

• Healthy Boundaries workshop

Popular Self-care workshops

• Effective Self-care For The Real World

• Creating A Life Of Resiliency: Physical, Mental & Emotional Rest

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Client Testimonials:

• “Bonita was an amazing presenter and spoke very well and gave me hope for learning to slow down and be able to still be a top performer. The Burnout assessment was great and her story was amazing. Being a top performer myself, and learning it's ok to take breaks and time for me will be beneficial to my organization because in the long run, I will not burn out.”

Samantha Peters, Workshop participant

• “I highly recommend Bonita as a keynote speaker. The content of her presentation was extremely valuable, especially in today's world where it's difficult to find a work-life balance. Bonita is a strong public speaker and has the right tone and presence for the content she presents.”

Jen Gilbert, Workshop Participant

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  Stress Management Training

Our Stress Management workshops provide practical strategies for leaders, managers, and employees to understand and manage stress with exercises and techniques applicable to work and life.

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Our Course Catalogue outlines all workshops, training, and keynotes, as well as vital information on how we transform culture so your organization, leaders, and employees thrive.

Overview:

Chronic stress is a pervasive issue that affects both individuals and organizations. Overwhelming workplace stress and exhaustion are the leading causes of employee burnout, health concerns, and a decrease in productivity, motivation, innovation, and focus. Our Stress Management workshops aim to address these issues head-on.

Target Audience:

• Corporate and nonprofit organizations. Healthcare, education, emergency response and public sectors.

• This training can be customized for conferences, workplace leadership, managers, teams and employees who want to increase their capacity to manage stress, prevent burnout and create a healthy organizational culture.

Pairs well with:

• Burnout Prevention workshop

• Compassion Fatigue workshop

• Healthy Boundaries workshop

• Mental Health workshop

• Resilience Strategies workshop

• Inquire about: Mindfulness training and Psychological safety.

Popular Stress Management workshops

• Stress Management Strategies For Resilience And Thriving

• Stress Management: Calming The Nervous System With Mindfulness

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Client Testimonials:

• “I learned how to be a better team player/coworker and communicate better. I also learned a lot about my personality and my reactions to different situations and the external and internal reasons for my reaction. This will improve my life because I will be able to use these tools to make me a better coworker and understand my coworkers and clients better to make it a better clinic experience overall. I now have tools to help me succeed in expanding my work relationships as well as making healthy relationship outside of work to make me an overall happier and healthier person both physically and emotionally.”

  S.J., Windsor-Essex County Health Unit Oral Health Department

• “We had Bonita present virtually for our Early Years community at CDRCP on Stress Management. You can really tell she is passionate about what she does and she is very relatable and genuine. Our ECEs got a lot of value from her presentation and we would love to have her back again in the near future. I believe any organization can benefit from her content and expertise. Thank you Bonita!”

Leah James, Child Development Resource Connection Peel

• “I don't think I've ever been so excited for a workshop before! Bonita's calming voice and knowledge around coping with stress really did give me "Strategies for Life". Sad this was only a 3 session workshop - this was very eye-opening as it made you dig deep down and reflect. Thank you Bonita!!”

Workshop Participant, Child Development Resource Connection Peel

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