Nicole Legg, PhD.
Part 1: Foundations of Mental Health and Wellbeing
Mental health has become a leading health concern in North America, within both our personal lives and in the workplace. Although there is a growing recognition of the importance of protecting and bolstering our mental health, there is less information about the specific actionable steps to do so. Dr. Legg’s talk provides foundational information about what mental health is, what impacts our mental health and why it can change over time, as well as how to discuss mental health in a way that is appropriate and inclusive to those in our lives and within the workplace. Dr. Legg’s talk also provides actionable tools and concrete steps around what we can do to immediately start protecting and promoting our mental health. This talk provides audience members with the knowledge and tools to understand their own mental health, be sensitive to others’ mental health, increase their mental health and boost wellness intelligence. This foundational talk serves as a launchpad for attendees to engage with Dr. Legg’s Mental Health for Teams talk, and other more specific talks on wellness (e.g., stress management). Dr. Legg’s talk ensures that attendees are equipped with the basic knowledge that they need to begin maximizing their wellbeing.
After this talk, attendees will be able to…
Understand what mental health is and be able to describe it to others
Be knowledgeable of the key factors that impact mental health
Know how to discuss mental health in a way that is empathic, informed and appropriate
Take initial steps in bolstering mental health and maximizing one’s ability to thrive
Knowing the strategies that one can take to promote and bolster their 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 one’s mental health through day-to-day challenges. Dr. Legg’s Application of Skills talk focuses on teaching concrete skills and strategies that individuals can use to protect their mental health and promote personal resilience. Specifically, Dr. Legg’s talk introduces and provides examples of mindset and different ways of thinking that facilitates problem solving, acceptance, and resilience within individuals. Her talk also teaches concrete skills that individuals can use when faced with challenges and stressful situations to continue moving forward. Dr. Legg’s talk enhances talk attendee’s repertoire of personal skills that they can use to maintain their mental health, as well as effectively navigate forward in the face of difficult decisions, emotions, or situations. Her talk helps to extend attendees’ knowledge of what impacts their mental health by providing concrete tools to promote positive mental health within themselves. Attendees must participate in Dr. Legg’s Part 1: Foundations of Mental Health talk prior to receiving her Part 2: Application of Skills for Resilient Mental Health talk, to ensure all attendees have the foundational understanding of mental health required to apply skills to promote resilient mental health.
After this talk, attendees will be able to…
Be knowledgeable about how and what mindset that can help to protect mental health
Apply strategies pertaining to one’s way of thinking that bolsters resilience in mental health
Apply strategies to effectively manage and navigate difficult decisions, emotions, or situations
Part 2: Application of Skills for Resilient Mental Health
Poor mental health and wellbeing is cited to cost Canadian workplaces over $9 billion annually due to employee absenteeism, burnout, disability, and turn over. Many workplaces are grappling with how to support their employees’ mental health. Education about mental health in the workplace can help to proactively address this important issue as it helps to normalize mental health and bring awareness to workplace teams of how it can be impacted in team settings. Dr. Legg’s talk provides evidence-based information about what factors negatively and positively impact mental health in the workplace, concrete strategies that teams can implement to bolster mental health within their group and workplace, and how to identify mental health concerns within others or oneself at work. Dr. Legg’s talk also provides a guide on how to start conversations and address one’s mental health within a corporate setting. This talk provides team members with the knowledge and tools to understand how and why mental health can be impacted at work and in teams, spot changes in mental health among team members, and feel comfortable addressing these changes or challenges. This talk is key to helping ensure teams feel knowledgeable and equipped to bolster their mental health and proactively address it within their teams, to help assure team productivity and functioning. It is recommended that team members attend Dr. Legg’s Part 1: Foundations of Mental Health talk prior to receiving her Mental Health for Teams talk, to ensure all team members have the foundational understanding of mental health required to address it within their teams and care for themselves.
After this talk, attendees will be able to…
Be knowledgeable of the key factors that impact mental health in the workplace
Apply strategies to bolster mental health within their teams through team dynamics
Identify indicators of mental health challenges in others, and how this may differ from burnout
Address mental health concerns among team members in a way that is sensitive and appropriate
Mental Health for Teams
Interested in one of these mental health talks? Get in touch!
Nicole provides mental health and wellness speaking services in Vancouver, BC, and virtually across Canada. She also loves to travel, so contact us to inquire about opportunities in other cities.
Looking for a longer, hands-on mental health session?
Nicole also provides a half-day mental health and wellness workshop!
About Nicole
Dr. Nicole Legg (she/her) received both her Masters of Science and PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Victoria. Dr. Legg completed her Clinical Psychology Residency with the Fraser Health Authority at Royal Columbian Hospital, and currently provides psychological assessments and treatment in the community. She is a research-scientist, a therapist, and a professional speaker on mental health and wellness.
Dr. Legg has been providing talks on a range of mental health topics for more than 9 years to corporate employees and executives, government and not-for-profit organizations, schools, health clinics, and more. She has received exceptional feedback and reviews on both her engaging speaking style and the applicability of her talks. Dr. Legg combines her first hand experience in treating clients with mental health concerns, along with her rigorous training in evidence-based mental health interventions, to inform her comprehensive expertise in mental health and wellbeing. She has provided talks on mental health and engagement in high-risk behaviours to employees and executives at the Canadian Forces, British Columbia Legislative Assembly, Salesforce, Earls Head Office, District of North Vancouver, DailyHive, Hudson Pacific Properties, branches of the British Columbia Provincial Government, among many others. Dr. Legg has been featured on podcasts, radio programs, and in articles to share her expertise on various wellness topics. She has also been an invited guest speaker for a number of university psychology courses and awards ceremonies, and has been an invited guest panelist for organizations to discuss mental health, difficult life transitions, risky behaviours, and more.
Dr. Legg’s area of research focuses on understanding when and why people engage in high risk behaviours (e.g., substance use, disordered eating), as well as investigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadians’ mental health. She has given talks at various national and international conferences on the findings from her research and has received federal research fellowships and numerous awards in recognition of her research achievements. Dr. Legg’s work has been published in several peer-reviewed scientific journals in her field and she has co-authored textbook chapters for the Oxford and Cambridge University Press. Dr. Legg is an advocate for mental health awareness, but in her free time you can find her taking advantage of the many outdoor activities in Vancouver.
“Nicole's talk delivers intimidating content in an approachable way. Her talk, the Foundations of Mental Health & Wellbeing, left our group with a better understanding of what mental health looks like, how to support our personal wellbeing, and gave us confidence in navigating through difficult conversations in the future. I would absolutely recommend you bring in Nicole & WellIntel Talks to your workplace!”
Robyn Yates, Human Resources Manager, Earls Head Office
“Special thank you to Nicole Legg who presented a wonderful presentation on mental health and wellness with the HME Home Health team. With Nicole’s expertise and compassion, she provided practical strategies for enhancing mental health and helped us foster an open dialogue about the topic. Her impact continues to inspire positive change within our organization, so we recommend her to any other organizations looking to provide support and education on mental health.”
Shirley Le, Marketing & Public Relations Manager, HME Home Health
“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
“Nicole Legg delivered a series of engaging and thoughtful in-person sessions on the topic of mental health for over 200 of our operations staff. We received great feedback on Nicole’s style of presentation and relatable content. Mental health is an important area of our employee wellness strategy and we are pleased that we chose WellIntel to speak to our staff on this very important topic. We look forward to welcoming Nicole to speak again at the District of North Vancouver.”
Gurinder Gill, Manager Human Resources, District of North Vancouver
