Mental Health & Wellness Events
In Victoria, BC
Sit With Us Collective is committed to building a wellness community, educating the public, and creating a culture of resiliency. We recognize that wellbeing is so much more than therapy and self care. It’s about building a community of conscious, growth oriented, and supportive individuals. We hope you’ll join us!
Upcoming Events
The Art of Empowerment
A women’s therapeutic art making retreat on Vancouver Island
April 4 - 6, 2025
Join us at the EarthSpring Sanctuary, a beautiful forested setting in the Highlands of Victoria for a weekend of art making, meditation, breathwork, and community that will leave you feeling more connected to yourself and your environment than ever!
Past Events
Summer Solstice Art Night on the Beach
Date: Thursday, June 20th
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Willows Beach
$45
If you are seeking creative expression and community this is for you:
Celebrate and honour your light within through therapeutic painting, guided meditation, and reflection, as the sun sets on the longest day of the year.
Included in the session rate are all art making supplies (no technical experience required), facilitation by an art therapist, and a counsellor, and the opportunity to meet other like-minded individuals!
About the facilitators:
Mandy is an art therapist and registered counsellor who specializes in working with individuals of all ages who have experienced anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, and acquired brain injury. Dedicated to fostering emotional regulation and holistic well-being.
Sarah is a registered counsellor and therapeutic life coach who supports clients who are experiencing difficulties with people pleasing, perfectionism, and boundaries. These challenges are often marked by symptoms of anxiety, burnout, depression and interpersonal conflict.
Registration is now closed for this event! Join our mailing list to be notified about future events!
Beyond Self-Care: 12 week women’s circle
Date: Tuesdays, starting Apr 2nd, 2024
Time: 5:30 - 6:30pm
Location: Zoom
Are you a woman who:
is experiencing burnout, a lack of passion, and a desire for change?
wants to build more alignment in how she shows up for herself?
wants more inspiring and uplifting connections, with people who GET you?
feels isolated in your personal growth?
And you:
don't want too much woo-woo
value tangible tools and actionable steps to use
want to be called out (softly) on your self-sabotage and kept accountable
love the idea of a life-coach, but want something more all encompassing
Here's your dream team:
Two coaches, one community. A registered therapeutic counsellor (who will help you understand your own blocks), a certified personal trainer & health/nutrition coach (who will help you optimize your self-care). The mind/body connection, all in one place.
How you do one thing, is how you do everything. Let's do it together.
The Deets:
Join us for a 90 minute workshop at the beautiful Club Kwench in downtown Victoria.
Learn to integrate compassionate self-care to help you reconnect with your body & mind (outside of traditional workouts) so you can feel incredible in your body. Integrate body scanning, mindful eating strategies, and meditation techniques to keep you emotionally regulated and motivated.
Create personal practices that enrich your growth, and increase alignment with who you really want to be. Improve self-trust through boundary setting, get clear on your goals, and improve your relationship with yourself.
Walk away with tangible tools to help you master your self-care and step into the life you deserve.
Cycle Breakers
A skills group for self-aware adults
This free online group is an opportunity for individuals who are healing their inner child to relate with one another, learn new tools, and practice skills like communication, setting boundaries, self-validation, and more. Please note as a support group this is not intended to replace 1:1 psychotherapy.
Date: First Thursday of every month
Time: 5:30 – 7:00pm
Location: Virtual
You’re doing the work. We’re here to support you.
Bread & Butter Collective Podcast
Supporting Mental Health in the Hospitality Industry
Do you feel drained all the time? Are you having trouble finding the time in your schedule to make self care a priority? Do you feel like you are constantly being torn in every different direction? If this sounds familiar, you need to join us for this 4 week online course. I have designed this program to help you overcome stress & build resilience. You will learn new ways manage your time and energy effectively through healthy habits, systems, & strategies.
What you’ll get:
Group support
Psychoeducation
Experiential learning
Increased self awareness
Coping skills
In between session exercises
Curious about how to feel your feelings?
Like really FEEEEL them. In this workshop we will be sharing tools that will help you connect into your physical body, and be able to sit with your difficult emotions. Working through them in this ways helps to loosen the grip they have on you.
Free Workshop: A guide to connecting to yourself
Date: Monday, Oct 3rd, 2022
Time: 9-11 am
Location: Zoom
If you struggle with doing everything for everyone else, sacrificing your own well-being in order to serve others, or struggle to say no then this is for YOU! In this free 2 hour workshop, fellow counsellor Sabrina Siwiec and I will be sharing our three-step process that you can take to tune back into yourself by listening to your intuition, building trust in your voice, and establishing healthy boundaries with those around you so that you can ensure your cup stays full.
Simply email me to register, and if you can’t make it at that time we can still send you a copy of the replay and the guide so that you can follow along and do the journal prompts at home!
I AM RESILIENT. The Podcast.
Trigger Warning: Suicide
BPD Awareness Day 2021
As a guest speaker for this event I shared about my sister’s journey with her BPD, and co-occuring diagnoses, and our family’s challenges in navigating private and public healthcare supports, such as Psychiatric Emergency, DBT, USTAT, Physiotherapy, Acupuncture, and the Family Connections Program. This greatly influenced my decision to pursue a career change in order to raise awareness for mental health, as well as to provide education and skills to those struggling and their loved ones.