Mind Your Well-Being:
A Guide to Self Advocacy and Culturally Affirming Care
Designed to help you feel safe, seen and heard when engaging with health and wellness providers.
3 Chapters, 7 Experts, and 30 Pages
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Learn
We help you get clear on the type of provider you may be looking for.
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Search
Start your search by consulting our list of things to consider when looking for a provider.
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Prepare
The time has come. Get ready for your upcoming appointment with a list of questions to ask your provider.
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Additional Resources
Everyone’s journey is different. We included a list of questions for new immigrants as well as folks without provincial health care.
Health and Wellness sections
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Increasing awareness of the role of our mental health on our overall well-being means that more people are considering what it looks like to care for their mental health. In this section, discover tips to consider mental health services from psychologists, psychiatrists, licensed therapists, and counsellors.
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Alternative medicine describes any practices or systems that are not considered part of conventional medicine. Learn more about the types of alternative medicine practitioners you might encounter like Naturopathic doctors and Ayurvedic practitioners.
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Family doctors, general practitioners, community health centers and sexual health clinics are able to offer some gynecological care such as pap tests, breast exams, contraceptive care and more. This section includes tips to you to feel safe and seen with your gynecologist, doula, birth workers and other women's health providers.
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