The holiday season is often described as “the most wonderful time of the year,” but for many employees, it feels more like the busiest. December brings deadlines, year-end reporting, family obligations, travel, financial pressures, and the expectation to keep everything cheerful while juggling it all. For many workplaces, this is the exact moment when stress spikes and energy tanks. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Workplace wellness doesn’t require elaborate programs or e

How to reset, relax and switch off, even when life feels non-stop. I recently got home from 10 work days “on the road”. There’s lots of work days where I just hang out behind my computer, writing blogs like this, but when I’m on, I’m ON. In my world, being “on” looks like:- delivering training for 7-8 hour days speaking at conferences or for workplaces (in person or online) networking functions- sales pitches talking, talking, talking and more talking! I love it, and it’s als

How to stop mindless scrolling Let’s be honest—we aren’t choosing  to be constantly pulled into the vortex of our email inbox or to spend a random 30 minutes of our day mindlessly scrolling. It just happens . A few minutes between Teams meetings. A quick check before bed. Just checking Instagram during your ‘five-minute break’ that accidentally turned into twenty. But over time, that “quick check” becomes a default. A reflex.And without realizing it, you're spending more time

The Energy Answer with Alison Butler is an interview series where we explore mental & physical well being and tools we can use to reduce stress and overwhelm. Today on The Energy Answer I'm chatting with Melissa Lloyd of DoodleLovely and DoodleBreaks. Melissa's journey is about bringing intentional calm and creativity using doodling as a key tool to help quiet the mind and connect to a place deep inside, that needs daily attention. In our conversation, we talk about: How Meli

"Wellbeing" is a blog series where I interview and introduce you to inspiring people doing interesting things that can connect to our mental well being. Today, meet Heather. Hi! My name is Heather, and some people know me as the "Bliss Girl." I am a Jay Shetty Certified Life and Success Coach and soon to be NLP ( Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Practitioner. I am the founder of Connecting to Bliss Coaching, which started as a movement to help parents learn the tools not to fee

The Energy Answer with Alison Butler is an interview series where we explore mental & physical well being and tools we can use to reduce stress and overwhelm. Today on The Energy Answer I'm chatting with Ryan Osborne of Oz Coaching. Ryan is a Kinesiologist and coach helping people become fit leaders. In our conversation, we talk about: How "I don't feel good" is a common theme for so many people for improving their fitness and well being - whether it be "I'm in pain", "I sit

The Energy Answer with Alison Butler is an interview series where we explore mental & physical well being and tools we can use to reduce stress and overwhelm. Welcome back to our second episode of The Energy Answer. Today I chat with Jessica Cox - Confidence and Success Coach about how important it is to show up imperfectly - I believe this is such an importance message for those of us working on our wellness and mental well being. Life is not perfect. We have to embrace whe

The Energy Answer with Alison Butler is an interview series where we explore mental & physical well being and tools we can use to reduce stress and overwhelm. Hi Everyone! I'm so excited to be sharing this chat with Emily Lewis of Mindfulness with Emily . I think we can all use a little more mindfulness in our lives right now. In our conversation, we talk about: What mindfulness actually IS - there's so much buzz around this topic right now but how can we understand it in pl

As part of my own wellness journey I've tried to be more mindful about the food I consume. Two of my easy "go to" recipes for a healthy morning are vegan protein smoothies and vegan protein smoothie bowls. I don't worry about having fresh fruit - I always like to keep a couple of bags of frozen fruit in my freezer (don't have to worry about it going bad!) Add my vanilla protein and oat or almond milk and I'm ready to go (you can also use coconut milk!) The breakfast I eat the

"Wellbeing" is a blog series where I interview and introduce you to inspiring people doing interesting things that can connect to our mental wellbeing. Today, meet Olivia. My name is Olivia, I am 27 years old and I am a Psychology student with the Open University. I started my degree in February 2021 and I am absolutely loving it so far! I also started an Instagram page called Peaks & Valleys in November 2020 when I was in the midst of a mental breakdown which was fuelled se

Why Me? This is not the career path I set out on - funny how that works, right? But it feels like so many things have led me right here. Years of delivering training and speaking in front of groups - becoming so comfortable with something that I never imagined I could be comfortable with. That feeling, deep down that all of the work was preparing me for something, preparing me to use my own experiences. Back then, I couldn’t fathom what that would be, I didn’t feel like I had

Did you hear? I recently sat down with an amazing business friend, Gina Keeping, to chat about all things mental health and wellbeing on her podcast . Listen to the podcast episode Some highlights from the interview: I speak about my journey to recently becoming a full time business owner as a Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) trainer and wellness speaker here at Alison Butler Consulting. Gina and I have lots of "real talk" about mental wellbeing. I share more of the signs and

"Wellbeing" is a blog series where I interview and introduce you to inspiring people doing interesting things that can connect to our mental wellbeing. Today, meet Blair. My name is Blair Hennessey, I was in the Canadian Forces for just about 9 years before being medically released due to the compounded effects of concussions. Currently, I am a Human Kinetics & Recreation student at Memorial University and I have applied to Physiotherapy programs for Fall ‘21. Tell us more ab

I recently had the pleasure of chatting about mental health, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training and my new online course Mental Wellbeing 101 on Rogerstv Out of The Fog with my great friend & host Don-E Coady. You can find my segment in the video beginning at the 11:11 marker! Hi, I'm Alison and welcome to the blog. If you’re constantly “on” and running on low,   Resilient   is my free weekly email inbox break you didn’t know you needed. Resilient helps you reclaim your

"Wellbeing" is a blog series where I interview and introduce you to inspiring people doing interesting things that can connect to our mental wellbeing. Today, meet Lea. My name is Lea Coultas. I’m 41 years old, own 2 beautiful kitty cats and am currently living in downtown, St. John’s. I’m a Gentle Yoga Teacher specializing in beginners yoga and currently teach a variety of beginners/gentle yoga classes online via zoom. If you had asked me "who are you and what do you do" 5

"Wellbeing" is a blog series where I interview and introduce you to inspiring people doing interesting things that can connect to our mental wellbeing. Today, I'm excited for you to meet Kelly Barnes. Hi! My name is Kelly Barnes and I am Registered Massage Therapist, here in St. John’s Newfoundland. I did my training and started my career as an RMT in Toronto Ontario, and moved back to my hometown this January just in time for Snowmagedon! After living and working in Toronto