Mental Health Week May 2 – 8
| Mental Health Week and Wellness Together Canada May 2 to 8 is the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is empathy. This is especially important in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, which affects everyone differently. Here are some tips you can adopt to become more empathetic: Be curious about other people’s situations. Ask open-ended questions and listen to the answers carefully. Avoid making assumptions about people. Understand that the language we use with people has an impact on their mental health. To access free wellness exercises and information, visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/mental-health.html |
Business Mentor & CEO at Grow Vantage & Ask For Directions Training
Business Mentor at Ask For Directions Training and Grow Vantage
Patricia is the Business Mentor and owner of Grow Vantage and a Past President of the Barrie Chamber of Commerce. She applies over 30 years of business experience (from start-up to corporate) to mentor entrepreneurs. Since 2011, she has held over 6,500 coaching and training sessions in-person and online. Through Ask For Directions Training, her entrepreneurial training program (and parent company Grow Vantage), and as a business coach, she works with start-ups who are new (or who have lost traction) to design, launch and grow their businesses. Along with 20 other expert instructors she teaches strategies in marketing, sales, communications, and finance, as well as practical techniques to increase productivity, and manage their businesses. In other words, everything entrepreneurs need to learn to grow and run their businesses successfully, and avoid the costly mistakes they can't even see coming - that lead to delays in growth and getting stuck.
Patricia is the Business Mentor and owner of Grow Vantage and a Past President of the Barrie Chamber of Commerce. She applies over 30 years of business experience (from start-up to corporate) to mentor entrepreneurs. Since 2011, she has held over 6,500 coaching and training sessions in-person and online. Through Ask For Directions Training, her entrepreneurial training program (and parent company Grow Vantage), and as a business coach, she works with start-ups who are new (or who have lost traction) to design, launch and grow their businesses. Along with 20 other expert instructors she teaches strategies in marketing, sales, communications, and finance, as well as practical techniques to increase productivity, and manage their businesses. In other words, everything entrepreneurs need to learn to grow and run their businesses successfully, and avoid the costly mistakes they can't even see coming - that lead to delays in growth and getting stuck.
Latest posts by Patricia Dent (see all)
- Tariffs (Autos, Real Estate, ….) 1) (Update) Ontario to loosen internal trade, remove barriers on alcohol and labour mobility; 2) Honda confirms no plans to reduce Canadian auto production despite tariffs; 3)(Updated) Ottawa says automakers that keep manufacturing in Canada will get a tariff exemption; 4) (Update)Tariffs and Trump loom large in Ontario’s agenda-setting throne speech; 5)Tariff uncertainty foils ‘slam dunk rebound year’ for national home sales: CREA; 6) (Updated) Trump floats another pause on automobile tariffs - April 18, 2025
- Canada – US Relations: 1) U.S. students look north as Trump freezes funding to American universities; 2) Canadians cancel U.S. business trips amid tariff anger and border fear - April 18, 2025
- (Updated) Members of Ontario’s legislature choose Donna Skelly as first female Speaker - April 18, 2025