Health & Wellness

Inclusion In The Workplace As social beings, we experience the need to feel included and an accepted member in a group. Inclusivity is very essential in our lives: without it, we are vulnerable to having poor mental health and experiencing feelings of loneliness and isolation. Our healthy self-worth and self-esteem are tied to feeling included in a group or community. When we feel like we don’t belong anywhere, it can lead to stress,...

Will Preparation & Estate Planning “As wise as my own father was, he never got around to creating a will, or documenting his assets and their locations. He died in 2001 and all these years later, I am still trying to finish up his estate. It was a monumental detective work just to try to figure out exactly what he had and where. To make matters worse, the assets were in multiple countries, and continents.” - Kashif Ahmed– Real...

Four Tips to Manage Your Mental Health & Wellbeing During COVID-19 “This disease [Coronavirus] destroys you. I was mentally devastated more than physically. The loneliness of the illness makes it that much more difficult. I was in absolute isolation the entire time. That was tough. I was thinking that I was going to die. I have lived very well, I have had a wonderful life, but maybe now it’s over. My only problem was leaving my...

Financial Knowledge & A Financially Secure Life Learn to Manage Your Finances “There [are] a lot of things I didn’t know about [financial management], such as credit. I am learning how to manage and budget the money better. Most of my pain comes from the unmanageability of my finances. I almost didn’t come back [to the Financial Literacy workshop] because of the pain around it. That is probably why a lot of people didn’t come...

How to Successfully Manage Financial Stress During COVID-19 3 Ways to Overcome It & Be More at Peace “People had to come up with some other way to pay the bills during the pandemic, including using emergency savings, paying for more on their credit card, and stopping their retirement plan savings contributions. Due to these factors, the financial impact of the pandemic will be felt well into the future.” – Manulife 2020...