Empowering Teams with Mental Wellness That Lasts

Thompson

Shannon Gander believes deeply in prioritizing workplace mental health, knowing how vital it is to both career success and quality of life. In Thompson, she works hand-in-hand with employees, team leads, and entire organisations striving to stay resilient in tough, changing times. The pressure adds up. Smiling through burnout gets tiring. That’s when Life Work Wellness offers the support that matters. As a leading mental health speaker, Shannon helps organisations develop tools for mental resilience, better communication, and emotional safety—so every member of the team can show up fully, without feeling overwhelmed.

How Shannon Supports Workplace Wellness in Thompson

  • As an experienced wellness speaker in Thompson, Shannon helps employees and leaders break through the mental weight that too often goes unspoken. Whether she’s offering burnout prevention workshops, addressing the daily stress of modern work, guiding leaders through stress management, or helping teams adjust to ongoing changes, Shannon delivers practical support that benefits both professional roles and personal lives.

  • There’s no filler in her work. Shannon’s keynotes on mental health and stress come from a place of real-world understanding, backed by research and delivered with warmth and approachability. If your team in Thompson is searching for workshops on leadership and mental health, strategies for thriving in the workplace, or in-person mental health sessions, contact Shannon and make a difference right away.

  • Her talks come from lived experience. She addresses the reality of burnout, anxiety at work, disconnection, transition, and how to keep showing up without falling apart. These aren’t just lectures—they’re turning points that open the door to healthier, more resilient ways of working. As a corporate mental health speaker, Shannon equips employees to better understand and manage their stress and emotional well-being.

  • Her sessions are approachable, interactive, and always down-to-earth. She thrives on the moments when something hits home for someone in the audience—that instant of connection is what keeps her passionate about what she does. With her background as a mental health counsellor, she tailors her message to meet the emotional state of each room, creating a space where people feel seen and understood.

Hosting a company-wide event or smaller leadership-focused session in Thompson? Shannon designs experiences that are relatable, impactful, and full of meaning. From helping people navigate stress and change to supporting compassion fatigue, building resilience at work, leading leadership development, and reinforcing mental health in the workplace, Shannon delivers insight that leaves a lasting impression.

High-Impact Workshops and Keynotes in Thompson

Shannon’s mission is to support people in staying mentally strong and balanced, even when work gets demanding. In Thompson, she leads workshops for mental health, burnout prevention, and resilience at work that are hands-on, practical, and built to reflect the challenges people actually face. Whether she’s walking employees through strategies to manage stress at work or helping leaders reduce the risk of compassion fatigue, Shannon’s sessions are crafted to be relevant and meaningful. She avoids one-size-fits-all content in favour of real-world tools that stick.

For management and leadership groups, Shannon provides in-depth workshops for leaders on mental health and leadership training in stress management, helping them guide their teams while caring for their mental well-being. She also offers powerful workshops and keynotes for mental health and delivers corporate wellness talks that are energizing, relatable, and rooted in both data and lived experience. Whether presenting in person, virtually, or to a room full of staff, Shannon creates a warm, engaging space that leaves a lasting impact. Her aim is simple: to help people walk away feeling better equipped to handle life at work and beyond, with more clarity, strength, and support.

In-person Mental Health Counselling in Thompson

There are times when life feels heavier than it should, and talking to someone in person, face to face, in a quiet and safe space, can make all the difference. Shannon offers in-person mental health workshops in Thompson for those feeling overwhelmed by stress, tangled in anxiety, or simply trying to hold it all together. Her approach is warm and calm, not clinical, to help people feel more grounded, more themselves. With years of experience supporting others through workplace burnout, emotional fatigue, and personal transitions, she gently guides each conversation with care. These sessions are private and deeply thoughtful. Whether you're struggling with work-life balance, difficult emotions, or just need space to breathe, this is a place to start feeling better without judgment and without pressure.

Shannon Gander

Mental Health and Wellness Services

Shannon provides comprehensive wellness support for individuals and organizations to focus on mental health, resilience, and create a healthy organizational culture. Her services help employees and leaders thrive by improving productivity and reducing absenteeism. Whether it’s individual counselling, team workshops, or a leadership conference, Shannon is committed to supporting your journey to better well-being and a more resilient workforce.

Workplace Mental Health Speaker

Workshops & Keynotes

Shannon's sessions are relevant, practical and packed with takeaway skills without overwhelming her audience. Whether she is speaking on resilience, psychological health and safety, stress or change, participants can expect to reflect, learn and laugh.

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Mental Health Counsellor

Counselling

Sometimes in life, we need support to get on track. Other times, we have something more substantial to heal to help us in our relationships and to move forward. Reaching out is resourceful.

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Why Choose Shannon for Work Life Balance

Shannon does not just talk about balance; she lives it, and she helps others find their version of it, even when life and work feel completely unmanageable. Her mental wellness sessions in Thompson speak to the reality many people face: trying to keep it all together while feeling pulled in too many directions. She makes her audience feel seen and less alone in the struggle. That is why so many choose her to guide conversations around work-life balance, stress at work, and building resilience in the workplace, because she makes the tough stuff feel manageable.

Through her work as a mental health speaker and corporate wellness facilitator in Thompson, she helps people slow down, take a breath, and learn small shifts that make a real change. Shannon knows how horrible anxiety at work, compassion fatigue, and burnout feel. Her workshops for mental health and leadership training are not cookie-cutter. They are thoughtful, practical, and full of moments that stick with you even after the event ends. People trust her because she gets it, and she shows up with empathy and strength every single time.

What Do Clients Say About Shannon

“Shannon is energetic, enthusiastic and very knowledgeable. Excellent professional development for anyone! I started to use the skills she taught that same night and they worked!”

— Participant - Fry No More - Resilience Skills for Stress, Uncertainty & Positive Mental Health

“Everyone should take your workshops! I came to learn skills for work and I am taking away so much more. What I learned will help me as a co-worker, parent and partner. Thank you Shannon for this valuable information.”

— Participant - The 3 Be's for Positive Mental Health

“Shannon is funny, knowledgeable & relatable! Everyone should hear her messages. She will give you a toolkit that is practical and makes you a better team member. Shannon shared great information and excellent messages.”

— Participant - Thriving People - Flourishing Teams

“This is the first time since the pandemic started that I have felt normal and like I will be okay. This workshop was exactly what I have needed. I will practice the skills Shannon taught to help reduce my anxiety and bolster my resilience.”

— Participant - Virtual Fry No More Resilience Training Session

“I really like that you talk about the importance of recognizing burnout as cultural and that there are actions we can all take to address this. I will definitely be more aware when I am mentoring burnout!”

— Participant - Balance, Really? Helping Leaders Prevent Employee Burnout in an Unbalanced World

Shannon Gander

Mental Health Speaker - Trainer - Counsellor
Winnipeg, MB Canada
1 (204) 794-5874
shannongander@lifeworkwellness.ca