From Stressed to Resilient: Towards a Calmer, Healthier You

Anika Mendell, M.Sc., Certified Health Coach

stress management Coaching for :

  • Women seeking resiliency and stress management skills

  • women consumed by everyday stressors

  • women managing perimenopause and other conditions influenced by stress

Chronic Stress is not to be taken lightly, as it can have a devastating impact on physical and mental health. While we are well equipped to manage short term, occasional stress, chronic stress can affect each and every system of the body. It puts you at risk for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, disrupts hormonal health, causes disease and dysfunction of the digestive system and, of course, wreaks havoc on your nervous system. It leads to chronic pain of all sorts, and can be the source of mental health difficulties, such as depression, anxiety and addictions.

As hard as it may seem to do, we can change our relationship to stress! Simple stress management skills can change your patterns and improve sleep, digestion, relationships and productivity, and alleviate anxiety and pain.

 

ready to build a healthier relationship with stress?

 Services

  • "À la Carte" Consultations

    Book consultations as you need them, to address a specific issue and determine plan that is unique to you.

  • 6 week Awakening program

    A program designed to lay the groundwork for major change in the perception and management of stress, or of another health issue, using Chinese Medicine principles to guide our work. This program includes 6 sessions. It includes homework between sessions.

  • 12 week Transformation Program

    This program is for those who want to create lasting, sustainable change. We explore various techniques and modalities to improve resiliency, and work on integrating these techniques into your everyday reality, creating new habits and patterns. I use Chinese Medicine principles to guide our work. TThis is where we have the greatest chance to create lasting change.

 

Benefits You Can Expect:

 
 

  • Balanced mood

  • Balanced HORMONES

  • More energy

  • Improved quality of Life

  • Improved digestion

  • Less anxiety

  • Improved sleep

 
 
 

Benefits You Can Expect:

 
 

  • Balanced mood

  • More energy

  • Improved quality of Life

  • Improved digestion

  • Less anxiety

  • Improved sleep

 

Looking for simple and quick ways to calm anxiety?

I’ll send you a PDF with 4 easy and effective acupressure points that calm your nervous system (and can be used on children and teens, too!). 

Anika Mendell
M.Sc., Ac., Certified Health Coach

I know stress, inside and out! I was born a little bit stressed, worried, highly sensitive…and I lived in an environment where stress was normal, a part of everyday life. I spent many years going from one challenge to another, in a highly stressed state. Indeed, as a high-achieving adult, mother of three kids, stress lived in my body for a very long time, causing all sorts of aches and pains, and difficulties that got worse as time went on. I started to doubt my own physical and mental resilience. I didn’t realize that stress is NOT inevitable and that there is a different way to go through life, even during periods of intense challenge. Until one moment in time, when I decided to plunge into the most important studies of my life, to learn information and practices that would change everything for me.

My situation led me to acquire solid training and experience to satisfy my needs as a person with health challenges, as a mom of three beautiful girls, and as a healthcare provider. My Master’s Degree in Community Health (M.Sc.) gave me training in research, health promotion and a holistic model of health. After working for six years at a National Institute for public health research, I decided to work in a clinical setting.

Clinical work  made me realize the necessity of learning how to empower people so that they can take control of their own health. For I truly believe that we all have the capacity to heal within ourselves. We must simply awaken to this possibility. This is why I decided to become a Health Coach, specializing in helping people free themselves from the habit of stress, from stress as the go-to, knee-jerk reaction during life’s challenges. 

I am the person in your corner, supporting you, providing you with tools and guidance, and telling you that, YES, you CAN find your way towards better, lasting health.

 
 
 

FAQs

  • Health Coaching is the use of evidence-based strategies to actively and safely engage clients in change, in order for them to better self-manage their health, health risk(s), and acute or chronic health conditions. Health coaching helps clients attain optimal wellness and recovery, improved health outcomes, lowered health risk and decreased healthcare costs.

    Source: Huffman, M. (September, 2016). Advancing the practice of health coaching: Differentiation from wellness coaching. Journal of Workplace Health & Safety, 64(9), 400-403.

  • I use a wide variety of methods depending on each person’s interests and situation: Motivational interviewing, positive psychology, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT, or Tapping), some elements of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), Breathing and Meditation techniques, tools from Chinese medicine, etc.

  • Ideally, once a week for at least the first four weeks. Then, we see each other every 2 weeks, and then once a month.

  • At the Université de Montréal, where I did my Master’s in Community Health specializing in Health Promotion. Then, at the College de Rosemont in Montreal where I completed my acupuncture studies, and finally, at the National Society of Health Coaches (NSHC) where I earned my certificate in Evidence-Based Health Coaching. I have also completed hundreds of hours of post-graduate training.

Testimonials

  • “(…) I am very grateful for the treatments and listening ear, as not only did you give me hope that my anxiety would get better but you also helped me recover from several other health issues. Your gentle, holistic approach is a very big part of my healing and makes the process so much easier to handle. I am so, so grateful for your counsel and and kindness, you have truly made a big difference in my not so easy journey for the past few years.

    Thank you.”

    Elda V.

  • "Anika is (…) a competent, attentive, empathetic professional (…) She always takes the time to clearly identify our needs, to provide us with advice and to make suggestions that are complementary to our treatments. I couldn't do without her.”

    Judith L.

  • “Anika is a dedicated and committed professional. Through her empathy, her open-mindedness and her ability to listen, she is able to develop a feeling of trust and effective communication between us. At each meeting, she takes the time to validate my state of health and my needs in order to adapt to the new issues affecting my health. I have the impression that my health is important and that she wishes to contribute, to the best of her knowledge, to the improvement of my well-being.”

    Nathalie D.

  • “Anika's approach with her clients is imbued with deep respect. I particularly appreciate her listening skills and empathy, as well as her rigor in finding solutions adapted to my needs. Anika is welcoming, attentive and reassuring.”

    Melanie L.

  • “There are times in life when we feel the need to be guided to find the right path… I had the pleasure of meeting Anika a few years ago and her professional, experienced and generous support had a great impact on my health, which was at the time a little damaged by menopause among other things.

    Her understanding of overall health makes Anika a very valuable resource, which I have no hesitation recommending. Her attentiveness, availability, recommendations make her reliable, comforting, and essential.

    Anika is now the ideal health partner for me, and for all those I love.“

    Danielle P.