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True North Alignment

Wellness consulting, coaching, & counselling for frontline workers & their spouses/partners. Energy Healing Sessions, Yoga & Meditation classes/workshops.

Our mission is to reconnect you back to your True Self, which is unlimited and in alignment with your highest potential. "True North", is your orienting point - your fixed point in a spinning world that helps you stay on track as a leader in your own way. When you feel alive with a burning desire, that is when you are in sync with your "True North". Different healing modalities can assist people to remove stagnant energy in the body that becomes blocked over time. By bringing balance into the physical, emotional, mental & spiritual body will help remove blockages that are holding us back in life from truly living limitless and freely. Helps create awareness of our subtle energy field and an understanding of our life's experiences. Meditation also helps bring balance into our often too busy chaotic lives. It can help improve quality of life, focus and clarity by calming the mind. Meditation helps reduce stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, lack of sleep and so much more. It will also increase focus, creativity and motivation. Yoga helps unite mind/body/spirit connection to bring about balance in life. Although there are many styles of Yoga, the main intention is to bring about self awareness through movement of the body and breathing techniques. Together, with an open mind and heart, Vicki will help support you in your healing journey from a place of compassion and understanding.

11/21/2025

You Are Not Your Burnout.

Burnout isn’t a personal flaw - it’s a physiological response to chronic overload.

When your nervous system stays in high alert for too long, your mind and body start sounding the alarm 🚨: exhaustion, irritability, compassion fatigue, brain fog, and emotional shutdown.

Rest isn’t quitting.
Rest isn’t weakness.
Rest is repair - the recalibration your system needs to come back online.

For first responders, burnout often shows up long before you even notice it. The job trains you to push through, but healing requires the opposite: slowing down, reconnecting, and giving your system space to recover.

Your burnout is not your identity.
Your worth is not tied to your capacity to keep going.
Your body is asking for support - not judgment.

This is your reminder: you deserve restoration, not more pressure.

What’s 1 sign your body gives you when it needs rest? I would love to hear from you, drop one thing below in the comments 👇

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11/20/2025

🌱 Are you a high-functioning person who struggles with slowing down?

Vicki understands the demands of working long hours in challenging environments and the “invisible weight” that is attached to the many roles we play in life.

After many years of feeling overwhelmed, and on the verge of burnout while working as a pipefitter in the oil and gas industry, Vicki studied the connection between the mind and the body to increase energy levels and decrease overwhelm.

With a focus on understanding the nervous system as being the root to all injuries and the key 🗝️ to rebuilding resiliency.

Vicki is a Counsellor, Coach, and Wellness Consultant with a passion in supporting those who serve and their families to have work-life integration.

Specializing In:
* PTSI, Trauma, & OSI
* Resiliency for First Responders
* Nervous System Recalibration
* Burnout & Compassion Fatigue
* Moral Injury
* Anxiety & Overwhelm
* Career & Life Transitions

✨ Your path to healing begins here. To book with Vicki, go to:
🔗 https://truenorthalignment.janeapp.com

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11/19/2025

Strategies to Support Mental Wellness for First Responders

Protecting your mental health is just as important as protecting your community. Here are core strategies to strengthen resilience and support long-term wellness:

🔸Self-Awareness
Noticing early signs of stress, irritability, fatigue, or emotional overload can prevent issues from escalating. Self-awareness helps you recognize when you need a pause, a reset, or support. And sometimes there are no signs at all, check in with each other.

🔹Stress Management
Your nervous system is constantly responding to high-intensity calls. Incorporate grounding tools - breathwork, movement, time outdoors, or mindfulness practices to help regulate your stress response and restore clarity.

🔸Work-Life Integration
Balance isn’t always equal time - it’s about intentional recovery. Prioritize sleep, meaningful connections, hobbies, and routines that refill your energy tank after long shifts or traumatic exposures.

🔹Mental Wellness Support
Reaching out is strength. Peer teams, counsellors, chaplains, and friends/family can offer a safe space to process the job’s impact. You don’t have to carry everything alone.

This is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Connect with True North Alignment to learn more and find what works for you!

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11/18/2025

Service changes you. Silence isolates you. Connection heals you.

Movember isn’t just about moustaches - it’s a reminder that mental health and physical health are frontline priorities, especially for those who serve.

First responders carry stories most people will never hear. The job shifts your nervous system, your worldview, your relationships. It changes you - and that doesn’t make you weak. It makes you human.

But silence?
Silence can separate you from the people who want to support you.

This month, Movember calls us forward:
✔ Start conversations
✔ Check in on your crew
✔ Normalize talking about stress, trauma, suicidal thoughts, and overwhelm
✔ Encourage men (and women) to get proactive about physical health - prostate cancer, testicular cancer, annual checkups, early prevention

Connection is the medicine. Whether it’s peer support, family, colleagues, or professionals - you don’t need to carry everything alone, and you were never meant to 🩵.

Your service protects others. Let connection protect you.

If you feel called to support, here is the link to support the LSRFS team in all their hard work and dedication in the Great Canadian Fire Challenge 👇

🔥 https://ca.movember.com/donate/details?teamId=2437374

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11/17/2025

Well Jessica and I had a great visit to the Lesser Slave Regional Fire Service, got to connect with their members, share stories, have some laughs, meet Shadow 🐾 - their newest member of the team and what a sweet and gentle boy he is… and attend the Mid-Way Movember Party in support of men’s mental and physical health.

It’s pretty amazing that the LSRFS and Slave Lake community has raised over $10,000 for the Great Canadian Fire Challenge, making them #1 across the country. Just shows the passion and dedication when people come together to support an important cause.

As always, thank you Mike, Bianca, and the whole fire family for welcoming us and treating us like we are a part of the fire family too ♥️.

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11/14/2025

🤣Friday Funny… because life can’t always be serious.

Who can relate?

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11/13/2025

Ever wonder why you have trouble making decisions when you feel overwhelmed or notice your memory slipping?

🚨In short, when you feel overwhelmed, your brain’s “thinking center” goes offline while the “alarm system” takes over - making decision-making and memory tougher until your nervous system gets recalibrated.

🧠In high-stress situations, this can mean slower judgement calls or gaps in recall - not from weakness, but from a brain working to survive.

👉 The quickest and most efficient way to begin to recalibrate your nervous system is to take a conscious breath.

* Notice your current breath, is it in your chest, somewhere else, or maybe you noticed you weren’t breathing at all
* Intentionally slow down the inhale and exhale even longer
* Notice if you can follow your breath feeling your belly expand on inhale, and empty your breath completely on the exhale
* This helps to activate the parasympathetic nervous system (rest & digest) to decrease overwhelm and bring your prefrontal cortex back online

💡 For first responders, this is key to train smarter, recover faster, and protect long-term mental fitness.

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11/12/2025

🌱 Have you tried everything and still feel lost?

Meet Jessica - with lived experience of mental health crisis, addiction, parenting, and reprogramming her nervous system, her practice blends body-based (Somatic) healing, regulation, and soul-deep holistic exploration.

Jessica supports in helping those who’ve “tried everything” and still feel lost, hopeless or broken, to reconnect with themselves, their partners, and children in deep and meaningful ways. To be the parent, partner and person they want to be.

By tapping into the body and the nervous system, the “missing pieces” can often be found that set the foundation for the changes we’ve been longing for.

Jessica is a Counsellor, Instructor, Coach, and Wellness Consultant with a passion in body-based counselling, healing, and reclamation.

Specializing In:
* Leadership Coaching
* Nervous System Recalibration
* Burnout Recovery
* Postpartum Depression
* Anxiety & Overwhelm
* Couples Counselling
* Addictions

✨ Your path to healing begins here. To book with Jessica, go to:
🔗 https://truenorthalignment.janeapp.com

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11/11/2025

Remembrance Day 🪖

“For those who leave never to return. For those who return but are never the same.”

Today especially we remember not only the acts of service and sacrifice, but also remembering the person behind the uniform.

Lest We Forget ❤️

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11/10/2025

Reading emotions, yours and others’ is a tactical advantage.

When your nervous system is dysregulated (fight, flight, freeze, or fawn), your ability to read emotions accurately or respond intentionally drops.

In the field, in leadership, or in daily life, Emotional Intelligence allows you to:

🔥 Read the energy in the room before reacting
🧠 Respond with clarity under pressure
💬 Communicate with precision instead of impulse
💪 Stay grounded, even when emotions run high

True tactical awareness is emotional regulation in motion - it’s what turns reaction into strategy, chaos into calm, and leadership into trust.
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Pause. Notice. Take a conscious breath. Choose. That’s Emotional Intelligence in action.

Emotional Intelligence isn’t just “soft skills” - it’s nervous system mastery. It’s the bridge between emotional insight and physiological resilience.

💡What situation recently challenged your emotional awareness?
Share below how did you ground yourself before responding?

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11/07/2025

🏠Families carry their own version of the job - the waiting, the worry, the support.

❤️ The partners and spouses of our firefighters, paramedics, police officers, and frontline workers carry a unique weight - juggling family life, emotional support, and the uncertainties of a high-stress profession.

Maybe you too are a first responder or frontline worker - adding another layer to the weight carried in families.

Your resilience, patience, and love are the backbone of those who protect our communities. It’s not easy to cope with the long shifts, unpredictable schedules, and the emotional toll of your loved one’s work - but your support matters more than words can express.

Take time for yourself, set boundaries, and seek support when you need it to prevent your own burnout and compassion fatigue that is all too common💛.

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11/06/2025

PTSI (Post-Traumatic Stress Injury) is a term used to replace PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) - shifting the language from disorder to injury.

PTSI is not a weakness - it’s an injury to the nervous system that can occur after exposure to traumatic events.

For first responders, frontline workers, and those in service roles, repeated exposure to crisis and human suffering can overwhelm the body’s natural stress response.

Unlike “disorder,” the term injury acknowledges that the brain and body have been impacted - and can heal with time, support, and proper care.

Common signs may include:
• Sleep disturbances or nightmares
• Emotional numbing or irritability
• Hypervigilance or difficulty relaxing
• Withdrawal from loved ones
• Feelings of guilt, shame, or helplessness

PTSI doesn’t define you. It’s your body’s way of saying, “I’ve seen too much, and I need care.”
🌱Healing begins with understanding - and taking that first step toward recalibration.

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Energy healing modalities & meditation groups/workshops.

Different healing modalities can assist people remove stagnant energy in the body that becomes blocked over time. By bringing balance into the physical, emotional, mental & spiritual body will help remove blockages that are holding us back in life from truly living limitless and freely.

Meditation also helps bring balance into our often too busy chaotic lives. It can help improve quality of life, focus and clarity by calming the mind. Meditation helps reduce stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, lack of sleep, physical pain and so much more. It will also increase focus, creativity, motivation and sense of oneness.

Learning both about different healing modalities along with meditation has helped me find balance and calmness back into my life. I believe through self love and awareness we can better navigate the stresses in life so we can be the best version of ourselves and live our full potential.