Dare to Heal

Dare to Heal Providing psychotherapy, counselling, and mental beauty services across Ontario, Canada.

03/06/2026

Feeling heavy before your day even begins?

Try this 3-minute reset:
💜 Pause and breathe deeply.
💜 Check in with your body and release tension.
💜 Say a tiny boundary phrase.

These small practices give your nervous system a reset so you can show up with clarity, calm, and steadiness.

On May 31st, we’ll practice a handful of these together at the Dare to ‘Re-Treat’ Leadership Reset Experience and help you choose the ones that actually fit your life.

📍 Concord, ON | 🗓 Sunday, May 31, 2026 | ⏰ 1:30–8:00 PM
Practice the pause and reserve your seat: https://daretoretreat.co/leadershipreset2026/

03/05/2026

On The Greatness Together Podcast, we explored the tension between endurance and sustainability in leadership.
We discovered how Mental Beauty helps honour resilience without glorifying burnout.
Listen here: https://greatnessmagnified.com/podcast/ep-51/

Feeling like you are always carrying the weight of others?Even when you are exhausted, you keep showing up for your team...
03/05/2026

Feeling like you are always carrying the weight of others?

Even when you are exhausted, you keep showing up for your team, clients, or students.

You notice everything that is off balance, hold space for everyone’s stress, and rarely get a moment to pause for yourself.

Mental Beauty is the part of you that keeps caring when systems are heavy and slow, that continues showing up for others even when you are tired, and that can receive care as naturally as you give it.

Recently on The Greatness Together Podcast, we explored the tension between endurance and sustainability in leadership.
We discovered how Mental Beauty helps honour resilience without glorifying burnout.
Listen here: https://greatnessmagnified.com/podcast/ep-51/

Here are some small ways to reconnect with that part of yourself:

💜 Start with daily mindful breathing: Pause, notice your breath, and ground yourself in the present before starting your day.
💜 Practice acceptance through journaling: Write down what is in your control and notice what you can let go.
💜 Set an intentional, positive focus: Choose one small thing today to put your energy toward, something you can influence.

This is the lens we will be using on Sunday, May 31, 2026, 1:30–8:00 p.m., in Concord, ON, at the Dare to 'Re-Treat' Leadership Reset Experience.

Take a pause, reconnect with yourself, and discover tools to lead sustainably:
https://daretoretreat.co/product/leadershipreset2026/

Meet Russarin Thanariyasrikoon, our Guest Presenter and Lead Explorer in Action at Dare to ‘Re-Treat’: The Leadership Re...
03/05/2026

Meet Russarin Thanariyasrikoon, our Guest Presenter and Lead Explorer in Action at Dare to ‘Re-Treat’: The Leadership Reset Experience.

Russarin guides leaders back into their bodies.

Through traditional Thai massage principles, mindful self-massage, and somatic awareness practices, she helps participants release tension, regulate their nervous system, and reconnect with presence.

What makes her session powerful is this:
Leadership clarity doesn’t begin in the mind — it begins in the body.

When leaders learn to notice where stress lives physically, they gain access to steadier decision-making, deeper self-awareness, and more grounded leadership presence.

At the Leadership Reset, Russarin will lead embodied practices that help you:
• Release accumulated tension
• Reconnect with your body as a source of insight
• Experience self-care as sustainable regulation — not indulgence

This is leadership recalibration from the inside out.

📍 Concord, ON
🗓 Sunday, May 31, 2026
⏰ 1:30–8:00 PM
Reserve your seat: https://daretoretreat.co/leadershipreset2026/


03/04/2026

Dare to Share Your Untold Story Episode 132, "Part I: The Unexpected End of an Era -- The Spoken Closing" featuring guest interviewer Rishma Govani.

In this role reversal, the seats shift — and Salima shares a personal reckoning with timing, leadership, and inner alignment.

This conversation centers on discernment.

On recognizing when momentum no longer aligns with truth.
On choosing integrity over urgency.
On listening to the quiet internal knowing that calls for realignment.

Not from burnout.
Not from breakdown.

But from clarity.

If you’ve ever sensed that something needed to shift — even when it appeared to be working — this episode may resonate.

Listen to the full episode of Dare to Share Your Untold Story: www.daretoshare.co

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Something shifted — and I couldn’t ignore it.After years of holding space for others to share their untold stories…this ...
03/03/2026

Something shifted — and I couldn’t ignore it.

After years of holding space for others to share their untold stories…
this time, the story turned inward.

On March 4th, I share a conversation I didn’t plan to have.

It’s reflective.
It’s personal.
It marks a turning point.

Not from burnout.
Not from breakdown.

But from clarity.

If you’ve ever felt a quiet internal knowing —
the kind that asks you to choose differently —
this one may resonate.

Stay with me.






If you are a social work professional…Social Work Week 2026 is centred around the theme:Care. Insight. Together.You brin...
03/02/2026

If you are a social work professional…

Social Work Week 2026 is centred around the theme:
Care. Insight. Together.

You bring care into difficult spaces.
You offer insight when systems feel overwhelming.
You show up for your communities every single day.

But care must also extend inward.

💜 Care, insight, and togetherness begin with sustainable self-care. 💜

This week, let’s celebrate social workers not only for what they give — but by protecting what sustains them.

Retreat. Recharge. Reignite the passion that first called you into this work.

Together, we nurture ourselves while uplifting those we serve.
https://daretoretreat.co/leadershipreset2026/

Meet Sarah McVanel, our Chief Recognition Rebel and guest presenter at Dare to ‘Re-Treat’: The Leadership Reset Experien...
03/01/2026

Meet Sarah McVanel, our Chief Recognition Rebel and guest presenter at Dare to ‘Re-Treat’: The Leadership Reset Experience.

Sarah brings over 25 years in human resources and organizational development, helping leaders create environments where teams feel seen, valued, and supported.

What makes Sarah’s work powerful is how she turns recognition into lived leadership practice.

She blends interactive reflection with practical tools — guiding leaders to pause, notice their impact, and cultivate cultures rooted in trust and meaningful connection.

At the Reset, Sarah will lead exercises that help participants connect their leadership presence to the well-being of their teams, showing how recognition is not a tactic — it’s a foundation for sustainable leadership and sustainable self-care.

This session is designed to leave leaders with tangible strategies that strengthen both leadership practice and team culture, creating environments where high responsibility can coexist with care, clarity, and connection.

Join Dare to 'Re-Treat': The Leadership Reset Experience to promote a culture of recognition:
📍 Concord, ON
🗓 Sunday, May 31, 2026
⏰ 1:30–8:00 PM
Reserve your seat: https://daretoretreat.co/leadershipreset2026/

You carry a lot and don’t talk about it. Is this you?You’re the steady one at work.The reliable one at home.The one who ...
02/27/2026

You carry a lot and don’t talk about it. Is this you?

You’re the steady one at work.
The reliable one at home.
The one who keeps things moving when others are overwhelmed.

From the outside, you look capable and composed.

On the inside, you’re tired in a way a weekend doesn’t fix.

Dare to ‘Re-Treat’: The Leadership Reset Experience was created for this kind of responsibility.

Not because you’re falling apart.
But because you’ve been holding it together for a long time.

This is a space to pause, recalibrate, and receive support instead of always being the one providing it.

Allow yourself the space to pause, breathe, and reset at the May Dare to 'Re-Treat' Leadership Reset Experience.

📍 Concord, ON
🗓 May 31, 2026
⏰ 1:30–8:00 p.m.

Reserve space for yourself:
https://daretoretreat.co/leadershipreset2026/

This is your invitation to pause, reflect, and hear stories that hold space for your leadership journey. The Dare to ‘Re...
02/26/2026

This is your invitation to pause, reflect, and hear stories that hold space for your leadership journey.

The Dare to ‘Re-Treat’ Leadership Reset Experience is guided by Rishma Govani, our Narrator of the Night.

Rishma brings over 25 years of experience across Canada’s media landscape and is a passionate advocate for mental health awareness and grief literacy.

Her grounded presence and thoughtful storytelling create a space where reflection, connection, and insight flow naturally.

Through this immersive experience, you will:
💜 Feel seen and supported in the emotional realities of leadership.
💜 Explore the challenges of holding responsibility without burning out.
💜 Learn to pause and reconnect with what matters most.

This is more than a gathering. It is a space to receive care, restore clarity, and leave with practical tools to lead sustainably.

Choose your pause and reserve your seat today.

📍 Concord, ON 🗓 Sunday, May 31, 2026 ⏰ 1:30–8:00 PM

https://daretoretreat.co/leadershipreset2026/

02/25/2026

Sleep struggles don’t always look like tiredness.

Often, they show up as racing thoughts, irritability, and feeling “on” even when you’re exhausted.

You might lie awake overthinking, planning, or worrying about what’s next, fearing the day will fall apart if you don’t stay alert.

But chronic sleep issues don’t lead to productivity or focus.
They lead to burnout, poor decision-making, and emotional strain.

Addressing sleep difficulties allows you to:
✨ Calm your nervous system and quiet racing thoughts.
✨ Reduce stress and daytime fatigue.
✨ Improve focus, clarity, and decision-making.
✨ Break the cycle of anxiety and sleeplessness.
✨ Build resilience and emotion regulation.
✨ Reclaim a natural, restorative rhythm.

💜 Rest is a foundation for well-being, not a luxury.

If you’re ready to restore your sleep and reset your energy, therapy with Salima Jadavji, Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, can support you every step of the way.

👉 Book your session today: www.daretoheal.co

This is your invitation to pause, reset, and reconnect with yourself.The Dare to ‘Re-Treat’ Leadership Reset Experience ...
02/24/2026

This is your invitation to pause, reset, and reconnect with yourself.

The Dare to ‘Re-Treat’ Leadership Reset Experience was created by Salima Jadavji, Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, thought leader, and advocate for redefining self-care beyond the hustle.

Salima designed this immersive experience for high-responsibility professionals who have been carrying too much for too long and are trapped in cycles of burnout, chasing milestones while neglecting their own well-being.

On Sunday, May 31, 2026, from 1:30 PM to 8:00 PM in Concord, Ontario, participants will step into a structured, supportive space to pause, regulate, and leave with tools that can be applied in real life.

✨ Through guided practices, reflective exercises, and meaningful dialogue, you will:

💜Reconnect with your energy.
💜Practice sustainable self-care.
💜Experience steadiness you can bring back to your leadership and daily life.

This is not a momentary pause.
It is a reset designed for those who are always giving so they can also receive.

Reserve your seat and reclaim your balance:
https://daretoretreat.co/leadershipreset2026/

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Richmond Hill, ON
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