Supporting Workplace Mental Health Over the Holidays — with Brandy Zimmerman

The holiday season is one of the busiest and most emotionally demanding times of year for tourism and hospitality teams. While guests celebrate, employees and leaders often face long hours, high expectations, and limited downtime.   Join Brandy Zimmerman, Workplace Mental Health Strategist, to learn practical ways to support mental wellbeing, maintain team cohesion, and navigate seasonal pressures with resilience and compassion.   Learning Outcomes

• Recognize unique mental health challenges that affect workers during the holidays, including emotional labour, isolation, and cumulative stress.
• Identify early warning signs of mental health decline and how to respond or access support resources.
• Implement realistic practices that protect wellbeing and sustain morale through thoughtful scheduling, recognition, and connectio.n

  Meet Our Speaker Brandy Zimmerman is a Workplace Mental Health Strategist who helps tourism and hospitality organizations build psychological safety while managing the industry's unique challenges of high turnover and seasonal staffing. She provides practical consulting to identify root causes of workplace stress and delivers training that equips managers with tools to support team mental health from day one. As a Psychological Health & Safety Advisor and former Associate Minister of Health in Alberta, she brings evidence-based solutions that balance operational demands with employee well-being. Her approach shows how psychological safety directly drives guest satisfaction and retention in hospitality settings.  

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