Description

Mindful Minutes with Ilan explores the science of well-being and provides simple, evidence-based strategies to improve our busy lives.

The videos spotlight practical relaxation and coping skills (ex: grounding exercises, gratitude journal apps, etc.) for those who want to focus on their mental health and wellbeing. It’s hosted by Ilan, a registered occupational therapist in Ontario, Canada.

Mindful Minutes with Ilan is produced by RSO Media in collaboration with Rogers TV. All rights reserved.

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Episodes

Gratitude practice

We explore the health benefits of practicing gratitude, and how to go about establishing a daily gratitude practice using apps or a journal.

Grounding

We explore the science behind grounding techniques and how they can be used to reduce anxiety. Ilan walks viewers through a short technique called 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding, that utilizes all of our senses.

Interoception: the hidden sense

We dive into interoception (often described within healthcare and science as the hidden sense) and how we can use it to our advantage. Ilan explores how to do a Body Scan (an evidence-based mindfulness meditation) and how it relates to interoception.

Ontario Structured Psychotherapy

Ilan brings a local connection to mental health health and wellbeing by interviewing a therapist from CMHA York & South Simcoe. We talk about the Ontario Structured Psychotherapy (OSP) program, a free government-funded program providing evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to adults living with anxiety and depression.

About Ilan

Ilan Mester is a journalist turned occupational therapist with multiple years of experience in mental health settings (including community mental health, hospitals and post-secondary settings).

Based in Toronto, Ilan currently works at the largest mental health hospital in Canada and is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Toronto. Mindful Minutes is Ilan’s passion project, bringing practical and evidence based coping strategies to a wider audience.

Ilan Mester

Ilan Mester

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