Culture and community profoundly shape a person’s ability to thrive. They form the foundation for identity, belonging, resilience, and overall well-being. Well-being isn’t simply the absence of illness, it’s reflected in how people feel valued, supported, and connected in their daily lives and work. A strong sense of cultural identity and community acts as a vital support system, influencing mental, physical, and emotional health alike. Struggles like stress, exhaustion, burnout, and disengagement aren’t signs of weakness; they’re signals that environments and systems need to adapt. While most organizations acknowledge this, few have the inclusive structures and strategies required to foster sustainable well-being for diverse minds and needs.

 

In this powerful and insightful presentation, Nora Plambeck educates audiences through poignant personal storytelling, critical research, and practical advice. She demonstrates how today’s wellness and inclusion strategies operate from a lack of public and individual literacy, leading to stigma, fear, shame, and preventing individuals from getting the help they need. It also results in policies that don’t account for individual differences, or strategies that just don’t work. True culture inclusion and wellness practices must go beyond mental health awareness and DEI training. They need to be informed, adaptable and empower individuals to advocate for themselves.

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In this session, audiences will have an opportunity to explore a fresh perspective on shaping an operating model that adopts inclusivity, diversity, and personal agency for a lasting approach.

 

Learning Objectives:​

• Applying a self-literacy framework as a central aspect of awareness and policy development

• Enhanced awareness of one’s own emotions and feelings, and the difference between each

• Proven strategies and resources to promote inclusion of diverse minds in workplaces and communities.

• Principles and research-backed tools for effective practices, policies, and approaches

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