Sleep on it!
The clocks in Ottawa changed this weekend. It happens twice a year in Canada to make it seem we have more daylight hours in summer. You...
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Randy Weekes
- May 8, 2020
Resilience in the time of COVID-19
Let me begin by thanking CANADEM deployees and all other international workers who are working on the front lines or remotely, in your...
Randy Weekes
- May 5, 2020
The Stress of Nice New Places
It wasn’t a war zone. It wasn’t a hardship post. The power stayed on, the food was delicious. Beyond unpredictable drivers and the...
Randy Weekes
- May 4, 2020
Practicing Safe Stress
I lay in a hospital bed, just months after I started my first international job. I had swollen joints, blurred eyes, high fevers and no...
Randy Weekes
- May 3, 2020
The Incredible Shrinking Hippocampus
It didn’t feel good. Worry was a feeling in my chest and it woke me up at night. Fear made my heart pound, my ears ring and my voice go...
Randy Weekes
- May 2, 2020
The road to burnout is paved with good intentions
We joined the “Let’s make the world a better place” club to help other people. We didn’t join to get hurt. And many of us, at some point...
Randy Weekes
- May 1, 2020
If bad things happen – to me
It will happen to some of us. In a long career away from home something that causes physical or emotional injury – or creates the fear...
Randy Weekes
- Apr 30, 2020
When trauma happens to someone we know
It was a nice afternoon. Quiet. People were finishing their day’s work and planning their evenings. The drive home and a bit of...
Randy Weekes
- Apr 29, 2020
Coming Home: Understanding the Challenge
When I ask whether going on an international mission or returning home is more challenging, most people say that coming back is...
Randy Weekes
- Apr 28, 2020
Coming Home: Process the past... Plan the future
When I came back from my first international placement, I was stuck for many, many months. I couldn’t figure out where I wanted to go or...
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