Workshops & Lunch and Learns

Helping People Feel More Confident Managing Their Health

Managing health information can quickly become overwhelming.

Whether you're living with a chronic illness, caring for a loved one, recovering from surgery, or supporting someone through a complex medical journey, staying organized can make a meaningful difference.

Our workshops and Lunch and Learn sessions provide practical tools that help individuals, caregivers, families, and healthcare professionals organize health information, communicate more effectively, and become confident healthcare advocates.

Drawing on both professional nursing experience and lived caregiving experience, every session combines practical education with real-life strategies that participants can begin using immediately.

Why Attend?

Participants will learn practical ways to:

• Organize important health information
• Prepare for healthcare appointments
• Track symptoms and recognize changes over time
• Communicate effectively with healthcare providers
• Support a family member or loved one through illness
• Reduce stress by creating an organized health record
• Use My Health Journal as a practical healthcare management tool

Workshop Topics

Getting Started with My Health Journal

Learn how to get started with My Health Journal and organize important healthcare information in a way that works for your individual needs.

Topics include:

• Setting up your journal
• Understanding each section
• Creating a healthcare snapshot
• Building a routine for regular health tracking

Organizing Health Information

Keeping health information organized can make it easier to communicate with healthcare providers and keep track of important details.

This session explores practical ways to record and organize:

• Medical history
• Current medications
• Allergies
• Appointments
• Healthcare providers
• Test results
• Hospital visits
• Daily observations

Preparing for Healthcare Appointments

Healthcare appointments can feel rushed, making it easy to forget important questions or leave without fully understanding what comes next.

Participants learn practical ways to prepare for healthcare appointments by:

• Organizing questions before an appointment
• Tracking symptoms and changes in health
• Recording important concerns
• Keeping track of follow-up instructions
• Becoming a more active participant in healthcare decisions

Supporting Family Caregivers

Family caregivers often find themselves managing appointments, medications, changing health needs, and communication with multiple healthcare providers while supporting someone they love.

This workshop provides practical strategies to help caregivers:

• Keep important health information organized
• Prepare for healthcare appointments
• Coordinate information between healthcare providers
• Improve communication with family members
• Recognize and record important changes
• Feel more confident supporting and advocating for a loved one

Supporting Mental Health and Well-Being

Health is more than medical appointments. Emotional well-being, daily routines, stress, and changing health needs can all be part of a person's healthcare journey.

Participants explore how journaling, reflection, and tracking health information can help:

• Recognize patterns and changes over time
• Identify sources of stress
• Set realistic and achievable goals
• Support emotional well-being
• Build greater self-awareness
• Feel more engaged in their healthcare journey

When Information Matters

During a health crisis, it can be difficult to know what information is important, what should be recorded, and what needs to be shared with healthcare providers.

This presentation provides practical strategies to help participants:

• Recognize and record important changes in health
• Keep essential health information organized and accessible
• Prepare important information for an emergency
• Communicate clearly with healthcare providers
• Ask questions and better understand next steps
• Become a more confident healthcare advocate

Who Can Benefit?

Our workshops and presentations are designed for individuals, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and organizations looking for practical ways to improve health organization, communication, and advocacy.

They are well suited for:

• Individuals managing their own health
• Family caregivers
• Seniors and older adults
• Healthcare professionals
• Caregiver and support groups
• Retirement residences and senior-serving organizations
• Home care agencies
• Community and healthcare organizations
• Patient advocacy groups
• Employee wellness programs

Workshop Formats

We offer flexible workshop and presentation options designed to meet the needs of different organizations, communities, and audiences.

Formats include:

• In-person workshops
• Virtual presentations
• Lunch and Learn sessions
• Community education events
• Conference presentations
• Customized educational sessions

Each workshop or presentation can be tailored to your organization, audience, and learning goals.

What Participants Can Expect

Our workshops are practical, engaging, and designed to provide participants with information and strategies they can begin using in their everyday lives.

Participants leave with practical ideas to help them:

• Recognize and record important changes in health
• Communicate more effectively with healthcare providers
• Prepare for healthcare appointments
• Keep important health information organized
• Support and advocate for a loved one with greater confidence
• Take a more active role in their healthcare journey

About the Presenter

Shelley McLellan, LPN, is the Executive Director and Co-Creator of My Health Journals.

With over fourteen years of nursing experience across acute care, home care, long-term care, dementia care, palliative care, mental health, and community nursing, Shelley has spent her career supporting individuals, caregivers, and families as they navigate complex healthcare journeys.

Her professional experience, combined with her personal experience as a family caregiver during a prolonged medical crisis, inspired the creation of My Health Journal, a practical paper health journal designed to help individuals and caregivers organize important health information, improve communication, and become more confident advocates in their healthcare journey.

Why Choose My Health Journals?

Our workshops are grounded in real-world nursing and caregiving experience and focus on the practical challenges individuals and families face when navigating healthcare.

Our goal is to empower individuals, caregivers, and families with practical strategies that help them become more organized, informed, and confident participants in their healthcare journey.

Through education, preparation, and better organization of health information, we help participants feel better prepared to communicate, ask questions, advocate for themselves and others, and navigate healthcare with greater confidence.

Book a Workshop

We would be delighted to speak with your organization about hosting a workshop, presentation, or Lunch and Learn.

Whether you represent a healthcare organization, seniors' group, retirement residence, employer, caregiver support group, home care agency, or community organization, we can customize a presentation to meet the needs and interests of your audience.

To inquire about availability or discuss a customized workshop or presentation, please contact us.