BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170313T190000Z DTEND:20170313T203000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Power Lunch: Shea Emry DESCRIPTION:Tackling Mental Health in the Workplace with an All-Star CFL Linebacker\n\nHow did Shea Emry go from being one of the fiercest and nastiest players in Canadian football to the founder of three successful businesses that are on a mission to enhance emotional wellbeing? A concussion sidelined Emry in 2012 and led to a battle with depression\, negative self-image and a lifetime of upholding standards of masculinity in professional sport. The CFL All-star used his platform to share his story and self care practices with thousands of aspiring athletes and professionals pioneering solutions to health challenges. \n\n\n\n Emry's inspiring story includes recharging his connection to nature\, a theme that resonates with many in our community and certainly with our hosts\, the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre. His message is a powerful one with lessons that translate to the business landscape\, especially the workplaces of Whistler where adventure and adrenaline often goes hand in hand with our connection to nature. From building your self confidence and empowering those around you\, to testing your limits and tapping into the growth opportunity outside your comfort zone\, Emry shows us how mental wellbeing and a healthy business are intertwined. His lessons around keeping it real reveal how authenticity (as a person or as a company) will build trust and attract the right people to work with.\n\n\n\nSpeaking of testing your limits...how about hucking an axe for starters? This dynamic lunch surrounded by the beautiful natural setting at the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre will include a full on Axewood activation - Shea's mobile axe throwing experience presented in partnership with the First Nations Snowboard Association.\n\n\n\nKey Takeaways:\n\n\n Understanding health to move forward with confidence and power\n Tapping into growth by testing your limits and boundaries\n Breaking the stigma around mental health \n\n\n\nKey Speaker: Shea Emry\n\nWebsite I Twitter I Instagram \n\nShea Emry is a retired Canadian football linebacker who played eight seasons in the Canadian\n\nFootball League (CFL). As a two-time Grey Cup champion\, 2012 Defensive Player of the Year\n\nRunner-Up\, 2012 Canadian Player of the Year Runner-Up\, and All-Star linebacker. Shea Emry has shared his story and self-care practices with thousands of aspiring athletes\, as well as professionals pioneering solutions to health challenges. His mission has led him to many collaborations and ignition platforms such as Bell's Let's Talk Campaign\, The David Suzuki Foundation\, and the Canadian Men's Health Foundation. Shea's purpose is to challenge hyper-masculine stereotypes wielding an axe and in tree pose\, meanwhile inspiring confidence and power.\n\n\n\nAbout Wellmen \n\nShea founded Wellmen in 2013 an action based men's adventure club that proves\n\nbeing a 'real man' is about being a balanced man\; no tear\, grunt\, or hard work left out. Wellmen\n\n're-wilds' men by teaching them modern day survival skills throughout their endorphin inducing\n\nexcursions in nature.\n\n\n\nAbout Axewood\n\nAxewood is a fully mobile axe throwing experience for corporate events\, festivals\, and recreational leagues. Whether it be indoor\, oceanside\, or atop a mountain\, they have a fully enclosed batting-cage-like structure.\n\n\n\nAbout Timberfit\n\nTimberFit offers raw and gritty outdoor workouts and training to empower the primal beings within us all. Not only is it an athletic workout\, the goal is to let nature do the work. We spike the benefits of your workout with natural elements\; locations\, weights\, and most importantly atmosphere. Bring on the storm.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCancellation Policy: Payment is non refundable for cancellations made within 3 business days of the event\, or non attendance on the day.\n\nIf you have registered and paid for an event or training\, you will be automatically added to the attendance list. \np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px\; font: 13.0px Helvetica\; color: #333333\; -webkit-text-stroke: #333333\; background-color: #ffffff}\nspan.s1 {font-kerning: none} X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Tackling Mental Health in the Workplace with an All-Star CFL Linebacker
\nHow did Shea Emry go from being one of the fiercest and nastiest players in Canadian football \;to the founder of three successful businesses that are on a mission to enhance emotional wellbeing? A concussion sidelined Emry in 2012 and led to a battle with depression\, negative self-image and a lifetime of upholding standards of masculinity in professional sport. The CFL All-star used his platform to share his story and self care practices with thousands of aspiring athletes and professionals pioneering solutions to health challenges. \;
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\n​\;Emry'\;s inspiring story includes recharging his connection to nature\, a theme that resonates with many in our community and certainly with our hosts\, the Squamish \;Lil'\;wat \;Cultural Centre. His message is a powerful one with lessons that translate to the business landscape\, especially the workplaces of Whistler where adventure and adrenaline often goes hand in hand with our connection to nature. From building your self confidence and empowering those around you\, to testing your limits and tapping into the growth opportunity outside your comfort zone\, Emry shows us how mental wellbeing \;and a healthy business are intertwined. His lessons around keeping it real reveal how authenticity \;(as a person or as a company) will build trust and attract the right people to work with.
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\nSpeaking of testing your limits...how about \;hucking \;an axe for starters? This dynamic lunch \;surrounded by the beautiful natural setting at the Squamish \;Lil'\;wat \;Cultural Centre will include a full on Axewood activation - Shea'\;s mobile axe \;throwing experience presented \;in partnership with the First Nations Snowboard Association.
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\nKey Takeaways:

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\nKey Speaker: Shea Emry
\nWebsite I Twitter I Instagram \;
\nShea Emry \;is a retired Canadian football linebacker who played eight seasons in the Canadian
\nFootball League (CFL). As a two-time Grey Cup champion\, 2012 Defensive Player of the Year
\nRunner-Up\, 2012 Canadian Player of the Year Runner-Up\, and All-Star linebacker. \;Shea Emry has shared his story and self-care practices with thousands of aspiring athletes\, as well as professionals pioneering solutions to health challenges. His mission has led him to many collaborations and ignition platforms such as Bell&rsquo\;s Let&rsquo\;s Talk Campaign\, The David Suzuki Foundation\, and the Canadian Men&rsquo\;s Health Foundation. Shea&rsquo\;s purpose is to challenge hyper-masculine stereotypes wielding an axe and in tree pose\, meanwhile inspiring confidence and power.
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\nAbout Wellmen \;
\nShea founded Wellmen in 2013 &mdash\; an action based men&rsquo\;s adventure club that proves
\nbeing a &lsquo\;real man&rsquo\; is about being a balanced man\; no tear\, grunt\, or hard work left out. Wellmen
\n&lsquo\;re-wilds&rsquo\; men by teaching them modern day survival skills throughout their endorphin inducing
\nexcursions in nature.
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\nAbout Axewood
\nAxewood \;is a fully mobile axe throwing experience for corporate events\, festivals\, and recreational leagues. Whether it be indoor\, oceanside\, or atop a mountain\, they have a fully enclosed batting-cage-like structure.
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\nAbout Timberfit
\nTimberFit \;offers raw and gritty outdoor workouts and training to empower the primal beings within us all. Not only is it an athletic workout\, the goal is to let nature do the work. We spike the benefits of your workout with natural elements\; locations\, weights\, and most importantly atmosphere. Bring on the storm.
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\nCancellation Policy: Payment is non refundable for cancellations made within 3 business days of the event\, or non attendance on the day.
\nIf you have registered and paid for an event or training\, you will be automatically added to the attendance list. \n\n LOCATION: UID:e.2416.403 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260501T053706Z URL:https://business.whistlerchamber.com/events/details/power-lunch-shea-emry-403 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR