Luminate Wellness delivers personal development workshops, trainings, and resources to individuals and organizations bravely committed to challenging the status quo for the sake of exuberant wellness. Led by British Columbia’s Wellness Recovery Action Plan pioneer Jenn Cusick, Luminate offers a complement of strengths-based, innovative, and best practice tools and trainings for people who need to creatively shift the way they work, live, play, and care for themselves and others. Luminate believes that fixating on problems wastes the energy that we could be devoting towards identifying and maximizing strengths. Jenn has done with with Fraser Health Authority, Island Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Alberta Health Services, Abbotsford Police Department, as well as other companies. She is currently writing a Peer Support Training Curriculum for Alberta Health Services. We unearth Desires and illuminate strengths because true wellness at home and work is within reach. Profit, productivity, peace of mind, and purpose are striding forward, hand in hand. You have time to catch up. Our Vision & PurposeWe believe that everybody has the ability and the right to live a life of wholeness and purpose despite setbacks and challenges. Luminate Wellness is committed to shining a light on strengths and teaching clients to listen to their own inner teachers. We do this so that they can take the reins of their lives and organizations, and live dynamic, synergistic lives.

PSR Advanced Practice provides leadership, education and guidance to service providers in the mental health field to help develop and put effective, evidence-based psychosocial rehabilitation practices into place.

Has worked on contract, facilitating trainings and workshops over the years on casual, contract basis. In November 2015 was a keynote speaker at a 3-day recovery conference in Calgary, Alberta.Trained as an Advanced Level Facilitator In February 2007.Began working with WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) in 2003.

Trained and managed people, who have experienced recovery from mental health challenges, to be peer support workers. I worked with Fraser Health to provide Peer Support Services to clients in the communities of Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack and Hope. I managed a team of up to 20 staff. This involved supporting, training, and coaching, staff. Managed the budget for the Peer Support program, as well as wrote monthly and annual reports, and collected ongoing statistics. I developed policies and procedures, wrote program manuals, forms and orientation manuals.A big part of the job was facilitating trainings, personal and skill development workshops andevents. Skilled with adult learning techniques. I had a significant role in writing a training curriculum for supporting people who struggle with mental health and addictions, which is now being used to train all new mental health staff for the organization.Brought the program to the required accreditation standards of the organization’s accrediting body COA (Council On Accreditation).Together with the team, we worked to create an environment built on acceptance of all cultures, beliefs, and lifestyles. A team culture that strongly values the belief in hope--that people can and do live fullfilling lives, despite facing mental health challenges.

Provided one-on-one support for people with mental illness living independently within the community. Supported people to discover their recovery goals, and create plans to attain those goals using a strength-based approach.

CRESST is a short stay emergency psychiatric facility. I provided support to the clients/patients who stayed there. Worked at providing an atmosphere of hope so that people would leave the program feeling better than when they arrived. Provided one on one support and life skills education.

Provided daily care and support for 4 individuals with developmental disabilities living in the community.