Hunter Hub Skills Clinic | Thriving Under Pressure: Stress Management for Entrepreneurs

​Session overview:

​Entrepreneurship is a high-stress journey, and finding ways to take care of your mental and physical well-being is critical for long-term success. The cost of burnout can be steep—personally and professionally. In this workshop, we'll explore how stress impacts you as an entrepreneur and provide actionable strategies to manage it effectively. 

• ​Understand your stress response: Discover why stress exists, how it works, and how it shows up for you personally. Gain insights into your unique stress patterns and triggers. 

• ​Identify your coping strategies: Learn to recognize the coping mechanisms you already use to manage stress and explore new ones that can better serve you. We’ll help you understand which strategies are most effective and when to apply them. 

• ​Proactive tools for resilience: Leave with practical tools to shift from reacting to stress to proactively managing it. Learn how to integrate these tools into your daily life, so you can respond with intention, not reaction. 

​Who will you hear from?

​Sarah Mateshaytis (she/her) is a co-founder and therapist at Collectively Tangled, a social enterprise dedicated to making mental health support accessible and a business priority for entrepreneurs. Sarah is a registered social worker with over ten years of experience in schools, hospitals, and community-based counselling practices. She is passionate about fostering meaningful relationships and helping entrepreneurs thrive alongside their businesses. 

​​Schedule of events:

• ​12:00 PM: Collision Space will open to registrants | Registration & light refreshments​​

• ​12:15 PM - 1:15 PM: Speaker Presentation & Workshop | Thriving Under Pressure: Stress Management for Entrepreneurs

• ​​​​1:15 PM - 1:30 PM: Final Q&A and depart

​​What is a Skills Clinic and who can attend?

​​This event is open to UCalgary students, faculty, staff, and alumni interested in developing their entrepreneurial skills and networking within the innovation community. We showcase leaders from Calgary’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, representing diverse backgrounds and achievements. Skills Clinics are designed to empower participants to enhance their entrepreneurial skills.

​Location:

​Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking, Collision Space 401 | 460 Campus Lane NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada

​401 is located on the 4th floor of the Hunter Student Commons