True North Alignment

True North Alignment Wellness consulting, coaching, & counselling for frontline workers & their spouses/partners. Energy Healing Sessions, Yoga & Meditation classes/workshops.

Our mission is to reconnect you back to your True Self, which is unlimited and in alignment with your highest potential. "True North", is your orienting point - your fixed point in a spinning world that helps you stay on track as a leader in your own way. When you feel alive with a burning desire, that is when you are in sync with your "True North". Different healing modalities can assist people t

o remove stagnant energy in the body that becomes blocked over time. By bringing balance into the physical, emotional, mental & spiritual body will help remove blockages that are holding us back in life from truly living limitless and freely. Helps create awareness of our subtle energy field and an understanding of our life's experiences. Meditation also helps bring balance into our often too busy chaotic lives. It can help improve quality of life, focus and clarity by calming the mind. Meditation helps reduce stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, lack of sleep and so much more. It will also increase focus, creativity and motivation. Yoga helps unite mind/body/spirit connection to bring about balance in life. Although there are many styles of Yoga, the main intention is to bring about self awareness through movement of the body and breathing techniques. Together, with an open mind and heart, Vicki will help support you in your healing journey from a place of compassion and understanding.

Challenge Coin #36 from Michelle McKeaveney, co-founder of the River Valley Resilience Retreat.When I first met Michell...
07/12/2026

Challenge Coin #36 from Michelle McKeaveney, co-founder of the River Valley Resilience Retreat.

When I first met Michelle at the AFRA conference in Edmonton, what immediately stood out to me was her raw, passionate and unfiltered energy that fills a room wherever she is. This truly shines even more in the work she is doing, along with her peers at the River Valley Resilience Retreat located along the banks of the South Saskatchewan River.

Their mission is to help close the gap where resources can be hard to access amongst first responders, public safety personnel, frontline and health care workers, veterans as well as their families.

Having a background herself in being a social worker, correctional officer and previously a spouse who served in the infantry in Croatia, amongst other experiences has lead Michelle to this path in becoming the co-founder of RVRR.

RVRR is a year-round space that offers a homelike environment for people to recharge, rest and relax and supporting individuals and their families in whatever way they can. They offer professional peer support to help overcome operational stress injury that create opportunities for post-traumatic growth.

Thank you Michelle for sharing your story and passions 🩵. To hear more about Michelle and RVRR, see previous post.

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07/11/2026

Challenge Coin #36 from Michelle McKeaveney, co-founder of the River Valley Resilience Retreat.

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Challenge Coin #35 from Jerry Galliford, the president of the Alberta First Responders Association (AFRA).What started ...
06/20/2026

Challenge Coin #35 from Jerry Galliford, the president of the Alberta First Responders Association (AFRA).

What started out as an appreciation gala back in 2023 has now turned into something much bigger. Jerry Galliford is a Sheriff in the downtown Edmonton law enforcement.

Alongside being in this role, Jerry is very passionate in the work he does in being the President of AFRA. One of those passions and goals is to raise funds to convert a retired ambulance into a provincial Mobile Support Unit to provide on-scene psychological support and mental health education directly to our frontline heroes.

When I connected with Jerry, he shared that some of the challenges within his role is dealing with the charges and details that involve inmates associated with court orders. There are so many sexual assaults where innocent people and children get harmed and how all of this connects to moral injury for people like Jerry who are in these roles and the tasks required to do the job.

Thank you Jerry for sharing your story and advocating for First Responders in support of mental health 🩵💜.

To hear more of Jerry’s story, watch the previous video and if you or someone you know would like to participate in the 100 Challenge Coin Challenge, I would love to hear from you 😉.

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06/19/2026

Challenge Coin #35 from Jerry Galliford, the president of the Alberta First Responders Association (AFRA).

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Challenge Coin #31, #32, #33, and #34 from James Hersey with GardaWorld Security.I met James at the AFRA mental heal...
05/24/2026

Challenge Coin #31, #32, #33, and #34 from James Hersey with GardaWorld Security.

I met James at the AFRA mental health conference in Edmonton where he gave me 4 challenge coins to share with you all.

James is in a management position with GardaWorld Security for the past 10 years. He deals with a lot of high profile and high risk operations where he mentioned one of the challenges is the increase in violence that he has noticed. More violence that involves gang shootings and biker gangs as well.

One event that he was in charge of operations was the 2025 G7 Leaders Summit that was held in Kananaskis, Alberta. He shared how busy this time was and the amount of security that was in place. Things like drowns with weapons attached, tanks, military walking around armed with guns…. Not your every day norm to say the least. He recalls meeting a lot of interesting people such as Terry Grant from the reality TV show “Man Tracker”.

James shared his passion in supporting others and some of the challenges that come with the role. He also had a hand in designing a few of the challenge coins.

Thank you James for sharing so openly and to hear more about his story, see previous video post.

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05/22/2026

Challenge Coin #31, #32, #33, and #34 from James Hersey with GardaWorld Security.

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Challenge Coin #30 with Service Dog Shadow from the LSRFS in the town of Slave Lake 🐾Shadow is a service dog in trainin...
05/07/2026

Challenge Coin #30 with Service Dog Shadow from the LSRFS in the town of Slave Lake 🐾

Shadow is a service dog in training with partner Bianca Martens. He is the sweetest and most loving boy who offers his support to whoever needs it. When he is not working, he is eager to come up to you for attention with his tail wagging and pure doggy joy in his face.

Service dogs are becoming more and more common amongst first responders and offer so much support with people’s emotional and mental health. Given the nature of first responder work who deal with calls that most people never have to imagine, what a gift to have a dog’s presence at the place of work ♥️.

Some stats on Shadow:

Birthday: January 14th, 2025
Best Friends: my doggy sister Nova, Joel with K9 Luna
School: Summit Service Dogs
Favourite Toy: my blue dragon
Superpower: Disappearing into the dark (just like Batman)
Career Path: I’m going to be a firedog
Fun Fact: named after inspector “Shadow” from the movie Backdraft.

To hear more of Shadow’s story, watch previous Instagram video.


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05/06/2026

Challenge Coin #30 with Service Dog Shadow from the LSRFS in the town of Slave Lake 🐾



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04/17/2026

Great video explaining moral injury ♥️

I would also add that PTSD or rather PTSI (post-traumatic stress injury) lives not only in the brain but the body too. At the core, it is a nervous system injury.

Thanks Christa Bissell for sending this my way!

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