Through R U OK? Day, and everyday, we aim to inspire and empower everyone to meaningfully connect with people around them and support anyone struggling with life.

 

Join us on R U OK? Day to learn, experience and discover how to live your best life through attending informative workshops, workouts and forums from leading Shanghai practitioners.

 

Choose from a half-day or full-day program
Half-day Adult 150 RMB | Student 50 RMB
Full-day Adult 200 RMB | Student 100 RMB

 

Healthy food & refreshment options will available throughout the day. Along with healthy lifestyle brands all in support of this great community building event!

 

A student photography competition will be displayed along with the opportunity to place your vote for the People’s Choice winning entry.

 

R U OK? Day is a day of action and a reminder to regularly check in with family, friends and work colleagues. A conversation could change a life – join us.

 

 

 

Kristy is an American living in Shanghai with her family. As a child, she was an elite gymnast and has continued making fitness a part of her life, even as a working professional and busy parent of three active kids. Throughout her three years in China, she has taken the opportunity to focus on her fitness and compete in CrossFit Competitions in China. Kristy is currently a youth gymnastic coach and a Cross Fit Level One Trainer and is preparing for the upcoming Asia Crossfit Championships. Kristy is also proudly a TRIBE Nutrition Ambassador.

 

 

As a “Third Culture Kid” himself, spending teen years in Canada after a childhood in China, ELG psychologist Dr. Davy Guo is especially poised to understand the struggles that international students and local children in international environments are facing. Davy will facilitate a diverse parent panel, offering a raw, honest look at what families experience, worry about, and learn over the course of their lives overseas.

 

 

 

14:30 - 15:45 Love Yourself: A Non-Cheesy Workshop about Society, Media, and Self-Confidence | Megan Lacina | ELG

After experiencing the loss of her mother and best friend to cancer and contemplating her own highly elevated risk, ELG’s Megan Lacina went on to make the single most impactful decision of her life by having a preventative mastectomy at 24. She will use this experience and her social work background to discuss the ways in which the media and society influence perceptions of femininity, sexuality, and beauty, and what we can do about it.

 

 

Child and family focused clinical psychologist Dr. Nate Balfanz of American Medical Center (AMC) will be hosting a teenager-driven group discussion on what it's like growing up in the Shanghai international community.  Dr. Nate will begin with a brief overview of how teens learn to find their place in the world, the unique challenges that Shanghai-based teens may encounter, followed by a group discussion amongst attendees which emphasizes the sharing of experiences.  This talk will take place in the "Teen Zone" and is recommended for children ages 12-18.