About
Angelique Benois
Angelique Benois is an internationally recognized mental wellness consultant, advanced practice mental health nurse, somatic psychotherapist, yoga practitioner, educator, and Founder & CEO of Nurturing Our Wellbeing Inc. (N.O.W.), a boutique mental wellness consulting company that partners with organizations across North America to strengthen the wellbeing, resilience, and capacity of those in caring and leadership roles.
With more than 27 years of experience in mental health across Canada and internationally, Angelique has supported individuals, communities, and organizations in New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic. Her work is grounded in extensive clinical expertise and enriched by advanced training in psychotherapy, trauma-informed care, nervous system regulation, and evidence-informed wellness practices.
After completing her Ashtanga Yoga teacher training in India in 2009, Angelique expanded her expertise through additional certifications in Afrocentric Kemetic Yoga, Trauma-Informed Yoga, and Yin Yoga. Combined with her mental health background, these disciplines allow her to deliver highly customized, practical, and transformational experiences that move beyond traditional wellness programming to create lasting organizational and personal impact.
Angelique’s work is also informed by her own lived experience of simultaneously caring for five family members through significant health challenges. This personal journey deepened her understanding of caregiver capacity and inspired the development of The Sustainable Capacity System™, bridging clinical expertise with real-world experience. Her framework equips caregivers, volunteers, healthcare professionals, leaders, educators, and support teams with practical tools to build emotional capacity, establish healthy boundaries, remain compassionately present, and sustain their ability to care without becoming overwhelmed. Her work introduces a new language for understanding the supporter experience while helping organizations create healthier, more resilient cultures of care.
Committed to advancing psychological health in the workplace, Angelique has completed Mental Health First Aid through the Mental Health Commission of Canada and the Mental Health at Work Leadership Certificate through Queen’s University and Morneau Shepell (now LifeWorks). Her contributions to healthcare have been recognized by the International Nurses Association with the Worldwide Leader in Healthcare Nursing Award. In 2023, Nurturing Our Wellbeing Inc. was recognized as one of the Top 10 Corporate Wellness Companies by Manage HR, reflecting the meaningful impact of Angelique’s work in transforming the way organizations support the people who care for others.
The discoveries within Angelique’s life challenges, extensive trainings and clinical exposure helps her to create impactful connections with other professionals… “creating synergy and resonance is very important to me. When meeting a group, I authentically feel it is OUR opportunity to create a more psychologically healing environments, internally, externally and/or both”.
Through keynote presentations, leadership development, workshops, retreats, and organizational consulting, Angelique helps organizations strengthen the capacity of those who care for others. By integrating clinical expertise, lived experience, and evidence-informed practices, she equips individuals and teams with practical strategies to build resilience, navigate emotionally demanding environments, and create sustainable cultures of care where both supporters and those they serve can thrive.
In 2017, Angelique decided to combine her extensive nursing background, psychotherapy skills and expertise in complementary therapies, to offer customized services where leaders and their teams build accountable and healthier work environments. The business model consists of various partners and specialized consultants offering an array of high-quality services all of which result in happier organizations and healthier communities.
Youth mental health is where is started with Angelique’s professional journey. A natural knack to assess, engage, validate and connect with youth has allowed her to plant important seeds within our youth communities.
Angelique has a passion for supporting diverse groups, embracing alternative approaches to mental health and helping others on their wellness path.
Angelique is a proud mom of a creative 10-year-old little girl, has traveled to every continent and has been fortunate to live in Costa Rica, New Zealand and now resides in Canada .
Nature, travel, yoga, trying new activities, reading a good book and/or simply listening to an array of musical genres soothes her soul.
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