WiM Washington | Manufacturing Your Mental Health
Event Details
Join WiM Washington for
Manufacturing Your Mental Health
Date:
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Time:
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PT
Location:
Baker Boyer
921 Seattle Slew Run
Yakima, Wa 98908
Cost to Attend:
WiM Members = $20
Nonmembers = $25
Manufacturing is demanding work, and ongoing stress and fatigue can impact safety, focus, and how teams work together. This interactive workshop treats mental health as a core workplace safety skill, not a personal issue. Participants will learn practical tools to recognize early signs of burnout and stress, support coworkers and identify personal wellness strategies that fit their workday and real-life demands. Designed for all roles, the session strengthens peer support and helps create safer, more supportive manufacturing workplaces.
Key Takeaways
Participants will leave with:
● A clear understanding of mental health as a core workplace safety issue
● The ability to recognize early signs of stress, burnout, fatigue, and struggle
● Skills for having supportive conversations with coworkers
● Personalized wellness strategies that fit their workday, shifts, and real-life demands, plus confidence knowing when and how to connect to additional support
● Confidence knowing when and how to connect to additional support and resources
About Kathleen Donaldson
Kathleen Donaldson is a mental health educator, co-author of the Trusted Adult Program, and a longtime advocate for bringing practical mental health skills into workplaces. With a background in counseling, trauma-informed care, wellness coaching, and current studies in sociology, her work is grounded in understanding how systems, culture, and working conditions shape individual and collective wellbeing.
Kathleen is especially passionate about supporting women in high-demand, male-dominated industries, where stress, pressure, and burnout often go unspoken. Through her trainings, she equips adults with practical tools to manage stress, support one another, and build safer, more connected workplace cultures. Her goal is to make mental health skills as normal and essential as physical safety, so people can do their jobs well without sacrificing their wellbeing.
