The Wellness Dialogue Group, initially launched as Kids Dialogue during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, was founded by Candice Lambert and Kim Bergh. Motivated by concerns for their families and communities, they aimed to counteract the adverse effects of the lockdown on the health and well-being of children and families in South Africa. Recognising the importance of resilience and coping skills, Candice and Kim sought to equip children not just to survive the massive changes but to thrive in all areas of life.
Since its inception, the organisation has expanded its focus beyond children to include employee wellness, women’s wellness (Women’s Dialogue), and men’s wellness (Men’s Dialogue), as well as collaborative projects with various schools in Gauteng aimed at boosting the health and well-being of both staff and students. Drawing on their extensive expertise—with the support of a knowledgeable and experienced multidisciplinary team—the founders remain dedicated to cultivating health, wellness, and inclusivity across South Africa.
Their ultimate objective is to prevent and diminish both physical and mental illness through tailor-made, evidence-based interventions and programmes often including knowledge of sensory integration and processing for everyone as well as understanding the organisations that they need to support; continuously informed by up-to-date research on topics such as neuroscience, neurodiversity, inclusion, stress, burnout, sensory awareness, integration, processing and trauma.
Reactive Care
• 24/7 Call Centre (crisis intervention)
• Trauma Debriefing (individuals and teams)
• Incident Management & Disability Consultations
– Addressing disclosure of conditions
– Managing episodic incidents related to conditions
– Adhering to OHS (Occupational Health and Safety) guidelines
• GBV (Gender-Based Violence) Workshops
• Substance Abuse Services
• OHS Empowerment Services (focused on disability management)
Preventative / Empowerment Healthcare
General Wellness
• Wellness Days
• Neurodiversity & Neuro-Inclusion Disclosure Campaigns
• Neuro-inclusion and Disability Inclusion Campaigns & Strategies
Medical Assessments & Research
• Medical Assessments (including Executive Medicals)
• Medical Research Surveys (to understand workplace culture and the needs of employees with disabilities or chronic conditions)
• Disability Research Surveys (further identifying support requirements)
Empowerment & Resilience Programmes
• Managers Mind Workshops (compassion-resilience training for managers)
• Raising Resilient and Compassionate Children (talk/workshop)
• Maternity Leave Back-to-Work Programmes
• Menopause Empowerment Programmes
• Building Resilience Within Teams
• Burnout Prevention and Stress Management Programmes
• Mental Health Programmes (for the entire family)
• Men’s Dialogue Programme (addressing men’s mental health needs)
• Boundary Workshops (beneficial for the whole family)
• Stress Management Workshops/Talks (for the whole family)
• Healthy Eating Workshops (for the whole family)
• Divorce Empowerment Services
Inclusion & Specialised Programmes
• Disability Disclosure & Sensory Evaluations
• Neuroscience Wellness Programmes
• Entrepreneurial Empowerment Programmes (burnout prevention)
• Career Advancement Programmes
These structured services reinforce an integrated approach to healthcare and wellness, addressing both immediate reactive care needs and longer-term preventative measures to foster resilience, empowerment, and overall well-being.
Our greatest achievement in female empowerment has been in directorship, where we maintain 100% Black female ownership. The Wellness Dialogue Group’s commitment to employing mostly female staff members is evident in their 9:1 female: male staff ratio as well as in their work on inclusivity with the corporations and organisations they work with. Through this work, they have helped shape many corporations and organisations’ gender policies. The idea that South African women entrepreneurs are instrumental in job creation drives the work and policies of the Wellness Dialogue Group.
