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36 Things You Need to Know About Anxiety
Nov 22nd, 2017

Some time ago, I read an article from The Mighty called “36 Things People With Anxiety Want Their Friends to Know” and wow, did it ever stick with me. Anxiety…

Pumpkin spice and mental health
Nov 2nd, 2017

November is now upon us, and along with the dominance of all things pumpkin spice flavoured comes Movember. It’s a chance for guys to ditch the daily shaving routine by…

How One Phone Call Saved My Life
Oct 5th, 2017

My name is Stew Phillips and this is the story of how the Canadian Mental Health Association saved my life with just one phone call. Without that call, my story…

Part 2 – Ten Tips for Mental Health
Sep 8th, 2017

In our last blog post, we talked about the first five of The Canadian Mental Health Association’s Ten Tips for Mental Health that are a useful guideline for what we…

Ten Tips for Mental Health
Sep 8th, 2017

Mental health and wellness encompasses a huge range of topics. In fact, the World Health Organization’s definition of health includes mental health: “a state of complete physical, mental, and social…

Tick, tock…it’s coming!
Aug 30th, 2017

Three words guaranteed to get a reaction: “back to school”. They can lead to groans of dread, shrugs of indifference, smiles of excitement, or any combination thereof. We at CMHA…

What the Fentanyl?
Aug 24th, 2017

Chances are by now you’ve heard of fentanyl – an opioid pain medication said to be 50-100 times more powerful than morphine. Fentanyl patches were originally introduced for palliative patients,…

When Kindness Isn’t Random
Aug 15th, 2017

A friend recently posted on her own blog about three instances in which friends had gone above and beyond to show her kindness. Turns out one of those friends was…

Health and a Haircut…Two Bits
Aug 4th, 2017

We love a story we read recently about The Lions Barber Collective, a group of top barbers from around the world dedicated to raising awareness for men’s mental health and…

What We Don’t Know About Chester Bennington
Aug 2nd, 2017

I tried so hard And got so far But in the end It doesn’t even matter… These are lyrics from the song “In the End” by Linkin Park, fronted by…

“Cut Through the Stigma”
Aug 1st, 2017

Our social media pages recently lit up with likes, clicks, shares, and retweets, all in the name of mental health at work. We posted a story about a woman named…

“I was stronger than I ever imagined”
Jun 23rd, 2017

The connection between mental health and physical health is undeniable. Maximizing and nurturing our physical health can definitely have benefits for our mental health, including reduced stress, improved relaxation, and…

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