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How One Phone Call Saved My Life
Oct 5th, 2017My 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, 2017In 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, 2017Mental 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, 2017Three 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, 2017Chances 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, 2017A 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, 2017We 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, 2017I 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, 2017Our 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, 2017The 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…
Canadians opening up more than ever, survey suggests
May 17th, 2017A recent survey suggests that we’re making progress in the battle against stigma and more Canadians may be aware and willing to talk about mental health than ever before. Read…
Insights from a Great Big Singer: Séan McCann talks recovery
Apr 19th, 2017I recently had the pleasure of speaking by phone to Séan McCann, founding member of the Canadian band Great Big Sea. Many people, including me, think of “Ordinary Day”, “Mari-Mac”,…