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“My Therapy” Podcast: Justin’s Recovery Journey
Feb 16th, 2018Justin Dickie tells it like it is. A great friend of ours here at CMHA-HRB, Justin first shared his lived experience with depression on, of all days, Bell Let’s Talk…
The Cruelest Month?
Jan 17th, 2018Is January really as cruel as they say? For some, yes. It is quite common to hear people talk about having the “January Blues” – low mood, decreased energy, and…
5 Tips to Open the Door With Empathy
Dec 22nd, 2017“Empathy” – that magic word that means so much. It’s not feeling sorry for someone – that’s called “sympathy”. Empathy is understanding and sharing the feelings of others – tuning…
36 Things You Need to Know About Anxiety
Nov 22nd, 2017Some 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, 2017November 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, 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…