Mental Health

Sadie Wolfe
05 Jan 2018

Becoming Bipolar

Appointments, medications, and the ability to speak openly Depression is difficult. Mania was devastating. As a young twenty-something in 2015 I had a lot going on. At the time I had a post-secondary ...

Dev Team
05 Jan 2018

Honesty and Anxiety

Respecting your limitations I lie. I lie all the time. I struggle with anxiety and it makes me lie. No, that isn’t right. I struggle with anxiety and because I don’t know how to be completely hone...

Sherry Avadiev
05 Jan 2018

Freeing the Unknown

Opening the conversation and eliminating fears My family’s experiences with mental illness over the past decade have left me with a number of learned lessons and deeper understandings around the...

Maria Hayes
05 Jan 2018

Patients arrive raw and exposed at St. Joes

12 hours on the frontlines of psychiatric emergency where making connections saves lives “He’s only allowed to talk about New Zealand once in the morning and once in the afternoon. On overnights h...

Stefani Soliman
05 Jan 2018

On the Right Path to Mental Health

PATH Employment Services wants to take the stigma out of mental illness With over 200 classified forms, mental illness can manifest in a variety of ways that affect a person’s mood, thinking, and be...

Nata Di Bartolomeo
05 Jan 2018

The Lost Soul

The journey to motherhood, and the looming worries With the anticipation of waiting for that pregnancy test to turn positive, I was under the impression that getting pregnant was a one time easy go-at...

Ryan Moran
05 Jan 2018

Reiki and Your Wellness

A complimentary healing practice Walking into Pearl’s apartment I was greeted with the question of “would I like some tea?” Pearl Mendonça, an independent Reiki master and practitioner in Hamil...