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  • Bipolar,  Mental Health

    Adult diagnosis – how does it help?

    July 24, 2014 /
    Dictionary definition of 'Diagnosis'

    Getting my diagnosis was like being handed a key to my prison, not a life sentence.

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    Point & Shoot: Creativity

    June 9, 2014
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    Accepting Disability – A Work In Progress

    January 28, 2015
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    Hypomania: riding the bipolar high

    December 8, 2014
  • Blog,  Mental Health

    Life Lessons – Bringing Mental Health To Class

    September 25, 2013 /
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    You’d think having travelled out of the lonely wasteland of mental illness and learnt to manage my condition, I’d be great at nurturing awareness of emotional health in others. Dr Kutcher made me realize there was much more I could be doing for my children...

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    Mindfulness in Depression Relapse Prevention – Thoughts are not facts

    October 22, 2012
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    Our Expat Story in The Telegraph

    April 26, 2012
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    A-Z of Canada: B is for Bi-Lingual

    January 24, 2012
  • Borderline Personality Disorder,  Expat Life,  Mental Health

    BPD LIKE A BOSS! Don’t let your diagnosis define you

    June 13, 2013 /
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    Knowledge is power. The more you know about your adversary the greater your chances of defeating them, UNLESS you mistake knowledge for a hook to hang personal responsibility on...

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    Where Have You Been?

    May 29, 2014
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    In my head, I’m normal

    February 7, 2013
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    Borderline Personality Disorder – getting a diagnosis

    December 13, 2012
  • Blog,  Mental Health

    Smashing Mental Health Stigma With Free Family Movies

    March 27, 2013 /
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    When I was small, my father was diagnosed with Bi-polar Disorder. Everyone did their best to pretend everything was okay. But it wasn’t. And it wouldn’t be for a very long time.

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    September 4, 2013
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    What’s in a name?

    April 11, 2012

    The hardest part…

    November 5, 2011
  • Blog,  Borderline Personality Disorder,  Mental Health

    In my head, I’m normal

    February 7, 2013 /
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    In a conversation about mental illness. I ticked off the people in my life who’ve led me to experience the rockier road of mental health but it wasn’t until later that evening I realized I’d forgotten to include myself...

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    August 9, 2011
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    A-Z of Canada: B is for Bi-Lingual

    January 24, 2012
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    The Supermarket Experience

    November 7, 2011
  • Blog,  Mental Health,  Photography

    Smashing Stigma – Ontario Shores 3rd annual Mindful Music festival

    July 14, 2012 /

    Last weekend the much anticipated 7th of July finally rolled around; cause for celebration in our house as it was the third annual Mindful Music community festival, held in the beautiful lakeside grounds of Ontario Shores, here in Whitby.

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    Declutter Your Life – Emigrate!

    April 5, 2012

    Paris – The Friendliest Place On Earth

    December 4, 2013
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    “It’s chocolate Jim, but not as we know it…”

    November 19, 2011
  • Blog,  Mental Health

    Depression – The person behind the disorder

    April 23, 2012 /

    It's easy to think of mental illness purely in terms of symptoms and statistics, but what of the people behind the disorders? What's the reality for them? Jackie attempts to explain...

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    Point & Shoot: Christmas comes early

    December 9, 2013
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    Mindfulness in Depression Relapse Prevention – The Breath

    July 18, 2012
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    Research into the prevention of depression relapse

    May 17, 2012
  • Blog,  Mental Health

    Canadian Youth and Suicide – an uncomfortable truth

    March 29, 2012 /
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    The funeral of Toronto teenager, Caylen Millben took place this morning. He was the third teenager at the Sandalwood Heights secondary school to take his own life since November.

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    BPD – How Can You Help?

    April 10, 2013
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    The Coldest February Since Eighteen-Something

    February 25, 2015
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    A Second Chance

    February 5, 2013
  • Blog,  Mental Health

    Kids in crisis – the repercussions of abuse

    March 20, 2012 /
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    Picture yourself in the following situation… As a baby, you entered the world unwanted. If you had any doubts about that as you got older they were erased by the knowledge that your mother “gave you away” to be raised by a fellow stripper with a long history of drug and alcohol abuse. So it’s true; she really didn’t give a **** about you. You tell yourself you’re glad you never knew her. Does it stop the pain?

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    Ties That Bind – What makes us ‘belong’?

    November 6, 2013
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    Freedom & Fear – two sides of the same coin

    August 30, 2013
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    Chocolate heaven…

    January 6, 2012
  • Blog,  Mental Health

    Stigma is still biggest hurdle to treating depression

    February 28, 2012 /
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    An interesting piece in one of Canada's dailies today, highlighting how societal perceptions of mental illness are preventing people from seeking treatment. We really can't move forward with mental health issues until we break down the walls of shame and secrecy surrounding them.

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    June 26, 2013
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    September 9, 2011
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    The magnetic pull of Lake Ontario

    June 13, 2012
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