My Unique Gifts From Daniel
My son Daniel was born on June 7, 1983. He was my second and last child. It was a scheduled birth due to birthing complications with his...
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Edoardo Cippitelli
- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min
Christmas Time
Me and my cousin have always had a special bond. We look at each other and smile, our eyes filled with joy, whenever we mention that the...
Melissa McGrath
- Dec 12, 2021
- 3 min
Happy Holidays: How to Support Yourself and Your Loved Ones Struggling this Holiday Season
The winter holidays have garnered an almost ethereal reputation. There seems to be a sense of promise that anything can happen when snow...
Ruth Berzins
- Nov 28, 2021
- 2 min
Understanding the Meaning of Our Exhaustion
There are times in our lives when we may reach a level of extreme exhaustion, without really understanding what the cause may be. Setting...
Edoardo Cippitelli
- Nov 22, 2021
- 3 min
My Grandmother
My grandmother is one of the strongest persons I have ever known. At the age of eighty-five, six years a widow, she still lives alone....
Melissa McGrath
- Nov 11, 2021
- 3 min
Seasonal Affective Disorder: More Than a Myth
As summer turns to fall, and fall turns to winter, many of us experience a change. Gloomy weather and cold days roll in, and it seems...
Melissa McGrath
- Oct 7, 2021
- 4 min
Mindful Fashion
With fashion month and the reputable Met Gala behind us, the world is processing the future as dictated by fashion. The conversation is...
SarahRose Black
- Sep 29, 2021
- 4 min
The Healing Role of Music (Part 2)
I am honoured to introduce you to a woman who is working as a Certified Music Therapist and Registered Psychotherapist at the Princess...
Ruth Berzins
- Sep 23, 2021
- 2 min
The Healing Role of Music
Just several months after my mother died, I noticed that I had reached a level of exhaustion that I had never experienced in my life. I...
Melissa McGrath
- Sep 21, 2021
- 3 min
The Dangers in Being Defined by the Algorithm
Social media has become integrated into the fabric of most global societies. Initially, a seemingly harmless format that remained true to...
Adrian Giorgio
- Sep 7, 2021
- 3 min
Diurnal Dozing: REM isn’t an Office Application
During the throws of the pandemic, it’s fair to say a great deal of us struggled with maintaining healthy sleep schedules. It’s also fair...
Ruth Berzins
- Aug 27, 2021
- 2 min
Caring for Our Emotional Wounds
It was April of 2009 and I had just come home from the hospital after having minor surgery on my leg. My leg was bandaged where the...
Edoardo Cippitelli
- Aug 8, 2021
- 4 min
The Metropolis and Mental Life
In 1903, the German sociologist Georg Simmel published an essay called "The Metropolis and Mental Life." It was 2017 when I first came...
Marie Marchand
- Jul 25, 2021
- 2 min
Forgiving Mental Illness
It wasn’t until I was 27 that I forgave my parents for giving me asthma. I remember the exact moment. I was walking out of the theatre...
Adrian Giorgio
- Jul 24, 2021
- 3 min
Charts, Beliefs & Tunnel-Vision
Earlier this year, I was exposed to it. Or at least, that’s what I thought. You know those experiences that feel existentially familiar...
Edoardo Cippitelli
- Jul 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Lesson of Friendship
Relating to others is not easy. We are constantly striving to be liked, to get attention, to persuade and to conquer perhaps. There are...
Melissa McGrath
- Jul 12, 2021
- 3 min
Summer Reads: Novels by Female Authors That Should Be at the Top of Your Reading List
Something about summer makes picking up a new book all the more compelling. Whether you are looking for an escape from reality or a taste...
Ruth Berzins
- Jul 7, 2021
- 3 min
When My Heart Gently Whispered ... "It's Time to Let Go"
I remember that day like it was yesterday. It was a Sunday afternoon in March of 2014 and I was sitting by my mother’s bedside at the...
Marie Marchand
- Jun 27, 2021
- 3 min
Ending Stigma One Story at a Time
In life, there are secrets and revelations, things that isolate or emancipate. Many of us live with secrets that, at some crisis point,...
Thurka Brabaharan
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
Making Informed Choices About Your Mental Health
Coming to terms with a diagnosis, or realizing that you may need help at all, typically means establishing some course of action. When I...
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