Dave Hicks has Bipolar Schizoaffective disorder. He shares his experience with mental illness and the importance of "peer support" .  Dave shares real life examples of how mental health peer support benefits programming. Dave offers up 3 main tips fo

Michaela Walsh is a returning guest and discusses here experiences with mental health. She gives a brief overview of her story, experiencing mental health struggles at a young age. This led to self harm, addiction, stints in the hospital, and recovery pro

Michelle and Victoria are authors, mindfulness teachers, and wellness coaches and co-founders of Balance your Path company out of Salt Lake City, USA. What started from personal research for their children struggling in the 80s with mental health, lead th

Christine is an early childhood educator, and an avid supporter in the Mental Health community on PEI. She shares her story, from childhood trauma to developing chronic auto immune disorder in her early 20s. Christine share lots of insights on the mental

Beth Gardner is a life coach, author, and former rower. She returns to the podcast to chat about her work with non addicts. Not the addicts themselves, but those around them affected. Beth discusses the first steps she works on including setting boundarie

Jessica is the founder of a community organization called TREE OF STARS. They do community based projects helping spread mental health awareness and support.   She shares building this organization from the ground up, as well as her own story. From c

Brendan Fraser is a mental health care worker, pianist, and gamer. He first experienced signs of mental health struggles when he was 12. fallowed by a deep depression in high school. Brendan had to completely break contact with his family after leaving th

I lost a friend recently to addiction. I felt compelled to share about him and our friendship. Condolences and love to his family and love ones.   Hope this helps someone.

Lyndsay is a child care worker, a studying youth worker, and a mental health advocate. She recalls her earliest memories feeling as though she was born in the wrong gender. (Born male) She knew something was not right, and had the courage to open up to he

Lincoln starting experimenting with drugs at the age of the 13, soon after becoming a daily occurrence. By the age the age of 14 he getting trouble in school, running away for days at a time, and selling drugs. He shares his experiences using through his