Tag: #mentalillness

Reflections on mental health and parenting

Reflections on mental health and parenting

Parenting has taken on a whole new meaning during Covid 19. Parents, caregivers, and children across the country are facing challenges and have to constantly pivot during the lockdown. Focus on creating quality time and make sure your children are connected with family, friends, and 

First Break: Bipolar Depression

First Break: Bipolar Depression

Bipolar depression is serious and should not be ignored. I was born in India, and at a very young age, my parents moved to Dubai. I did my undergrad and master’s in two different countries in Europe. I presently live in Canada, which is the 

Jamie Weil: Advocate For Youth Mental Health

Jamie Weil: Advocate For Youth Mental Health

As a society, we have to focus on youth mental health for our own future. “I need help, I have a mental illness‘. That was the shriek from someone on Facebook, whom I have known for nearly three decades. Her husband had left her along 

Chris Mitchell talks about anxiety

Chris Mitchell talks about anxiety

Two years after graduating from high school, one of my closest friends committed suicide. I had never dealt with it. I got caught up in university, climbing the corporate ladder, and on the performance treadmill. On my 10th wedding anniversary, as I was having a 

How to Deal With a Friends Suicide

How to Deal With a Friends Suicide

This post is deeply personal and painful. It’s about loss, memory, guilt, and ultimately—healing. It’s about a friend I lost too soon, a time in my life when the world was full of possibilities, and how a single phone call decades later helped release me