Trigger warning: this article abruptly addresses severe mental health issues, specifically suicide, and may stir up jarring images. I stopped counting. The first time it was life-shattering. I had seen him just days previous on our shared walking route to school. I knew nothing about depression or bipolar disorder; I just thought my friend secretly […]

Mental health affects all of us in various ways. Our story began with the loss of our youngest daughter Lindsey. At the age of 22 she lost her battle with depression on September 20, 2015. As parents there are no words to describe the horror of that Sunday afternoon. Like many who battle depression, Lindsey […]

It’s been a long day. And week. Really, a long year. But I am driving home now so I can relax… An hour and ten minutes from Lacombe to Edmonton. Only the fourth round-trip this week? Did I forget to do anything today? Sent that email about the new beer. Check. Finished the invoicing? Yeah, […]

The stigma that surrounds mental health is so often the one thing keeping people from getting the help they so desperately need! I feared what people might think of me if I let it be known that I was struggling and would then be viewed as less than. This fear was totally self-imposed and self- […]