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#WhyIRide – Calgary Inferno, Jacquie’s Story
20 June 2018When we were 11, I remember my coach, an ex-marine, telling us that if we were injured enough to cause a stoppage of play, then we better require a stretcher…
Celebrity Suicide Deaths – Preventing “Contagion”
14 June 2018By Canadian Mental Health Association’s Centre for Suicide Prevention In our culture, we are mostly silent about suicide. But when celebrities die by suicide–as Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain did…
#WhyIRide – Calgary Inferno, Erica’s Story
13 June 2018Take a pen and write this down Draw something that can’t be found And learn to walk again somehow You know you might surprise yourself Gals, If you only knew…
#WhyIRide – Samara’s Story
1 June 2018I started in Ride Don’t Hide last summer after a difficult, but worthwhile, road of recovery. In the summer of 2016, I was diagnosed with an eating disorder, depression, generalized…
Keep Going – Jennifer Leslie’s Story
25 April 2018Jennifer Leslie spent years in a state of constant struggle with finding her dream job. It was not that she didn’t try hard enough, she spent days preparing for interviews…
Being Creative Has Helped Me Feel Good About Myself – Gary’s Story
28 February 2018My name is Gary H Kleiner, and I’m a blessed person today. I’m blessed because my plan to die didn’t succeed in the fall of 1998. I received a gift of…
Bell Let’s Talk Day – 2018
31 January 2018Mental illness affects people of all ages and from all walks of life. It can take many forms, including depression, anxiety and schizophrenia. Most individuals find ways to live with…
Home Of The Brave – Danny’s Story For Blue Monday
15 January 2018Mental illness is a thief! It robs us of many things but what it stole from me was my sense of wonder, my spontaneity and my freedom. Activities that had…
A Journey Through Psychosis – Daphane’s Story
14 December 2017Life sometimes throws rough patches, I had thought I could weather them all. In August 2015 at the age of 30 another rough patch came, the reasons varied. I never…