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Project Semicolon

Feb 2, 2025

In 2013, Amy Bleuel went to social media and asked anyone who had struggled with a mental illness to draw a semicolon on their wrist and post a photo. A semicolon symbolized that a sentence wasn’t over yet, and neither was their life. Just like that, Project Semicolon...

Listen Don’t Fix

Jan 15, 2025

Anytime that I speak at an event in Winnipeg, I try to connect with my Uncle Ray. When he first found out that I was struggling with mental illness, he was upset that he had not known sooner. He believed that these were the very issues that a family needed to discuss...

Mental Health and Connection

Dec 19, 2024

With a six-hour layover in Halifax, I walked into Customs this morning hoping that they could squeeze me in for my Nexus interview. I approached the counter stating my intention, and a man asked me what I did for work. After telling him that I was a speaker on topics...

A Full Circle Moment

Oct 22, 2024

Every single person has a few painful chapters from their past. What are the odds that my hotel balcony faces my old apartment that contains one of my darkest chapters? After spending the past 16 years on a healing journey, it was time to return. Out front, I saw the...

Soaring Like An Eagle

Aug 28, 2024

Almost five years ago to the day, I was scheduled to speak at an event in Northern Saskatchewan. That morning, I went for a walk and felt an undeniable feeling. Out of nowhere, it became clear that I was supposed to leave Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies...

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