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Has COVID-19 Impacted Your Mental Health?

Mar 22, 2020

Has COVID-19 impacted your financial well-being and mental health? Out From the Shadows Consulting Inc. is offering 10 separate gifts of $100 to deserving individuals in need. To be eligible submit 250 – 400 words explaining how COVID-19 has negatively...

Addiction and Cancer: Treating Diseases Differently

Mar 13, 2020

Brad has seen how people treat diseases differently. When he was going through addiction, people crossed the street to get away from him. Meanwhile, when he was going through his cancer treatments, people wanted to get closer to him. Whether Brad was battling...

Healing Words from the Former Humboldt Broncos Assistant Coach

Feb 18, 2020

I don’t know about you, but I found it really difficult to examine my pain. It was easier to project my pain onto others, turn to alcohol in an attempt to escape it, or immerse myself into work. Healing is work. Chris Beaudry reminds us of this truth....

Don’t Fix. Listen.

Jan 6, 2020

Have you ever tried to fix someone? Did it work? As a counselor and even as a friend, it took me a long time to understand that I had no right to fix someone. Who am I to decide what is best for another individual? To truly understand someone means that I have to...

4 Lessons Learned from Suicide

Nov 29, 2019

Silence is not the answer. It’s time to talk openly about suicide. I have spent the last few months traveling to several communities to discuss this prevalent issue of suicide, and I wanted to share a few of the lessons I have learned. 1. Ask the tough...

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Has COVID-19 Impacted Your Mental Health?

Addiction and Cancer: Treating Diseases Differently

Healing Words from the Former Humboldt Broncos Assistant Coach

Don’t Fix. Listen.

4 Lessons Learned from Suicide

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“What’s stronger than a broken man who has the courage to rebuild himself? It’s time to redefine what it means to be strong.”