Three catastrophic rain storms and massive flooding in Niagara this summer left residents stunned, scared and reeling from the trauma. In the days the after the storms, even a little rain triggered fear. Trauma expert Lori Gill from Attach Niagara says that fear trauma is real....
The Willow Arts Community may seem like "art therapy" but rather than a clinical approach with a therapist it provides a free, peer-led creative experience and connection for people across Niagara living with mental illnesss, subsatance use and addiction. For some, being with people at the Willow may be their only connection with people....
There's been a shocking 57.8% jump in intimate partner violence investigations in Niagara in two years. This mirrors the numbers across the country Jennifer Guathier, executive director of Birchway women's shelter talks about why there has been such a dramatic increase. ....
There's been a shocking 57.8% jump in intimate partner violence investigations in Niagara in two years. This mirrors the numbers across the country Jennifer Guathier, executive director of Birchway women's shelter talks about why there has been such a dramatic increase. ....
It’s not a joke a doctor or other health care professionals gives you a prescription to nature to improve your mental and physical health. Dr. Melissa Lem is a Vancouver family physician and co-founder of PARX (Park Prescriptions Canada)....
Darcy Patrick started 2022 on a high. He was releasing his 5th book and had started his dream job as a peer support worker when he was hit with a bacteria that was eating his spine. Darcy has just released his 6th book Personal Growth where he talks about all the tools be brought together...
Mental health crises rarely start as an “emergency” and that’s exactly why people need clear options before things hit the breaking point. Kristen Dyell, Clinical Director of Operations at Canadian Mental Health Association Niagara, talks about supports offered by CMHA....
A two-and-a-half-year wait for youth mental health care can turn a manageable struggle into a crisis. Angela Simo Brown, President & CEO, of Capitalize for Kids, talks about a different way to tackle the problem: not just raising money, but bringing pro bono business and technology expertise into child and youth mental health agencies to...
Cassidy McKinnon shares what it looks like to transition from male to female in your 50s. Cassidy talks about how she slowly made the transition to ensure her wife, and especially her little girl, were OK. How the depression she'd been living since she was a teenager suddenly lifted once she began hormones. Cassidy's message...