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The CatalystConversations on Mental Health

Jennifer Mullan

When one size does not fit all. A look at Waypoint’s approach to structured psychotherapy

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Getting started on a new plan for meaningful change

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It’s time to reframe masculinity — one step at a time

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How To Break Up With Your Therapist

If it’s just not working, then don’t ghost. Name your needs.

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Newcomers Forward

The Future Ready Initiative’s community-helping-community model supports people to strive and thrive.

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Home Alone

Aging without support is becoming more prevalent for older people in Canada. How can we stem the tide? A look at inclusive aging during Loneliness Awareness Week

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Imagining Accessible Work

Future directions for disability inclusion

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Sharing is Caring — and Unsparing

Sharing your story — about achievements, traumas, truths, and wheel busters — can reinforce feelings of resilience or remorse. Finding the balance between advocating for change and protecting your mental wellness.

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A long-time nurse reaches out to other health professionals to foster an open dialogue about stigma around mental health

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My Story

Florence K – musician, mother, CBC host, and doctoral candidate – takes the theme of this year’s Mental Health Week and shares her personal story of mental health challenges, wellness, and discovery.

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A Name and a Face

Mental illness, homelessness, and a family’s years-long search for their lost brother

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It’s also around you: storms, fires, catastrophe — the intersections between climate and mental health — and what you can do about it.

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How compassionate health care can alter the trajectories of people who use substances.

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Why We Use “Substance Use Health”

Putting substance use on a spectrum creates a space for more open conversations about safer, healthier, more manageable consumption.

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Way To Go!

What makes a funeral great? The good, the bad, and the gaudy of saying goodbye

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Real Takes on Shrinking

We ask practitioners for a reality check on the TV series about therapy, grief, and getting by.

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From condemnation to compassion

The shift away from saying “committing suicide” goes beyond semantics.

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CBT For You and For Me

A suite of culturally adapted cognitive behavioural therapy tools is designed to break through barriers.

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