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Feel like you’re running on empty these days? You’re not alone.
Feel like you’re running on empty these days? You’re not alone.
Mar 1, 2022

For two years, COVID-19 has plagued us. And for two years, CMHA and UBC have been asking Canadians how they’re doing. Now, in the latest round of research, Canadians are…

Deconstructing Normal: Top 10 Moments of the #MH4A Conference
Deconstructing Normal: Top 10 Moments of the #MH4A Conference
Jan 25, 2022

What is and is not “normal” is so entrenched in our everyday lives that we often don’t stop to question – or even notice – it. Normal child development. Normal…

Feeling well includes feeling like you belong
Feeling well includes feeling like you belong
Nov 9, 2021

Connecting with other people and your community doesn’t just feel good, it’s good for your mental health. Especially after the long periods of increased social isolation brought on by the…

Transformation: Moving toward a new normal for mental health
Transformation: Moving toward a new normal for mental health
Sep 30, 2021

Over the past year, COVID-19 has devastated livelihoods, strained relationships, disconnected families and weighed us down with grief and longing. But slowly, as people took off their brave faces and…

Envisioning a Canada where mental health is a human right
Envisioning a Canada where mental health is a human right
Sep 25, 2021

Mental health has never been more top-of-mind in Canada. Perhaps because the need has never been so great. “It has been 18 months of isolation, stress and uncertainty,” says Margaret…

How to help someone thinking about suicide
How to help someone thinking about suicide
Sep 6, 2021

By Canadian Mental Health Association’s Centre for Suicide Prevention  September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day, a day to remember those we’ve lost to suicide and raise awareness about how suicide can…

For Mental Health Week, name how you feel. Don’t numb it.
For Mental Health Week, name how you feel. Don’t numb it.
May 3, 2021

For Mental Health Week, name how you feel. Don’t numb it. It is CMHA’s 70th Mental Health Week, and this year we took the pulse of Canada’s emotions and found…

Toxic positivity: Four ways to combat it
Toxic positivity: Four ways to combat it
May 3, 2021

There is a misconception that being mentally healthy means being happy all the time. The expressions are well-known: keep your chin up, or your upper lip stiff. Who hasn’t heard…

7 steps to start journaling for mental health
7 steps to start journaling for mental health
May 3, 2021

Spring has sprung and hope is in the air, but not everyone is feeling peachy. It’s been a tough winter and your inner world might still be thawing out. That’s ok!…