Individuals with mental illness are one of the last groups of people that can be safely made fun of; or referenced as a pejorative.

If you’re looking for a replacement term, I suggest using ‘wild’.

q: “How was your trip?”

a: “It was Wild!”

[ try it out. ]

Sometimes people use the phrase ‘mental health’ when they’re really talking about illness.

Very few people are uncomfortable with health.

Mental Illness vs Mental Health

I’ve learned how to add closed captioning to each of my videos. Let me know if you find any mistakes.

I will be releasing more new clips of my keynote talks.

Here is one from the Recreation NB 2019 conference last month:

Waiting on The Wind

I’m happy to announce I am finally releasing some clips from one of my talks – ‘Mental Illness: It’s Time to Stop being Weird About It.’

The videos are supported by a series of blogs I wrote for Unison – a fantastic support agency for musicians.

However, I am embarrassed to say I over-looked adding closed captioning to each clip. A big THANKS! to Tanya Scholten for gently pointing out my mistake.
I’ll have this omission fixed before the end of the month.

Also – please check out PART 2 of Being your Best Average Self.

Thanks to Unison Benevolent Fund for presenting a series of blog posts I wrote. You can find the next two instalments published in their blog on Sundays.

For more information on Unison and the work they do to support the music industry please check out www.unisonfund.ca

https://unisonfund.ca/blog/post/physical-fitness-mental-fitness-aka-your-mind-your-body

Thanks for the continued interest in Paddle To The Ocean.

I’ve decided to make the FULL VERSION available FREE for streaming.

If you’re an educator looking for a hard copy (DVD) please email me directly.

In Calgary and feeling privileged to work with the next generation of recreation therapists – courtesy of the University of Lethbridge. As always I need to find my way to the water whenever I can! ~z

Had an incredible trip to Whitehorse in the Yukon! (It was my first visit.) Talked to a team of government employees about the stigma of mental health and we played a couple tunes on the banjo too!

As we slide toward the end of the year, consider the benefits of doing less.

Try to remember to turn your device(s) off 1x each day.

Disconnect –

Your brain will thank you.

I’m excited to be part of Let’s Keep Talking – [May 3rd, 6pm @ Spatz Theater]

It’s an annual event from the Nova Scotia Mental Health Foundation.

This year’s featured speaker is Margaret Trudeau.

…no pressure 😉