im doing NaNoWriMo again this year, this time determined to do all i can to make it to the 50,000 word count. so my blog posts may be sporadic, or short and sweet, or both. like this one. only its not sweet. at a walmart in lethbridge, told by a...

as you know, i am a proud member of the canadian mental health association. i am even prouder to announce that a participant advisory committee, that is, individuals who are using the services of the CMHA vancouver/burnaby branch, is hosting an...

a while ago we talked about the lack of scripts for talking about mental illness (at least in polite society), and before that we had a conversation about how uncomfortable it can be to engage in peaceful communication. and now evan took up the topic...

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last week, the british columbia government (the one that pumps millions and millions of dollars into the 2-week olympics next year) made cuts "changes" to the budgets of about 90 (ninety!) health agencies in the vancouver coastal health region alone....