National Girls And Women In Sports Day
With today being #nationalgirlsandwomeninsportsday we wanted to salute the strong women in our Global Mental Health Alliance who have played and/or participated in sports since they were young girls. Chamique Holdsclaw, Anita Nall, Amanda Beard, Sister Jean, Imani McGee-Stafford, Asheton Brown, Prim Siripipat & many others in our Alliance & beyond have shown strength […]
Providence College #SameHere Sit-Down
Incredible experience at Providence College. At each of these #SameHere Sit-Downs we come away w some new learnings. This visit, no exception. The main talk took place w the entire base of athletes last night, mandatory. We’ve learned how many lives we change/save when these events are mandatory, bc MOST college students still see […]
Is Time Truly Ever Wasted?
It’s Super Bowl Sunday, so an appropriately themed post. The MOST common personal question I get any time I speak (& it happened again in Vancouver) is: Are you pissed that you lost so much time – 2.5 yrs laying in a bed, not experiencing life. Ironically my good friend wrote me last night […]
Day 2 Presenting to Future Partners
It’s exhilarating to work with a group of ppl all going for the same goals: eliminating “stigma” and educating their specific population and the masses on mental health, and the teaching the best coping/treatment/thriving methodologies. Got to do the morning keynote today for conference attendees – this first picture is the #SameHere shot of […]
Day 1 Of First Responders' Conference
Here at the First Responders’ Conference in Vancouver & am wowed by 400 professionals who care this passionately about Mental Health. They had to cut off registration in September bc the space wasn’t large enough to hold the 100+ more leaders in police/fire/paramedics, etc. who wanted to also be here. And it’s not just Canadians. […]
Influencers Helping Spread The Right Message
On #BellLetsTalk day, it’s awesome to have a teammate like Darren Rovell who gets the bigger picture. Running a program one day a year is a start but it’s far from enough. We must acknowledge #5in5 all face mental health challenges, before everyone WILL talk about it. Commonalities in our challenges and comfort in […]
The Launch Of The #SameHere School K-12 Program
2 schools in the same K-12 district, 1 day. Thank you Freeport Schools for having us. A ton of learning bringing programs to different age levels…learnings we want to share, hoping it helps others – to hear abt what K-12’ers are going thru, & what resonates. First, we only had 1hr & 30min […]
#SameHere Making Its Way Around The World
We got all excited a few days ago when Steve Farina sent us pics of the Canadian Border Agents making the #SameHere sign. It signified a vision morphing into a reality – a world where we all could fit in together. This picture we received yesterday from @mend.uae goes up there in “meaning” with […]
How Is Being in "Therapy" Any Different Than Going To The Gym?
When we were meeting w the comedians last wk, Theo Fleury told the group: “I know I’m going to be in therapy the rest of my life & I’m completely OK w that.” It occurred to me when he shared that – why should we as a society even have to say that – […]
Introducing #Samehere Schools K-12 Program
I checked the date – December of 2017 (if you look at the second slide, it’s a pic of Freeport School District’s: Pupil Personnel Services “PPS” group) – the first meeting we had to discuss the concept of creating a #SameHere Schools Program. We need mental health programming – assemblies & curriculum, in K-12s […]