It’s Mental Health Awareness week and the Canadian Mental Health Association is asking people to share how they #GETLOUD about mental health in order to promote mental wellness in themselves and others. Here’s my take: I get noisy by becoming quiet and listening loudly; when it is time to still the chatter of anxiety, the natural … Continue reading Listen Loudly
There you are trying to be present for someone who is struggling. You think to yourself….what do I say? Well, thankfully many of us have been in this position. So many, in fact, that Family Smart has put out this handy list of things to say: http://www.familysmart.ca/files/FamilySmart-SAY-WEB-2017.pdf • Thick and thin I’ve gotchu • I’m … Continue reading Getting loud requires listeners. So, what to say, when someone gets brave and speaks up?
Plan-y.ca can be downloaded on to your smartphone or accessed on a desktop, laptop or tablet. It offers links to local resources, phone numbers, programs and more. This resource was designed with teens in mind and I’d encourage all you adults to look at it too to find the resources for youth in your community. … Continue reading Local Youth, this is your go-to resource. Plan-Y.
Have you heard of the Child and Youth Mental Health – Substance Use Collaborative (CYMHSU)? This collaborative project began in 2013 with eight Local Action Teams (LATs) across the province aiming to do something about the lack of coordination in response systems for child and youth mental health. Over four years the initiative has grown … Continue reading Mental health starts at home. Here’s what’s been happening in the Pemberton area
May 1 -7 is Mental Health Week and the Canadian Mental Health Association is asking you to ‘Get Loud’ for mental health. What this looks like is up to you. Hashtags, photos, activities, links, words of encouragement, words of understanding, compassion, empathy and kindness -- this week is about sharing how you maintain health and … Continue reading It’s Mental Health Week. Are you ready to Get Loud?
Some backstory, from Lisa: Earlier in the month, I emailed Polek: "got a pic for Sunday?" And he shared this one: "my best and favourite photo taken to date. For me this photograph culminates years of learning. And relearning. I'm proud of how far I have come. But tomorrow, the learning continues." I was curious. … Continue reading When one second is all you get. Polek Rybczynski meditates on his best photograph yet
Shayla Wallace took this image on the Lost Lake trails in Whistler. "I hadn't realized how many trails tehre are. I've gotten lost more than once on this adventure. I also had a fun time getting this photo - nearly feel in countless times." One must suffer for the shot. Right? And she got it.
We were surrounded by hawks and I was reading a book called H is for Hawk. I marvelled at the wildness around me while the narrator recoiled at the wildness she discovered within. Our day was fraught with coincidence it seemed. We had stopped at the end of Goose Lake road to get cell service … Continue reading Connie Sobchak goes hunting for cranes. And gets a story instead
Here in Pemberton Valley, spring migration is in full swing, reports John Tschopp. The Yellow rumped Warblers move in waves. Purple Finches and White-crowned Sparrows sing all day long. The Swallows scout for a nest hole. Today a rare visitor was with the Robins in our yard. A Townsend's Solitaire spent the afternoon with us. … Continue reading Spring migration and the Townsend’s Solitaire: Bird watch with John Tschopp
Two iconic mountains. They pretty much define our skyline, whichever direction we're headed. Dave Steers figured out how to get them both in the same photo, without having to go to outerspace.
The Wellness Almanac 