Mental Health
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The Most Underused Medication for Mental Health | The effects of exercise on mental illness
Today I want to talk about the most underused medication for mental health struggles: Exercise. Now, please listen clearly I am not saying to stop seeing your doctors, psychologists psychiatrists, and other specialists who are helping you on this journey. In the blog...
Cannabis: What Parents/Guardians and Caregivers Need to Know
Parents here is a 6 sheet PDF from The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) with information to help you on the conversation of legalized Marijuana. This fact sheet on recreational cannabis is for parents/guardians and caregivers of youth in grades 6 to 12....
How to help your child during a panic attack
How to help your child during a panic attack. I often get emails from parents asking me about how they can help their child when they are having a panic/anxiety attack. In this video, we will look at some definitions, some signs your child might be having a...
The Church and Mental Health: What Do the Numbers Tell Us?
Really great article here from Ed Stetzer. We are getting better at this in the church world but we still have a long way to go. A Gap in Awareness. There was a significant gap in what pastors said their churches provided and what family members said was available. In...
Suicides Have Increased. Is This an Existential Crisis?
Really good read from the NY Times. As a behavioral scientist who studies basic psychological needs, including the need for meaning, I am convinced that our nation’s suicide crisis is in part a crisis of meaninglessness. Fully addressing it will require an...
How do I help my child/teen with their anxiety/depression/panic attacks?
We as parents must get better at listening and advocating for our kids. This short video covers some of the basics of how we can help our kids. https://youtu.be/2b95tSLdAYc Send any other mental health questions you would like me to do future videos on.
Parent’s Guide to 13 Reasons Why
Focus on the Family has put out a really great guide here to talk about these tough topics with your kids. it is widely watched by Canadian teens, making it more important than ever for you to act now to discuss some very serious issues with your adolescent. This free...
I’m Brett and I struggle with mental health: this is my journey
I am going to start doing more youtube videos on how to help people struggling with mental health. I thought it best to share my own journey first. If you like videos like this please make sure you click the subscribe button on my youtube channel. Thanks
Being A Teen Girl On Social Media Is Like Having A High-Pressure, Full-Time (Unpaid!) Job
So much information out there today how we have a really unbalanced relationship with our phones and social media. I am not saying we all need to get rid of these things but we all must reevaluate what we are doing. If it sounds like a full-time job, that’s because it...
Simon Sinek Q & A: How Do Cell Phones Impact Our Relationships
Such an important conversation for both students, parents, and leaders. The most important thing to do is to get rid of the device when you're engaging with another human being They are afraid to talk to people Human relationships is what makes people happy. You don't...
