Hello everyone, I've just posted my first blog on cannabis addiction. I hope this adds to the conversation on this topic as I see very little quality discussions about it.

Accepting defeat to cannabis, usually considered a lightweight drug, can be humiliating. It’s akin to being the hare who loses a race to a turtle or to wetting your bed at your first sleepover. The two realities shouldn’t mix. When they do, a deep sense of shame is the natural response. 

Hello everyone, I've just posted my first blog on cannabis addiction. I hope this adds to the conversation on this topic as I see very little quality discussions about it.

Accepting defeat to cannabis, usually considered a lightweight drug, can be humiliating. It’s akin to being the hare who loses a race to a turtle or to wetting your bed at your first sleepover. The two realities shouldn’t mix. When they do, a deep sense of shame is the natural response. 

Hi everyone!!!

I had a story/blog published on the Mighty yesterday, I speak reflectively through an experiential lens to the covid crisis on how it affects individuals living in the North who struggle with poverty, mental illness and food insecurity. FYI there is a small trigger warning on it. Very real talk about the crisis some individuals like myself are facing.

Do you have a Mr. Miyagi? The one thing many people forget in #recovery from addiction or in healing form mental health problems is that there's no finish line. We take it one step, one day at a time. Here's a reminder to those that need one. I certainly do!

Do you find yourself getting caught up in the future or where you think you should be?

Here’s a blog I wrote about it a little while ago. https://startswithme.ca/karatekid 

On Tuesday Mar 3 2020, I did the opening speech at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences for the Deputy Premier & Minister of Health Christine Elliot (pic attached) and also the Associate Minister of Mental Health & Addiction, Michael Tibollo (pic attached).   Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Christine Elliot announced the Roadmap to Wellness: A Plan to Build Ontario's Mental Health and Addictions System.  Government, healthcare leaders and media from across Ontario listened as I shared from my personal experience of the system gaps, unmet ser

No words lately...

Just frustration, pain & grief....

Below is Pete's memorial for the 18th year of his overdose death-Dec 23 2001

In the largest-ever study of its kind, researchers identified more than 100 genetic variants that affect the risk for more than one mental health condition.

Last year, scientists edited the genes of babies to make them HIV resistant (the result of this "experiment" is still unknown). This led to outcries and stricter regulations.

The Japanese government says there are roughly one million hikikomori, or people who have played no part in society for over six months, and who've locked themselves at home, away from the public. 

Concussion, the most common form of traumatic brain injury, has been linked to an increased risk of depression and suicide in adults. Now new research suggests high school students with a history of sports-related concussions might be at an increased risk for suicide completion.

In 2018, Ontario enacted Rowan's Law (Concussion Safety). It is now mandatory for sports organizations to:

Does anyone know of an interactive (interpersonal) psychotherapy group in Scarborough or easy to reach from central Scarborough? It could be either a mixed group or a men's group.