Here’s How to Declutter Your Insta Feed
After a series of measures put in place to preserve users’ mental health, including an experiment with hiding the number of likes on a post and a new policy that prevents users under 18 from seeing...
View ArticleLili Reinhart Says She Wants Young People to See More Authentic Bodies on TV
Lili Reinhart has shared her struggle with self-love in a thread on Twitter today. The Riverdale actress and her castmates were criticized by a fan in a since-deleted tweet for being “25+ year olds...
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Ellie Mae Just Designed a Collection of Accessories to Support a Youth Mental...
For the second consecutive year, Toronto brand Ellie Mae has partnered with Kids Help Phone—Canada’s only 24/7 national service offering confidential professional counselling, information, referrals...
View ArticleHow A Year of Shopping Abstinence Gave One Compulsive Consumer Clarity
Before online shopping, I never thought I had an addictive personality. I feel indifferent to recreational drugs, drink wine primarily to learn about grapes and am far too risk-averse to gamble. Yet...
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These Celebs Are Destigmatizing Mental Illness
Many campaigns have worked to normalize the discussion around mental health (Bell Let’s Talk and CAMH’s One Brave Night among them). But one thing that really reaches the masses is when a celebrity...
View ArticleThe Feel-Good Instagram Accounts Our Team Loves to Follow
With bad news coming at us from seemingly every direction, even a social media scroll session can be fraught with tension and anxiety. In an effort to spread some positive vibes—and offer some cheery...
View ArticleHow to Survive Social Distancing and Self-Isolation
Buckle up, we’re in for a challenging road ahead. With cities and entire countries going into lockdown around the world in an effort to counter the spread of the novel coronavirus, people are...
View ArticleEmily Ratajkowski Opens Up About Her Battle With Depression to Help People...
Model Emily Ratajkowski has taken to Instagram overnight to share a very personal post in which she revealed that she battled depression last year. Alongside a black and white selfie, the model wrote,...
View ArticleSelena Gomez Revealed Her Bipolar Diagnosis on Miley Cyrus’s Talk Show
Selena Gomez appeared on Miley Cyrus’s recently launched Instagram Live talk show as a guest on Friday and revealed during the episode—in a conversation about mental health, self-isolation, and...
View ArticleSophie Grégoire Trudeau Just Launched a Podcast About Mental Well-Being
“There will be no taboo left behind,” Sophie Grégoire Trudeau promises in the introductory trailer to her new podcast, WE Well-being. As an ambassador and ally for WE Charity’s Well-Being initiative,...
View ArticleOprah Winfrey Just Announced a Virtual Wellness Tour
Earlier this year, Oprah Winfrey embarked on a wellness tour in partnership with WW, formerly known as Weight Watchers. Titled “2020 Vision,” the tour featured one-on-one conversations with celebrities...
View Article8 Black Mental Health Resources in Canada and Online
To say there is so much happening in the world right now is an understatement. This pain, these stories and these experiences are, sadly, not new experiences for Black men and women but with the events...
View ArticleA New Online Mental Health Platform is Encouraging Canadians to #TakeThatStep
Wellness Together Canada, a new online platform offering free and immediate mental health support for people of all ages in every province and territory, has just kickstarted a social media campaign to...
View ArticleModel and Mental Health Advocate Jada Sezer Wants to Reshape How We Perceive...
You could describe Jada Sezer as an accidental model, but it’s hardly coincidental that her rise to fame comes at a time when people with a point of view are considered within the industry to be its...
View ArticleSelena Gomez Announces $100 Million Mental Health Fund Via Rare Beauty
Selena Gomez has today announced the launch of the Rare Impact Fund via her beauty brand Rare Beauty which has a goal of raising $100 million over the next 10 years to help increase access to mental...
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Canadian Footwear Brand Vessi Launches Its Newest Waterproof Shoe Today
Talk about making a splash: Since its initially crowdfunded products were introduced in 2017, innovative B.C.-based footwear brand Vessi – co-founded by Andy Wang, Tony Yu and Mikaella Go – has gained...
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Peace Collective Shines a Light on Mental Health With New Self-Love Collection
Today, Canadian athleisure brand Peace Collective launches its new Self F/W20 collection, fronted by Never Have I Ever actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan. The collection aims to highlight the important of...
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Texture Talk: This Mental Health Advocate Has Started a Mental Health...
Lorenzo P. Lewis isn’t a barber, but his mental health organization, The Confess Project, comes alive in Black barbershops amidst fades and beard trims. The initiative, which was designed to get...
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Here’s How Love & Nudes Founder Chantal Carter Addressed a Need in the...
“I knew from a young age that I wanted to work in fashion but I didn’t know how that was going to happen,” says Chantal Carter, founder of the Toronto-based undergarment brand Love & Nudes. Growing...
View ArticleHow to Handle the Mental Stress of a Winter Lockdown
By now, we’ve spent eight months navigating the coronavirus pandemic. Although we’ve already been through the stress and anxiety of a lockdown and have slowly learned to adjust to an unprecedented...
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My Story: This Young Activist is on a Mission to Build a More Inclusive...
While sheltering in place at home in Surrey, British Columbia during the coronavirus clampdown, Rabiah Dhaliwal mastered winged liner. “I’ve become an eyeliner god,” laughs the 21-year-old. Drawing the...
View ArticleHere’s Why a Canadian Armed Forces Veteran Founded Accessories Brand Brass &...
There’s no dearth of fashion brands that were founded with a sense of purpose, from amplifying local artisanry to supporting myriad charitable endeavours. The industry has become a place where...
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24 Self-Care Gifts That Will Give Someone A Much-Needed Mood Lift
You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who couldn’t use some extra TLC right now, so why not treat your favourite people to gifts that are sure to be a total mood lift. Self-care comes in many forms, so...
View ArticleAdwoa Aboah Wants to Change How the Beauty Industry Affects Young Girls’...
“I think brands are realizing that the things that worked before, just don’t anymore,” Adwoa Aboah tells me over a Zoom call. The British model, who was born and raised in London, has just been tapped...
View ArticleNaomi Osaka Withdraws From the French Open To Focus On Her Mental Health
Tennis star Naomi Osaka announced on May 31 that she was withdrawing from the French Open, an annual tennis tournament held over two weeks in Paris, France, to focus on her mental health. Osaka had...
View ArticleFeeling Existential Dread Because of Climate Change? Here’s What You Can Do
This past June brought unusually sweltering temperatures from the Pacific Northwest, creeping east to Gibbons, Alta., where Terri-Lynn Lunty resides. A sustained drought in the area had meant tight...
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Prince William Opens Up About His Mental Heath Struggles
Listening to Prince William reminisce about his impromptu sing-along with Taylor Swift was a nice way to start my day. The Duke of Cambridge is the newest guest on Apple’s Time to Walk series, an...
View ArticlePerfectionism Trapped Me in a World of Comparison
One apple. That’s what I’d allow myself in the middle of the day. I remember staring at it, although at times it felt more like it had its gaze on me. I don’t remember what I’d had for breakfast, but...
View ArticleWhy Aren’t We Talking About Anorexia in Men?
In July 2019, I found myself Googling “eating disorder treatment for men.” Self-judgment and doubt crept in as I combed through the search results, wondering what my friends and family would think of...
View ArticleWhere to Find Affordable Mental Health Counselling Across Canada
This article was originally published in January 2020 and has been updated. According to Health Canada, one in three Canadians will experience mental illness in their lifetime. That’s a lot of people,...
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