The LEAP Academy is a four-month mental health public speaking certification program designed to get you from start to stage in 16 weeks. The next cohort is launching June, 2019.
Consulting
We offer guidance and strategy on mental health topics and initiatives including campaigns, innovation, mental health policy, youth engagement and more.
Speaking
Our Founder Brent Seal inspires audiences with stories from his mental health journey, ultra-marathons and climbing some of the world’s highest mountains.
OUR ORIGIN STORY
Mavrixx was Founded by Brent Seal in 2014 with the intention of creating a major shift in mental health towards openness, acceptance and inspiration.
Brent has become one of Canada’s leading youth mental health voices over the past 10 years of speaking, organizing and consulting on some of the country’s biggest and most innovative programs, events and initiatives.
Along the way, Brent has completed multiple ultramarathons, climbed some of the world’s highest mountains and graduated from Simon Fraser University as valedictorian.
OTHER SIGNATURE PROGRAMS
The Edge Program
The EDGE is a multi-week mental health recovery program for youth who are being held back from their potential due to mental health challenges. Topics covered are the things that most impact our mental health beyond medication and therapy. We offer this program to groups and individuals. Please contact us if you are interested.
MINDvsMOUNTAIN
We live in a world where mental health is rarely talked about. It’s often associated with shame and darkness, which leads to far too many people struggling in silence. We want to change that by opening the dialogue and allowing the conversation to be normalized.
Featured Posts
World Suicide Prevention Day 2019: The Macro and Micro of What We Can Do
I saw a quote that read "Today inspires us to speak up and not allow shame to silence us” and I immediately recognized the deep truth in those words. With today being World Suicide Prevention Day, it’s a day to speak up, to shed light on a local and global epidemic...
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FEAT Speech – The Overlap Between Mental Health and Climbing Mountains
"But they never told me I couldn't do it. And I started to realize on this journey of climbing bigger and bigger mountains that there's so much parallel between that and climbing out of a mental health struggle." Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to speak at...
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Uncovering The Mindset Of World Record Adventurer Colin O’Brady [Video]
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to sit down with World Record Adventurer, Colin O'Brady. Colin's lived one of the most inspiring journey's I've ever come across. In 2016, he set the speed records for both the 7 Summits and the Explorers Grand Slam. The 7 Summits are...
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MINDvsMOUNTAIN: The Rebuild [Video]
Hey guys, I filmed a MINDvsMOUNTAIN update video for you. What I've been up to for the past few months, updates on personal fitness and my dream to climb Everest. For those of you new here, MINDvsMOUNTAIN is a project created to raise awareness of mental health and...
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