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...
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...![Mental Illness Is My Driving Force [Video]](https://mavrixx.com/wp-content/uploads/Brent-Profile-Vid-Blog-Feature.png)
Mental Illness Is My Driving Force [Video]
Today is Bell Let’s Talk Day in Canada. A day to open the dialogue around mental health to spread awareness and offer hope to those who feel hopeless. With this in mind, we are excited to launch a video we’ve been working on for the past couple of months...![Expectations When Diagnosed With Mental Illness [Video]](https://mavrixx.com/wp-content/uploads/Mental-Illness-What-Not-To-Do-Title-Image.png)
Expectations When Diagnosed With Mental Illness [Video]
Too often when we’re diagnoses with mental illness, we lower our expectations of ourselves as do those around us. In this video, Brent suggests an alternative approach that’s far more empowering. “Things that aren’t possible today,...
When Ambition Gets The Best Of You: A Story of Modern Burnout
For the past couple of months, I’ve been sleeping on my parent’s couch, weathering a mental storm of life-crippling proportions. After 9+ years of wellness without a major mental health struggle, this one struck out of nowhere and caught me off guard. The struggles...
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