Jordan Gow's Mental Health Diary
by Daryl Jung
"My music helps to ground me and gives me a sense of purpose, a feeling of being grounded and flying – simultaneously." – Jordan Gow
Ottawa singer/...
TED Talk - Guy Winch On Emotional First Aid
by Daryl Jung
"We'll go to the doctor when we feel flu-ish or a nagging pain. So why don't we see a health professional when we feel emotional pain: guilt, loss,...
Ottawa Citizen Feature
by Daryl Jung
OTTAWA CITIZEN : Three Ottawa-area musicians are among the first to receive a career boost from Birdsong Foundation, a charity that helps give voic...
Gabor Maté Shares Trauma Hypothosis
by Margaret Konopacki
Introduction by Gabrielle Grace Abbott
Throughout my own struggles with substance use disorder and mental illness, Hungarian-Canadian physician Ga...
From The Trenches: Think About Your Thinking
by Irena Konopacki
Negative thoughts about oneself are particularly damaging, and often lead to depression and isolation – both gateways to myriad dangerous mental he...
Press Release: BIRDSONG announces album line-up
by Daryl Jung
BIRDSONG – David Martin New Music Foundation announces Canadian singer/songwriter line-up for first BIRDSONG ALBUM, set to begin recording in Ottaw...
Gabrielle Grace Abbott - Love And Compassion The Best Path To Healing
by Margaret Konopacki
Today is the three-year marker of my life without my son David – my angel and my teacher. I feel like I’ve been living in a war-zone of debilitatin...
Matthew Johnston - Out Of My Mind And Back In Again
by Margaret Konopacki
As summer wraps up here in the great white north, I can feel the approaching winter and my own mood changes as I watch the V formation of Canada ge...
Ottawa Citizen Interview - Margaret Konopacki
by Daryl Jung
FRONT PAGE NEWS: The Ottawa Citizen connected with BIRDSONG Foundation director Margaret Konopacki this week for a brave retelling of her (and her ...
Applicable Apps - Mental Health At Your Fingertips
by Margaret Konopacki
In terms of science, the jury on mental health smartphone apps is still out. But while there is empirical evidence that apps can improve outcomes for patients, there is still a lot left to learn about them with little guidance for consumers.
David Ramsden - Saving Them With Kindness
by Daryl Jung
“When people realized I was a musician my life completely changed. To write songs became my big thing. The more I wrote about things in my life, th...
From The Trenches: Harm Reduction In Action
by Irena Konopacki
As a community health nurse in downtown Ottawa, I frequently rely on the harm reduction model when working with people living with substance use di...
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