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...
Lori Yates’ Dark Night Of The Soul
by Daryl Jung
“The biggest load of bullshit is that you’re more creative when you’re high. Writing is a lonely exercise, a lonely life. It’s done in solitude. I...
Music Saved My Life - About Daniel Victor/Neverending White Lights
by Margaret Konopacki
“I am drawn to certain vibrations and I believe everything we create resonates on a certain frequency. The ultimate pulse is that of unconditional...
FYI Music Magazine - BIRDSONG Foundation Flies
by Margaret Konopacki
FYI Music News connected with us for an in depth look on our cause and purpose. Read more by clicking here.
TED Talk - Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
by Margaret Konopacki
In his research on the war on drugs, Johann Hari discovered that addiction isn't what we think it is.
Life, Love and Language - Tempering The Terms
by Margaret Konopacki
I am writing this blog on the second anniversary — September 24, 2019 — of my son’s death. As a form of personal therapy, my hope for posting it is...
From The Trenches: BIRDSONG On Substance Use Disorder
by Irena Konopacki
A true story of hope and recovery from addiction and mental illness.
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