Exploring Mental Health & Musical Insights

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...

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...

FRONT PAGE NEWS: The Ottawa Citizen connected with BIRDSONG Foundation director Margaret Konopacki this week for a brave retelling of her (and her ...

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.

“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...

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...

“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...

“I am drawn to certain vibrations and I believe everything we create resonates on a certain frequency. The ultimate pulse is that of unconditional...

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In his research on the war on drugs, Johann Hari discovered that addiction isn't what we think it is.

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...

A true story of hope and recovery from addiction and mental illness.