Again this one is about overcoming adversity, whether that be a mental illness, or anything else. It does not mattter what it is! If you...

We never quite know what is really going on in someone's life until we ask the (sometimes) difficult question, "Are you ok?" And...

Continuing the theme of "it's just a conversation" started in the previous post, here is the one specifically about that. No more to be...

While teaching my classes about Mental Health First Aid, I try to emphasise that "it's just a conversation that shows you care." This is...

Another attempt at describing the being chased by "The Black Dog" and the Demons that reside in our heads. It was around this time that I...

These are about a Veteran. Someone I know well, and to be frank this story could easily be mine. When I sat down and went through the...

Winston Churchill was the first person to refer to depression as "The Black Dog" and thus that is how Black Dog Rides mascot, Winston got...

One of the mental illnesses I was diagnosed with was Generalised Anxiety Disorder. Now everyone experiences anxiety from time to time,...

I believe we all have a fire inside us, something that drives us to do whatever it is we do. Some people let the rain drops of life...

Written on a day when I was tired. Emotionally, physically, mentally. I was done for the day. And then I thought, "I need to share this."...

Music has always been a big part of my life. As a child I was forced to learn to play the keys, but didn't really commit to it as I wish...

Mental health, domestic abuse, and childhood trauma are all closely linked. The people caught up in darkness of any abusive situation...

Inspired by a poem written by a young lady that my partner worked with. She wrote this awesome poem about losing her brother to suicide....

I started thinking that I needed to write more about what I am passionate about, and that I needed to have content that was more...

This is probably the poem I like the most out of all of them. (so far) This was written at a time when there was a lot arguing between...

So like many of my generation, I grew up in a fairly racist community. It's not that we were practicing white supremacists, we were just...

So coming to the conclusion that I can't be a rockstar, and my life will ultimately be a lot more mundane, AND this is the biggie - the...

In keeping with my desire to be a rockstar, and inspired in part by the Nickleback song and U2's ZOO TV tour, where rock and roll excess...

Dreams of being a rock star, except that I can't sing and cant really play an instrument. (Well I can play the keys badly) But that...

There is a young woman out there that I did not pay enough attention too as she was growing up, and by the time I wanted to be a big part...