by Sam Fiorella | Jun 10, 2019 | News
In October 2014, I lost my son to suicide after a long and very secret battle with depression. So secret, in fact, that only he knew of his illness until the day of his death. Upon his passing, Lucas’s peers shared countless stories of him initiating conversations,...
by Sam Fiorella | Jul 13, 2018 | Advice, Support
July is Bereaved Parents Month, which, speaking from experience, is something those who have lost a child wish to ignore. Counterintuitive, I know. The reality is that such campaigns tend to ignite physical and emotional reactions in bereaved parents that we would...
by Sam Fiorella | Aug 25, 2017 | News
This year, World Suicide Prevention Day falls on Sunday, September 10. According to the WSPD website, more than 800,000 people die by suicide, and up to 25 times as many make a suicide attempt, each year. According to statistics provided by the Canadian Association...
by Sam Fiorella | May 22, 2017 | Mental Health Awareness
Kids, we get it; you don’t want to be lectured to; you don’t want to be told what to do, how to think, or what to believe. You’re happy to jump on a bandwagon of friends online and do, think, and believe what the crowd tells you; it’s the only...
by Sam Fiorella | May 2, 2017 | Discussions
There’s been much debate online and in schools the past few weeks over the controversial Netflix series “13 Reasons Why”. The series is based on a popular book by the same name, which chronicles 13 reasons why Hannah Barker decided to take her life. According to...
by Sam Fiorella | May 1, 2017 | Advice
I’m representing the #YellowIsForHello team this week on a cross-Country trek for CMHA’s Mental Health Awareness Week, and so the #mentalhealthmonday tip for this week is inspired by the message I’ll be sharing with students from North Vancouver, BC...
