by Sam Fiorella | Nov 14, 2016 | Advice, Discussions, Mental Health Awareness
Music can have a physical affect your body; music can help decrease emotional distress and amplify a variety of moods. It’s said that music is one of the few activities that involves using the majority or entirety of the human brain. It can have the same effects...
by Sam Fiorella | Nov 12, 2016 | Mental Health Awareness, Unveiling Ceremony
This week we were honoured to be welcomed at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. After almost six months of planning, the team at Trent Central Student Association, led by its President Alaine Spiwak, hosted an uplifting celebration for the students to...
by Sam Fiorella | Nov 7, 2016 | News
For this week’s #MentalHealthMonday tip, I want to talk to parents directly. As parents, we tend to want to build walls around our kids, to encase them in bubble wrap, and to protect them at all costs. However, we’ve learned that kids must learn from their...
by Sam Fiorella | Oct 31, 2016 | Advice, Discussions, Mental Health Awareness
We often talk about the importance of good diet and exercise in the maintenance of good mental health in school; however, building and maintain social connections is just as important. And that’s this week’s #MentalHealthMonday Tip. A Case for Social...
by Sam Fiorella | Oct 24, 2016 | Advice, Discussions, Mental Health Awareness
The stress that students place on themselves – and that are placed on them – is ever-growing. Exams, assignments, work, financial pressures, social pressures, and/or living away from home add an often unbearable amount of stress and anxiety to even the most...
by Sam Fiorella | Oct 22, 2016 | Mental Health Awareness, News, Unveiling Ceremony
We enjoy – and are grateful for – every unveiling ceremony for The Lucas Fiorella Friendship Bench and #YellowIsForHello student mental health campaign that we participate in. Each has it’s unique character, story, and memories. Vancouver Island...
