by Sam Fiorella | Dec 2, 2015 | Advice
I recently passed the one year anniversary of my 19 year old sonās death by suicide. In that time Iāve experienced the rollercoaster of emotions you would expect someone in my shoes to endure. This journey has been complicated by the creation of a mental health...
by Sam Fiorella | Nov 23, 2015 | Mental Health Awareness
The end of the calendar year is approaching and with it comes not just the usual holiday hustle and bustle but end of semester exams and less sunlight in a day….all the things that typically add more stress onto a student’s already stressful...
by Sam Fiorella | Oct 31, 2015 | Discussions
Weāre hearing more and more about this alarming trend among US Colleges: Students with depression are being encouraged and/or forced to leave campus on “medical leave” but are faced with huge and often discriminatory obstacles when trying to return....
by Sam Fiorella | Sep 23, 2015 | Mental Health Awareness, News, Unveiling Ceremony
The Lucas Fiorella Friendship Bench unveiled its iconic yellow bench and #YellowIsForHello student mental health campaign at Niagara College this week, which makes it the first of its kind dedicated to a Canadian college. This is the third such unveiling...
by Sam Fiorella | Sep 22, 2015 | Advice
More and more studies point to the link between strong friendships and good mental health. A study from the Journal of The National Medical Association in the US, for example, discovered that those people with āinsufficient perceived social support were most likely to...
by Sam Fiorella | May 2, 2015 | Advice
Are you Experiencing Unhealthy Stress? Entering post-secondary education is a stressful experience for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, income, or gender. Stress is part of life and isn’t always a bad thing. That said, there is definitely unhealthy stress...
