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 of a...
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...
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by Sam Fiorella | Oct 17, 2016 | Advice, Mental Health Awareness
While traveling through various universities and colleges last week I noticed a few groups of students playing the bawdy card game “Cards Against Humanity” and really laughing their asses off. I’ve played the game with friends, I know where that laughter comes from;...
by Sam Fiorella | Oct 6, 2016 | Advice, Mental Health Awareness, Unveiling Ceremony
W.L. Seaton Secondary, a Vernon, BC school unveiled the #YellowIsForHello student mental health awareness campaign yesterday in a ceremony attended by 900+ students, alumni, faculty, and community members. The effort to bring The Lucas Fiorella Friendship Bench to...
by Sam Fiorella | Oct 3, 2016 | Advice, Mental Health Awareness
Depression is not new. It’s an ailment that can be traced back to Mesopotamian time when it was called “melancholia.”  It’s an illness that affects a large portion of the population – all ages – in some form or another. Similar to the way someone could suffer from the...
