In her TED Fellows video, Almudena Toral describes trauma as the “psychological wound that stays after something really terrible has happened to us.” Toral is…
Back when the pandemic began, thousands of frontline healthcare workers were brought to tears as residents of Toronto stood on their balconies and cheered to…
Eckhart Tolle is a German spiritual teacher and author of the US bestseller “The Power of Now”. In his book, Tolle shares his personal journey…
Alex Markwell is an undergraduate student at York University who is currently studying psychology and has a previous degree in film. In collaboration with her…
Britt Wray is a Canadian author, broadcaster, and researcher who investigates the connection between climate change and its effects on mental health. In her Ted…
The song ‘Numb’ by the Rock band ‘Linkin Park’ tells the story of a young college girl trying hard to fit into the expectations of…
Therapy for Black Girls is an online community started by Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Her podcast, blog,…
The Netflix series It’s Okay to Not Be Okay is a Korean drama written by Jo Yong and directed by Park Shin-woo. This series centres…
Humans have a long-lasting relationship with storytelling. Before written symbols were invented and people started committing words to paper, it was the word-of-mouth that traversed…
Lisa Taylor’s poem “The Little Girl Within” bravely tackles the painful process of recovering from her experiences of childhood trauma. While the poem itself is…
