BONUS EPISODE: Let’s Talk About Mental Health

In this BONUS episode released on #BellLetsTalk Day, Nicole German, founder of The Maddie Project, shares her experience and thoughtful advice to parents, family members, coaches, teachers, anyone who interacts with youth. Youth mental health concerns such as anxiety and depression are common. We need to step-it-up with awareness, empathy, and advocacy. “Anything we can do is goodness.” Doing little things and doing big things will make an impact, potentially saving a life. Shine bright! Note this is a re-release of Talk About Talk episode #36.   REFERENCES & LINKS Nicole German & The Maddie Project  * The Maddie Project – http://www.themaddieproject.ca/ * Donation Page – https://my.charitableimpact.com/campaigns/the-maddie-project-0350d836-cf47-4735-8602-a57990626e03 * Maddie’s Healing Garden at North York General Hospital – https://nyghfoundation.ca/news-and-publications/north-york-general-opens-first-of-its-kind-outpatient-mental-health-centre-for-youth/ * Email – [email protected] * Twitter – @nicgerman and @maddie_project * Instagram – @maddie_project * Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/themaddieproject Other Mental Health Resources * Kids’ Help Phone – https://kidshelpphone.ca * Children’s Mental Health Ontario: https://www.cmho.org/ * Suicide Prevention Lifeline – https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ * CAMH – Centre for Addiction & Mental Health – http://www.camh.ca/ * Huffington Post – “Frame of Mind” Series – https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/frame-of-mind/ * Other articles: * https://projects.nj.com/features/depression/index.html * https://www.fastcompany.com/90414436/mental-health-symptoms-reported-by-60-of-employees-study Talk About Talk & Dr. Andrea Wojnicki “Beyond Condolences: Supporting Your Grieving Friends” podcast episode – https://talkabouttalk.com/19s2-supporting-our-grieving-friends-with-psychotherapist-grief-counsellor-andrea-warnick/ Website: TalkAboutTalk.com LinkedIn: Andrea and TalkAboutTalk Weekly Communication Skills Newsletter – https://talkabouttalk.com/blog/#newsletter-signup Email – [email protected] TRANSCRIPT   Welcome to this bonus episode, where we Talk About Youth Mental Health.  I’m releasing this episode on January 25th, which in Canada is Bell Let’s Talk Day, a day when one of Canada’s largest telecoms encourages everyone to TALK about mental health. I’m in no way affiliated with Bell, but I love this initiative. And I was thinking this would be an ideal opportunity to re-release an important Talk About Talk podcast episode from a few years ago,