Everyone’s personal story has the potential and power to motivate, connect, inspire, and move us. Here, the spotlight shines on stories told by the amazing humans who live next door.
This Winter, Unsinkable is honoured to be be partnering with Twentytwenty Arts (Founded by Unsinkable ambassador Megan Kee) for Life on the Line. Life on the Line is a public art project and mental health awareness campaign using art to raise funds for mental health support. Ten Ontario-based artists will be sharing their artwork and stories on Unsinkable […]
Happiness. For the longest time, that word, and that idea alluded me. Please don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t walking around hating the world, I was just never content. Always restless. I’d enter into relationships and be on cloud nine and everything would be going great, and I would play the role I thought I […]
“We can’t always choose the music life gives you, but you can choose how you dance to it.” That saying was a gift and it sits on my kitchen counter. It is next to the sink so I read it numerous times throughout the day. The music is life. All of it ….the good, the […]
Movement Started With A Knee Art by: Stephen Rea / Instagram @fineart_projects Photography by: Steve Cook / Instagram @sc_photography It is so clear in my mind, just like it was yesterday. Was a Friday, late morning and as I prepared to leave for work, the cocktail was mixing in my head with the ingredients of […]
22 years I go, I was homeless. 19 years ago, I was diagnosed with an incurable chronic immune disease. 18 years ago, I began the first in a 10-year series of futile surgeries. 16 years ago, I was estranged from my family and living in youth social housing. 14 years ago, I graduated with honors […]
It will be 6 years this October, since I found my mother’s lifeless body in her home in her stair well. I had been here before with her, but she was always okay. This time was different. This time she didn’t’ come to the door, this time she didn’t go to the hospital, this would be her […]
I have a rare genetic disorder. It’s actually not that uncommon to have a rare disorder. In fact, over 8000 disorders have been identified and the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders estimates that 1 in 12 Canadians are affected. Most of these people are misdiagnosed and many of them suffer as a result. Their families […]
A Runningdad makes a mental health toolkit In life you can think you are doing okay until you are not. You think you understand mental health until it seems to slip through your fingers. When my daughter was born in 2015 I no longer was able to keep my head above the waves of life. […]
I sat and really thought, how could I have saved you? Was there anything I could have done differently to help you then and now? I searched my memories for specific experiences from which I could advise on alternate reactions, behaviours, thoughts and self-talk. Yet, still looking back now, I realize now it did not matter […]
Compassion, Inspiration, Resilience, Self-love, Vulnerability
Written and submitted by her sister Micheline Rae Rochelle’s world was turned upside down Good Friday, 2019 when she had a seizure while driving. Feeling dizzy and confused, her vision blurred. The last thing she remembered was swerving up the ramp on a road. Her next memory was waking up in the hospital. She was examined, released […]
As a mental health educator/advocate, inspirational speaker and writer, I often speak to groups including youth, teachers, service providers etc. At the beginning of every presentation I give them chocolate – I mean, what better way to get their attention? But there is a message that goes along with this. They knew they were coming […]
Courage, Inspiration, Motivation, Moving Forward, Resilience, Vulnerability
November 3, 1993 We’d finished off a few pounds of Gordie Howitzer’s Elbows (or “chicken wings” for the uninitiated). Estelle wandered by, checking the status of our pints. Homer’s glass was near empty and he nodded for a refill of whatever watered-down near-beer he was drinking. I confirmed my request for a fresh pint of Guinness and we waded […]
