#BellLetsTalk


  • Bridging the Gapโ€™s Speak Up series comes to an end for the 2018-2019 year

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    Bridging the Gapโ€™s Speak Up series comes to an end for the 2018-2019 year

    On Wednesday, March 20, Bridging the Gap hosted their final โ€œSpeak Upโ€ series event of the year, an event that advocates for mental health initiatives to continue throughout the year โ€” and not just on national campaign days.ย  The event concludes a year-long event, where Bridging the Gap gathered students and mental professionals to talk…

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  • #BellLetsTalk about how it’s okay to not be okay

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    #BellLetsTalk about how it’s okay to not be okay

    Today is Bell Letโ€™s Talk day and I want to talk about something very important: you donโ€™t always have to be positive and grateful. The mentality that we have to find the silver lining can be extremely harmful, especially to those of us with mental illnesses. More often than not, there are fluff articles explaining…

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    Laurier celebrates Bell Let’s Talk week

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    Laurier celebrates Bell Let’s Talk week

    From Jan. 23-30 on Wilfrid Laurier Universityโ€™s Waterloo campus, Bridging the Gap is collaborating with jack.org to raise awareness about mental health during a week-long event called Bell Letโ€™s Talk Week. The purpose of Bell Letโ€™s Talk week is to raise awareness, explain campus mental health resources, host events, engage with students at their booth…

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  • How to define your home

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    How to define your home

    Where is home? In an effort to eloquently define home, I took notes from the TED Talk of two talented writers, Pico Iyer and Taiye Selasi. Iyer spoke about identifying โ€œhomeโ€ as work in progress, constantly adding new panels to the stained glass window. He said that stepping out of our comfort zone and into…

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