MIND MATTERS
THEATRE BURLINGTON PRESENTS:
– By KimberleeAnna Taplay
D uring the first week of May, Canadians mark Mental
Health Awareness Week, which has become synonymous
with the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA)
popular “Get Loud for Mental Health” campaign. Canadians
have taken up the call, getting loud in their communities, on
social media, and in the halls of power.
From fundraising walks to special events designed to raise
awareness of various causes within the mental health arena,
Mental Health Awareness Week activities encourage, enlighten,
and educate the public about mental health issues and about
the importance of open and honest dialogue surrounding
everyday challenges and struggles.
There are situations that are unique to those in the Boomer
crowd (Adults 45-65) as they find themselves dealing with
not only their own unique sets of circumstances, but also the
medical issues of declining parents, struggles faced by adult
children, plus cultivating and maintaining active roles in the
lives of their grandchildren.
It’s a fact that 1 in 5 (or 20% of ) Canadians experience a
mental illness in any given year. Many who are not diagnosed
with a mental illness will experience difficulty with their
mental health.
What exactly is mental health? In general, it’s a state of
being: Your self-esteem, your level of stress, how you feel
about yourself and other people. Good mental health is
key to your overall health, and it’s important to remember
that your mental health is just as important as your physical
health. Sadness, loneliness, and anxiety can all affect how
successfully – or unsuccessfully – we manage to navigate our
work, public, and private lives.
CMHA encourages people to visit
www.mentalhealthweek.ca
for some great ideas and tips on how
you can become involved and
Get Loud when it comes to
Mental Health Awareness Week this May.
As author Lori Deschene gently reminds us: “You don’t
have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel
sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared and anxious. Having
feelings doesn’t make you a negative person. It makes you
human.” Celebrate you, every chance you get, my friends.•
KimberleeAnna (KAT) Taplay is mom to two fabulous young women, nana
to one, a ‘biker chick’, and creator of Project Dragonfly.
You can reach her at [email protected]
by John Patrick, Directed by James Luckett,
Produced by Chuck Learn
April 12-13, 19-20, 26-27*, 2019
Curtain 8:00 PM
*Note: Added Performance: Saturday April 27
Matinee (2:00 PM Curtain)
A successful actress wants to hide away in a remote hamlet
to write her memoirs. She can handle her persistent agent
but nosy, quirky neighbours are something else, they arrive
unannounced. Ensuing situations have us laughing
till tears come.
All at the Drama Centre, Central Park, 2311 New Street, Burlington.
Tickets at 905-639-7700 or theatreburlington.on.ca
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Silver & Gold Magazine ~ SPRING 2019
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