S1E10: My New Life (Nov 18/23)

“My New Life” tells my story of a new start in life for me beginning soon after successfully recovering from schizophrenia, bicycling across Canada, and then continuing my mental health advocacy work in developing countries at www.MindAid.ca.

I have been wondering if it’s possible to make a mental health co-operative for Mind Aid instead of a nonprofit or social enterprise. I am looking forward to speaking to my provincial organization that helps create co-operatives soon. I am curious as to what they will say about my idea.

Many things can become co-operatives and there are apparently health care co-operatives that do exist, so my idea may not be so far-fetched. By the way, dogs love things that are far-fetched!

If you’d like to learn a bit about co-operatives and how they are one of the main ways forward in the future, check out this article:

https://cecnb.ca/cecnb-blog/becoming-the-society-we-want-suggestion-becoming-the-society-we-all-want

The article also mentions a TED talk by Nick Hanauer on how and why the wealthy and poor divide has grown in recent decades and how to fix it. It is a fascinating talk that I think everyone should watch.

As for our dietary mental and physical health, I have been learning a bit more about food recently. I have learned some…