Not All Stress is the Enemy
April is Stress Awareness Month, a time dedicated to understanding the various ways stress manifests in your life. While stress is something everyone experiences, it doesn’t affect us all in the same way. This month [...]
National Child Day – November 20, 2025
National Day of the Child is held annually on November 20th. It is a day to acknowledge the importance of children’s rights and our country’s commitment to upholding them. The United Nations Convention on the [...]
Sleep, Food, and Movement: The Basics Still Matter
In today’s world of social media, wellness is often portrayed as a series of elaborate routines, trendy hacks, and must-buy products. It can feel like you are bombarded with advice on what you should be [...]
NEW EQUIPPED COURSE: Mental Health Explorer: Navigating Mental Health Services
Mental Health Explorer: Navigating Mental Health Services CMHA Calgary understands that through raising mental health awareness, busting stigma, and encouraging help-seeking in youth, we must also provide relevant navigation tools, resources, and supports so youth feel [...]
Build Mental Health Literacy: NEW Mental Health Resource Guide for Parents and Caregivers!
For some young people, a combination of mental health concerns, lack of protective factors, and the absence of family-based resiliency can lead to higher rates of delinquency, violence, and crime-related activities. We are aiming [...]
Identifying Different Types of Mental Illnesses
There are many different types of mental illnesses and they affect everyone in different ways. With each type of mental illness, people may have unique experiences and challenges. Health professionals divide mental illnesses into groups [...]
Introducing EQUIPPED: a new online mental health resource for young adults
Phillip Thomas was a special student at the University of Calgary. Intelligent and athletic, he had an incredible ability to make everyone laugh. As a member of the UofC Calgary Dinos tennis team, and a [...]
Expressing Empathy
Have you ever heard someone say, “Put yourself in someone else’s shoes?” This phrase is often related to empathy. Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person. Practicing [...]
Mental Health and Body Image
Body image is a person's feelings and perception of the look of their own body. A person's view of their body image can change from day-to-day, but the only true thing that changes is how [...]
What is Toxic Positivity?
Being a positive person is not a bad thing, however, responding to other people's negative emotions and feelings with responses such as, 'Look at the bright side,' 'Everything happens for a reason,' or 'Just be [...]