​           A Toolkit For Mental Health In Uncertain Times
 The impacts of this ongoing pandemic are hitting our community hard and the need to support each other has never been greater.  We can, and will, get through this but we all can use a little help sometimes.  While the physical health issues are of great concern , the silent pains of our mental health are just as real. 

No one is unaffected. No one is alone in this.

Need Help Right Now?
​Crisis Line
​310 6789

Tools for Ordinary People

This crisis may be your first time experiencing anxiety or elevated states of stress, or you may be a seasoned manager of these mental health issues; either way we feel this toolkit could help provide you some assistance with navigating your emotions and angst that many of us are feeling in these unusual times. ​This toolkit will be updated with new content all the time, be sure to check back regularly.
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HOPE = Personal Values + Purpose and Meaning + Community 
Greg McDonnell, HEALINGproject Curator

Who

What
This toolkit is for anyone experiencing anxiety, stress, or depression in this time crisis, even kids.  Although it has been curated with residents of Sea to Sky country in mind, most of the tools here are good for anyone anywhere in the world.  If you are not from Sea to Sky please feel free to browse - we are all in this together. ​
This is a toolkit in the truest sense.  It is a collection of carefully selected online videos, podcasts, articles, diagrams, tips, and insight in to how we can deal with stress, anxiety, and depression in our lives.  Our hope is that everyone can find a number of tools that they can rely on at any given moment inside this toolkit.

Where

Use the toolkit anywhere you are - either at home, work, on a walk, in bed, on the couch, on the living room floor, in your garden, in your car, quite literally anywhere.  All you need is an internet connection when you need a little extra help with getting your emotions in check.

When

Anytime you like, you can access the toolkit and and all that is in there.  Be sure to check back frequently as there will be new items placed in the drawers regularly from our collection of curators.  Again, all you need is a device and internet connection. 

​Why

These are unprecedented times in our lives, few of us have experienced anything on such a global scale as COVID-19.  We must band together to get through this - use our innate human spirit to lift each other when we need it.  Our curators believe in this.  That is why.
Our brains are wired for certainty, and that certainty has been striped from us all
Melahnie Moodie, HEALINGproject curator 
USER NOTE:  Use of this website and associated content is not intended to replace the experience and expertise of your personal health care provider nor mental health practitioner.  Should you find yourself feeling depressed and not yourself for multiple days on end, please seek guidance from your family physician.  If you feel as though you are going to commit an act of self harm or harm to others please contact the Crisis Hotline at 310 6789 (no area code required in BC), or dial 9-1-1.  This website is intended to support your mental health strictly from a peer perspective.
Photo used under Creative Commons from Tinker & Rove