Life Unscripted - Stories of Mental Health and Addiction
Life Unscripted has one goal - to break down stigma by sharing the inspiring stories of people living with mental illness and addiction. Shame and fear often stop people who really need help from reaching out. COVID 19 has created a mental health and addiction pandemic. For many, anxiety is now part everyday life. Alcohol and drug use has increased as people try to cope. Host Janice Arnoldi has lived with bi-polar (manic depression) disorder for more than 30 years. She has a half hour radio show and speaks regulary to groups about mental illness.
Episodes
146 episodes
The Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline
More than 5,000 people have called the Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline in 2025. The hotline is run by the Canad...
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Yep, Sh!t Happens
For more than two decades Ted Mouradian, president of the 2% factor, has helped hundreds of businesses create long-term, sustainable behavioral change using his infallible Law of Cooperative Action.Ted has written five books and his late...
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Wild Ride to Sobriety
Ian Fee had his first sip of beer when he was still in a stroller. His parents liked to party and as he got older so did he. Ian's memoir Wild Ride to Sobriety: Transformation from Drunken Oblivion to Profound Clarity takes us on the road...
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Wind Phones - A Unique Way to Deal With Grief
The first "wind phone" was an unconnected telephone booth installed in the back yard by Japan artist Itaru Sasaki in 2010 to help him process the grief of losing his cousin who he had spoken to every day. After the devastating 2011 tsunami, hun...
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Rapid Transformational Therapy® - a Combination of Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy
Rapid Transformational Therapy® (RTT®) is a form of therapy that combines hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, and neuroscience principles. RTT® was developed and launched by hypnotherapist/psychotherapist Marisa Peer in 1985. It is based on a detailed...
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Part Two Leonard Buschel Author of High: From Cannabis to Clarity
This is Part Two of my interview with Leonard Buschel, author of
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High: From Cannabis to Clarity - Author Leonard Buschel's Story From Drug Dealer to the Stars to Recovery Champion
Leonard Buschel was 17 when he decided he wanted to be a sucessful drug dealer and became the drug dealer to the stars for more than 30 years. He was also an addict who smoked cannabis from morning, noon to night and spent most nights using coc...
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Climate Change Anxiety is Becoming a Major Mental Health Issue
Climate change anxiety is a growing mental health issue. In Canada, massive fires across the country leading to evacuations and homes burning to the ground are leaving people with a sense of dread.Laurie Sarkadi is a journalist and autho...
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Welcoming Streets Peer Support Workers Helping the Homeless
If you’ve been downtown in St. Catharines recently you may have seen some people wearing bright yellow tee shirts. They are peer support workers, all who have been homeless, and are out every day connecting with and supporting people who are li...
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The Kristen French Child Advocacy Centre - Turns Trauma into Triumph
The Kristen French Child Advocacy Centre in Niarara has released the new Kids First Project for schools. Kids from kindergarten to grade 12 learn about safe and unsafe touching, secrets and recognizing potentially dangerous online behaviour.
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Rise in Rage Increasing Anger in Adults and Youth
Therapist Julie Christiansen is an expert on anger. One of her most recent books is titled Rise in Rage. Julie talks about how Canadians are experiencing more bouts of anger and even rage, in part because of the helplessness and the threa...
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Peer Street Outreach for People Living Homeless
Experience shows that peer support is extremely successful. I’m going to start off with a new pilot program in St. Catharines called Welcoming Streets. It’s a partnership between Reach Niagara and Positive Living Niagara (POS), supported by Nia...
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One in 4 teen age girls experience gender violence
We know that gender violence against women and femicides in Canada continue to grow. But an alarming 1/4 of adolescent girls who are dating boys are experiencing an abusive relationship. Nicole Regehr, executive director at Gillian'...
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Social Media Is Riskier For Kids Who Are Already Struggling
Erin Clayton from Pathstone Mental Health for kids talks about how kids who are already at risk face greater threats from social media.
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CASON Niagara - Help for Alcohol, Drug and Gambling Addiction
CASON - Community Addiction Services of Niagara - provides comprehensive alcohol, drug and gambling addiction treatment for individuals and their families.Executive Director Janice Rutger talks about the challenges people and families f...
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More And More People In Canada Are Going Without Food
In 2023, 22.9% of people across Canada lived in households that struggled to afford the food they need. That's 8.7 million people and a devastating 2.1 million children. The new numbers for 2024 from Feed Ontario shows an increase of 30%....
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Sammy - Part Two of a Young Woman's Story of Suicide
Sammy Bazely was on the show last week to talk about suicide and the overwhelming feeling that the world, and especially her young daughter, would be a better place without her.Sammy talked about the time leading up to her suicide attemp...
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Sammy - Part One of A Young Woman's Story of Suicide
Sammy Bazely is a young woman who is telling her story of struggling with suicide in the hopes that other people can recognize themselves in her story and reach out for help. Sammy is young, married, has a beautiful daughter and run...
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Valery Brosseau and Validate Mental Health
When Valery Brosseau was diagnosed with bipolar 2 and borderline personality disorder in her early 20s it didn’t take long for her to realize that talking openly about her illness was healing for her and helped reduce stigma so other people cou...
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Young Caregivers Are Providing Basic Needs for Their Parents and Siblings
Young caregivers are an invisible and little known support for family members who need day to day help for basic needs. They provide personal care like grooming, helping with medication, getting dressed and feeding. But a growing nu...
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Meet Zane! He's A Cuddly Mental Health Facility Support Dog
There’s a special new dog in town! His name is Zane and he’s a mental health facility support dog at Pathstone Mental Health. That sounds a bit formal and it’s easier to think of Zane as a cuddly assistant.Zane was specially traine...
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Recognizing the Warning Signs of Suicide.
September is Suicide Awareness Month.Every year, approximately 4,500 people in Canada die by suicide, that equals 12 people dying by suicide every day. Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death in young people aged 15 to ...
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People Will Die! Ontario Closes 10 Supervised Consumption Sites
Ontario Health minister Silvia Jones made a surprise announcement at the Association of Municiplaties of Ontario's annual conference in mid-August that no one expected – the closing of 10 supervised drug consumption sites across the provi...
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