Searching for Solutions
As the former mayor of a mid-size Canadian city, I witnessed firsthand the growing social challenges facing communities across North America. Searching for Solutions explores urgent issues like the housing crisis, homelessness, mental health, addiction, and food insecurity and, more importantly, the disruptive ideas that are making a real difference.
Each episode features a guest who helps unpack a problem and points toward practical, proven solutions.
This podcast is for anyone who cares about their community and wants to move from frustration to action at a time when too many people feel powerless to create change.
Searching for Solutions
Designing better systems of mental health and addictions care through lived experiences
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When we talk about addictions and the complexities of homelessness and mental health, there is often a empty chair at the table - the person with lived experience. It has become increasingly clear that creating programs and systems of care with input from those with lived experiences often creates better outcomes.
On this episode Janice Arnoldi, host of Life Unscripted on the Bell Media network, talks about her personal journey living with bipolar disorder (manic depression) and how it has informed her approach to mental health and addictions. Janice is a successful entrepreneur and mental health advocate in the Greater Toronto region.