A New Dawn Podcast with Dawn and Tracey

September 22, 2019

Tracey Maxfield

Season 1: Episode 53 – Tracey Maxfield Discusses her battle with depression, how she fell into “The Rabbit Hole,” and her platform and advocacy.

September 22, 2019

Tracey Maxfield is doing all the things I dream about, she wrote a book about coming out of the Rabbit Hole of depression and is a speaker in schools across the globe. Her philosophy meshes with mine, help teach kids how to cope with the stresses of life, manage anxiety, emotions and how to breathe properly. Our school children are stressed out and you can gain a deeper understanding of her thoughts, listen to the podcast.

Podcast link

Self-Injury In Children By Leah Davies, M.Ed.

Catherine’s elementary school teacher noticed cuts on Catherine’s arm and asked what had happened. Catherine responded that she had fallen off her bike into some thorns. The teacher did not think any more about it. But later, she noted that Catherine always wore long-sleeved shirts and long pants even when

March 15, 2019 No Comments

Guest Mental Illness Articles

Alcohol Consumption During COVID

During times of stress, people often reach for alcohol. A substance long-relied upon for social relief, celebratory occasions, and for pleasure, it is also used as an escape mechanism, or to cope with difficult times, tiring days, or distressing situations. The latter scenarios are played out in all pockets of

January 4, 2021 104 Comments

“I love Kelowna” Podcast with Luke Menkes and Tracey Maxfield

Since the release of her book, Escaping the Rabbit Hole: my journey through depression, Tracey Maxfield has become a staunch advocate for Mental Illness and Mental Health Awareness and Bullying and completed the course, Bringing Mental Health to Schools. She has met with teenagers ages 11 to 15 years to talk about

December 7, 2018 No Comments

You’ve Got This with Sarah Hanamaker

July 17, 2020 No Comments

Dementia to-do list

Finding out you have dementia can be upsetting and frightening for the person with dementia, the caregiver and the family. Suddenly, the life path you were on has now changed direction. Your hopes and dreams for the future may seem unattainable; you may feel helpless, hopeless and lost, but what you need to know is

April 13, 2018 No Comments

Children, Teens & Young Adults Mental Health

Anxiety Disorders in Children and Teenagers #27

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EQhdjKvjqI[/embedyt] We learnt from blog posts #1 and #2 that a mental disorder or illness is caused by a disturbance in one or more of the six domains of brain function. When we are stressed, anxious, scared or shocked, the signaling domain in the brain is triggered and the

December 16, 2019 32 Comments