Tag: Mental Health
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Chapter 2: Vancouver – The Quest Begins
Showing up to the first Winter Invictus Games felt like setting off on some grand, uncharted quest—one filled with unknowns, a little fear, and the promise of something bigger than myself.
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Countdown to Courage: Get Ready for the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025!
This week marks the “One Year to Go” event, a milestone that signals the countdown to what promises to be an extraordinary celebration of resilience, sportsmanship, and unity.
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Beware of Darkness: The Challenge of Writing in English When It’s Not Your Mother Tongue
Tulum – For the last three years, I’ve been in and out of a very dark cloud that is called blues. My mother’s cancer, the pandemic, losing my closest uncle and three months later, losing my aunt and seeing my father as the only survivor of his immediate family. Death have been a constant presence…
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Looking Forward to the Republic of Canada?
My feelings regarding the British Royal Family in the past was a mix. I grew up in the 80s and 90s. Diana, the Princess of Wales was, for me, the image of the monarchy. In my mind, a gentle princess (Diana) being an advocate for AIDS and poverty, and a prince (Charles) creating a charity…
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Invictus Games is in the House
MONTREAL – In three months, we will all gear up for the NBA’s, NHL’s playoffs and The Invictus Games. Good things come in three. It’s been 6 years since we witnessed the very first Invictus Games. After seeing the Warriors Games in 2013, Harry, The Duc of Sussex, saw first-hand the power of sports as…
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Goodbye is the hardest word to say. Rest well Kristoff
Written by Sabine Demosthenes MONTREAL- Yesterday around 11:45am, near lunchtime, my brain needed a little break so I went on The People Magazine website to read something light, for just a few minutes. I couldn’t have expected the news I read. I read the very heartbreaking news that Kristoff St. John had passed away. I was speechless! I couldn’t even…
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So hard to say goodbye to Anthony Bourdain
Written by Sabine Demosthenes I’m in total shock. I’m in this weird, very bad dream where Anthony Bourdain committed suicide. Can I wake up out of this terrible dream and this horrendous week? Wake up! It’s not a nightmare. This is real. I’m on my train ride into city and I’m just crying. The young lady next to…