The long and winding road to healing
It took Melissa Gowryluk over a year to feel comfortable enough to share her story with others. “Now that I have, it’s changed me.” “I feel more positive,” said the former St. Boniface Hospital patient. In January 2017, while she was away on a business...
My dance with life
In desperation, I pulled the fire alarm… Long before then, it all started with sleepless nights. I was 15 years old, and before long, my tossing and turning had become the onset of my mental illness. Suddenly, I couldn’t tell the difference between what was real...
Meet our guiding lights
It’s not hard for any of us to talk about our physical health – things like blood sugar, or a broken bone. But bring up mental illness, and suddenly we go silent for fear of stigma. As a psychiatrist in St. Boniface Hospital’s Mental Health Program for nearly 20...