A Word About Mental Health

In this episode, we turn the spotlight on the power of creative expression and shared dialogue. Host Bernadine Fox speaks with three remarkable guests who have helped shape and sustain this ongoing community conversation: A Word About Mental Health Isabella Mori, MEd — writer, retired counsellor, and organizer of A Word About Mental Health — discusses how storytelling, poetry, and connection can support recovery and understanding. Léa Taranto, a disabled Chinese Jewish Canadian writer living with OCD and comorbid disorders, shares how writing becomes both anchor and release. Her debut novel, A Drop in the Ocean, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Forest of Reading’s White Pine Award. Lynn, a retired English professor, writer, and advocate for brain health, reflects on her experiences as a participant in the series and on the healing power of shared presence and curiosity. Together they explore what happens when we talk openly about mental health, how art and community intertwine, and why sometimes the most powerful act of healing begins with a single word. A Word About Mental Health: where stories, art, and conversation help rethread the world one voice at a time.

Music by Shari Ulrich, Billie Ellish and Callum Scott  

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