Anne

I’ve lived with mental health challenges since my early teens, but didn’t know where to turn to for support. In university I worked up the courage to seek professional help, and also found Kaleidoscope. Soon Kscope became my weekly routine and I met many kind and compassionate humans and started to feel less alone in my struggles. A year later I trained to be a facilitator and have not left since. Since then, I’ve lived through coercive, violent and mandated treatment, and I wouldn’t have been able to come through that without the care and advocacy from my peers. Peer support is a passion of mine and even as I train to be a naturopathic physician, I know I will take my living experience and peer support approaches into my future practice.