RESOURCES
211 British Columbia
211 is FREE and CONFIDENTIAL. They provide information and referrals to a broad range of community, government, and social services that assist with basic needs like food and shelter, mental health and addictions support, legal and financial assistance, support for senior and more. You can find resources by postal code or community.
Crisis Centre BC
https://crisiscentre.bc.ca/get-help/
Crisis Centre BC can listen and help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, call 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE), or call your local crisis centre.
Anywhere in BC: 1-800-SUICIDE: 1-800-784-2433
Mental Health Support Line: 604-310-6789
Vancouver Coastal Regional Distress Line: 604-872-3311
Sunshine Coast/Sea to Sky: 1-866-661-3311
Seniors Distress Line: 604-872-1234
Online Chat Service for Youth: www.YouthInBC.com (Noon to 1am)
Online Chat Service for Adults: www.CrisisCentreChat.ca (Noon to 1am)
Anywhere in BC: 1-800-SUICIDE: 1-800-784-2433
Mental Health Support Line: 604-310-6789
Vancouver Coastal Regional Distress Line: 604-872-3311
Sunshine Coast/Sea to Sky: 1-866-661-3311
Seniors Distress Line: 604-872-1234
Online Chat Service for Youth: www.YouthInBC.com (Noon to 1am)
Online Chat Service for Adults: www.CrisisCentreChat.ca (Noon to 1am)
The Canadian Mental Health Association(CMHA)
Promotes mental health awareness and supports the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness. They provide information, resources, educational events, direct services, and research and advocacy.
Phone: 604-688-3234
Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia
MDABC Provides support and education for those struggling with mood disorders and their families. In addition, MDABC provides a rapid mental health walk-in clinic (doctor's referral needed) for individuals requiring quick access to psychiatric assessment services. Follow-up is offered in the form of psycho-educational groups.
Phone: 604-688-3234
Anxiety Canada
Anxiety Canada provides resources and programs to understand and treat anxiety. For adults, children and youth.
The Global Mindfulness Collaborative
https://globalmindfulnesscollaborative.org
"The Global Mindfulness Collaborative (GMC) is an international network of MBSR teacher trainers committed to offering evidence based MBSR Teacher Training in alignment with high quality standards and best practices."
Apps
Insight Timer (App)
https://insighttimer.com/en-ca
Insight Timer is a free App that offers over 100K guided meditations from leaders around the world. This is my go to meditation resource.
Headspace (App)
One of the more popular meditation apps, Headspace also has a miniseries on Netflix.
Books
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and, Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness, by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, by Bob Stahl and Elisha Goldstein.
Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss, by Sameet M. Kumar.
Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting, by Jon Kabt-Zinn and Myla Kabat-Zinn.
Websites
Jon Kabat-Zinn
https://www.mindfulnesscds.com/
Meditations, videos, articles and more on the work of Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn. Interested in learning more about MBSR on your own? This is a good place to start.
Centre for Mindfulness Canada
https://centreformindfulness.ca/about/
"The Centre for Mindfulness Canada (CFMC), in North Vancouver, is a Global Mindfulness Collaborative (GMC), which was formed in partnership with the Mindfulness Centre at Brown University. Our Centre is recognized as one of the handful of world leading institutions in mindfulness that exemplifies the standards for Mindfulness based interventions through evidence-based research and experiential training and education."
Michael Stone
https://michaelstoneteaching.com/
"Teachings from Yoga and Buddhism for Living an Engaged Life. The late Michael Stone was an internationally recognized Buddhist teacher, author, host of the Awake in the World podcast, and mental health Advocate. Michael has provided the world with a community library based on his talks, workshops, and lectures," which you can find for free on his website.