Four Steps To Becoming More Resilient Jean-Paul Bedard October 28, 2019 Contributors, Health, Jean-Paul Bedard 1717 Given the choice, I would choose struggle over the softer, easier way each and every time. Now before you accuse me of insanity, permit me the chance to invite you to reframe the way you approach adversit...
#ThisIsMeToo Jean-Paul Bedard September 30, 2019 Health, Jean-Paul Bedard, Running 1731 Every year on October 10th, we recognize World Mental Health Day. It’s an important day upon which the global community strives to not only raise awareness of mental health issues but also mobilize efforts to ...
The presence of absence Jean-Paul Bedard March 25, 2019 Contributors, Jean-Paul Bedard 1860 Jean-Paul Bédard We live in uncertain times, but this much I know to be true—live long enough, and sooner or later your life will go off script, leaving you with an aching feeling of dissonance precipitated by...
The act of becoming Jean-Paul Bedard October 30, 2018 Contributors, Health, Jean-Paul Bedard, Running 1421 By Jean-Paul Bédard For as long as I can remember, I’ve found great solace living in the margins— tenuous spaces inhabited by those set adrift, the wanderers, and the disenfranchised. I spent much of life unco...
The resilience is in the return Jean-Paul Bedard October 29, 2018 Contributors, Health, Jean-Paul Bedard 1439 Much like a wild animal, I am resilient—I have become accustomed to carving out an existence in the cruelest and most unforgiving places, and more often than not, that unforgiving space exists within the perilo...