🚨BIG NEWS🚨 Over the Bridge is excited to announce the launch of Supporting Act, its new & improved peer support program to foster greater mental health and wellness for members of the music community Get Details 👉 overthebridge.org/over-the-bridg…

☀️NEW INFO: Musician Conference panelists have been added to each Eventbrite workshop page(link in bio)! Speakers include musicians, music biz, artist managers, music orgs etc who will cover the 5 days/diff topics. Have questions about the topics? Comment below.👇 #HamOntMusic

HamOntMusic Hamilton Arts Council Hamilton PL Lisa Hamilton Music Collective @CasbahHamilton Over The Bridge Steph Montani Songwriters Canada ellis proud to be a part of this event ⭐

Core Values of Peer Support: Read here mind.org.uk/media-a/4247/p… #OTBTogether #peersupport #OTBTogether #mentalhealthrecovery #mentalhealthsupport Over The Bridge

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WHEN DOES PEER HAPPEN? Peer support occurs when people share a similar life experience and provide each other with support and encouragement and share information related to their experience. bit.ly/3pyfrS1 Over The Bridge #OTBTogether #peersupport #OTBTogether

How is peer support different from other support? Peer Support is different from the support you get from counselors, doctors and case managers. It is more than just being friends. bit.ly/3rKVFFl Over The Bridge #mentalhealthrecovery #OTBTogether

The presence of peer support is growing and formalizing. Mental health and addictions peer workers now have more access to national certification, and training opportunities to gain the necessary skills are increasing. Read more here bit.ly/3saLdaq Over The Bridge

OTB ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Watch Collin Clowes discuss the meaning behind his song, Something Human in this week’s Artist Spotlight. In it, Collin explains how music has become his primary tool to talk about feelings, emotions and the good and bad that one goes through.

If you're an artist who'd like to be featured in Artist Spotlight: The Story Behind The Music, reach out to [email protected]

IS PEER SUPPORT EASY? Peer Support is often not easy. People may have been strongly influenced by the mental health and other systems that have developed in our society. Read more here bit.ly/32bHnTG Over The Bridge #OTBTogether

The Power of Peer Support – Living with a mental illness can make you feel isolated. The stigma associated with mental illnesses don’t help, either. Read more here bit.ly/3FfnIRd Over The Bridge #OTBTogether #peersupport

New Episode EP/27. New Music from Nirvana? The Lost Tapes of the 27 Club with Ace Piva beatseeker.fm/episodes/episo… @otbnonprofit @AcePiva #27club #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness #nirvana #music #podcast #musicpodcast #newpodcast #musictechnology #musicdiscovery

WHY PEER SUPPORT? Peer support can make a difference! Research has demonstrated a number of ways peer support, in addition to regular treatment and therapy, can uniquely support people in recovery. Read more here bit.ly/3mqsTGH Over The Bridge #OTBTogether #peersuppor

How does peer support work? The broad definition of Peer Support, as it is used in the mental health & Recovery, is when two or more people with similar experiences get together… Read more here bit.ly/3mvCdt4 Over The Bridge #OTBTogether #peersupport

What is the role of a peer? They provide a source of information about the world outside the family. They let adolescents recognize their own abilities…Read more here bit.ly/3qseQ4L Over The Bridge #OTBTogether #peersupport

The benefits of Peer Support - The benefits of Peer Support are wide ranging for those receiving the support, peer-support workers themselves, and for the mental health system as a whole…Read more here bit.ly/3Jo9y2O Over The Bridge #OTBTogether #peersupport

Who can benefit from Peer Support? Peer-support programmes have been developed to such an extent that peer supporters, with adequate training…Read more here mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z/p/peer-… Over The Bridge #OTBTogether #peersupport

Each person should be empowered to decide what recovery means for them — and what they need in order to achieve it. These 6 dimensions of recovery-oriented care help put our recovery guidelines into action. Learn more: mentalhealthcommission.ca/resource/putti…