Health
Nutrition and Self-Care is Military Wellness
Image SuppliedSubmitted toShilo Stag Media Part two of Strengthening the Forces (#STF) Defence Team self-care series In the demanding world of the Canadian Armed Forces, where physical and mental challenges are great, self-care often gets sidelined. However, taking...
PTSD: History of the Nightmare
Image of a woman dreaming. Thomas Goenczi is an RCN Veteran and MA Clinical Counsellor with Private Practice: Well Then therapy, contributing a series of articles on PTSD and dreams. (Photo: Pixabay)Thomas GoencziShilo Stag contributor The term ‘nightmare’ comes from...
Sun Safety is necessary – not just in summer
A Canadian sailor looks on as the Royal Canadian Navy frigate Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Calgary (FFH 335) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Rim of the Pacific 2016 on June 29, 2016. (Photo: Submitted)Submitted article by Dr. Darrell Menard OMM MD, Dip...
Strengthening the Forces
(Image: Supplied)Submitted by: Health Promotions The Strengthening the Forces (STF) program is celebrating its 30th anniversary marking the milestone with a new look and feel – the STF Brand Refresh. Part of this celebration includes highlighting the journey of...
Lived experience in research matters
Lawrence Weldon, a veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy who fought in the Battle of the Atlantic, poses for a photo with his niece, Laura Evans and her husband, and Rear-Admiral John F. Newton and Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Pierre Auger after a memorial service in...
PTSD: Confronting Intrusive Thoughts
Photo: K-J Millar/Shilo Stag NewsContributed to Shilo Stag Media Thomas GoencziLookout contributor After we’ve had an encounter with trauma, our mind tends to shoot up spontaneous reminders about the psychological damage into our awareness.Our mind then begins to work...
Kindness makes the 3rd week of Feb. a little sweeter
Photo: image suppliedBy Leith Fermin-Rix, B.Sc., M.Ed. “No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” -...
CFB Shilo raises a flag to mental health awareness on Bell Let’s Talk Day
CFB Shilo raised a flag to bring awareness to mental health issues on Bell Let's Talk Day, Jan. 24. (Photo: K-J Millar/Shilo Stag News) K-J Millar Shilo Stag News "More than 200 people in Canada attempt suicide everyday. Twelve will die." CFB Shilo raised the flag on...
Inspiration, Innovation and Inclusion – National Addictions Awareness Week 2023
Corporal Pete Xing from 15th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, pulls a ‘rescued’ person up the side of a building in a simulated Light Urban Search and Rescue drill during Exercise ARCTIC EAGLE-PATRIOT 22 in Anchorage, Alaska, USA...
Seeking help for stronger mental health should not be stigmatized says CFB Shilo Base Commander
Lieutenant Colonel David Cronk, Base Commander at Canadian Armed Forces Base Shilo addresses a crowd of more than 100 people who attended the Light the Way Out of Darkness Suicide Awareness Walk on Sept. 8. He said mental health issues and reaching out for assistance...
