A junior at Lafayette College studying Neuroscience and a 2019 Quell Foundation Scholar, Zachary Whitney closed out the 2019 Masquerade Ball. He shared his personal story of resiliency and hope in the wake of the loss of his sister, Ciara, who died by suicide just two short years ago. […]
For those who are new to the notion of remote work/work-from-home, it may feel incredibly invasive to now mix your personal space with business activities. As a national organization, our team at The Quell Foundation has mastered the art of remote work, and we’re here to share our tried and true, top-tips to help create boundaries that’ll ease you through this transition. […]
In 2017, Sharon Abraczinskas was a turning point. Her beautiful and vibrant daughter was hospitalized for depression after her university’s counseling center immediately refused her treatment. Her daughter had reached a tipping point, and the school, seeing her as a liability, forced her to leave campus. Admittedly, the center was not equipped to deal with her degree of mental illness. […]
Through open, judgment-free dialogue, we can remove the stigma of mental health. Brianna Searles is a Quell scholar, and a Quell Junior Board member. “In only 20 short years, I’ve gone through a lot. I’m a daughter, sister, and friend. But that isn’t the whole of me. I have only shown my alter ego. The happy me, the one my family would be proud of showing off. I wore a mask to make everyone think I was the happiest person ever, but on the inside, I wasn’t.” […]
Through open, judgment-free dialogue, we can remove the stigma of mental health. Michaela Kearney is a Quell scholar alum, a Quell Junior Board member, and featured in our documentary “Lift the Mask – Portraits of Life with Mental Illness.” Ever since I was a little girl, I chased Marshall. There was something about him that […]
I am a proud third generation immigrant. My grandparents emigrated from India to England then finally landed in Canada. Like most cookie cutter immigrant stories they wanted to alter the course of their lives, and more importantly their children’s’ lives, in favor of better opportunity. They worked factory jobs well below their skill level and […]
Depression does not discriminate. In 2012, Kevin Lynch learned this the hard way. That year, Kevin’s 26-year-old son was released from a maximum-security prison, where he spent six years in isolation for behaviors consistent of a person with un-medicated mental health diagnosis. To get his son back on track, Kevin agreed they would go back […]
Imagine your child asking if you would like him to leave a note before he commits suicide. That’s the conversation that Liz Charpentier and her son Dennis had in 2015. After years of battling bipolar disorder, OCD, autism, anxiety, bulimia, drug addiction, psychosis, and other mental health conditions, Dennis, just 21 years old, didn’t want to […]