Bell Let’s Talk – Or Listen

Well the day has swung around again. It’s Bell Let’s Talk day. Bell Let’s Talk is a day set aside in Canada to give attention to and fundraiser for mental health, since it began in 2010.

Today, Bell will donate more towards mental health initiatives in Canada by contributing 5¢ for every applicable text, call, tweet or video using #BellLetsTalk, social media video views and use of their social media frames or lens. Basically if you do the specified things, money gets raised to be given to mental health initiatives.

I did a quick check on where the funds go, and there has been many dollars going to many different things throughout the years. I won’t go in to detail but it’s available for you to go through it for yourself online.

The slogan is Let’s Talk, but I think Let’s Listen is a necessary partner slogan. I totally agree that more conversations need to happen about mental health, and more people need to talk about mental health. But I think that listening about mental health is a valuable piece to that puzzle as well.

But what does that mean? Well to start off with, I think it means to actually truly listen. Active listening. Listening on a deeper level.

Listening is a valuable part of the mental health recovery picture. Speaking up about mental health issues is so important, but we also need someone to listen. That person who will truly take the time to come along beside us and give us the time and space to talk.

Having that person in your life, whether it’s a close friend or family member, or a therapist, someone who can make you feel safe enough to talk about what you are working through. That is critical.

I have seen this play out in my life. I have chosen to be very open about my mental health issues and what I have been through. Because I have chosen to do that, it has allowed me to be able to change positions and become the listener for others.

I am so grateful that I have been able to listen to people as they open up and share about the difficulty in their lives and be that supportive and listening ear. To be that safe space for someone who is struggling.

I am praying for you friend, as you seek out someone who can be that safe space for you to talk or if you are that person who creates the safe space for someone else and listens to them.

Comment below if you have any thoughts about this. Or shoot me a personal message through the contact form on the site.

What do you think about Let’s Listen? What do you think about Bell Let’s Talk?

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