Marjorie 🌎🌄

Social work student at midlife / seeks meaning via altruism.
Lived experience with mental illness, substance abuse, trauma, and bereavement.

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@ChefBonesNS wow I love the colour in your cheeks and the smile on your face - well done x

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@guyfelicella Guy, thank you for your acts of service and for your commitment to educating others about drug addiction, safer supply, harm reduction etc - my nephew died from a fentanyl overdose in 2021 - I wish I had done more for him.

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@LauraHeathh_ My daughter has been a paramedic for nearly as long as you have - can I ask what you are doing next? I wish you the best, and thank you for your service x

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@LakotaMan1 Until I moved to northern Ontario in my 50's and returned to school, I had not been taught the truth about colonialism, residential schools, the 60's scoop, etc. It is heartbreaking to consider what these children and their families endured.

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@DennisTirchPhD Wake up is a good way of putting it. That's exactly what I said to my therapist earlier today, reflecting on the past; that I feel like I have been asleep for a very long time and am beginning to wake up. I'm happy to be on a recovery journey too :)

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@Theholisticpsyc An interesting way of looking at it. I keep trying to regain my footing in order to be my old, productive self, and thought I needed more routine. But this makes me curious for sure. Thank you x

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@isda1979 Happy birthday, Harry x

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@RandomSecretary I used to suffer from low back pain when I was a runner. My PT showed me how to do "sloppy push-ups" which helped a lot, along with foam rolling tight spots.

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@McnallysaraMc Sara, I really suffer with my mental health too. Thanks for being brave and sharing your hurt I promise you are not alone x

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@ElonMuskAOC I'm not a Twitter addict by any stretch but this is a message I can get behind 🎈

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@Theholisticpsyc Emotional intimacy continues to elude me despite being in therapy for 8 years now. I continue to feel emptiness in any encounter and am very reluctant to let myself be seen.

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@ironbow My heart hurts for all the sorrows suffered by these innocent children. I only learned the truth of our colonial past after studying Indigenous social service work at college, at midlife. And the resulting intergenerational trauma that affects many today. Heartbreaking.

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

Giving away a copy of my book
TO ENTER:
1. Comment where you're from
2. Retweet

Winner will be announced tomorrow, good luck!

https://t.co/EDmlKOw0ex

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@Theholisticpsyc Toronto!

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@kesquepens I had to stop talking to my mother years ago - it's painful even though I know I did it for the right reasons. I'm sorry you are going through this.

[Lisa Richardson MD @RicharLisa]

Today is Red Dress Day. It is a day when we honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls & gender diverse people. We remember & uplift them. We support their loved ones. We recognize this disproportionate violence as a national tragedy. We advocate for change. #MMIWG2S

[Lindsey Boylan @LindseyBoylan]

A black man was murdered after expressing hunger & throwing his jacket down on the subway. We immediately see his entire criminal history as if an explanation.

Yet legacy media withheld the name of the white man who killed him speaking only of his decorated career as a marine.

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@wc_wells @CiurriaMichelle I've been in analysis for 8 years - I doubted the utility of the process many times. I'm still in the thick of it, but it has transformed me in ways that I simply cannot describe. It saved my life.

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@NedraTawwab I'm 55 and only recently learned this.

[Marjorie 🌎🌄 @simonecardinal]

@RachelSDianaT My last attempt was in 2017. I've since left my comfortable 9-5 job to pursue a career in social work - I will graduate next year!