A few years ago I got a message wondering how I was coping after a huge fundraising effort I'd been a part of. I, along with an incredible team of support staff and friends had run 120k spread over 5 consecutive days, to raise awareness for 5 mental health organizations in Midwestern Ontario. The training and planning had consumed my life for a couple of months prior. I told her I was fine. She asked again, "How are you ... really?" I was in fact not fine. I was dealing with post show blues ... the sadness that often comes for me when something wonderful reaches its natural conclusion. She and I had met a few months earlier at a mental health event in Goderich being sponsored by the Tanner Steffler Foundation.

Of course, there's a lot more to the story and we get into that a little bit this week as a lead up to a conversation about mental health with our friend John Steffler. John and his family are the founders of the Tanner Steffler Foundation. Learn more about one family's tragedy, and what they're doing to bring healing and hope to others in their community.