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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On Truth and Reconciliation Day, FTKWellness shares the story of Orange Shirt Day founder Phyllis Webstad and the meaning behind the orange shirt. 📣 www.orangeshirtday.org #OrangeShirtDay #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation #EveryChildMatters #IndigenousChildrenMatter #IndigenousLivesMatter

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"The Sickling" is a movie addressing Sickle Cell, treatments and the Black Community. Premiering @HotDocsCinema #SickleCellAwareness #StemCellTreatments #BlackHealthMatters boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pag...

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A story of mine—and many of us living with #Fibromyalgia... Short-term memory issues, losing simple words, forgetting what you were doing or losing your train of thought in the middle of a conversation. #brainfog #FibroFog #spoonielife Thanks to FibroWomen.com for this image. #FTKWellness

Image Description: Picture of Olaf from the movie Frozen, a bluish-white snowman wearing a green jacket. Image of creators' tag at bottom right Fibrowomen.com.

Image text: Fibromyalgia Cognitive Symptoms. Losing track in the middle of a task. Difficulty with short and long-term memory. Difficulty following a conversation, especially when there is background noise. Losing your thoughts...poof! Forgetting simple words. Ample brainfarts. Forgetting the sequence of routine tasks.

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you are a person who uses accessible devices in Toronto (and the GTA), you will definitely resonate with this article featuring disability creative and advocate Taylor Lindsay-Noel in Now Toronto. nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/to... #AccessibilityMatters #disabilityawareness #disabilityinclusion

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Why Toronto still isn’t accessible for people with disabilities| NOW Toronto

Why are disabled people still forced to investigate whether places are accessible in 2026? 'Access by Tay' exists for it.

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Happy Emancipation Day! ❤️🖤💚 The work continues.✊🏾 (The goal is that someday we won't have to) #EmancipationDay #MentalEmancipation #Sankofa #HeritageandHealing #FTKWellness

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is a classic but important episode from our "Seniors Voices" series! Sherry Bennett from Let's Talk Cannabis shares her personal journey of using #cannabis to manage #PTSD symptoms. 🎙️ Watch now to learn more about Sherry's life story and the healing benefits of cannabis: youtu.be/3WgRvlNvCMM

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

New episode: Alison Myrden shares her experience living with #MS and Trigeminal Neuralgia and her fight for better research on cannabis and #psilocybin for chronic pain. We discuss legal access, research barriers, and the future of pain medicine. #MedicalCannabis #ChronicPain

Promotional cover for a podcast episode titled “Psilocybin & Cannabis: The Future of Pain Medicine?” featuring guest Alison Myrden smiling in a wheelchair and holding up a peace sign. Cannabis leaves and mushrooms appear in the lower corner, with Freedom To Know Wellness branding on a black and purple background.

Photo of Alison Myrden with text introducing her as a Canadian drug-policy reform advocate living with Trigeminal Neuralgia and multiple sclerosis. The slide notes that she was among the first Canadians granted legal access to medical cannabis and now advocates for psilocybin access and research for chronic pain.

Photo of a younger Alison Myrden seated at a table with medication bottles and papers. Text explains that Trigeminal Neuralgia is an extremely painful facial nerve condition, sometimes called the “suicide disease,” and that Alison has lived with it alongside MS for decades.

Alison Myrden sits smiling and holding a large bag of dried mushrooms. Text explains that cannabis has a growing evidence base for pain management, while psilocybin research still lags behind and more research is needed to determine safe and effective dosing.

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"We're not clumsy—we're sick." Alison Myrden shares how years of being dismissed by the healthcare system became fuel for her advocacy for patients and medical cannabis in Canada. 🎙️ Full episode drops tomorrow. #MultipleSclerosis #MedicalCannabis #MedicalGaslighting

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Making Disability & Accessibility the Norm ♿✨ The Disability Pride Flag Red: Physical Gold: Neurodivergent White: Invisible Blue: Mental Health Green: Sensory #DisabilityPrideMonth #AccessibilityMatters #Inclusion

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

When your podcast guest is the person whose voice helps you survive 3 AM hot flashes 😅 Author & psychotherapist @farzanadoctor.bsky.social discusses somatic tools and her FREE guided meditations on #InsightTimer app. 🎙️Watch the full episode: youtube.com/shorts/GvMN0... #hotflashes #perimenopause

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

How to Maintain Your Emotional Balance When You're Triggered? @farzanadoctor.bsky.social Provides tips on balancing the nervous system and emotional well-being when managing #chronicillness and daily life. #windowoftolerance #healthyboundaries #mentalhealthmatters #FarzanaDoctor 🎙️🔗Links in Bio

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Living with a #chronicillness often means fighting your own body—especially when you’re prone to over-giving. Author & psychotherapist @farzanadoctor.bsky.social breaks down how to recognize and heal these #traumaresponses. 🎙️Listen on #Substack: open.substack.com/pub/freedomt... #SomaticHealing

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

#Fibromyalgia is known as The Overachiever Disease, we push past our limits until the mind disconnects from the body. Chronic fatigue. Brain fog. Pain so constant it feels normal. Rest isn't a reward. It's how we heal. #FibroWarrior #Spooniecommunity #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

🎥 Fibromyalgia...What You Need To Know! #fibrowarrior #spooniecommunity Visit freedomtoknowwellness.substack.com for more content on #Fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions.

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

REPOSTING this article for my fellow CHRONIC PAIN WARRIORS. This article discusses the complexity of loving your body while navigating chronic pain. SHARE with anyone this could SUPPORT. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/freedomt... #fibromyalgiaawarenessmonth #fibrowarrior #spooniecommunity

Image of a light-skinned black woman resting on her stomach with a hot water bottle on her back.

Image Body Text: Pain limits your relationship with your body. But your body has not failed you. Love your body through the pain. It feels your emotions.

Bottom Text: Freedom To Know Wellness.

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

"What is Fibromyalgia?" May is Fibromyalgia Awareness Month. 🔗Click the link for more details on Freedom To Know Wellness. open.substack.com/pub/freedomt... #fibrowarrior #fibromyalgiaawarenes #spooniecommunity #chronicpain

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What is Fibromyalgia?🎗️

Watch now | Fibromyalgia Awareness Month with FTKWellness

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

University of Toronto Body Mapping Study @utsc.utoronto.ca Seeking adults (18+) with multiple chronic health conditions (physical or mental) who have had a #pregnancy in the past 10 years. 📲 Scan QR code for details #bodymapping #chronicillness #postpartumhealing #mentalhealth #mindbody

"Heal From Emotional Trauma using Body Mapping" 🎨⚕️

If you are a person 18 and older with Multiple Chronic Health Conditions (physical or mental), and who has had a pregnancy within the past 10 years, the University of Toronto (Scarborough) @utsc is providing one in-person Body Mapping workshop, held at an accessible location in Toronto.

⏳ This 4-hour workshop uses art and body mapping to visualize and share your experiences with pregnancy care and chronic conditions.

Participants must complete one 60-minute online interview.

💰 Benefits: Participants will receive up to a $250 gift card for participating.

📍 Contact: Jannah Wigle at 647-691-4122 or email wiresearch.utsc@utoronto.ca

🎨 What is Body Mapping?

Body mapping is an arts-based, somatic practice that visually maps personal experiences, emotions, and physical sensations onto a human figure. Key benefits include increased emotional awareness, trauma processing, improved mind-body connection, and empowerment by documenting personal stories of resilience.

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Do Black, Brown and Indigenous women experience more Health Inequity compared to women of other races in North American medicine? Watch the 🎙️Full Episode "Black Maternal Health & Chronic Pain": youtu.be/sVsPQfOlGPc?... #BlackMaternalHealthWeek #BMHW26 #Preeclampsia #MedicalGaslighting #HealthEquity

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Black History, Mental Health Week & Women's History Month! Black Centred #Wellness #Podcast by @FTKWellness Follow on Substack, YouTube and Spotify #BHM #BlackMentalHealtWeek #WomensDay #UterineFibroids #Fibromyalgia #PTSD #Substack

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

To the many we’ve lost, to those still fighting, and to those who are now cancer-free—cancer has touched us all in some way, shape, or form. We stand in solidarity with you. 💜🎗️ #FTKWellness #fightagainstcancer #cancersucks #wordcancerday #standinsolidarity #cancerfree #wellnessjourney #women #men

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

New legislation in the state of Indiana, on Health Disparities Maternal Mortality Rates, to protect Black, Brown and all Moms in the United States. This is also important for us Canadians to take note of. #blackmaternalhealth #CulturalSensitivity #health4moms youtu.be/rHB4C2JyeIs?...

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New legislation aims to protect Black mothers in labor

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

SUBSCRIBE!!! www.freedomtoknowwellness.substack.com 🎙️Podcasts and 📚Resources to support your wellness journey! #ftkwellness #wellnessjourney #podcasts #resources #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #arthritis #autoimmunediseases

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Sneak Peek! We ask the question, "Can Love & Kindness Unlock Healing?" COMING SOON... Featuring Rachel Donen, guest practitioner, by @FTKWellness 👩🏾‍💻Click Link for Details: open.substack.com/pub/freedomt... #chronicpain #lovingkindness #thichnhathanh #fibromyalgia #FTKWellness

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Sneak Peek: Can Love & Kindness Unlock Healing?

Watch now | 🎙️Coming Soon...New FTKWellness podcast S1 Ep3

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Good morning, FTKWellness @followers 🌿✨ Enjoy the adorable wisdom and scientific curiosity of this 10-year-old boy, inspiring us all to keep growing in our wellness knowledge and journey. youtu.be/SRBaa03pQTc?... #seanthesciencekid #wellnesstips #inspiration

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Exploring the brain with 10-year-old 'Sean the Science Kid' | Chasing Life

YouTube video by CNN

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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

What is Disability Pride Month? July is Disability Pride Month. Catch FTKWellness featurette on why we celebrate Disability Pride Month. open.substack.com/pub/freedomt... #disabilitypridemonth #inclusionawareness #disability #FTKWellness

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July is Disability Pride Month!

FTKWellness Awareness Celebrations

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