Keep Talking
A podcast by the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia
Keep Talking is a podcast from the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia, featuring honest conversations around mental health, lived experience, and hope. Through thoughtful storytelling and meaningful dialogue, Keep Talking invites listeners to reflect, learn, and feel less alone. These conversations aren’t about having all the answers — they’re about connection, compassion, and continuing the dialogue.
Hosted by Sam Madore, each episode brings together voices from across our communities — advocates, leaders, and people with lived experience — to explore what it really means to support mental wellness, navigate addiction and recovery, and create spaces where people feel seen, heard, and supported.
New episodes are released every second Wednesday at 7:00 AM AST on Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts.
Content note: Episodes may include discussions of suicide and other sensitive topics. Listener discretion is advised.
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Episode 7: Lorna Griffin-Fillier — Trauma, Boundaries, and Building a Life of Connection
In this episode of Keep Talking, host Sam Madore sits down with Lorna Griffin Fillier, Professional Practice Leader with Nova Scotia Health and Vice Chair of the Mental Health Foundation
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Episode 6: Morgan Manzer — Lived Experience, Leadership, and Showing Up Authentically
In this episode of Keep Talking, host Sam Madore sits down with Morgan Manzer, a Staff Lawyer with Nova Scotia Legal Aid and Chair of the Mental Health Foundation of
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Episode 5: Stacy Darku — Trauma, Grief, and Building Spaces for Healing
In this episode of Keep Talking, host Sam Madore sits down with Stacy Darku, a Registered Counselling Therapist with the Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists and owner of Esinam
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Episode 4: Paul Hollingsworth — Grief, Purpose, and Turning Loss Into Action
In this episode of Keep Talking, host Sam Madore sits down with Paul Hollingsworth, Multi-Skilled Journalist with CTV National News, for a deeply personal and meaningful conversation. Paul shares his
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Episode 3: Karen Furneaux — Movement, Mental Illness, and Redefining Strength
In this episode of Keep Talking, host Sam Madore is joined by Karen Furneaux — three-time Olympian, world champion sprint kayaker, author, and mental health advocate — for an honest
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Episode 2: Mary Deacon — Let’s Talk, Leadership, and Lasting Change
In this episode of Keep Talking, we sit down with Mary Deacon, Chair and Founder of Bell Let’s Talk. This conversation explores Mary’s why — what first inspired her to
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Episode 1: Caitlin Morrison — Long-Term Recovery, Legacy, and Hope
Welcome to the very first episode of Keep Talking, a podcast from the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia — featuring honest conversations around mental health, lived experience, and hope.