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In this video, I’m taking you along for a hike through Grotto Creek Canyon (near Exshaw/Canmore out in Kananaskis Country) while opening up about why I’ve stepped back from making traditional mental health and wellness content.

As a former peer support worker and trainer, my entire channel was built on this exploration. But constantly working on "healthy moments" can get exhausting to the point where it has the opposite effect.

Sometimes, you just have to stop practicing, go out into the world, and live whimsically to test your actual resiliency. To borrow a line from Batman Begins: what's the point of doing all those bloody push-ups if you can't lift a log?

What You'll Find Here:

Tools and Tips

I share things I’ve learned from the field like ways to check in with yourself, how to support others and yourself.

Interviews and Stories

I use lived experience to connect the dots between people, stories, and mental wellness.

Experiments in Living

Because sometimes the most helpful thing is
trying something new and seeing what sticks.

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As I, A Peer - Podcast

As I, A Peer explores how people turn lived experience into care, creativity, and connection. Each episode shares real stories of healing and community

Follow Jeff as he moves through meeting the people who make care real one conversation at a time.

Episode 5: Robyn -
She Healed Her Chronic Migraines With Nature

In this episode of the As I, A Peer Podcast, I’m taking you along for a mental health walk through the breathtaking Alder Loop and Banded Peak trails in Bragg Creek, just outside of Calgary, Alberta. Joining me is Robyn, the co-owner of Banff Wilderness, a local outdoor adventure hike company.

Robyn opens up about her intense battle with chronic migraines—experiencing them up to 24 days a month, complete with terrifying aura vision loss.

She shares the fascinating science of how the brain learns pain pathways, and how she completely shifted her reality. By spending hours sitting in the quiet woods, practicing deep meditative breathing, and reassuring her nervous system that she wasn't in danger, she managed to break the pain loop.

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July 8, 2026

Why I Quit Making Mental Wellness Content

Jeff Turner

Former peer support worker Jeff Turner explains why he quit making mental wellness content, choosing lived experience over burnout on a hike near Canmore.

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