Our Stories

Adam Jesin is a Toronto-based musician/songwriter and the co-founder of Northern Frequencies, a music production company. Adam is also the vice chair of Sheena’s Place’s…

Alex was first introduced to Sheena’s Place while completing a practicum, as an art therapy student at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. Two years after…

“Eating disorder support” and “systemic racial inequity” are phrases that are not often used in the same sentence. However, the two are inextricably connected. This…

“I had to get lost along the way to try to put the building blocks back together.” Colleen’s earliest recollections of eating-related challenges date back…

Jeffrey (he/him) was working full-time as a marketing coordinator at the age of 27 when he realized he was losing his battle with eating issues….

Ella (she/her) came to Sheena’s Place at a time where she felt she had hit rock bottom. She had stopped socializing and felt obsessed with…

A few weeks ago, Sheena’s Place reached out to me to ask if I would consider writing a piece about my personal experience with my…

Priya (she/her) has been working with Sheena’s Place for over a year now, facilitating a group that focuses on expressing emotions through music. This is…

Ron and Catherine became involved with Sheena’s Place in a somewhat unique way. Their daughter, who was dealing with an eating disorder, was searching online…

Kat (she/her) had always been involved in contemporary dance and was in her second year of a social work program at Ryerson when she found…

  Sookie (she/they) began her experience as a facilitator at Sheena’s Place in the summer of 2019, co-facilitating three workshops on challenging fatphobia, sizeism, and…

For Maddie, Sheena’s Place was a critical support network in an unfamiliar city. This is her story. “It was the first mental health thing I…