We interview Tracey Maxfield in this episode. I have not seen the passion for a cause like you will find in Tracey Maxfield and her Bullying platform in several years. I enjoyed the talk I had with Tracey and found new optimism for our youth. We need to find more people with as much vigor as you will find in Tracey as she addresses the delicate subjects that she tackles. We love seeing people ensure a bright future for all children with no side agenda attached this is exactly what you find in Tracey Maxfield. You can find all of the supporting information along with our supplemented video for this episode on our website:
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Tracey Maxfield Biography

Tracey Maxfield is a nurse with over 36 years’ experience. She is certified in gerontology and dementia care and is a regular guest on the well-known author and radio host Peter Rosenberger’s show Hope For the Caregiver on WLAC and iHeart Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. Tracey has written articles on dementia care, medical research and mental illness/bullying in teenagers. She is the Purple Angel Dementia Ambassador for the Okanagan. B.C.

Tracey experienced her first episode of clinical depression in her twenties and lived with chronic depression ever since. However, nothing prepared her for the acute depressive episode she experienced in 2015. After enduring years of intense workplace stress, harassment and bullying, she plummeted into an abyss of darkness, hopelessness and despair the likes of which she had never experienced before.

Encouraged by a psychologist, Tracey started a Blog, Escaping the Rabbit Hole: my life with depression, to better help her friends understand her depression. Over time, Tracey began to heal and found that out of the darkness and despair, there is hope, there is life after depression.

Since the release of her book, Escaping the Rabbit Hole: my journey through depression (www.traceymaxfield.com), Tracey has become a staunch advocate for Mental Illness and Mental Health Awareness and Bullying and completed the course, Bringing Mental Health to Schools. She has met with teenagers ages 11 to 15 years to talk about bullying and mental illness and has appeared on numerous podcasts in the USA, Canada and UK, live radio shows and ABC KOMO News 4, KSHV 45, and NBC News 6 television shows. In June, Tracey was featured in a series of articles by HelloCare magazine in Australia.

In September, Tracey embarked on a new life journey, she sold her home, donated most of her possessions to various charities and made a commitment to try and make a difference in the world and is spending six months traveling in the USA, talking about mental illness and bullying in children and teenagers. Her philosophy is to Engage children and teenagers, to Educate them about mental illness and bullying and to Empower them to develop confidence and skills to continue to move ahead in their own life journey.

Tracey completed the Global 7/7 Challenge and recorded 7 days/7 videos on mental illness https://www.traceymaxfield.fyi.to/changingthefaceofmentalillness and bullying in children and teenagers https://www.traceymaxfield.fyi.to/helptraceystopbullying. Tracey recently appeared on radio and TV in Kansas and Tennessee and was one of the ‘Break Out’ presenters at the TEACH 2019 Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. In May/June, in recognition of Mental Health Awareness month, Tracey will be traveling to Texas, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee for media appearances and to give presentations to schools. In July and August, she will be in the UK.

Born in Wales, U.K. Tracey moved to Canada in 1987. She currently lives in the Okanagan Valley in beautiful British Columbia. Escaping the Rabbit Hole: my journey through depression is her first book and has received international rave reviews. It is available at Barnes & Noble, www.BOL.com, www.BookDepositorycom, and on Amazon in soft cover, Kindle, and audiobook.

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"Prepare to be horrified! Suicide is now the 2nd leading cause of death for children, teens and young adults age 5 to 24.....yes, you read it correctly, children as young as 5 are committing suicide (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2017). Are you speechless? horrified? dumbstruck? heartbroken? I AM! Because many years ago, I was one of those children. I endured constant soul destroying abuse, I picked up a razor blade, I wanted to end my life. I wanted to end the pain…I have been there, I have lived it, breathed it, fought it and I made it out of hell, not once or twice but three times…and I am now helping our kids, our future generation to find their way out of the darkness and despair… "


Canadian Author and Nurse Tracey Maxfield Shares Her Personal Story of Battling Depression
Maxfield Working to End the Stigma of Mental Illness and Stop the Suicide Epidemic in the U.S. and Canada
Interview guest pitch:
Vancouver, B.C. Canada April 04, 2019 – Author and medical professional Tracey Maxfield share her personal journey through mental illness. Her book Escaping the Rabbit Hole: my journey through depression is critically acclaimed even being nominated for the 2019 Author Academy Awards. She now travels the world helping others to know they’re not alone. Fighting the stigma is so important when it comes to mental illness, so people aren’t afraid to speak up and get help.

”Tracey has journeyed very deep into emotional pain, far beyond where many people have traveled. She can teach you, and me, and all who are fortunate enough to honor her words, that intense psychological injury can be endured, struggled against, and gradually, slowly, overcome.”
Dr. Eric Kuelker, Psychologist says of her book.
Maxfield has been asked to speak as an expert on ABC, FOX, and NBC. She is a regular guest on many podcasts large and small as well as radio and television. Schools are often her focus as well as she gets so much positive reaction from students. In fact, her positive message in school was recognized by TEACH Florida. The 2019 TEACH Conference in Florida had her as a speaker to educate teachers on the importance of discussing mental health with students.
The size of the audience is never her goal but more the thought that she could reach just one person. She receives messages of hope often thanking her for helping them to the path of recovery. Tracey's true goal is to help youth get past their depression to escape their own rabbit hole.
“1 in 5 children/teenagers have a mental illness. If untreated or misdiagnosed, these students are more likely to be bullied, drop out of school, turn to drugs/alcohol, engage in criminal activity and/or end their lives by suicide. We are losing our future generation; it’s time to take a stand and say no more and put our kids first!” Says Maxfield.
“Every day in the USA, 16 teenagers die by suicide, over 3041 students in grades 9 to 12 attempt suicide, and 90% of those students had a treatable mental illness. It is time to Engage our kids, to Educate them about mental illness, good mental health, appropriate coping strategies and to Empower them to face a future of hope, potential, and dreams.”
About Escaping the Rabbit Hole
Escaping the Rabbit Hole: my journey through depression is a brutally honest, raw, and vivid description of what life is like after experiencing an acute depressive episode. Through a series of blog posts, journal entries and a letter to self, Tracey shares the excruciating emotional and physical pain she endured, the never-ending feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness and sadness which left her inert and unable to function, and her ongoing battle against DBS (death by suicide). To learn more visit http://traceymaxfield.com.

Contact: Tiffynie Hooser 316-806-9613 aspenbroadcastingt@gmail.com