“Women suffer in silence”: How Liptember Foundation is helping women put their mental health first

Far too often, Heather Lynn receives the same phone call from women.

“I’ve booked in your program, but I’m sure there’s somebody else that needs it more than I do… someone else can take my space,” they tell her on the phone.

Lynn is the general manager at Waves of Wellness, a mental health therapy program that takes people out of the clinical setting and gets them on a surfboard in the ocean to talk about any mental health challenges they face.

A trend of women sidelining and sacrificing their own mental wellbeing for others concerns Lynn and her team at Waves of Wellness.