This isn't a replacement for professional therapy or medicine. This IS a place where we can make connections to: - share our thoughts about depression and social anxiety - offer each other words of encouragement - see that we're not alone in fighting depression and social anxiety. - have fun keeping active with physical activities or social with outings to coffee shops and other places. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- …

Out of Your Shell- Activities for the Shy & Socially Anxious Going through life with shyness or social anxiety can be a huge barrier to meaningful social activities and interaction. It can leave you feeling isolated and like you don't belong. This is where Out of Your Shell came into existence. We are a group of like individuals who have varying degrees of shyness or social anxiety who meetup regularly to try fun new things, meet new people, and make new friends with a safe group of non-judgemen …

… Due to my personal circumstances at the time I believe that meeting and hiking with other Mountain Mamas helped me stave off a serious bout of post-partum depression. It encouraged me to continue to pursue an active lifestyle and now my son loves to be outdoors and is by favourite adventure buddy! I hope this group can offer the same to other members going forward.