Kids Help Phone invites athletes to Feel Out Loud

Kids Help Phone invites athletes to Feel Out Loud

As athletes compete at the Whitehorse 2026 Arctic WinterGames, Kids Help Phone (KHP) knows their smiles, cheers and wins are often obvious when they’re on the field.

But the pressure, expectations and disappointments are oftenless obvious when they’re off the court. Keeping these experiences and feelingsin can affect your mental health and well-being…

Even champions need champions.

KHP is Canada’s only free, 24/7, multilingual and confidential e-mental health service for youth to get help andFeel Out Loud.

Since 1989, KHP has been the empowering, trusted changemakergiving young people’s feelings, big and small, a non-judgmental place to gothrough personalized well-being solutions.

A made-in-Canada, global leader, KHP continually evolves byblending data, innovation and technology with real human support and clinicalknowledge to unlock the hope young people need to thrive in their world.

KHP also leads the Feel Out Loud movement. A cultural shiftthat says every feeling matters. An invitation to let go of judging feelings asgood or bad. And an affirmation that all feelings are welcome at KHP.

Together, we can help keep mental health in the game.

KHP offers:

·      Help with any issue or feeling, withoutjudgment.

·      Help 24/7 by text, phone, online message andself-directed resources.

·      Help to all youth across Canada from coast tocoast to coast in over 100 languages.

·      Dedicated programming for Indigenous, Black andnewcomer youth.

·      Help with safety planning so youth navigatingharmful situations don’t have to figure it all out alone.

·      Help navigating big feelings and difficultsituations through online tools, games, exercises and activities.

·      Help expressing feelings and unlockingcreativity through an online community space.

·      Help in an online community where youth canshare stories and connect with peers.

·      Help searching for trustworthy in-person andvirtual well-being programs, services and apps across Canada.

KHP is here to help with all the feelings. Youth can evenwrite KHP’s contact numbers on their gear as a symbol of how to get help andFeel Out Loud, any time.

Explore help for all the feelings at KHP.

Call 1-800-668-6868.

Indigenous youth, press 3.

Text 686868 or message online.

Indigenous youth, type “FIRSTNATIONS”, “INUIT” or “METIS” toconnect with a First Nations, Inuk, or Métis volunteer crisis responder whenavailable.

Visit KidsHelpPhone.ca.

Indigenous youth, go to KidsHelpPhone.ca/Indigenous.          

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