Kaola Baird with her cat on the balcony of her Toronto apartment

Kaola Baird with her cat on the balcony of her Toronto apartment. “I was lucky enough, when I was at my lowest point, to have a place to reach out to get help and the support I needed,” she said. “There's a lot to be said for not wanting to be seen as your crisis, because there's still a person underneath.”

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