The New West Mensdate Brunch

The New West Mensdate Brunch ...... Sunday, August 30
The first one. A casual brunch for men in New Westminster, with a few people in the room who care about men's mental health and are doing something about it.
What we'll get into
Why men's mental health matters, and what it actually costs a man to keep saying he's fine.
What you can do about that ...... starting with the fact that you showed up.
Diet, and how what you eat quietly sets your mood before you've even had coffee.
Communication tools you can use the same week. How to say a hard thing without it turning into a fight.
And time permitting, live one on one work in the room with a man on something he's carrying that day. Not a demonstration. The real thing.
Who's in the room
Brunch from Angelina's, right here on the quay.
Haley Cridland running a live breathwork session ...... practical, and you'll leave able to do it yourself.
Jake Sawatzky, our local MP for New Westminster, on stage for an interview and then man to man over brunch, questions and all.
Ray Gabriel as MC and mentor, and Jhöl Unger hosting and leading most of the morning.
And the part that matters most, real conversation at the tables between men who came in as strangers.
The practical bits
Doors at 8:30. We run 9:00 to 12:00.
Fraser River Discovery Centre, 788 Quayside Drive, New Westminster.
**Tickets must be bought in advance at themensdateproject.org** ...... there's no paying at the door. $25 covers your meal from Angelina's, tip included. Nobody is making a dollar off this room.
Tim Hortons is providing complimentary coffee and tea for the morning.
Please bring a reusable to-go cup with a lid. The kind you can carry around a room without wearing it.
Three minutes' walk from New West SkyTrain. Pay parking nearby. Q to Q ferry from Queensborough.
Jhöl hosts and is there in person the whole morning. Turn up not knowing anyone, find him.