Smashing Stigma
With Story
Smashing Stigma
with story
Cringe, Laugh, Love?
awfully hilarious is a playfully provocative movement committed to destigmatizing mental health through storytelling and humour. Through our anthologies that tell true taboo-tackling stories to fun, bright, in-your face gear with sassy slogans, let’s rewrite old narratives together!Cringe, Laugh, Love?
awfully hilarious is a playfully provocative movement committed to destigmatizing mental health through storytelling and humour. Through our anthologies that tell true taboo-tackling stories to fun, bright, in-your face gear with sassy slogans, let’s rewrite old narratives together!Our Mission!
Join the Movement!
Period pieces, is available as an ebook, paperback, and now on audio book!Join the Movement!
Period pieces, is available as an ebook, paperback, and now on audio book!
The Book that started it all!
Our first book, Stories we Never Tell, is available as an ebook, paperback, and now on audio book!
The book that
started it all!
★★★★★
Creates a needed spaceWhat a great idea for a book... Writing down taboo stories that you tell your friends after a few (or a lot) of drinks! I was lucky enough to be one of Heather's room mates long ago and her amazing energy has persisted through the last couple of decades and created something special and uniquely fun.
R. Knight★★★★★
Horribly funnyA mixed bag of stories and poems that helped normalize my own embarrassing dating and life mishaps. Heather’s belief that stories connect us, and help us feel less alone, shines through this collection and as I laughed I felt the embrace of all of humanity and all the cringy things I’d done or experienced transmuted into strengths. Bravo.
René★★★★★
Well written & just what we all needed!Makes you smile and relate!
Loved the honesty and the concept is so new & fresh! We all have things to share that will make us laugh and bring us closer together. This compilation is exactly what humanity need right now! Love love love !
Emily★★★★★
Heartfelt and HilariousHeartfelt, hilarious and beautifully written. I read the book in one sitting and found myself saying "Oh gawd!", laughing out loud and doing Kegel exercises...
Looking forward to the sequel!
★★★★★
Laughter is the best medicineThis book brings a vulnerable side to the writers. They add laughter and insight into hilarious and sometimes sad situations. The authors do a beautiful job bringing you into the story and reminding you that being human is hilarious. Loved reading the book and reflecting on each story, character and experience.
Julie

Heather Hendrie
our beautiful
partners in crime
Yin Xzi Ho 何吟曦
Mother Earth
Born in Kuala Lumpur and based in Squamish, Yin Xzi is an author and artist with a focus on land-based practices and knowledge. She uses words, illustration, and animation to convey experiences and highlight moments of tenderness.
Grace Davies
The Curse of the Tiny Toilet.
Grace hails from the San Francisco Bay Area and is a mother, writer, comic, mental wellness coach & founder of the No Longer Lonely as F#CK community.
april joseph
One + One = Three
april is a poet and clarinetist from East L.A., CA who creates mourning songs to heal ancestral trauma. april teaches artistic expression to transform lives.
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Sarah
Richards-Graba
Vodka, Straight
Sarah’s DNA comes from all over the world, though she’s lived in Colorado her whole life. A writer, teacher, artist, and coach, Sarah loves how storytelling connects us in subversive and nourishing ways.
Pierre-Olivier Gaudreault
Tomb Raider!
Based in Squamish, BC, and hailing from rural Quebec, Pierre-Olivier is a writer, avid mountain biker, mountain athlete and environmental change agent.
Dietmar Heine
Will the Real Terry Please Stand Up
Based in Toronto, Dietmar is a coach, facilitator, consultant, and writer. He helps others transform themselves, their relationships, and their organizations.

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