Randi-Lee Bowslaugh
Randi-Lee is an outspoken advocate for mental health, YouTube host of the Write or Die Show and a public speaker. She is the mother of two grown children, a grandmother, and a wife. She has dealt with depression for more than half her life, and was diagnosed late in life with Autism and CPTSD. She wants others to have the tools they need to keep going.
Randi-Lee graduated from Niagara College for Community and Justice Services and completed a placement at a Drug and Alcohol Recovery House. She worked in social services for six years before becoming an author and focusing on speaking out.
She has represented Team Canada twice in kickboxing, earning a silver medal in 2016. She took a year's break after having cancer. She returned as a kickboxing coach, personal trainer and yoga instructor until chronic pain made it difficult. She continues to fight to regain her life.
Her motto is never to let “too tired keep her down” and wants others to know they are not alone.