Martina Kelades is a multi-passionate Artist in Halifax. She is a Vulnerability Speaker in Mental Health, an Actor, Author, Podcast Host on the Life Out Loud Podcast, and CEO & Founder of Life Out Loud — Mental Health Consulting & Creatives, a unique service promoting mental health and wellness in workplaces and life in general. Martina’s roots are grounded in sharing stories that have been silenced to serve communities and individuals in living a life on purpose – using various platforms to tell life stories to educate and support personal awareness for individual and organizational mental health and wellness. Martina places great value on sharing her life journey with others through her social media platforms to engage, encourage and invite others to live a life with meaning and on purpose. Through her struggles with mental health, particularly related to Burnout, Anxiety and Depression, Martina committed to using her pain as her pulpit — creatively expressing her experiences using personal narratives to normalize mental health conversations and to encourage emotional wellness — this was the birthplace of Life Out Loud. Martina has been an active member of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce since 2018; she was a Business Leader of the Year finalist (2018) for the Halifax Business Awards and has served as a judge for the Business Awards over the past three years. Martina is also a Board of Directors with the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. Martina holds a Human Services Diploma in Addictions Counselling from NSCC and a Bachelor of Arts Degree, Psychology Concentration (Hons) at Mount Saint Vincent University and is a certified Mental Health First Aid Canada Instructor.