Sophie Grégoire Trudeau calls herself "an activist for women's empowerment and gender equality" and has spoken out a number of times about her struggles with bulimia and anorexia. Most recently she spoke at an event called "Girlfriend's Guide to Mental Health" in Ottawa.

While I'm sure her "philosophy of promoting strong mental health for girls and women of all ages" is appealing to some wealthy women with self-esteem issues but all I could do when I read about it was roll my eyes.

Grégoire Trudeau's approach is completely individualist, over-simplistic and useless for most of us who struggle with anxiety, depression and trauma. It's also not new.

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