Erin Stair's Blog - Posts Tagged "boxing"
World Champion Mia St. John on Taking on the State-Sponsored Mental HealthCare System:
New interview and blog posted on Blooming Wellness!
I’m thrilled to feature Mia St. John who is famous for her exceptionally successful international boxing career, most notably being a five time World Boxing champion. Mia is no longer boxing, but she’s still fighting, and in some ways, her greatest opponent. Mia has become a fearless mental health advocate and is taking on the negligence and substandard care rampant in the state-sponsored mental healthcare system, especially in her home state of California. This fight is personal for Mia. In 2014, she lost her son Julian in a state-sponsored rehab facility due to gross negligence. Julian St. John , who is also the son of Emmy award winning actor Kristoff St. John, was a talented contemporary artist whose artwork, even copies of his originals, were selling for 3500 $ a piece. He also suffered from diagnosed schizophrenia and addiction. In 2014, he was in a rehab facility in Compton, California to get professional help for his addiction. That’s where he died.
Continue reading here: https://www.bloomingwellness.com/2018...
I’m thrilled to feature Mia St. John who is famous for her exceptionally successful international boxing career, most notably being a five time World Boxing champion. Mia is no longer boxing, but she’s still fighting, and in some ways, her greatest opponent. Mia has become a fearless mental health advocate and is taking on the negligence and substandard care rampant in the state-sponsored mental healthcare system, especially in her home state of California. This fight is personal for Mia. In 2014, she lost her son Julian in a state-sponsored rehab facility due to gross negligence. Julian St. John , who is also the son of Emmy award winning actor Kristoff St. John, was a talented contemporary artist whose artwork, even copies of his originals, were selling for 3500 $ a piece. He also suffered from diagnosed schizophrenia and addiction. In 2014, he was in a rehab facility in Compton, California to get professional help for his addiction. That’s where he died.
Continue reading here: https://www.bloomingwellness.com/2018...
