At the height of a corporate rise, my first manic episode forced a reckoning with identity, ambition, and health. In this companion recap, I share how I moved from burnout to breakthrough, and why high-performance cultures work best when they put people first.

At CPA Canada’s ONE National Conference, I stood on stage not just as a CPA, but as someone who nearly lost everything to burnout and untreated bipolar disorder. These are the stories, shifts, and small wins that are changing how we approach mental health in accounting.