"I am passionate about helping families who are experiencing seriously difficult times."
~ Maureen
Programs

When you love someone who is unwell with mental health and addictions, Footsteps for Families can help you:
- stop worrying
- find effective resources for the one you love so you can focus on getting YOUR life back
- set effective boundaries
- communicate effectively
- ensure that you’re helping and not hurting
When you've done so much work on those old issues but they just keep coming up, Freedom from Intergenerational Trauma will help you learn:
- how those issues may be part of a cycle passed from one generation to the next
- how to break the cycle by building new neuro-pathways
Maureen has been where you are and has come out the other side stronger!
Maureen on the Reframe Your Life Podcast:
When Mental Health Issues Hit Home
"This week our focus is on mental health. Our guest, Maureen Towns, shares her painful story of the journey she found herself on when three of her children began to exhibit mental health issues in their teens. Maureen dealt with a mother’s worst fears for her children. Maureen saw her children struggle with addictions, homelessness, and self-harming behaviours. She witnessed one of her sons having a psychotic break. It took several years to get her children diagnosed and to start getting the help they all needed."
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Listen to a sample of Maureen public speaking.
Maureen Towns
Maureen Towns BScN, MA is a relationship mentor with over 25 years of nursing experience in both public and private health care across Canada. After experiencing mental illness and addiction with her own children, she founded Maureen Towns Consulting to help families struggling to care for their own loved ones. Her work with parents inspires them to rediscover themselves within chaotic and challenging situations.
After growing up in an abusive, alcoholic home and raising her children through their mental health issues, Maureen discovered a more authentic way of living after learning resilience, detachment, self-care, and communication. In the years following her family’s challenges, Maureen has camped on a beach in Thailand, slept under the stars on a remote Philippine Island, sailed and snorkeled in the Andaman Sea, became a dive master in Roatan and dove with sharks in the Red Sea.
Born in Ontario, Maureen currently resides in Calgary, Alberta. She can most often be found hiking in the Rocky Mountains, doing CrossFit with her son, Sam, biking with her son, Ben, and granddaughter, Athena, or just hanging out with her daughters, Sydney and Ally.
