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Launching THIS THURSDAY: Celebrate the enchanting 2025 Lunar New Year with The Companions Collection
This Year of the Snake, embrace the spirit of peace, courage, and friendship with our limited-edition pins! Each pin will come in a specially designed Red Envelope 🧧 and Laser-engraved number to 500, making each pin uniquely yours! Sign up on our campaign page to help boost the word and be
We're Making History with our Mental Health Pins!
Top 10 Most Funded Mental Health Project on Kickstarter Ever -- Thank You
Amanda Tapping & Teryl Rothery Shore Leave Panel - Watch Now
Amanda Tapping (Stargate, Sanctuary) and Teryl Rothery (Stargate, Virgin River) headlined our amazing discussion at Shore Leave 44 in Lancaster, PA. This panel started with a meditation exercise led by Teryl and went on to discuss advice on how to deal with people in your life who don’t understand
Michelle Hurd - Watch Now
Michelle Hurd sat down with Lawrence and Welles to talk about her Star Trek: Picard character Raffi and how it's influenced her, the found community built through fandom, and the non-negotiables that help her prioritize putting her oxygen mask on first. Do you have a burning question to
Stephanie Czajkowski's Life Lessons: Career, Cancer, Grief & Beyond
Our first run of enamel pins launches on Kickstarter on August 1st! Follow this link and click "notify me" to be the first to know when it is live! Back us in the first 48 hours for an extra gift! About the Interview Our journey with the Embracing
Gate to Gate Fitness Challenge 2: From Antarctica to Giza
A community fitness challenge to motivate each other to keep active and support each other as we travel 13,943 miles together as a group!
Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom: The Book
The Companion’s mission is to revolutionize mental health and wellness through the spirit and community of fandom.
Amanda Tapping: The Companion Mental Health Panel at Basingstoke Comic Con
Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom: Panel at Basingstoke Comic Con.
Teryl Rothery: Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom - Part 4 | Watch Now
Teryl Rothery, yes Dr. Janet Fraiser, will be making her 1st appearance on The Companion. Members, you're invited to all of our livestreams including this one and Green Room VIP tickets will also be available.
Amanda Tapping: Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom - Part 3 | Watch Now
Amanda Tapping shares advice on dealing with bullies and so much more.
Amanda Tapping and her DIY Homemade adventures for her own mental health
Geek out over crafts, snacks, and other homemade hobbies with Amanda Tapping and the ladies of the 3 Fries Short Podcast.
Amanda Tapping & Teryl Rothery Shore Leave Panel - Watch Now
Amanda Tapping (Stargate, Sanctuary) and Teryl Rothery (Stargate, Virgin River) headlined our amazing discussion at Shore Leave 44 in Lancaster, PA. This panel started with a meditation exercise led by Teryl and went on to discuss advice on how to deal with people in your life who don’t understand
Michelle Hurd - Watch Now
Michelle Hurd sat down with Lawrence and Welles to talk about her Star Trek: Picard character Raffi and how it's influenced her, the found community built through fandom, and the non-negotiables that help her prioritize putting her oxygen mask on first. Do you have a burning question to
Build Your Ideal Stargate Team - The Inaugural Companion Draft
Lawrence, Welles, and Nicole & Yvie (Wormhole X-Tremists) go head to head in our first-ever The Companion Draft. Who wins, you decide!
Stephanie Czajkowski's Life Lessons: Career, Cancer, Grief & Beyond
Our first run of enamel pins launches on Kickstarter on August 1st! Follow this link and click "notify me" to be the first to know when it is live! Back us in the first 48 hours for an extra gift! About the Interview Our journey with the Embracing
Picard's Jin Maley: The Non-Binary Experience
Video Podcast with Jin Maley Our journey with the Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom series of events continues, this time with a new, unique perspective. We'll be joined by Star Trek's Jin Maley, Filmmaker MJ Slide, and hosted by The Companion's Welles Davis
Amanda Tapping: The Companion Mental Health Panel at Basingstoke Comic Con
Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom: Panel at Basingstoke Comic Con.
Brad Wright: How to Recharge Your Creativity
This Brad Wright masterclass will explore finding creative inspiration, the burnout of running two TV series, and recharging your creative energy. It's a can't miss.
Teryl Rothery: Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom - Part 5
This is the second event with Teryl and the fifth Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom event over all. Since we started this series we've been overwhelmed with the incredible response from our community. Whether it's in our social hour hang outs, or in our discord,
Top 10 Moments That Changed Everything in Stargate SG-1 (Video Essay)
Let's be clear here, this isn’t your ordinary Top 10.
The 2024 Companion Awards
Dishing out 2024's greatest films, shows, and pop culture moments based on seriously hilarious Stargate-themed awards.
The Best Moments
We're Making History with our Mental Health Pins!
Top 10 Most Funded Mental Health Project on Kickstarter Ever -- Thank You
Stargate | What ‘The Gamekeeper’ Taught Me About Grief
The Stargate SG-1 episode ‘The Gamekeeper’ puts Jack and Daniel through hell, an allegory for grief and acceptance with powerful lessons.
Star Trek | Picard, Seven of Nine, and Growing Old with Trauma
Star Trek: Picard shows the effects of aging and trauma over time, through the characters of Seven of Nine and Jean-Luc Picard.
Stargate | Teal’c, Tretonin, and My Chronic Illness Journey
Stargate SG-1’s ‘Cure’ introduces the miracle drug Tretonin, setting the stage for Teal’c losing his symbiote and his eventual rehabilitation.
Star Trek | We Are All Reg Barclay: Social Anxiety and Imposter Syndrome
Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Lt. Barclay may have been comic relief, but his anxieties made him the most relatable character of all.
Guardians of the Galaxy | Gamora and Nebula – Sisterhood in the Shadow of Abuse
“This isn’t love.” The words – and the plight of Marvel’s Gamora and Nebula – will resonate with anyone who grew up in an abusive home.
The Expanse | Trauma and Violence: The Psychology of Amos Burton
A psychotherapist explains how Amos Burton’s childhood abuse shapes the actions and relationships of The Expanse's most compelling character.
Stargate | What Daniel Taught Me About Autism and ADHD
Many of Daniel Jackson’s traits in Stargate SG-1 can be read as ADHD and Autism, and if we love him… perhaps we can learn to love ourselves.
Mass Effect | Overlord, Autism, and Perspective on My Brother
While the series as a whole is a crowning achievement in gaming, Mass Effect 2's 'Overlord' DLC provides a painful portrait of autism and abuse.
Stargate | Jack O’Neill’s Lesson on Living with Loss
Across the multiverse, the one constant in Stargate SG-1 is that Jack O’Neill’s son, Charlie, has died.