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==Personal life== She is the national spokesperson for the [[Bell Canada]] '[[Bell Let's Talk|Let's Talk Mental Health]]' initiative, including Bell 'Let's Talk Day'.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://letstalk.bell.ca/en/our-initiatives/team/clara-hughes |title=Bell Let's Talk Spokespeople |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124000021/https://letstalk.bell.ca/en/our-initiatives/team/clara-hughes |archive-date=2020-01-24 |access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref> Hughes uses her past struggles with [[depression (mood)|depression]] to relate to others and to help combat issues including the stigma involved with mental health issues. "Hughes battled deep depression, which threatened to derail her life, after winning two bronze medals in cycling at the 1996 Olympics."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/clara-hughes-talks-about-her-battle-with-depression-1.1107671 |title=Clara Hughes talks about her battle with depression |author=Brandon Hicks |date=6 February 2011 |publisher=CBC News}}</ref> Since 2013, Hughes has initiated annual bike rides across Canada in order to raise awareness about mental health.<ref>{{cite news |title=Clara Hughes to bike across Canada for mental health |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/clara-hughes-to-bike-across-canada-for-mental-health-1.1410681 |publisher=[[CBC Sports]] |date=April 25, 2013 |access-date=June 26, 2013}}</ref> In 2015, a CTV-produced documentary ''Clara's Big Ride'' premiered on the fifth annual Bell Let's Talk Day (a national mental health awareness day in Canada).<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Join Clara Hughes on epic road trip for mental health in new documentary 'Clara's Big Ride,' airing on January 28 |url=http://www.ctv.ca/ClarasBigRide/Articles/Latest-News/claras_big_ride_release.aspx |newspaper=CTV.ca (CTV Television Network) |location=Canada |date=12 Jan 2015 |access-date=10 Mar 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113123/http://www.ctv.ca/ClarasBigRide/Articles/Latest-News/claras_big_ride_release.aspx |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Her memoir, ''Open Heart, Open Mind'', was published in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pedalmag.com/review-of-open-heart-open-mind-by-clara-hughes/ |title=Review of Open Heart, Open Mind by Clara Hughes |first=Laura |last=Robinson |publisher=Pedal Magazine |date=2015-09-15 |access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>
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