Anxiety: Friend or Foe?
Navigating the Protective and Paralyzing Effects In Pixar’s Inside Out 2, we dive back into the colourful world inside the mind of Riley, a young girl dealing with new challenges and emotions. Along with familiar emotions like Joy, Sadness, and Anger, Anxiety plays a big role, showing us something many of us experience every day. Anxiety […]
Becoming a True LGBTQ+ Ally
3 Essential Principles for Meaningful Support Pride Month celebrates the LGBTQ+ community with parades, parties, and festivities. However, it’s crucial to remember that the path to this celebration was not always joyful. Many LGBTQ+ individuals still face discrimination, victimization, and stigmatization, leading to emotional distress, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and low self-esteem. The fight for LGBTQ+ […]
What “Should” Good Parenting Look Like?
And It’s Not What You Think It Is 12 years ago, we were blessed with my newborn twins. Everything went exactly as planned. Two healthy babies were delivered exactly as expected, and then they were dropped in our laps. We were suddenly overwhelmed with what was to come next. We were new parents, without any […]
Spring Forward: How to Have a Fresh Start
It’s time to come out of hibernation and embrace the arrival of spring. As the winter frost begins to thaw and flowers start to bloom, we too are entering a transition phase of renewal and fresh opportunities. The days are longer, the weather is warmer, and bird songs become the background music to our days. […]
How to Find Immediate Peace & Calm
Without Doing Anything Most of us find that our mind is cluttered with busyness, work, and distractions. We’re constantly on the go, even when we’re not physically moving, our thoughts are elsewhere. I was eating at a restaurant the other day. Looking around, I could see that most people were on their phones while waiting […]
Have Parents Guaranteed Their Kid’s Success in Life?
It’s that time of year to enroll your kid in as many activities as possible, to optimize their learning. Or is it? Like many parents, the return to school brings with it a mixture of emotions for me. Sadness for the end of the vacation season. Comfort and relief with the return to routine, but […]
How to Take the Stress Out of the Holiday Season!
As you are prepping for the holiday season, some of you may be feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the hustle and bustle of this month. You’re busy buying and wrapping gifts, baking cookies, attending office parties, showing up for your kids’ Christmas concert, putting up Christmas decorations, volunteering for a toy drive, attending a […]
Excessive Worry and What to do About it
A Worry Story You are sitting at the dinner table having spaghetti with a family member. The person across from you is describing a funny incident from their day as you take a bite of a tomato-sauce-covered meatball (or veggie ball, if you prefer). A tangy aroma wafts upward from your plate. But you barely […]
How to Feel Good about Making Decisions!
When was the last time you made a decision? Did you feel good about it? Clicking on this article to read was a decision you just made. Why did you click the link? Why did you start reading? We make decisions all the time, some feel bigger than others, some feel more difficult than others, […]
How is Procrastination Related to Perfectionism?
We’ve all probably had someone tell us that “you just need to work harder”, like it was supposed to motivate you to get off the couch (or devices) to do something. I’ve been working with students of all ages for many years and have come across a common theme for students who’ve seem to have […]