Self-Love What better way to celebrate February, the month of love, than to think about how we show ourselves self-love? Kristin Neff talks about self-compassion as containing 3 main elements (1) Kindness (2) Common Humanity (3) Mindfulness. With these 3 components, you are better able to comfort yourself, better able to frame your situation within the reality it exists and…
Do you have kids? If so, we have something in common. I have school aged children, ages 9 and 4. The youngest will start kindergarten this year. The oldest will enter grade 4. In my opinion, the last 2 years have been a mess for school – even with all the best efforts and choices and options that have been…
Men get sad too. It’s true. Yet, we don’t hear a lot about men’s mental health in mainstream media. Anyone who identifies as male, can fall prey to societal messages that they need to be stoic, hide away their emotions and appear solidly able to weather any storm. This has deep impacts on how men seek out help. Typically, clinicians…
Many patients ask me, “What is anxiety?”. They live it. They feel it. But what it actually is can’t always be articulated. If you’re wondering the same thing, this post may help. Our bodies are complex. The mind and the nervous system interact with the rest of us constantly, even when we are sleeping. Without a balanced nervous system, functioning…
It’s been about 5 months since the province of Ontario had to shut down for emergency reasons. The pandemic, caused by a new virus, impacted the lives of millions overnight.
With so many messages about what to do to protect your health and how to safely go to work, or school, or see loved ones, why would you add therapy to your list?
It’s been a rough go with school closings and the need to maintain distance from family and friends. I am reminded of the movie Spanglish where the mother cannot phantom a relationship