Building Resilience
The concept of resilience can be hard to define and its relevance to mental health is often missed. Dictionary definitions touch on the capacity to recovery quickly from challenges or…
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The Mental Health Benefits of Journaling
In my work with children and adolescents, their parents will initiate therapy in a quest for “tools,” “skills,” “strategies,” and “resources” to help with some issue. Adult clients ask for…
Why Journal?
When you journal, you are essentially reflecting on what happened in your day, whether it’s mentally, emotionally, or physically. The power of reflection is that you are collecting data on…
What is Gratitude?
Gratitude is the sense of appreciation for someone or something. Practicing gratitude is extremely powerful: it has the ability to improve mood, behaviour, self-esteem, and to shut down the…
Walking Through a Pandemic
“Walking is man’s best medicine.” – Hippocrates All throughout this pandemic, the one phrase heard around the world from fitness and mental health professionals was: “Go for a…
Potential Benefits of Seeing a Registered Psychologist Online
It might sound a little self-promoting for a psychologist to say, “I think everyone can benefit from therapy.” Yet I truly believe this. Clients connect with me for a…
10 Behaviours that are Sabotaging Your Health Goals
With the New Year many people set grand resolutions. However, these types of goals are often difficult for people to maintain them. If you’ve have made some New Years resolutions…
How to Stay Healthy at Work
Keeping healthy habits at work can be a huge challenge. We are all very busy people with lots on our agenda and it can be tough to prioritize our health….
Self-Care versus Healthy Habits
When it comes to taking care of yourself, food is not the only way to establish a healthy lifestyle. Your overall health is a combination of physical, mental, spiritual, and…
What is Self-care?
Self-care. A term that has become more common in our conversations with our loved ones, our colleagues and on social media. But what does this actually mean? Self-care is any…
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