What is trauma, and how can we heal from it? The following is a basic guide to a holistic approach to trauma: how to facilitate healing from all angles, i.e. body, mind, heart (emotional/social domains), and even spirit. Like most mental health and therapy lingo, [...]
Recent evidence suggests conscientiousness is in free fall on a societal level. Here are first steps to help you and your family fight that trend. It’s simultaneously sad and scary: conscientiousness of our population appears to be dipping. The risks are manifold: less conscientiousness means [...]
"The Quiet Revolution" started with Susan Cain's Quiet. Over a decade later, I still recommend you read it, especially if you're an introvert looking to function better in an extrovert's world. There are few things sweeter in life than feeling understood. It’s best from a friend, [...]
I’ve reviewed numerous books over the years, mostly just when I feel like it or feel like I have something to say. But only now have I been given a book specifically for review: Rick Walker's 9 Steps to Build a Meaningful Life. I’m honoured [...]
Does therapy work? Can you actually solve problems just by talking to someone? Recently someone (boldly, which I respect) asked me if you can really solve problems through talk therapy (i.e. “just talking with someone”). I didn’t have time to get into it, and I [...]
Like most, there was a time when I didn’t really think that couples therapy could improve my relationship much. My wife and I actually did some couples counselling before we got engaged. It helped in numerous ways and really set us on a good path [...]
Learn how to build a morning routine that works for you and optimizes mental health. Few things are as easily overlooked and yet essential for health and well-being as a morning routine. Routines provide necessary structure to our days. They minimize decision making, which saves [...]
Is being a lone wolf all it's cracked up to be? They’re independent, strong, and have control over their lives with few others around to take up their time. Some like the stoic aura that the archetype carries. Lone wolves are, well, like wolves. Sly, [...]
Moving is full of challenges, but often forgotten is the social upheaval that occurs when we leave friends and/or family behind. What do we do when we find ourselves alone in a new place? We live in a highly mobile world. And I’m not referring [...]
How do we get the most out of therapy in the short and long term? How do we make sure our time and money is well spent? A few years ago I heard a co-worker, much older and wiser than me, say that for her, [...]
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