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There are so many reasons why the Holiday season can be triggering for us. From unresolved childhood trauma to financial and social pressures, it can be a lot. For many people, the holidays are [...]

What is emotional neglect? Emotional neglect occurs when a person’s fundamental emotional needs are being overlooked or trivialized by a parent or partner. Being forced to suppress [...]

So you’ve been preparing the perfectly crafted exercise routine and you’re super excited to get started on Monday. You’ve done the research, spoken to a professional about your plan to make sure [...]

The way we look on the outside has become very important in society and the media and trends seem increasingly to change faster than we can keep up with. Nowadays, there is more and more pressure [...]

“Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life.” – Tony Robbins. Does this not ring so true? Our thoughts have a lot of power and [...]

Standing up for yourself can be extremely hard for some people, especially those who suffer from anxiety. You don’t want to be aggressive, but you also want to prove a point. You want to command [...]

What would life look like if we could feel like we were on top of our sh&t and felt success throughout the day? What if I told you that this feeling rests all in your daily habits and the way [...]

Being able to “work a room” is a great skill that can help you with that next job promotion, relationship building and gaining confidence. But being a social butterfly doesn’t always come easy. [...]

Does it seem like you always feel angry? Do you feel like your anger is out of control? If so, you’re not alone. Millions of people struggle with unmanaged or uncontrolled anger every day. [...]

What are Sunday scaries? After taking it easy for a couple days, Sunday evening begins to approach and you start to think about the coming week. It can be stressful knowing your relaxation period [...]

If you’re not sure how to ask for a raise, we’re here to help. You’ve been performing well in a role for a while now and are ready to ask for a raise. Contemplating and taking the [...]

In the last two years we have had to make life choices often based on not having enough information in an environment of constant uncertainty. These new realities have forced us to make decisions [...]

Have you ever worked with a bully? Maybe you have a bully in your life right now? Curious how to deal with a bully at work? Sometimes it’s hard to determine whether a person is difficult to get a [...]

Relationships are complicated. Some relationships pass through our lives in a memorable, but gentle way. Others, clutch at our hearts for dear life and don’t let go. While still others inflict [...]

What happens when we sleep?  Sleep is an essential means, if not the most primary way, in which we can tend to our body’s needs. It assists us in recovery when we are under physical or [...]

12 Mini Goals To Rock Your Year Are you wanting this year to be better than the last one? Usually around this time of year, we begin to reflect on our lives and find reasons that inspire change. [...]

As we approach the end of the year, sunlight diminishes and the cold, dreary days of winter set in. Some of us are minimally impacted by this shift and are able to struggle through it by finding [...]

It would be great if our New Year’s resolutions came to fruition this year. Changing behaviour is difficult and we all struggle with it. We are often taught that if we only work hard enough and [...]

The Holiday Season Can Be Very Stressful For many people, the holiday season is a time filled with anxiety and tension. The numerous parties and social commitments can be energy-zapping. For [...]

Making Your Holidays the Best They Can Be Many people place a great deal of care into planning holiday celebrations for their loved ones, the reason being that the holiday season often [...]

Is technology causing us to feel lonely? Learn how to cope with the rise of technology and the digital age. Does your day consist of Zoom calls, texting your family members to make dinner plans, [...]

The following breathing exercises for sleep are also great for relaxation after a stressful or busy day. Insomnia is a common problem with 30% of adults experiencing short-term insomnia and [...]

How can you advance and enhance your career in these changing times? Over the last year, we have collectively spent time pondering what the world will look like when the pandemic is over. What [...]

Work-life balance is a process, not a destination. We have all had those weeks where the workload is never-ending, the deadlines don’t seem to cease and our mental health feels fragile. For many [...]

A guide to building and strengthening your relationship with your spouse, friends, or family. Do you feel like you would like to have a deeper connection to your partner? Do you struggle with [...]

Getting angry and having angry feelings is a normal part of life. Anger is one of our most primary emotions and often masks fear, jealousy, sadness, insecurity, stress, and exhaustion. Many [...]

The start to school is just around the corner and we are all full of questions. Will we have effective protocols to send our kids to school? Will most of the staff be vaccinated by the time [...]

It’s the night before you are headed back into your office to work for the first time in a year and a half… what are you supposed to wear? Or bring with you? You feel nervous and unsure. Does [...]

There is a pungent smell coming from your fridge, and your boss has left a few urgent voice messages about the August report that is due. Your mind feels soggy as you sigh with dreams about [...]

No matter who you are, change can bring on stress, anxiety, and negative thinking. The only problem is that life is full of change. Nothing is fixed, and we will have more change in our lives [...]

Ghosting is ruining our relationships, here is what to do about it. Most of us by now have heard or had to use the expression “ghosting”. Ghosting is when someone in a relationship [...]

Overwhelming anxiety is a common thing in our day and age. You might be trying to cope with a stressful job or kept wide awake at 2am by runaway thoughts. Anxiety pulls you out of the present and [...]

The past 18 months have tested not only our emotional health but also the health of our friendships, as we have seen them evolve. The pandemic stretched and changed the social web that has [...]

Many of us can struggle with body image issues; we feel too big, too small, too old, generally not enough. The ever-cycling social media feed does nothing to help our insecurities. But we all [...]

Anyone who’s been over the Riverside Bridge in Toronto has seen the inscription over the half-bridge-half-art-installation by Eldon Garnet that says “The river that I step in is not the river [...]

Dating before COVID was scary enough. It brings up all our issues and insecurities as well as our inability to see and break our dysfunctional relationship patterns and choices. Ones that we are [...]

If you are a manager, you might be feeling the stress of re-integrating your team back to the office from the work-from-home model that we have been used to for the past 18 months. The working [...]

For the past year and a half, we have been living through a global Covid 19 pandemic that has single handily altered the lives of everyone in the world. We have had to deal with social distancing [...]

The covid 19 pandemic has completely altered our working and daily lives. There has not been an industry that has not been impacted this past year, and we have all been collectively displaced in [...]

We all have had some experience hearing about ADHD- (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). It is one of the most common neurobehavioral disorders. It is a condition that causes problems with [...]