Journaling: Here’s Why and How To Do It
There are as many ways to journal as there are reasons.
Emotional Insight
social intelligence, feelings, boundaries, emotions, humor
Man Therapy to Empowered Sage
It is well known that fewer men than women seek therapy and that is well supported by my case load. Sometimes a male therapist is a better fit . . .
Self-Love Possibilities: Spins from Untamed
Inspired by Glennon Doyle’s Unleashed, Patricia Morgan describes her Truest and Most Beautiful Life and lists100 ways she loves herself; at least tries.
Reach Out to the Lonely: Flatten the Loneliness Curve
Most of us have had moments of loneliness, feeling deep and empty sadness. I felt it as a farm girl, living at the end of a long lane. I felt it in high school, being surrounded by other students while feeling shunned. I felt it when I moved to the city and knew no one. […]
Loneliness and What To Do About It
“Loneliness kills!” Dr. Robert Waldinger, Harvard University We were forty-years-old when my hubby was transferred from Ontario to Calgary, Alberta. I felt excited to explore the employment opportunities in this dynamic city. After four months of job seeking, I was still unemployed. I was often home alone and the phone seldom rang from near or […]
How to Develop Your Best Wise-Self
You have known your conscious, aware part of yourself all your life. You know what you know. However, most adults have stifled, stuffed, or denied many of their painful and dysfunctional childhood experiences. Most adults have unconscious thoughts and beliefs, and emotional triggers. Many have trouble regulating their emotions. This is, of course, inhibits our […]
The Secret Life of Dreams: Some Key Things You Need to Know
Really, a dream can strengthen resilience? Yep, and here’s why and how.
The ‘Disease to Please’ is about Approval Seeking
How can you tell if you are addicted to approval?
How to Begin Healing Your Inner Child
The concept of inner child work, in the field of psychological healing, increased in the 1960s, particularly due to the theory of Transnational Analysis developed by the Canadian born psychiatrist, Eric Berne. Discovering and developing a relationship with your inner child is similar to concepts and ideas such as making the unconscious conscious, getting to […]
Introspection: Are You Asking the Right Questions?
At the beginning of April, in response to covid-19, I offered my eNewsletter recipients three free counselling sessions. The response was significant. Several themes emerged. Half of the respondents were warding off elevated distress and anxiety levels. The other half were taking advantage of the extra time for introspection–to explore their feelings, beliefs and stumbling […]
Healing from Betrayal: How to Forgive and Trust Again
Here are some thoughts of the dynamics of feeling betrayed.
Avoid an Anxiety Attack with Five Ways to Calm
Although, at times, those with high resilience feel nervous, they are typically immune to feeling high anxiety. For others, full blown panic attacks can not only be frightening and exhausting but debilitating.