Navigating Financial Conflict in Relationships
Conflict over money matters is a common struggle among couples. Learn how you and your partner can navigate financial conflict, communicate about money, and build financial harmony.
How Nutrition and Exercise Support Your Mental Health
Would you be surprised to hear that exercise and nutrition are two key aspects of treatment for depression? Yes, nutrition and exercise are actually essential tools for your mental health.
Anxiety and Neurodiversity: Understanding the Overlap
We want to shed light on how anxiety intersects with neurodiversity, why that matters, and how you can find support and relief in your mental health journey.
Grief in the Summertime: Navigating Anniversaries and Summer Vacations Alone
Whether you’re grieving a partner, parent, friend, or even the life you once had, this guide offers tools for managing grief and making space for healing during the summer.
When Sexual Desire Doesn’t Match
Many couples struggle to discuss a mismatch in their sexual desire. Here are some ways that couples can approach mismatched sexual desire with care and compassion.
Neurofeedback Explained
Have you ever wondered what your brain is doing when you’re feeling anxious, distracted, overwhelmed, or even stuck in a negative loop? Imagine if you could watch your brain in real-time and gently guide it to function more smoothly.
Holding on to Hope in Troubled Times
Facing personal struggles, global crises, or unexpected setbacks, anxiety and fear can override any sense of hope for resolution in difficult circumstances. Where do we turn to find hope and security again when such uncertainty lingers all around us?
Facing the Winter Blues: How to Manage the Seasonal Slump
As the days get shorter and the chill of winter settles in, many of us start to feel a bit off. The excitement and business of the holidays are behind us and suddenly, we’re left facing the long, dark evenings and cold mornings.
Summer Protection for Your Mental Health: A Guide to a Healthy and Happy Season
Summer in Atlantic Canada is an important time to recharge and allow our human energy to flow with the natural rhythm of nature, as the green growing season unfolds.
The Invisibility of Grief: Shedding Light on an Unseen Struggle
Grief is a deeply personal and profound emotion, yet it often goes unnoticed or misunderstood by those who haven’t experienced it firsthand.
Decluttering: Is It for You?
Are you finding yourself overwhelmed with the piles of clothes at the back of your closet, the stacks of paper on your desk, the plastic containers spilling out of your cupboards?
The How Tos of Fighting Fair
How often have you and your partner argued and you found yourself carrying it around for days after? If this is a common occurrence in your relationship, it’s time to shift things up and learn to talk about difficult things without lasting damage.
Stressing and Eating: How to Eat for Health
What do you do when your stress eating over the holidays carries on and you find yourself wanting more sugary treats to get you through the gray, cold winter days?
What to Say & Not to Say to Someone Who’s Grieving
It’s tough to watch someone going through grief after losing a loved one to death. What do you say in the face of loss? How do you help the people you care about in their grief?
Uncovering Toxic Positivity
Being positive all the time is actually not the best option for your mental wellbeing. Mental wellbeing is actually about being able to recognize and acknowledge the variety of emotions that come through your body each day.
What to Do When You Have a Panic Attack When You’re at Work
When panic attack symptoms take over your body and your thoughts, it can feel like the absolute last thing you want to have happen. especially while you’re at work. Here are some tips to to help you manage a panic attack.
Is It Bad If Your Partner Rarely Gets You Gifts?
While gifts are a traditional way to say “I love you” they are not necessary to have a healthy relationship. Sometimes you need to face off against the traditional ways and carve out what works just for you and your partner.
Resilience: What It Is And Why It Is Important
A small percentage of people who experience traumas struggle to cope, and develop symptoms of post traumatic stress that affects them for years afterward. Resilience makes a difference.
How to Help Your Loved One When They Are Feeling Anxious
You might be having a great time with your loved one, with things seeming fine, and all of a sudden your loved one’s heart is pounding, they’re sweating and looking like they are going to run and hide.
Practicing Gratitude is a Game Changer
Research shows that practicing gratitude intentionally can improve your mental health and strengthen your relationships. Developing a gratitude practice is as simple as fine tuning your mindset to notice small actions.
The Phone Call That Changed Everything
I remember getting the phone call from school psychologist explaining to me that my daughter had a panic attack in the school cafeteria. Unbeknownst to me, my daughter had a lot of worries in her head.
How to Argue to Show Respect Not Just to Win
To argue respectfully you need to be in control of your words and your actions during the argument. Here are some ways to control all the turmoil that may be going on in the moment of the argument.
Grief for a Pet Loss is Real Grief
Losing a pet can be just as painful – or even more painful – than losing a human being. However, there are specific helpful strategies to help cope with the painful feelings and thoughts.
Finding Solidness in the Chaos of Grieving: The Role of Mindfulness in Grieving
The emotions of grieving are heavy to bear, tossing you into uncharted territory. Mindfulness helps you acknowledge what’s happening, to give some shape to the chaos.
How to Tell If You Have Workplace Burnout & What To Do About It
Feeling satisfied and like you are making a difference at work can mean everything – until it doesn’t. Burnout is becoming an epidemic and it’s time to protect yourself from its exhaustion.
Self Criticism: A Help or A Hindrance?
Self-criticism is when your inner voice evaluates who you are in a negative way. Although some self-criticism can put you on a path to changing patterns or values in a helpful way, too much criticism limits your growth.