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Resiliency: It’s Not About Bouncing Back, It’s About Bouncing Forward

Resilience is often defined as the ability to recover quickly from difficult situations. Many loving parents want nothing more than to build resiliency in their children.  But how do you build this ability to recover from difficulties?

  • Apr 06, 2023
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Developmental Trauma

When a child experiences trauma in utero and/or during the first few years of their life, we refer to it as developmental trauma. This is in part because of the time scale in which the trauma occurs, but also because of the…

Self-Criticism vs Self-Correction, How we talk to ourselves, about ourselves…

How do you motivate yourself to do things? To be a better version of yourself and achieve? I ask, because many people use self-criticism as an attempt to do better. For example – “That was awful I deserve to be fired, I must do better.”

Balancing Spirituality and Recovery: Coping with Eating Disorders During Ramadan

Ramadan can be a difficult time for those with mental health difficulties, particularly those who have an eating disorder…

Let’s talk about Executive Burnout

Executive burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that can occur as a result of prolonged and intense stress in the workplace. According to a recent Harvard Business Review study, 96% of senior …

  • Mar 13, 2023
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Unravelling Couples Therapy

Couples therapy, also known as marriage counselling or relationship counselling, is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on helping couples improve their communication and strengthen their relationship. It can be a helpful tool for couples…

Emotions – Good, bad, or somewhere in the middle? What they tell us and how to manage them

Emotions provide valuable information to us and others, and helped our ancestors survive all sorts of dangers and threats (think escaping a hungry lion caveman times!).

Mindlessness vs Mindfulness

Being mindful in a busy and often chaotic world is hard. You won’t get it straight away, and there will always be moments where it just feels too difficult (I have those too!). It takes time, it takes practice. The more you incorporate space….