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It’s a Journey
I love the poem Autobiography in Five Short Chapters by Portia Nelson. It's brilliant in how efficiently and effectively it captures so much of the human condition and the pathway to overcoming challenges and mastering ourselves. Its first power is in normalizing the...
IS it all in your head? (or, What would Thor do?)
I visited my Naturopath last fall to establish a holistic approach to improving and reclaiming my mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing after almost 3 years of near-sedentary living, a hyper-focus on intellectual work, and plenty of neglect for healthy eating and...
“So, what the heck is psychotherapy, anyway?”
“So, what the heck is psychotherapy, anyway?” The short (and oversimplified) answer is, “talk therapy.” And here’s the longer one… A Definition… This excerpt from the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) website provides an excellent starting...
“Do my benefits cover Psychotherapy?”
“Do my benefits cover Psychotherapy?” Maybe. Although Psychotherapy (“talk therapy”) has been around since the early-1900s, it only recently became a regulated profession in Ontario. To me, this is a good thing. Before regulation, literally anyone could call...
Psychotherapist, psychologist, psychiatrist… What the heck’s the difference?
Psychotherapist, psychologist, psychiatrist… What the heck’s the difference? Psychotherapist. Psychologist. Psychiatrist. Counsellor. Coach. These titles are regularly used interchangeably in our everyday speech. But they’re not the same. Each has its own scope,...
Preventing Suicide: Seeing the Signs and Saving Lives
(guest post prepared by Stop Suicide... thank you 🙂 image via Pexels) Suicide is always a tragedy. Taking one’s own life is something only done when a person is in extreme pain and feels so hopeless that death seems like the...
Health Tip: Breathe it Out
Stress. We all experience it. Difficult conversations, hectic days with to-do lists that grow faster than they shrink. Our breathing responds to stress by getting shallower and faster, but the opposite is also true… we can manage our stress levels with our breathing....