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Instead of setting New Year’s resolutions, here’s a little nudge to set intentions focused on the process, rather than the progress you make to lower the shame and high expectations, and turn instead towards a theme that can help carry you throughout the year.
Wondering how to deal with the grief, confusion, and interruption of life caused by the last year? Take a moment over the next 10 days to journal about COVID-19 and give compassionate, expressive space to your experience.
Our counsellors do this for a living, and we still find the search for a new counsellor daunting. Here's what we'd want you to know before you start scrolling through profiles: what to ask, where to look, and how to tell when it's actually a fit.
Making the transition to online counselling can be tricky! Here are some tricks and tips to make video counselling work for you as you get into the swing of things.
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The holiday season doesn't have to be a battleground of old patterns and unspoken tensions. What if you could approach family gatherings with curiosity, compassion, and a newfound sense of personal agency? This guide offers a transformative approach to understanding your family dynamics, setting gentle boundaries, and creating connections that honor both your needs and your relationships.
Every family has an invisible script — a set of unspoken roles and expectations that echo through gatherings year after year. This year, you have the power to observe, understand, and slowly rewrite that script. Not through dramatic confrontations, but through small, intentional moments of awareness and connection.
If anxiety makes it difficult to make and stick to plans, it's pretty likely that you've thought, "Should I go out if I'm feeling social anxiety, or should I just stay home?" The answer isn't so simple, but if you experience anxiety and still feel worried about FOMO (fear of missing out) as well, there is a way to make those tough decisions when anxiety makes you want to hide away at home.
Instead of setting New Year’s resolutions, here’s a little nudge to set intentions focused on the process, rather than the progress you make to lower the shame and high expectations, and turn instead towards a theme that can help carry you throughout the year.
What is attachment anyways? The good news is that when you work with healing your own attachment wounds, either by yourself, or with an attachment focused therapist, you CAN actually heal and impact your attachment style, and related trauma.
How do we tell the difference between guilt and shame? How can this help us?