Morgan McKusick
Setting Intentions (and Dropping Resolutions) ...

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.

Journalling, COVID-19, Mindfulness
Morgan McKusick
Journalling to Integrate COVID Challenges and ...

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.

Anxiety, Emotions, COVID-19, Resources, Trauma, Mindfulness
Morgan McKusick
Regulation Toolbox for Anxiety, Trauma and ...

This post will be regularly updated to include printable/saveable tools for managing activation! These tools can be used for regulating overwhelming emotions, anxiety, shame, trauma responses or triggers and more. Try them each when you are calm to see which ones you like!

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Setting Intentions (and Dropping Resolutions) to Carry You Through The Year

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.

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Attachment 101

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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.

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How to Find a Counsellor in Vancouver: The Search for the Right Fit

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Even as a mental health professional, the search for a new counsellor can be an extremely daunting one! Here are some questions, resources and food for thought as you are embarking on the next phase of growth in your life!

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Understanding Anger as the Tip of the Emotion Iceberg

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So often when we feel angry or someone in our lives blows up at us, we may need to look beneath the surface to know what's really going on. Anger is most functional when our survival is threatened. There are times when anger may bubble up to the surface, be warranted and make evolutionary sense.