Anxiety has gotten a bad rap. Mostly because when we think anxiety, we think "something is wrong with me". So, if it's not enough that feeling anxious can be super uncomfortable, the association of feeling out of control with a sense of deficiency makes it even harder to manage. And manage we must, because if we let our fears take over and guide … [Read more...]
Who Really Matters, and The Healing Process
Very often, by the time someone reaches out to me for help, they are in crisis and need life to be different as of yesterday. Of course, at this point, it's even harder to acknowledge and accept that change doesn't happen over night, but rather that it's a process. In this video I challenge the common adage "You can't fill another's cup unless … [Read more...]
3 Life-Changing Lessons from a Psychologist-Mom
When I gave birth to my first born over 11 years ago, I had just celebrated my 23rd year of life, and like most of my contemporaries at that age, thought I had it all figured out. I didn't realise it at the time, but what I thought it meant to "have it all figured out" really meant, I was "barely holding it together" but doing a pretty good job … [Read more...]
How to Handle the Overwhelm of Your To-Do List
Last Friday morning I had one of those freak-out moments. I was getting myself and my kids ready to leave the house for the day, and I catch myself moving from room to room like a chicken with it's head cut off. I'm overwhelmed, disorganised and quite frankly I just want to give up and crawl back into bed! The overwhelm mounts to the point … [Read more...]
Self Care: What Every Parent Needs to Think About
I'm heading back to my home town of Toronto in a couple of weeks and I'm taking my 5.5 year old daughter with me. That means that I'll be leaving behind three kids in the care of my dear husband for 2 weeks! I've never gone away for this long before, and my husband has never had sole custody of three kids for this long either....so it's going to … [Read more...]
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