Choosing Right Therapist: Know If They’re a Match + 5 Red Flags
Therapy is an incredibly valuable experience that can bring tremendous benefits to your life.
How much you get out of therapy depends on many factors, from how much effort you put into it to how good …Read More
Starting Therapy Guide: Insights & Tips for Beginners
Starting therapy can be difficult, especially if you don’t know what to expect.
○ What does a therapy session look like?
○ What am I supposed to talk about?
○ Will a therapist ask a lot of personal …Read More
Worry vs Anxiety Differences: Understanding the 5 Crucial Aspects
Heading to an intense job interview, facing an unexpected event that could change your life significantly, expecting important news… they are enough to kick anyone’s worry and anxiety up. It’s expected. We worry about stuff …Read More
Boost Emotional Intelligence (EQ): Why It Matters & How to Improve
Emotional intelligence is the capability to accurately identify and monitor your and other people’s feelings, as well as the ability to effectively manage your emotions.
You may know that general intelligence (IQ) can be important …Read More
Self-Compassion Over Esteem: A Kinder Approach to Yourself
You probably heard that self-esteem is one of the most important things for leading a productive, successful, pleasurable life. But the term is a little confusing – does it mean self-worth? Self-respect? How do you …Read More
Changing Perspective Tip: It’s Your Choice to Shift Viewpoint
Yesterday marked my first day exploring downtown Vancouver. I decided that with the sun shining, I would take the opportunity and sit by the beach. So I found myself on a rock and curled up …Read More
The Importance Of Personal Leadership
“Personal leadership is the self-confident ability to crystalize your thinking so that you are able to establish an exact direction for your own life, to commit yourself to moving in that direction and then to …Read More
Personal Development – Part 1
We are inundated with information on a daily basis. Our five senses: sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch are frequently stimulated. The process of sensation and perception work hard. Grossberg, S. (2010) explains that we …Read More
Growing a Garden of Individuality and Togetherness
How much space should we have in our relationships? How close is too close? And how much space is too much?
Murray Bowen, the creator of “Family Systems Theory”, highlights that, in relationships, there is a …Read More