How to Talk to an Adult You Trust About Your Mental Health
There is nothing easy about being a teenager. There are a lot of teens who want emotional support or feel that they are struggling with a mental health issue, but they aren’t sure how to tell their parents, or they are afraid to bring it up.
Self-Care is Different for Everyone Else
You’d think it would be easy. To self-care to self-improve, to better your world and the worlds of others who enter into your orbit. It sounds amazing.
Is Self-awareness the Same as Awareness of Self?
Explore the different facets of self-awareness
Preventing Burnout
After severe burnout, recovery can take years. This affects so many people and isn’t limited to one area of your life. You can be burnt out at work, or at home, with family or friends. You can be burnt out of any or all aspects of your life.
The Phenomenon of Ghosting Help, I Have Been Ghosted
Ghosting is the phenomenon of cutting off all communication technologically and in-person avenues as a way to end a relationship or time of dating, seemingly without an explanation whatsoever.
Learning to Self Advocate through Counselling
Many people struggle when advocating for themselves for various reasons. These challenges can lead to a sense of not being in control of their own life or that one must simply endure any situation that is negatively impacting them.
From Fear to Freedom: Breaking the Cycle of People-Pleasing
It’s completely natural to feel unsure or fearful when making independent decisions, especially if you’ve spent a lot of time relying on others. Fear and lack of confidence can hold us back from growing into our independence.
Adulthood Development (18+ Years): Navigating Physical, Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Changes
This post explores how adults develop and how you can offer meaningful support during each phase.
Calming an Active Nervous System
Involving your senses to ground you allows you to stay in the moment. How do we do this?
Have You Checked In With Your Emotional Consent?
When we hear the word consent, we are accustomed to using it in relation to physical boundaries. What is emotional consent? Emotional consent referrals to the permission we give or receive regarding emotional sharing, intimacy, and being vulnerable.
Understanding Grief and Loss: Finding Support Through Connection
Many people instinctively withdraw, believing they need to handle their grief on their own. But healing doesn’t happen in isolation—it's through connection, sharing, and support that we begin to find our way forward.
Middle Childhood Development (6-12 Years): Nurturing Cognitive, Physical, Emotional, and Social Growth
Middle childhood, from ages 6 to 12, is a critical period of growth and self-discovery. During this time, children refine their cognitive abilities, improve physical skills, become more emotionally aware, and develop stronger social connections.