As an immigrant parent, you may have concerns about how your child will acquire language skills in the new country, and also about how they will keep the connection to your own native tongue. This post aims to provide you with insights and practical ideas to support your child's language acquisition journey and help them thrive as bilingual individuals.

It is important to distinguish shame from guilt. While both emotions can lead to introspection and relational shifts, as well as similar outcomes (depression, anxiety, withdrawal, low self-esteem, etc.), the messages they carry are different.

Being vulnerable can look different for different people, from voicing your needs to creating an original piece of art, from confessing romantic feelings towards someone to speaking up at a meeting, from standing up for your beliefs to trusting someone.

Growing up in a nurturing and supportive environment is vital for a child's emotional well-being and development. However, for those who have endured parental narcissistic abuse, their formative years may have been marked by manipulation, control, and emotional devastation. Below we will explore the insidious nature of this abuse, its profound impact on individuals, and the therapeutic pathways that can guide survivors toward reclaiming their lives and building fulfilling relationships.

Neurodiversity, coined by sociologist Judy Singer, refers to the “limitless variability of human nervous systems on the planet”. Much like biodiversity in nature, which understands the multitude of varying species and organisms in our world, neurodiversity recognizes that people have different brains.

Many people think of grief as an emotional experience or state attached to the death of a loved one. Grief, however, is not limited to death-related losses alone. Grief can arise from several experiences in a person's life.