What many of us don’t realize is that our children are the world’s best lie detectors. They know that we are stressed. Moreover, when we try to hide our feelings from our children, what we are telling them is that emotions are not okay. In our efforts to protect and care for our children, hoping to protect them from anxiety and fear, we have actually suppressed our emotions and told them to do the same.

…change is challenging and chaotic. However, chaos is where we grow and transform. It is where we learn to master one level of the game of life and qualify to the next. As Abraham Maslow once said “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”

EMDR treatment is proven to help reduce symptoms related to depression, PTSD, anxiety, addictions, phobias, and emotional distress. EMDR allows one to heal even if the triggered memories are not discussed, releasing emotional experiences that are trapped in the nervous system.

According to Ola Abugharbiyeh the Netflix movie “My Happy Family” is a masterful representation of attending to your unmet needs and unconscious yearnings, and learning how to set healthy boundaries.

Are you looking to add a bit of humour to your podcast experience? Check out our review of Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids.

Being a parent is one of the toughest roles we play in life, and when our teenagers are struggling, we can feel confused, helpless, and overwhelmed when we don’t know how to help. Here are some ways that you can help.

Are there things that you learned from your experience of Christmas this year that you’d like to change? Rather than waiting for next December to make those changes, why not start now? Learn four ways to make permanent changes in your life so that Christmas 2020 is a better experience.

Do you ever feel like you have no choice in the way that life takes you? Discover how to have the courage to choose and have personal agency as you begin the New Year.

We’ve done some research for you so you can find some new events around the Lower Mainland, and maybe build some new traditions.

If you are planning a Christmas gathering this year, what if you do it a bit different and create an environment of purposeful connection?

Have you ever felt the pressure to love the holiday season? It seems that everyone and their dog is excited for this magical time of year, yet you can’t seem to shake a lingering sense of dread as the festivities start to unfold. Whitney Regan wrote this post to get help on how to manage the loneliness you might be feeling during this season.

If emotional intelligence is so important, why don’t we talk about it with children?  In today’s society, we ask each other ‘how are you?’ and the response is almost always ‘fine’.  Fine is not an emotion; fine does not express anything; fine is a cover-up.  We try to protect our children from our negative emotions most of the time.  The problem with this is that children are the best emotional antennas, they can sense when their parents are not happy.  Not hiding emotions doesn’t mean we dump all our concerns on our children all the worries of being an adult and parent; it does mean that we can share in a controlled way.

You know you want to get out and date your spouse, but you’re stuck for ideas. Take a read through this blog post and see if they might get your creative juices flowing.

Every year, as the seasons change and the days get shorter, it seems our moods dip. We may feel more tired, less inclined to get out of the house, and for some, feelings of sadness or depressive moods can arise. There’s a number of real factors that contribute to this seasonal change in mood. Danielle Palmer shares three key issues and four antidotes to be proactive against them.

This article is inspired by a podcast that really opened Inder’s eyes to a concept she was just living with as a norm—and maybe because it is.  The episode is called “Emotional Labor is Labor!” from the podcast Stuff Mom Never Told You, hosted by Anney Reese and Bridget Todd. 

So, what exactly is emotional labour? It consists of work historically done by women, in various personal and professional settings, that comprises of things like actively listening to people vent, scheduling, remembering important dates, planning social events, coming up with gifts or tokens of appreciation, and just being aware of others’ emotions on top of their own. 

With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, there isn’t a lot that one article can do to help you fix everything you are concerned about for Thanksgiving, but the hope is that it might be able to help some of you manage your expectations around this season and help you get through in a way you feel you had a say in how your experience yourself, others and your time.

It’s Monday evening. Just a typical day. I’m in my kitchen preparing dinner, as I always do. I pull open the oven door to take out the casserole, and a small puff of smoke escapes. Confused, because the casserole is not burnt in the slightest, I open the door all the way to get a better look.

Whitney Regan is a counsellor working out of Vitality Collective. Read on to learn more about her and if she might be a good fit for you in your pursuit of wellness.

Lisa recently listened to Dax Shepard’s podcast with Tal Ben Sharar.

As you search for a counsellor there can be a lot of different terms that they use that you don’t understand. Chelsea Stenner explains some of these terms here to help you get to know her a bit better and to help you as you navigate your search for a therapist to help you reach your goals.