Boundaries as a Gift: Supporting Your Mental Health During the Holidays
The holiday season can be a time of joy, warmth, and celebration, but for many, it can also bring stress, overwhelm, and exhaustion. Between family gatherings, social obligations, and the endless messaging and pressure to overspend, it's easy to lose sight of your own needs. Setting boundaries—both with yourself and others—is a powerful way to safeguard your well-being during this busy time of year.
Growing Stronger, Together: Supporting Men’s Mental Health This Movember and Beyond
Although Movember originally began as a moustache growing campaign focused on raising awareness about men’s cancers, particularly prostate and testicular cancers, it has since evolved into so much more than that.
Embarking on the Somatic Healing Journey: A Path to Self-Discovery and Emotional Release
In a world that often demands speed and efficiency, finding the space to slow down, tune in, reconnect, and nurture ourselves is a radical act of self-love. The Somatic Healing Journey invites you to do just that. Guided by over 15 years of experience as an award-winning dancer, registered clinical counsellor, and certified yoga instructor, I created this series to share tools for healing and self-compassion with a wider audience.
Navigating Family Dysfunction and Generational Trauma in Immigrant Families: Strategies for breaking the cycle and healing.
Family dysfunction, while not unique to any single culture, can have distinctive characteristics within immigrant communities, deeply intertwined with generational trauma and cultural expectations. Addressing family dysfunction and generational trauma requires a multifaceted approach. It involves acknowledging the issues, understanding their origins, and actively working towards change. Here are some strategies that can help:
Navigating the Pathways of Intimacy: A Journey Towards Authentic Connection
As a counsellor who specializes in desire, intimacy, and relationships, I've dedicated years to understanding the complex dynamics that influence our ability to connect deeply with others. Low sexual desire is one of the most common sexual concerns among heterosexual couples in the Western world, but it's often just the tip of the iceberg. Beneath the surface, intimacy can reveal the areas of opportunity for growth and healing in our relationships.
The Healing Power of Boundaries: A Guide to Self-Care and Emotional Well-Being
Boundaries are the guardrails that protect our time, energy, and emotions. They help us define where our responsibilities end and others' begin, preventing burnout, resentment, and strained relationships. So, how can we effectively establish and maintain boundaries in various aspects of our lives?
How to Identify and Deal with Your Inner Saboteurs
A Saboteur may appear as a negative thought or intention, a limiting belief, or a condescending doubt that makes us question our capacity, potential , self-worth , and ultimately limits us from reaching our full potential. All saboteurs come from a need to…
5 Tips For Better Mental Wellness Through Restful Sleep
Sleep is essential for our everyday functioning, recovery, enjoyment, learning, and growth. [1] Unrestful sleep with sleep disturbances overnight have been shown to be correlated to intensity of anxiety and depression symptoms experienced by individuals when distressed. [2] Sleep is directly related to our ability to process our experiences, recuperate and repair from our daily expenditures, build off of past learnings and integrate new ways of navigating distress within ourselves and the world.
Navigating the Mind: A Brief List of Books on Mental Health
In a world where mental health conversations are gaining momentum, literature can help us make sense of ourselves and those around us. From renowned psychologists like Esther Perel and Gabor Maté to poignant memoirs such as Crying in H Mart, What My Bones Know, and My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward, this blog post highlights some of my favorite books that illuminate the complexities of mental health.
The difference between Mindfulness & Self-Compassion and how to embrace them both.
As we work to understand our complex inner feelings, let us remember that mindfulness and self-compassion are not destinations to be reached, but ongoing companions on our journey. Embracing them both allows us to cultivate a deeper sense of presence, resilience, and kindness toward ourselves and others.