Creating a feeling of safety, maintaining a healthy environment, defining appropriate behavior, and setting expectations for ourselves and within relationships, can help avoid feelings of frustration when our needs are not met.
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Okay, so you have established a new boundary, and you were met with anger. Now what?
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It is common when thinking about the term “relationships” to create immediate links to that of the family unit, a friend, an intimate partner, or a social group.
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The holidays can be a time of great joy but can also be filled with complex layers of emotion in navigating tricky dynamics with difficult family members.
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How often have you gone a week, maybe two, or longer without filling up your cup?
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Hi, my name is Vidya, I am so glad you are here! When I think about counselling, I am drawn to reflect on my client’s strength, authenticity, bravery, and openness to move through times of challenge and engage in the process of healing.
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Most of us have settled into what seems to be the constantly changing new normal while also grappling with the fact that the old normal isn't coming back.
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We are at a critical time with respect to the spread of the coronavirus. The actions we take today could be the difference between life and death for thousands of people. The time to implement social distancing and isolation is now.
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There is increasing global concern regarding the new coronavirus and COVID-19. Here are some immediate precautions you are encouraged to take.
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Love finds a way, into the shadows of doubt and questioning. It opens a window, turns on a light, throws open the doors, and sets up shop. And invites the inquisition over for tea.
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My recent Instagram posts about white supremacy, anti-racism, and decolonization were prompted by a “diversity training” I attended a couple months ago.
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Recent years have seen an uptick in the wellness and mental health community calling for self-care as the antidote to burnout. I'm calling bullshit.
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Where did you learn that you weren’t enough? Who told you that you were lacking? When did you stop believing in the implicit worth, dignity, value, completeness, and beauty of your soul and personhood? Do you even remember?
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No. Just no. No need for explanations or alternatives. Let them misunderstand. Let them speculate. Let them judge. You don’t always have to explain yourself. No matter how uncomfortable you feel.
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What will you do with the cards you’ve been dealt?
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Maybe your story is not “being written”; maybe you are the one writing it. And perhaps these are the moments when the universe hands you the pen and you get to tell your tale of extraordinary courage.
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There's a place called resentment where we sometimes go. Where it's cold and somewhat frightening. And the lights are off there.
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Have you ever had the experience where someone shared something difficult with you, and you had no idea how to respond?
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Where shall we begin?
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