Imagine you are walking down the street in a town. You see a man walking towards you. He’s wearing a really heavy backpack and in his hands, he’s carrying heavy items. You can see that he is very tired, weary, stooped over. You look...

I sometimes work with clients that have had too much stress for a very long time. They have tried many things to lower their stress level. Some of those things work for them and some don’t. The things that helped lower the level of stress at...

When I was a Physiotherapist, my clients would come see me when they were enough pain that they couldn’t tolerate it anymore and sought help. After a course of treatment with me, the pain would decrease back down to a manageable or tolerable...

Have you ever gone through a challenging time and just needed to tell someone about it? Maybe you had a rough day at work, or maybe you just had one of those days that everything goes wrong - the milk was sour, the car wouldn’t start, your...

We live in a culture where some emotions are believed to be “acceptable” and “allowed” and some are not, typically for certain groups of people. For example, farmers are supposed to be strong and not depressed, women are...

I have some very sad news. My sister passed away a few days ago after a short, intense journey with cancer. She was only 42 years old. She leaves behind a loving husband of 14 years and 2 young children - 12 and 8 years old.

Shortly after her...

About a month ago, my youngest sister had her first baby, a girl. I am so happy for her and her husband.

But about one week after she was born, I started to notice that something inside me was off. I was still happy but there was a mix of...

“Think positive” sounds like a nice piece of advice to give to someone going through a difficult time. We mean well when we give it but actually it can sometimes be more harmful than helpful.

Imagine going through a really difficult...

Things are different now, but several years ago, I was really trying to lose weight. Diets. Exercise. The whole shebang.

I would stand on the scale daily so that I could track my progress.

I remember there were several days I’d get up in the...

“I’m such an idiot.”

“I’m too fat…no donut for me.”

“Nice one, loser.”

“I’m such a screw-up.”

“He wouldn’t like me, I’m ugly.”

“I’m not...