People sometimes ask me if my blog has a specific focus or intent. My main intent is to walk alongside my readers, sharing my...

As children, we learn strategies to adapt to difficult situations and to keep ourselves safe. These strategies work.. until they don't..

Sometimes things are not what they seem. My then good friend and I were heading to see a movie. We had been enjoying spending a lot of...

I love the quote by Karen Salmansohn of NotSalmon.com. She states that: "Sometimes you just need to talk about something - not to get...

October 10th has been proclaimed Mental Health Day in British Columbia, Canada. Mental health awareness is growing in our society, and...

This post is adapted from a post I wrote on my personal social media blog during the summer of 2023. As a counsellor, my sessions are for...

Background: As a Master's students in a counselling psychology program, we were encouraged to do the work ourselves that we would be...

I would venture to guess that most people do not enjoy having difficult conversations. I don't love them myself! But sometimes, because...

My 22-year-old daughter has been encouraging me to start a podcast. She even went so far as to invite me to be a guest on her podcast so...

I need to share this post once in awhile. If this is you, be encouraged! Do what you can to bring in support that works for your family....

A question regularly raised in counselling is "who am I?" In our society, we are often valued for – and thus we place value on – what we...

Sharing some takeaways from the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium. Which do you find most inspiring?