Guest Blogger: Debi Exley Silenced words – Let it be heard. Words spoken often never heard. THE STIGMA, labels, barriers and the walls on Mental Illness prevent us to speak out. You may have or are suffering from Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, Bipolar, MPD, or Schizophrenia. Whatever it is … [Read more...]
Self-Care Is A Lifestyle, Not An Opt-In / Opt-Out
Have you ever found yourself trapped in this all-too-common vicious cycle: You feel bad.You do something to make yourself feel better.It works and you do feel better!You stop doing what made you feel better.You feel bad again. It’s time to break the cycle! Self-care – the actions and … [Read more...]
Coping with December Blues
Judging by popular movies and television sitcoms, December should be a merry time of year, filled with festivities and family get-togethers. Even when that family is somewhat dysfunctional, quirks and conflicts only serve to bring everyone closer together and everything works out before the end … [Read more...]
Going Beneath The Surface With Troubled Employees
We’ve all worked with people who are, to put it politely, difficult to get along with. The easy and not quite so polite response is to simply dismiss them as jerks. But what if this surface behaviour is evidence of something deeper going on, some reason they’re acting the way they are? Perhaps we … [Read more...]
How Present Are You?
I often get asked “how can I best support someone who is struggling with a mental illness?” and my question is “how present are you?” We live in a time of constant distractions and rarely stop and reflect as we jump from task to task, making mistakes, forgetting information and just trying to … [Read more...]