Breaking up with Social Media for Improved Mental Health
Breaking up is hard to do, even with social media. At the end of 2017, as many of us do, I reflected on the changes I wanted to make for...
Don’t Fight Your Emotions – Deal with Them
Emotions have huge effects on our physical and mental wellbeing. Emotions can range from despair to anger to inspiration to compassion and everything in between. Interestingly, it is easier to...
A Self Care Action Plan
Self care is more than just treating yourself from time to time. Self care is not a reward, it is a vital ongoing process of looking after our overall health....
Bipolar Disorder: The Olympic Event with Santa between the North & South Poles
Guest Blogger: Natalie Gillis, B.A., PGC Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (in progress) Yorkville University Bipolar Disorder One has been both the bane of my existence and the luscious...
Trying to Help People Who Don’t Want Help
As a mental health first aid instructor, one of the most common questions I get asked is, “how do I help someone who doesn’t want help?” Depending on the approach...
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...