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These darker months can be hard on your mental health. It might be the shorter days. The wet climate doing it’s best to keep everything well watered (ha!). The seeming non-stop kids’ [...]

As the holidays grow near, you’re likely hoping this year is the best yet. Or, at least it’s a year marked with joy, excitement and hopefully lost of rest! That’s what the [...]

Whether you’ve been with your favourite person for a month, a year, or decades the greatest desire I believe humans have is to feel safe, seen and connected. When you can experience this [...]

Whether or not trauma can cause anxiety is a huge question in and of itself. It’s one I often hear within the context of counselling. Or, it is something I get curious with clients about at [...]

I talk with clients often, about the dark stuff. Those moments, seasons, years that just seem bleak. At the very least, they’ve stolen much of my clients’ stories. Some days the [...]

Whether your relationship is new or you’ve been with your favourite person for as long as you can remember, boundaries in your relationship are a crucial part of relational health. [...]

In therapy we often talk about sitting with your emotions or feeling your feelings. What does that actually mean? How do you know if you’re feeling your emotions? Some clients ask what it [...]

Mother’s Day thoughts can bring such a mixture of emotions, expectations and perhaps even triggering memories. You might notice you feel light and tingly excitement – maybe you’re even [...]

Easter is just around the corner and you’re noticing an emotion in your body that often seems to appear around the holidays. You might be excited to see family members you haven’t talked with [...]

You notice you’re struggling to say ‘no’ when friends, family members, co-workers, your partner or even your kids need something. Maybe your head wants to say ‘yes’ to their request. But your [...]