How to Ask for Help with Depression: A Comprehensive Guide
There’s so much to talk about when discussing depression. It is the next post-developed world pandemic. Countless individuals worldwide are affected by depression, and the number is spiking each year (Daly et al., 2021). The symptoms of depression can be tricky to isolate or identify, and often, a person dealing...
How to Find a Trauma Therapist
It is hard to make it through life without experiencing some kind of trauma. Trauma comes in all shapes and sizes, often described as small t and big T. Small traumas can be less impactful, like a scrape from a fall or a rejection from a desired other. Big T’s...
How to Help Someone with ADHD?
It can be challenging to live with someone with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). When you don’t understand ADHD, it can cause miscommunication and frustration in any relationship. Though the differences may be challenging, this can be a wonderful opportunity to grow and strengthen your relationship with yourself and the...
Can Couples Counselling Save a Relationship?
The bond between two individuals is highly valued and desired. As crucial as this bond is, it does not come without difficulties. Due to the nature of relationships, it requires both parties to be invested and involved for the relationship to thrive. Effort is required. But it’s easier said than...
Can Talk Therapy Help Anxiety?
Counselling and psychotherapy, or talk therapy, is when a therapist listens to how someone feels, helps them work through their experiences, and gives them an optimistic approach towards life and mental well-being. To treat, evaluate, and support various mental health conditions, counsellors and psychologists use talk therapy to discuss the...
5 Ways to Deal With A Draining Job
When we talk about mental health and self-care, I think it’s sometimes helpful to think of our bodies as machines. Like any complex machine with many moving parts, we break down over time if we don’t take care of them and provide some routine maintenance. Our bodies and minds need...
Signs of Attachment Trauma In Adults
We have this idea as adults that our patterns and behaviours are personal failings—things we should just be able to correct. As a result, we end up feeling ashamed. Some people go Jekyll & Hyde once they’re in a relationship, while others struggle with low self-esteem even when they’re rock...
The Problem with Self-Care, and How to Fix It
Self-care has become a hot word in what we could call “Insta-therapy” and is often an excuse to sell indulgence as healing. Are videos of people using seven types of serum showing up in your scrolling, too? Self-care is an important concept, but it’s being twisted and used against people...
Anxiety, Depression, or FOMO: Gen Z and Mental Illness
Why We Fight: Comments on Esther Perel’s Video
Men, Women, and Emotional Processing
