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20 Questions To Ask A Counsellor
To follow up on my last blog post, I have created a list of 20 questions that could be asked of a counsellor or therapist when you’re seeking one out. Remember, you don’t have to use all of them,...
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Rainy Days
On rainy days, like it is today in Vancouver, BC, I just want to curl up and sit in my pajamas with a cup of tea. Instead, I sit contemplating on how often I don’t take moments like that for myself....
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Loving Yourself On Valentine’s Day
Today, Valentine’s Day has turned into a day to celebrate the love you have with another person. A day to express undying love and a day to buy those sweets and flowers. However, why do we celebrate...
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Mental Health Week in Canada!
It’s Mental Health Week! Take a look at the activities and put something new and fun into your Spring! Wear brighter colours! Pump up those bike tires and go for a ride! Take lunch outside. Even...
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Finding Joy
Here’s an inspirational video for you. It’s only a few minutes long. Take some time for yourself today, because “Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction.” Enjoy!...
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Domestic Violence Awareness
Awareness Quote: “If the noise coming from next door was loud music, you’d do something about it.”
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Oxford Study: Tetris May Relieve Post-Traumatic Stress
As the author of this article points out at the end, this is not a technique that has been proven to help those who are suffering from long-term post-traumatic stress, but helps those who had just...
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Remembering Dr. Peter
Peter Jepson-Young (Dr. Peter) (Courtesy Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation) Remembering Dr. Peter Twenty years since death of iconic figure in fight against HIV/AIDS Jesse Johnston Nov 15, 2012 08:51:59 AM...
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Men’s Mental Health to Wrap up Movember
A look at men’s mental health to wrap up Movember series Doctor says testosterone can blind men to their feelings John Ackermann Nov 23, 2012 07:59:33 AM VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – One in five Canadian...
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World AIDS Day
Today, Saturday, December 1st, 2012, is World AIDS Day! I want to share this link to the Straight’s article about Vancouverite’s. It mentions Alex Tam who is a wonderful man and deserves the...
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Fred Penner Reminds Us To Breathe!
One of my goals for 2013 here in Vancouver, BC, is to learn how to breathe. Not just the every day breathing we all do, but REALLY learn how to take in the oxygen, deep into my belly. You know, that...
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Words of Gratitude
Words of Gratitude I just want to say thank you to all of you for being here and being YOU! I am so grateful you are here and wish you one of your most wonderful days! Click on the title above for a...
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How Reading Impacts Your Brain
Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park is a complex, challenging novel read by millions. And now a recent collaboration between Stanford neurobiologists and English Postdoctorate Natalie Phillips suggests that...
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7 Ways Helping Others Makes Our World Kinder
There are many times we do small things for other people and it makes us feel good. So why don’t we do these little things more often?? I truly understand how life can get: phone calls, emails, texts,...
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Creative Expression Keeps You Healthy
I want to share this AWESOME email I received from an amazingly creative woman, SARK! If you know SARK you know what I’m talking about. If you don’t know her, please get to know her! Since I’ve gotten...
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Living Wellness!
I’m attending an event July 12–14 that I really want to share it with you! It’s called Living Wellness and it’s organized by a grassroots initiative known as Community Catalysts. We’re a group of...
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Heart-Warming Surprises
I continue to be enlightened by small surprises. Just now, as I was looking through an old box I had retrieved from my mother’s basement, I found a letter to me, as a teenage girl. It was from a woman...
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