Press Release: Montreal mental health non-profit hosts wellness event with panel of self-care experts
Self Care in Action, a thought-provoking and inclusive event that provides practical self-care tools by a panel of experts and resources, is set to take place on March 18, 2023, from 5 pm to 8 pm at Cafe Leo
Becoming Unstuck
view being stuck as either being bored or overstimulated. It’s that inability to find the balance to keep going, all while juggling the different challenges life throws at me.
How to Navigate Grief in the Post-Pandemic Workplace
Due to the COVID-19, there is grief locked up inside the offices, teams, and workplaces of every organization across the country, and maybe even around the world.
Living with Insomnia
Sleep is so important. But what happens if you can’t seem to fall or stay asleep, no matter how hard you try?
How To Deal With a Positive STI Test Result
Receiving a positive STI result can be heart-wrenching. This is due to the stigma sexually transmitted infections carry. Society makes it easy to feel “dirty” or have a sense of shame when seeing these results.
How to Practice Self Love
Self-love is practiced in the difficult moments—when it is the hardest to come by. It is noticing when the unloving thoughts appear and staying open to the more loving thought. Maybe even increasing the volume until that is the only one you hear.
5 Ways to Find What Drives You
We’ve got to take it easy and look within ourselves to uncover what drives us to achieve better results in the long term.
How Nutrition Plays a Role in Caring for Your Mental Health
Along with journaling, mindfulness, talk therapy, exercising, medication, and other interventions, a change in diet or a new supplement plan to receive your necessary daily vitamins could be exactly what you need!
Obtaining a Healthy Diet with Tiny Goals
How to break down big lifestyle goals to small but impactful changes that are more conducive to long-term positive transformation.
How to Support the Men in Your Life with their Mental Health
Remember that we all hold the same capacity to love. We were made from the same materials, same proportions, and depending on your belief—the same source.
What’s Weighing You Down?
I became weighed down by the fear of making others uncomfortable. The dread of feeling obligated to navigate other peoples’ problems and insecurities because I don’t fit neatly into the narrative they’ve created for me.
Staying Productive While Working from Home
For many, working from home is a dream come true, but it can quickly turn into a nightmare if you don’t manage your time properly or you get off task easily.
Thinking Across Time
Learning when to focus on the past, present, or future provides an opportunity to take the optimal outlook to benefit from our experiences.
How Our Emotions Impact Productivity
Our emotions play a large role in whether or not we get things done. Even if everything is set up perfectly for a productive work session, there are moments when our emotions get the best of us.
Finding Value
Values are not about what you want to get out of life—they are about how you strive to behave on an ongoing basis.
Grieving Who I Could’ve Been
I feel a bit of grief for the loss of this person I never even got to hold or embody. Can we grieve something we never had?
The Power of a Daily Routine
It can be hard to pinpoint the exact culprit of negative feelings. Most of the time, it comes down to one thing—routine, or lack thereof.
How to Change Your Unhelpful Thinking Styles
We all have unhelpful thinking styles. In any given situation, our brains find multiple ways to try to trick us into negative thinking patterns.
I Tracked My Mood for a Month—This is What Happened
It was hard to see the big picture when all I could remember were my intense feelings of despair.
The Dangers of Labeling
Our use of labels combined with our own negative self-talk continues to fuel an already fragile human condition and can contribute to physical symptoms of depression to anxiety.
The Drip and the Spark
How an understanding of change in conjunction with an accurate understanding of self can allow us to accelerate learning in any area.
The Power of Positive Affirmations
It’s truly time to bring some positivity into our lives. Let’s make it our goal this new year!
Surviving the Holidays During a Pandemic
Although we cannot control the fact that there’s a pandemic during the holidays, there are still ways in which we can stay afloat during this confusing, unique season.
Finding Clarity Through the Healing Process
This is the magic of the healing process—it’s so much simpler than we sometimes make it out to be.
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