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What you gain from being hard on yourself.
Do your friends make comments on how hard you are on yourself? Does it feel like you have always been like this towards yourself? Like it...
Aug 5, 20245 min read
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Limits of self regulation. Healing relational trauma in real time.
Self regulation is such a huge piece of the puzzle when it comes to your own healing and your resilience moving forward for so many...
Jul 31, 20245 min read
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How to not gaslight.
Gaslighting is a term used to describe when someone is being led to believe that their reality is not true, by lying or denying other...
Jul 22, 20246 min read
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Parenting with BPD.
In honour of Mother’s Day that has just gone by, and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) awareness month, I thought that it would be a...
May 16, 20248 min read
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Celebrating Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) awareness month.
Even using the word 'celebrating' in the same sentence as BPD feels controversial, but I am genuinely optimistic of BPD and I love...
May 9, 20246 min read
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What CBT gets wrong about panic disorder.
When I trained as a CBT therapist, I thought I knew all the answers, to all the mental health problems. I believed in the CBT model so...
May 3, 20244 min read
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What to do when you are triggered.
Today I was triggered. I told my partner that I was glad he is doing so well financially lately, because he might need to support us for...
Jan 31, 20243 min read
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This is why you break down at the most inconvenient times.
Maybe you have been in this situation before, or seen it happen in someone else. You enter in a conversation that should not and does not...
Jan 24, 20243 min read
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Why you need to regulate your emotions and 5 ways to do it.
When thinking of a picture for this blog post, I wanted something to represent harmony. And then I could not get the image of puppies out...
Jan 17, 20246 min read
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Manifestation for skeptics.
THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS, MEANING I GET A COMMISSION IF YOU DECIDE TO MAKE A PURCHASE THROUGH MY LINKS, AT NO COST TO YOU....
Jan 10, 20245 min read
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Goal setting for humans.
I love this time of year. My level of hope and motivation is at an all time high and I have a fresh new composition book at the ready to...
Jan 3, 20244 min read
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Do you have rejection sensitivity?
Being rejected is never a fun experience. But for some of us, the fear of rejection can be scary and for good reason too. Having...
Dec 27, 20232 min read
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How to identify and protect yourself from burnout
As we wrap up 2023, it could be useful to reflect on our practices when it comes to our relationship with work, other people and anything...
Dec 20, 20234 min read
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How keep your relationships solid AND get what you want.
Interpersonal effectiveness is at the foundation of social skills, which helps you be taken seriously, get your needs met, and get what...
Dec 13, 20233 min read
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5 signs of anxiety you thought were personality traits.
We all have quirks that make us unique. These may range anywhere between cute and endearing to annoying and frustrating. If you have...
Oct 12, 20233 min read
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Why you want to barf during therapy, and what to do about it.
Therapy is hard work, whether you are trying to overcome an anxiety disorder, relationship issue or a trauma memory. Often, we find that...
Oct 4, 20234 min read
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Truth and Reconciliation Healing: 5 things we can learn from The Indigenous People of Canada
I gratefully acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded traditional and ancestral land of the Syilx and Métis People, and who are...
Sep 30, 20234 min read
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Burnout: An exercise in self awareness and self care.
If antidepressants and anti-anxiety medication can help you feel better, and alcohol and other substances can get you down, surely other...
Sep 27, 20233 min read
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3 types of messy people and how to get organized as a messy person.
If you identify as a messy person, you may fall under the following types: You’re messy and you don’t mind. You’re messy and you do mind....
Sep 21, 20232 min read
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Why it's not so much “how to get OVER”, but rather, “how to get THROUGH social anxiety”.
Friendship and connection is on my mind, as my best friend from the UK came out to visit me for a week. One of the major things I miss...
Sep 14, 20235 min read
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