There are many ways a child will use a Kleenex inside my counselling space. There is the one-blow-and-trash-it method; the...

Photo by Fillipo Ruffini on Unsplash Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our...

All of that practice in social engagement helps us learn to regulate our own feelings.  It helps us practice those all important social...

It has been years since Rodney King famously uttered,  "Can't we all just get along?" Having been beaten  by the Los Angeles Police and...

After struggling with symptoms of severe adrenal failure, my sister was finally feeling the benefits of a strengthening recovery.  She...

Photo by Kelsey Chance on Unsplash The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection. Joahan Hari There is a classic...

Success comes in small steps, repeated thousands of times. It is the behaviours, the doing that bring about our heart's desires. It is...

Photo by CDC on Unsplash Our moments of "unkind" and "mean" happen most when we are depleted. If you are hungry, angry, lonely or tired;...

Photo by Simon Rae on Unsplash Children need love and connection, and they also need practice in contributing to a larger community....

Any chronic distraction creates an artificial balance in your wellbeing. When you train your brain to continuously avoid painful felt...

Crisis creates space. By its nature, it develops a ‘hole’, a rip in time and a kind of deafening silence that for most of us, feels...

Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared we...

Crisis arrives because we are alive. Crisis is the Mother of all Undos. Crisis comes because death comes because life comes. We cannot...

Your Beautiful Trauma Chapter Notes Chapter 1 Lao Tse: https://www.amazon.com/Tao-Te-Ching-Laozi/dp/1535229330, “Do the difficult things...

Photo by Diego Passadori on Unsplash We are on our devices too much. We rely on all of these distractions and pings of dopamine to get us...

Photo by Christian Newman on Unsplash If the price for disrespect, discomfort or failure is public shaming, we eliminate the very...