Escape From the Office
What might the new desire for employees to prefer working from home say about existing workplace culture? If the workplace was such a...
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Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Is This a Signal or a Setback?
Framing your conflicts as information versus failure can help you move into action rather than freeze and hide. Train yourself to view...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
3 min
Is There a Safe Way to Vent?
How can you avoid the toxic ways in which venting is expressed in the workplace? How do we help our workplace communities avoid...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Relationship Over Rules
What do you do when someone you love defies the rules that define you? There is a grieving father in front of me. His shoulders are...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Before Entering a Difficult Conversation Read This
You are about to enter a client meeting. You already know the client is upset. This is the third time you have had to move the order of...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Martyrs Make Terrible Caregivers
There are many ways a child will use a Kleenex inside my counselling space. There is the one-blow-and-trash-it method; the...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Your Brain on Perseverance
One of my goals for 2017 was to increase my skill at swimming so that I can eventually overcome my fear of swimming in open water. As a...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Racial Profiling and Bouillon Powder
I am a little nervous going through American customs. My husband's skin colour and last name meant that when we were dating during the...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
3 min
Fear is Easy
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...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Power of Community
I am once again staring out at miserable rain and snow. It is March. Spring is just around the corner. Outside my window there are big...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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What is Anxiety?
anx·i·e·ty noun: anxiety; plural noun: anxieties a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Training Your Brain For Transformation
I have to admit to one of my guilty pleasures in order to give this blog post some context. I love watching the TV show, “The Biggest...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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The Antidote to Addiction is Connection
Photo by Kelsey Chance on Unsplash The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection. Joahan Hari There is a classic...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Who Takes Care of the Caregiver?
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;...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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When Does Care Become Harm?
Photo by Simon Rae on Unsplash Children need love and connection, and they also need practice in contributing to a larger community....
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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What's It Like to be You?
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash Beliefs are not an intellectual construct, they are an emotional one. Our feelings are always connected to...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Fear is Easy
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...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Quick Fire Neural Pathways – Helping Our Brains Wire for Compassion
A fourteen-year-old girl, “Wendy” has been shunned by her social circle for having slandered another high profile fifteen-year-old girl....
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Your Children Will Embarrass You
Easy choices. Hard life. Hard choices. Easy life. Jerzy Gregorek Our role in supporting children is to help them make hard choices in...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Adjusting to the New Normal
Find the right time. Take small steps. Repeat. This will help you adapt to a new normal. Adjusting to a new normal is going to require...
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