For many in North America and Europe, the vaccination rate increases daily and businesses are opening up again. In Canada, we are fortunately experiencing a decrease in COVID cases and can let out a cautious sigh of relief. It’s natural to start thinking about post-pandemic plans and try to obtain…

Become Intentional with Your Money Through Financial Mindfulness Money is something most of us think about every day. Thoughts like, “Do I have enough money?” or “How can I make more money?” continually enter our minds. If we let it, money can take over our lives. One way to help…

We’re nearly a year into the pandemic, and I see more stress building in my clients, friends, co-workers, and family as the days go by. Of course, right? Isolation prevents holidays with family, hanging out with friends, or just interacting with strangers at a café or local watering hole. Feeling…

Coronavirus Social Distancing: How to Cohabitate & Manage Relationship Stress When I think of couples spending quality time together, it summons images of John and Yoko’s bed-in for peace. I almost have this Disney-style optimism of what it would mean to be “stuck” at home with my spouse. But I’m being idealistic here. That’s far from reality. Most of us…

Prior to few weeks ago, I hadn’t heard the term social distancing, but now I hear it almost hourly. Well, that and flattening the curve. I think many of us assumed the coronavirus problem would remain isolated to Wuhan, China. We kept it on our radar but went about our…

When most of us deal with a disturbing event we may have an initial stress response of where we face stress, anger, regret, or guilt and dwell on it, maybe brood on our emotions, for a day or two but then we learn, and move on — that is healthy…

It’s all too common that we avoid healthy changes towards wellness because they push us outside our comfort zone. Starting a new workout, updating our diet, and improving our interpersonal relationships all involve some level of anxiety and discomfort. For millions of Canadians, dental anxiety is a major hurdle to…

Sometimes we catch ourselves behaving in a way that surprises us. Sometimes the feeling is a positive one: we accomplish a major goal that we weren’t sure we were going to accomplish, we crush that job interview that we were certain was a total failure, or we find the courage to ask for that big promotion at work. However, there are…