One exercise I am fond of is mindful eating. Many of us experience episodes of “mindless” eating, wherein we find ourselves finishing a plate of food without paying much attention to the flavours…
Small things, BIG impact: ThriveLife’s Story of Transformation
Small things, BIG ThriveLife’s story of Transformation Impact Have you ever felt too small to make a difference? I am grateful that I have had a number of mentor-like people …
Book Review: The Invisible String
“The Invisible String” by Patrice Karst Whether you are a preschool or elementary school teacher, a parent, or a bereavement counsellor “The Invisible String” is a heartwarming book for adults …
5 Simple Steps for Choosing the Right Therapist
Where do you even start when looking for a therapist or more specifically, a trauma therapist? The difficulties of this…
What is Self-Compassion Anyway?
Where do you even start when looking for a therapist or more specifically, a trauma therapist? The difficulties of this…
Neurofeedback, What is it?
Neurofeedback is a computer system that “talks” to your brain and asks it if it’s being efficient. Through sensitive wires, your brain sends…
Weathering the Winter:
5 tips for your mental health
Whether or not you technically meet the criteria for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), aform of Depression that rears its head during the winter months, it is common for people’smental health …
How to Stop Struggling and Start living.
So how do we effectively deal with our most difficult thoughts, feelings, memories
and emotions without becoming so consumed, so stuck, so flooded and so
miserable that we begin to miss out on
Transforming Care By Caring for Helpers
I am a limited resource. So are you. Each of us brings amazing gifts, talents, skills and capacities to the spaces we exist in – our families, our workplaces, our …
Flipping the Script on Reactive Support
(Pulled From Behind the Line, Season 1, Episode 1)
Hear More on the Behind the Line podcast This article can also be found on CRACKYL As a trauma therapist who works with First Responders and Front Line Workers, I …