Jan 18, 2016 | Anger, Anxiety, Controlling relationships, Counselling, Counsellor, Depression, Domestic Abuse, Featured, Grief, healthy relationships, hurt, overreacting, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience, Stress, Uncategorized
“When we push down hurt or pretend that struggle doesn’t exist, the hurt and struggle own us.” Brene Browne We don’t suppress happy feelings usually. They are easy, we just have them. You tell me a joke, I laugh. I see a double rainbow and gasp...
Dec 23, 2015 | Counselling, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience, Uncategorized
Tell the Truth to Yourself. You may be reluctant to admit you are unhappy with some aspect of your relationship. You may be tempted to ignore a situation with your partner that is upsetting you and deny the importance of your feelings. A great practice to improve your...
Aug 11, 2015 | Counselling, Counsellor, Featured, healthy relationships, parenting, Relationships, resilience, Uncategorized
Reposted August 11, 2015, (written January 30, 2014) courtesy of Sandra Kim Hills Counsellor – It’s pretty common for us to worry about how women, especially our own daughters, are put into gender boxes and encouraged to engage in behavior that hurts them,...
Jun 20, 2015 | Anger, Anxiety, Counselling, Counsellor, Depression, Featured, overreacting, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience, Uncategorized, work-life balance
8. Be stingy with your apologies. It seems that some parents are a little like three year olds and believe an honest, sincere, “I’m sorry” will cost them money, pride or status. Every time you yell at your kids or unjustifiably punish them, you’re placing a brick in a...
Jun 18, 2015 | Anger, Anxiety, Counselling, Counsellor, Featured, overreacting, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience, Stress, Uncategorized
(Re-posted 18 June, 2015 from blog post Scenes from the Wild) It’s not by refusing to buy the latest greatest something or keeping your child home from the party/concert/date… One evening my sons came home with the same exclamation, “It’s amazing how many kids hate...
Apr 28, 2015 | Counselling, Counsellor, Featured, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience, Stress, Uncategorized
– Counsellor Glenwood Area, Post published by Hal Shorey Ph.D. on Apr 18, 2015 in The Freedom to Change Fearing intimacy and avoiding closeness in relationships is the norm for about 17% of adults in Western cultures. As many readers understand, it can be...
