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Coping with Suffering Health Concerns
A diagnosis from a doctor can seem deafening, everything goes numb, your thoughts race a mile a minute, searching for an answer. Why? Why me? Why is this happening? So many endless questions with no direction or answers. It feels as if a simple word has changed your entire life and the path that was once so clear is now filled with barriers that you will have to climb through. What now?
We must start by creating a road map to take back the power the…
You’ve got your gratitude wall up at work, Facebook covered in motivational quotes, and your positive affirmations rehearsed on the daily. But you’re still miserable. Everyone else seems to be able to fix everything with a positive quote or by counting their blessings, does this mean there is simply something wrong with you if these things don’t make you happy? Of course not!
Sometimes, despite your best efforts, that jerk who cut you off on the highway is going to be under your skin for the…
We all know that exercise is good for our mental health, but did you know that exercising in “green spaces” and in fact, just looking at nature has also been proven to benefit mental health and wellness? It’s true. A few years ago, the Canadian Mental Health Association published the article, “The Nurture of Nature: Natural Settings and Their Mental Health Benefit” (2013). This article offers a review of numerous research studies that point toward a strong connection between our exposure to…
As we welcome May, we also celebrate “Family Caregiver Month” and the very important role that caregivers play in the lives of those they care for. In Canada, one in four Canadians (7.8 million people) report caring for a family member who has a disability, a long-term condition or experiences health challenges associated with aging (Statistics Canada General Social Survey, 2018)
Caregiving can provide many benefits for caregivers such as an increased sense of meaning and purpose in one’s…
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