In a discussion about bullying the other day, someone asked me if I was ever bullied at school. I thought carefully about it, and answered “No, I don’t remember being bullied.” It’s not that there wasn’t any bullying, I grew up in a pretty rough Northern Ontario town where there

One of the most asked questions I get when it comes to pain and stress is: how do I know when to act and when not to? How do I know when to ‘face the fear and do it anyway’ or to step back and relax my fight-or-flight response? How

In all the ‘healing’ fields of psychotherapy, mindfulness, yoga, and so many more holistic, helping approaches, there lies a hidden platform. A platform that everything else resides on, rests on and depends on.  You might think it’s setting realistic goals, or facing your problems, or sleep, or meditation or so

Anyone who says that change is as simple as changing your thoughts, has not experienced the effects of trauma. I know that is a bold statement. Especially since most if not all adults have experienced trauma. I would probably correct that to say.. ‘has not experienced or fully processed their