It’s so easy to feel “you’re losing it” when you have social anxiety. You’re heart races, your body tenses up, you become quite confused, and you feel every ache in your body. After hours later, you analyze the scenario you were in, dissecting how you should have handled the situation or environment. You feel quite… Continue reading Social Anxiety: Is It Real?
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A Sense of Belonging – Social Media And The Impact On Our Mental Health
For the past decade, social media changed on how we think, look and interpret our world. Social media has given a platform for awareness on mental health, environment, injustice, political and social views. With a click of button, our world is interpreted through many eyes, however not all are seen in a positive light. Despite… Continue reading A Sense of Belonging – Social Media And The Impact On Our Mental Health
Therapy – The Power of Conversation
According to World Health Organization ( WHO) one million around the world take their own lives every year. To make it even more gruelling – every 40 seconds another life is taken by suicide. No matter if you are a friend, family member, a stranger or a mental health professional these statistics are unsettling. I… Continue reading Therapy – The Power of Conversation
Seeking Professional HELP -Lending A Hand, A Listening Ear & Compassionate Heart
A topic that most of us have anxiety of – seeking professional help when we are unable to figure things out on our own. The most common statement that is often used ” how can I open up to a stranger when I can’t even open up to my family/friends” The word therapy is scary… Continue reading Seeking Professional HELP -Lending A Hand, A Listening Ear & Compassionate Heart
Call To Action – The Essential Need For Community Help
Call to Action means placing our conversations into physical motion. We hear ” keep the conversation going” we say ” let’s talk”, but what happens after the talk, what happens when meeting time to discuss important issues end and everyone goes home. As Therapists, we often hear, ” the conversation never stopped whether in our… Continue reading Call To Action – The Essential Need For Community Help
Mental Health Breakdown – Power & Control in the Workplace
Stigma is one of the biggest reasons why mental health is not being addressed efficiently in the workplace especially when employees feel inadequate in their job or feel they would be warned for not doing what they were told based on timeline workload. There is an overall consensus that if an employee divulges their deterioration… Continue reading Mental Health Breakdown – Power & Control in the Workplace
Supporting Someone with Mental Health and Illness
Mental Health Affects everyone not just the person who is actually suffering from it. It’s hard to examine the day when you are unsure how to support one another through the challenging life of mental health. Here are a few ways to engage and support those who are living with some form of mental illness:… Continue reading Supporting Someone with Mental Health and Illness
Closing The Gap: Bullying, School and The Rise Of Suicide
Bullying is a learned behavior. Bullies have one point of another have been bullied themselves. Bullies enter their own school property and pick on younger students, older students, or even their own friends. Primary anti-bullying days are all over the school, not in workplaces, or rallies, or events. The Bullied feels scared, unworthy, anxious, sad,… Continue reading Closing The Gap: Bullying, School and The Rise Of Suicide
Tips to Calm An Anxious Child
How we approach our children when they aren’t able to speak about what bothers them can change the outlook. Here are a few tips to help you along the way – 1. Feeling safe is the number one thing a child feels comfort 2. Talking, when feeling safe they are able to start processing their… Continue reading Tips to Calm An Anxious Child
The Journey of A Federal Framework – PTSD
Changes and Implementations of Federal Policies and Legislation takes time, sometimes it can take years. A disheartening fact but important to recognize when advocating for Mental Health initiatives for any geographical area or population. 600 days ago, An Federal Proposed Bill C-211 was born. An Newly Elected Federal MP took on this Bill and brought… Continue reading The Journey of A Federal Framework – PTSD