I believe that talking about mental health can change your life. For many, it seems, this remains a foreign concept. Too many keep their negative thoughts, shameful feelings, and self-defeating beliefs to themselves and, as such, suffer in silence. All of us, at one time or another, struggle with depression, anxiety, low self-worth, debilitating fear,…
In this month’s blog, I am writing about the importance of effective communication in a marriage or partnership. Most will agree that communication is important, but many of us (contrary to what we’d like to believe) are actually ineffective communicators. This is not meant to be critical, but to make the point that communication…
Stress is something that we all experience and tend to think there is not much we can do about it. This is entirely not true. I wish to discuss the real causes of stress to demonstrate how we, in fact, create it and how we can therefore release it. It is something that we should…
Essentially, self-esteem answers the question, ‘How do I feel about who I am?’ It is how we perceive our value internally and how valuable we think we are to others. We learn self-esteem in our family of origin; we do not inherit it. Global self-esteem (how we feel about who we are) generally remains static…
I counsel many clients in Saskatoon who are victims of verbal abuse. Most do not know they are being abused until they enter counselling. How is this so? The answer is simple – there are factors that contribute to the difficulty of recognizing verbal abuse and the abuser’s reality. First and foremost, who would have…
If you are having difficulties and problems in your marriage or common-law relationship, you may wish to read the attached blog. Many couples in Saskatoon seek marriage or couple counselling only as a last resort. Sometimes it is too late. Problems have festered because they have not been resolved. Communication has broke down if it…
