Anxiety has gone through the roof in the last 10 years with our young ones. Many wonder why their child is struggling and come to my seminars with great concern as well as confusion. We want something to blame. I’ve noticed our favourite thing to blame it on is screens, but after observing, studying, and […]
This week I had the opportunity to sit down with one of my mentors, Derek Cook, from the Poverty Institute at Ambrose University. He has deeply impacted my resilience work and has connected the dots between poverty and mental health. The following article was taken from an interview I did with Derek. These are his […]
I took a deep breath and picked up the phone. I held my breath when someone on the other end of Bell Let’s Talk answered the phone. I had a dream in my heart to do a conference on Bell Let’s Talk Day and I wanted their support. It blew me away when they said, […]
I am offering a challenge to families to make this Christmas different than any other we’ve experienced. What do we normally do on Christmas? We gather with family, we eat (and eat, and eat), we have more presents than we know what to do with. Some don’t have this, which is unfortunate and we need […]
Just last week I was given a flight to Toronto with Platinum VIP front row seats to a sold out Tony Robbins conference of 9000 people. I was put up in a beautiful hotel and I even met Tony Robbins himself. I was so moved by his heart to help people. He reminded me of […]
I took a poll on my instagram story asking if people found it hard to set boundaries. 83% said “Yes”. When I asked why, most stated they fear rejection or the reaction of the other person. Boundaries aren’t popular. The number one principal of creating boundaries isn’t creating boundaries at all. It’s discovering what you […]
Last week on the blog I talked about the 2 questions we need to ask before setting boundaries. Without these 2 questions being clarified, we don’t have boundaries, we only have walls that we call “boundaries”. Walls only create further conflict and disconnection, where as boundaries keep the opportunity for connection open as a possibility. […]
We are on our final step in our 3 week series of dealing with conflict and difficult people. If you haven’t had a chance to read the first two steps, you can find them here: Step 1: Managing your own emotional regulation Step 2: 3 simple ways to conflict resolution And now my favourite, the […]
Dealing with difficult people and conflict is hard, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Whether at work with coworkers or at home with your family, learning to work through difficulties is a skill we all need for our own mental health and the mental health of others. We are in the middle of a […]
Our culture has labeled people who suck our energy as “energy vampires”. “Those people” who drain you of all of your energy. They often are self focused, emotionally immature, and unable to think of anyone but themselves. We all know someone like this, and if we’re really honest, sometimes we have been the vampire. But […]
