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Emotional Health Articles

• Preventing Childhood Eating Disorders and Food Anxiety

  By: Annalise Roberts & Claudia Pillow | June 14, 2010
  Childhood obesity is a hot topic in North America, but we should also be discussing the increasing rate of all eating disorders in school age children. Eating disorders such as compulsive eating, binge eating, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia make it harder for our children to experience academic, athl... Read More »

• Preventing Loved Ones From Sabotaging Your Health Goals

  By: Lara Williams | April 26, 2010
  When you have specific health goals and someone you are closest to isn’t on the same page, it can be a challenge to stay on track. You’ve committed to reducing your cholesterol intake, and over an after-work drink your best friend suggests ordering a plate of nachos. “It’s okay to make excep... Read More »

• Fitting in Health & Fitness When Your Life is Jam-Packed: Part 2

  By: Lara Williams | February 8, 2010
  If your main challenge with maintaining your health habits is fitting them in, then it might be time to do some re-configuring. Your life is comprised of a number of categories, a few of which may include work, commuting, running your household, managing finances, parenting, family, community commi... Read More »

• Only the Lonely

  By: Lee Kotsalis-Thulin | February 1, 2010
  “Sometimes I feel so lonely, it’s palpable.”  My client, a beautiful young woman with an infectious laugh, interests she’s passionate about, and a circle of friends and family that care for her, doesn’t look like a “lonely” person. And yet loneliness – whether it’s the situational... Read More »

• New Year New You?

  By: Lee Kotsalis-Thulin | January 19, 2010
  Nothing like a new year to make us dust off our dreams of long-desired transformation! If this is the year you decide to turn those dreams into a plan, there are a couple of researchers you may want to meet. Their names are Prochaska and DiClemente, and together they have spent more than 30 years st... Read More »

• Motivating Yourself Out of the Holiday Fog

  By: Lara Williams | January 17, 2010
  New years’ resolutions can be exciting and powerful, but sometimes they’re just lip service. Lip service to ourselves that we promise to get back on track once the holidays are over and life returns to normal. Sometimes words aren’t enough. Stating goals and writing them down are an important ... Read More »

• Job Loss and Emotional Distress

  By: Lee Kotsalis-Thulin | January 11, 2010
  One way to visualize emotional equilibrium – that much sought-after sense of “balance” – is as a literal scale or balance.  The weight on one side is made up of two factors: your individual vulnerability to distress, and the stressors presently in your life. The counterbalance is made up o... Read More »

• Self-Care Isn’t a Luxury, It’s Responsible!

  By: Lara Williams | December 28, 2009
  As social creatures, we spend a lot of our time contributing to the collective of people in our lives. Similarly, our ancestors operated in tribal settings. Within a tribe, each individual has an important role to contribute to the survival and wellness of the group as a whole: the medicine person h... Read More »

• Managing Stress Over the Holidays

  By: Dr. Aaron Hoo | December 24, 2009
  Several healthy suggestions to help manage your stress over the holiday season include the following: taking deep slow breaths into your belly (inhale through the nose, exhale through your mouth); attending your favorite yoga class; 5-10 minutes of quiet meditation or prayer; and my personal favorit... Read More »

• ‘Tis the Season: Holding on To Your Christmas Spirit

  By: Lee Kotsalis-Thulin | December 14, 2009
  An unexpected pleasure of becoming part of my husband’s family many years ago was getting introduced to their holiday traditions. One of my favourites is my mother-in-law’s annual rendition of the story about the year my husband became so excited by the combination of his December birthday quick... Read More »