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Emotional Health Articles

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

  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

  “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?

  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

  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

  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!

  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

  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

  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 »

• Preparing to Make Lifestyle Change Successfully

  Often we tell ourselves that when we’re ready… we’ll make that long-desired change in our lives: “I’ll get back in shape after the kids go back to school” …”I’m going to go on a raw foods diet, but I have to wait until I finish the next two projects at work before I can focus on it... Read More »

• Is Stress Making You Sick?

  Stress is the root of many illnesses and bothersome symptoms. Everyone has stress, but it affects us differently. Stimuli (called stressors) cause the stress response to spring into action. Momentary stress can cause temporary tension or nervous energy, such as feeling wired, anxious, or hot. But a... Read More »