Mindfulness is a Buddhist practice of meditation, and for a few decades, has been used alone or in combination with other therapies, to promote mental health. I learned about mindfulness from listening to an interview of Jon Kabat-Zinn on CBC’s Tapestry radio show. He was a doctor at a cancerContinue Reading
I was under the impression that the Covid problem is going away, probably because of the media, the people I am in contact with, and in my country of Canada things seem to be slowly returning back to “normal”. I was startled into reality when I looked at John HopkinsContinue Reading
(updated November 2021) End of times, also referred to as Armageddon, is a belief common among many religions, as explained in this Wikipedia article. The Bible Gateway website has many translation versions of the verse below, including many other languages. Christians often check various translations of a verse, and thisContinue Reading
Knowing yourself has many benefits, which I will be blogging about in the near future, including making wiser big-life decisions like career choice, partner, where to live, whether to have children, and so on. The first personality test, Myers-Briggs, is the most popular, and has been around for decades. ItContinue Reading
I got the idea of keeping a list of my favorite songs from the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, was developed by Marsha Lineham for people with Borderline Personality Disorder. A characteristic of BPD is excessive and often painful emotions. DBT can be helpful for anyContinue Reading
The Canadian government has launched free online support for those struggling with mental health challenges during these Covid-19 times. This website has a number of very good free resources for mental health, including MindWell which is dedicated to mindfulness. A new tool therapists may use, is a quick check-in withContinue Reading
A few recent comments I received were from aspiring bloggers wanting advice. Since my response became longer than I expected, I decided to make it a blog instead. I am going to write from my experience only, which is limited because this is the only blog I have. I suspectContinue Reading
Here are some tools to help you bring you closer to people you can’t visit in person, like the elderly, because of the COVID-19 crisis. Zoom: Zoom free account has a 40-minute time limit. You can get around this, by clicking on the original meeting web link to start aContinue Reading
(image by auntmasako on Pixabay) I am an empath, so I naturally and often unknowingly sense the energy and emotions of other people and think it is my energy or emotions – weird eh?. I can absorb this energy and emotion as though it is my own. Using rattles everyContinue Reading
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has been used to effectively overcome the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD has traditionally been diagnosed with people who have experienced severe trauma, like severe childhood abuse, and trauma experienced soldiers, police officers, paramedics, and firefighters. Complex PTSD is a newContinue Reading