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Stop the Social Comparison and Feel Better Without Therapy

April 9, 2022

Social comparison is one of the most insidious and destructive games we can play, and nearly always leads to a decrease in mood. It is the practice of looking at the lives of others from the outside, via social media, TV, or within our social circles, and assuming those people either have it easier or have more than we do. Ironically, where one person may seem to have abundance you can assume … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Self esteem, stress Tagged With: claire de boer, counseling, mental health, self care, self-compassion, self-esteem, social comparison, social media, stress, therapy

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5 Ways To Feel Better Right Now Without Therapy: Part Two, Reframe Your Perspective

January 22, 2022

"Feel the feelings, drop the story." Pema Chodron. Studies show we have between 60,000 and 90,000 thoughts per day. That's a lot, and if they all contributed towards making ourselves into the best human we can possibly be, happiness would seem far less elusive. Unfortunately many of those thoughts are repeated multiple times throughout the day. Some of them may be checklists of things we don't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, CBT, Depression, Self esteem, Self-care, Therapy Tagged With: anxiety, CBT, claire de boer, inner critic, inner dialogue, maladaptive thoughts, perceptions, safe haven counselling, self-compassion, self-esteem, self-kindness

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5 Ways To Feel Better Right Now Without Therapy: Part One, Cultivate Awareness

November 27, 2021

I'm a therapist, so believe me when I say that therapy is good and helpful and a lifeline for many people. If I didn't believe that, I wouldn't be in the field. However, therapy is not always accessible. Community services out there are growing, but unfortunately we have a long way to go before mental healthcare is available to all Canadians in the same way as physical healthcare. Thankfully, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, Self esteem, Self-care, stress, Therapy Tagged With: CBT, counseling, counselling, emotional regulation, mindfulness, psychotherapy, self-compassion, self-help, therapy

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Why Self-Love is a Necessary Part of Loving Others

December 16, 2018

"Your problem is you’re too busy holding onto your unworthiness.”- Ram Dass If you had asked me a decade ago whether I loved myself the question would have baffled me. Self-love? What does that even mean? Does anyone really love themselves? And if they do, isn't that the bedrock of egoism and navel gazing? It wouldn't have taken me long to give you an answer; that is, if I was feeling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-care, stress Tagged With: brene brown, connection, counseling, counselling, gabor mate, interpersonal, Intimacy, kristin neff, love, relationships, self care, self-compassion, self-hatred, self-intimacy

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The Work of Grief: Making it Through the First Few Months

May 3, 2018

"If, as a culture, we don’t bear witness to grief, the burden of loss is placed entirely upon the bereaved, while the rest of us avert our eyes and wait for those in mourning to stop being sad, to let go, to move on, to cheer up. And if they don’t — if they have loved too deeply, if they do wake each morning thinking, I cannot continue to live — well, then we pathologize their pain; we call their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Self-care, stress Tagged With: 5 stages of grief, anxiety, bereavement, depression, divorce, grief, grief and loss, mourning, trauma

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Managing Depression: 13 Lifestyle Changes That Heal

April 6, 2018

“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also harder to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain I'll preface this article by saying you won't find anything new about depression in here. No miracle cure, no breakthrough … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, CBT, Depression, Journaling, Self-care, stress Tagged With: a mind of your own, antidepressant, claire de boer, counseling, counselling, depression, kelly brogan, medication, mental health, safe haven counselling, the mid gut connection, therapy

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