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5 Ways To Feel Better Without Therapy: Part Three, Managing Emotions

5 Ways To Feel Better Without Therapy: Part Three, Managing Emotions

February 28, 2022

Have you ever reacted to someone in the heat of the moment and afterwards looked back wishing you had responded differently? Do you find yourself feeling overwhelmed by emotion and notice it affects your ability to focus or be present? Most of us find ourselves in these situations some of the time, but if this happens often to you, you may be having problems regulating (calming) your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Emotional, Self-care, stress, Therapy, Trauma Tagged With: anxiety, claire de boer, depression, emotional regulation, hyperarousal, hypoarousal, panic, therapy, window of tolerance

Man who is grieving on bridge, Grief Counselling

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

woman pretending to be happy, managing depression, Safe Haven Counselling, Counselling Surrey BC

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

Quote by Paulo Coelho, Safe Haven Counselling, Counselling Surrey BC

Why Facing Your Biggest Fear Will Be Your Greatest Breakthrough

March 6, 2018

When my ex-husband and I separated a few years ago my biggest fear was loneliness. Push me out of a plane (parachute attached of course); dangle me from a 2,000 ft tall building (knock me out first), but please God don't let me be alone. It seems God is messing with me though, because here I am, facing my worst fear, the one I've spent a lifetime avoiding. Don't we always eventually come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Relationships, Self esteem Tagged With: anxiety, depression, fear

Depression Counselling, Safe Haven Counselling, Counselling Surrey BC

10 Ways To Ease Depression With Only Your Pen

January 4, 2018

"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." — Leonard Cohen. One of my struggles since childhood has been with depression. From as early as I can remember I wondered why my school friends found it so easy to just be a kid, while I could only seem to observe their laughter from the fringes, surrounded by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Journaling, Self-care, stress, Trauma Tagged With: anxiety, depression, journaling, writing

eggs in a basket, 5 ways to feel better without therapy

10 Ways To Manage Your Emotions

November 23, 2017

“Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.”  - Elizabeth Gilbert Do you ever feel like your emotions run your life? Do you allow external events to dictate how you feel on the inside? You can wake up in the morning feeling perfectly happy and then something happens to knock you off-kilter and your mood rapidly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CBT, Emotional, Personality types Tagged With: anger, anxiety, claire de boer, depression, emotions, fear, Myers Briggs

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