Co-Dependency
The term codependency has been around for decades. Although it originally applied to spouses of alcoholics, researchers revealed that the characteristics of codependents were much more prevalent in the general population than had previously imagined. In fact, they...
How to deal with challenging people
Most of us encounter unreasonable people in our lives. We may be “stuck” with a difficult individual at work or at home. It’s easy to let a challenging person affect us and ruin our day. Life is a web of relationships. Human beings are social creatures, deeply...
Depression – an insiders viewpoint
Depression and isolation are kind of like the mean girls of mental health. They are BFFs. And it’s decidedly not a healthy relationship. They spend most of their time with one another, often to the total exclusion of others, and they hate it when other influences...
10 Keys to Building a Strong Family
A strong family is not just the sum of its parts. Like an orchestra, it has synergy when all work together. My three children all play a stringed instrument. They have spent countless hours practicing and performing with the community orchestra. The conductor centres...
25 Mini-Break Ideas
Invitations to pause and take a break are all around us. “Mom, will you play a game of Monopoly with me?” asked my 9-year-old son, Jesse. “Mom, will you come biking with me?” asked my 10-year-old son, Jackson. Even the dog wants to take a mini-play-break, bringing...
Reset Your Mood
One of the simplest and most effective tools to reduce stress and improve mental health is walking. Have you heard of Shinrin-yoku? From Japan, and translated as, “forest bathing”, it is the act of walking in nature to relax and manage stress. It is a practice...
5 Tips to Stay Motivated and Get Some Rest this Summer
5 Tips to Both Stay Motivated and Get Some Rest this Summer Sheri CoburnJuly 11, 2016 It is no secret that summer is always long awaited. Plenty of us struggle to stay motivated at work during the warm summer months, while others struggle to slow down, get outside and...
How to handle the adult bully
In the simplest terms, bullying means one person, or group of persons, being deliberately cruel to another person or group, for any reason. Although childhood bullies are usually quite easy to spot, adult bullies can be sly, subtle, and difficult to expose. A...