Not smart enough, loved enough, loving enough, pretty enough, rich enough, successful enough, popular enough… any one of these can stick in your mind like a thorn or virus that works behind the scenes. Even if the thought is expressed openly it still seems to hide in...
A big push in the counseling field recently has been for short term counselling. This is mostly promoted by the health insurance coverage based on cost. Another factor is the fix-it-quick mentality that is pervasive in society. So I thought I’d give a brief...
Why are you stuck and keep self-sabotaging yourself? Anger management and anxiety counselling aren’t just about changing behaviour, it’s about finding the deeper cause. The root that’s keeping you stuck, angry, frustrated, anxious and unhappy. But when shifted makes...
That freeze and avoid state. The perma smile sets in on your face. You’re physically there, sitting off to the side but not present. And you can’t find anything worthwhile to say. If some or all of those are familiar you’re dealing with social anxiety. An ingrained,...
Floatation Therapy is time spent in a tank of super-saturated Epsom salt water with minimal sensory input for 90 minutes or more. This floating meditation provides a space of limited to no light, sound, tactile, gravity, temperature variations. This minimal or lack of...
Boredom isn’t a lack of things to do, but an unwillingness to do things we fear. Especially in relationships. Intimate relationships, friendships, co-workers and family all can fall into the rut that’s too easy and stale. Bringing on the boredom. “Just spice it...
Part 2 of the Unconditional Love Blog by Choose Again For loving healthy relationships and happy homes get clearer about when love is unconditional and when it’s need. Hint: Unconditional Love isn’t obligation, tolerating bad behaviour or bargaining. Unconditional...
The 1st of a 6 part blog on Unconditional Love The writer’s focus is on Unconditional Love in the Parent child relationship but these questions and statements can apply to all our relationships. Our ideas of what’s loving when looked at closely are really fear in...
From Choose Again daily quote: Reflections “Each flies with its own kind: pigeon with pigeon, hawk with hawk.” Idries Shaw Is the ‘pigeon’, perhaps, merely a reflection of who I think I am? The saying “If you want to fly with the eagles do not walk with...
Aromatherapy for Stress and Anxiety Aromatherapy is one of the most pleasant ways to calm ourselves and feel better. It’s quick, fast and easy because our sense of smell triggers powerful physical and emotional responses. Inhaling Essential Oils for Stress When an...
“One day your prince will come” and other Fairy tales we were taught growing up. Maybe you believed them, maybe you still do or maybe you don’t. But it’s what the movies and advertising are continuing to teach. “You are not enough if you’re not beautiful and with...
Be Positive—the New Moral Compass The growing trend that says positivity is the right way may be the very thing that is creating anger and frustration. Which are the so-called ‘negative emotions’ that it says to avoid. Of course being positive is… well… positive but...
