How to Stay Motivated Most of us make resolutions, sign up for courses and make wellness plans but don’t stick to them and many times we don’t remember what we had decided was essential for our happiness. For example, our plans for self-care such as counselling, yoga, meditation, healthy eating and exercise often get sidelined…
Apart from Depression and Anxiety, another major mental health challenge of our times is lack of focus. Whether diagnosed as ADHD or ADD, lack of attention or focus means that our brains are deprived of certain key chemicals or neurotransmitters that help us stay on task for longer periods of time.
With high functioning anxiety and depression, people are excellent at pretending to everyone in their lives that they are okay. They will push themselves to meet their goals and to do what is expected of them in order to motivate themselves to continue.
Our relationship with our career can be satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Our career coach is a reflection of ourselves at some level and who we are, thus it can create almost the same level of stress as a personal relationship can. We may actually spend more time pursuing work, rather than tending to family, creativity or…
Last year, I was researching plant medicine for prolonged grief about the loss of my father some years back. It felt as if a rock was lodged in my throat, especially when I meditated. I knew I was holding some complicated grief. Counseling helped me understand that it was grief and I worked with some…
Looking for something that gets you through tough times? maybe it is the last push you need to make prior to a major goal such as a big exam, final year in your degree or care for a critical illness. Maybe you notice symptoms of burnout such as chronic fatigue, listlessness, lack of joy, irritability…