6 Tips for Shy People to Make New Friends
6 Tips for Shy People to Make New Friends
Visualize a Positive Outcome
Turn Self-Talk to Positive
Do something uncomfortable and get out of your comfort zone. Just Do It!
Ask Questions
Remind Yourself Of …Read More
How to Reduce Stress Over Christmas and Holidays
How to Reduce Stress Over Christmas and Holidays
Cold weather ✔
Snow ✔
2013 coming to an end ✔
Deadlines approaching ✔
More family time ✔
More commitments ✔
Season of giving ✔
…as you know, the list keeps running. Most of our …Read More
Jennifer Lawrence and Social Anxiety
Social Anxiety and Its Prevalence
According to Statistics Canada, social anxiety is one of the most common anxiety disorders. Social anxiety is
“a disorder characterized by a fear of situations in which there is potential for …Read More
I’m excited. I’M excited. I’M EXCITED!
“Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
The year was 2005.
I was in my last year of my Bachelor’s program, meticulously spending hours checking my research data and putting the final touches on my thesis defense. …Read More
Are You an Introvert?
Understanding Introversion: Why Social Time Drains You (and What It Really Means)
If you feel exhausted after long social interactions, no matter how much you like the people, you might identify as an introvert. Introversion isn’t …Read More
What Therapy Is, and Is Not.
Therapy is…
Teamwork and partnership
Open
Supportive
Equal but with professional boundaries
Authentic
Therapy is Not…
Competitive
Defensive
Exploitative
Suffocating
Forceful
The psychotherapeutic process almost always includes change, and change can be uncomfortable. Even if you find …Read More
Nine Psychological Tasks for a Good Marriage
Research on what makes a marriage work shows that people in a good marriage have completed these nine psychological “tasks”:
1. Emotional Independence from Primary Family
Separated emotionally from the family you grew up in; not to …Read More