Internal conflict drives external conflict. Your first task at getting good at managing conflict is to become aware of all the signs and...

Grief is the byproduct of caring about something. You cannot be sad about something leaving, dying, or failing unless you have invested...

Pets have the ability to teach, to heal, to bring companionship and light into someone's world. They can become the safe place to...

Find the right time. Take small steps. Repeat. This will help you adapt to a new normal. Adjusting to a new normal is going to require...

A crisis leaves space where hard feelings can become undone and softened. Vulnerability provides an opportunity for broken spaces to...

We think that crisis arrives as a sudden explosive disruption but that is an illusion. The roots of crisis move slowly. There is a...

What do you do when someone you love defies the rules that define you? There is a grieving father in front of me. His shoulders are...

I was listening on a podcast where one of the guests was told about an incident where a female staff member felt harmed when a male...

There are many ways a child will use a Kleenex inside my counselling space. There is the one-blow-and-trash-it method; the...

We survived by telling stories. We survived by creating lies. We arrive on this small blue planet very late. This massive interconnected...

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All of that practice in social engagement helps us learn to regulate our own feelings.  It helps us practice those all important social...

Schools are looking for ways to best serve a diverse group of students. One of the ways students qualify for additional support is...

Photo by Anthony Tran on Unsplash I am talking to a group of university undergrad students via Skype.  The topic is neuroplasticity and...

It has been years since Rodney King famously uttered,  "Can't we all just get along?" Having been beaten  by the Los Angeles Police and...

I was lucky to have someone mentor me through my first half marathon.  She would council me on appropriate running gear, how to pace...

After struggling with symptoms of severe adrenal failure, my sister was finally feeling the benefits of a strengthening recovery.  She...

How Do We Put Back in Curriculum What Technology Takes Away? Technology is moving into the educational sphere in an ever-increasing way. ...

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Success comes in small steps, repeated thousands of times. It is the behaviours, the doing that bring about our heart's desires. It is...