"There is no wall within which a door cannot be built." - Craig D. Lounsbrough It’s been a minute since I have sat down and indulged in some creativity to process the busy-ness of the days and weeks. Life has been feeling as though it is moving quickly and passing by like the speed of … Continue reading Direction through creativity: The passageways of self
Tag: Mental Health
A poetry tool to shift your mindset and bridge new perspective
Poetry is when emotion has found its thought and the thought has found its words. - Robert Frost Playing with poetry can be a useful tool if you are feeling stuck-in-a-rut, caught in unhelpful thinking patterns, experiencing low moods, or desiring a change in mental or emotional state. Poetry is something new to me but … Continue reading A poetry tool to shift your mindset and bridge new perspective
Looking closer at Wonder: how wonder can transform thinking patterns
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. - Helen Keller Have you ever wondered about wonder? I became more intrigued by the depths of Wonder after reading an article by Ross Laird, PhD, RCC titled: Big Problems, Small Wonder. This article … Continue reading Looking closer at Wonder: how wonder can transform thinking patterns
Grounding Techniques and Why they are Beneficial
What is "Grounding?" “Grounding” is a term that is becoming more known, particularly in the field of mental health. And depending who is defining it, the definition may have some variations. For the purpose of this post, I’ll be referring to “grounding” as having present awareness by connecting our internal and external worlds through physically … Continue reading Grounding Techniques and Why they are Beneficial
Bullet Journal Morning Routine
I have hit a point in my day-to-day routine where I realize that my routine is not working for me anymore. In the last 14 months or so (while still living in a world battling COVID-19) I have gotten used to a new day-to-day routine from staying home more. Now that we are in the … Continue reading Bullet Journal Morning Routine
Foghorn Metaphor to Help Cope with Depression
One of the major devastations of depression is the overpowering feeling of emptiness. Depression makes us experience a lot of uncomfortable and painful emotions making one feel stuck, engrossed in darkness, and with no desires to do anything. Depression is insidious; it sucks away interests and pleasures like the job that you worked hard at … Continue reading Foghorn Metaphor to Help Cope with Depression
Values: How to Identify Core Values and Use Them to Help Make Decisions
The term “values” did not pop up a lot when I was younger; I didn’t hear that term as much I heard the word “goals.” School was definitely a setting where “goals” came up a lot as well as learning how to set and achieve them. However, goals and values have their differences but both … Continue reading Values: How to Identify Core Values and Use Them to Help Make Decisions
5 Strategies to Gain Control Over Negative Thoughts
"The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it"- Eckart Tolle Thousands of thoughts run through our minds daily, and for many, a lot of these thoughts are negative. The power our minds have to completely influence how we perceive the world is immense. But what is a thought? Thoughts … Continue reading 5 Strategies to Gain Control Over Negative Thoughts
The Bullet Journal Method to Increase Productivity, Mindfulness, and Intention
At the end of 2019, I stumbled across a journaling method that combines journaling, productivity and mindfulness. As I became more interested in bullet journaling, I found myself caught in the vortex of YouTube, watching endless amounts of videos on what it’s all about and how others create their personalized bullet journal. Origins of the … Continue reading The Bullet Journal Method to Increase Productivity, Mindfulness, and Intention
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Key Points About this Popular Therapeutic Approach
Cognitive behavioural Therapy (CBT) is one of the most well-known therapeutic approaches to help treat various mental health concerns including anxiety, depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and substance use. Since the establishment in the 1960’s by psychiatrist Dr. Aaron Beck, there is now an abundance of information about this approach – maybe too much that … Continue reading Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Key Points About this Popular Therapeutic Approach
