5 New Year’s Resolutions to Improve Your Mental Health
This year, avoid setting unrealistic goals or adopting a crash diet. Instead, try to choose an attainable goal that is sustainable throughout the year.
Navigating Divorce: Healing and Moving Forward
Whether you were married for decades and share a family or you were married for months and it just didn’t work out, the same question looms for everyone… what now?
How to Manage Anger by Practicing Mindfulness
In the modern day, growth never happened in a comfort zone. We have to learn to get comfortable taking risks, but it’s never an easy thing to do.
Embracing the Unknown: Learning to Cope with Change
If you’re feeling anxious about change, here are a few ways you can prepare yourself and embrace new things in life.
5 Ways to Manage Stress During the Busy School Semester
If you are a student struggling with your mental health, remember that you are not alone. Reaching out to a mental health professional can be the first step to returning to a healthy, balanced life.
Does Social Media Affect Mental Health for Teens?
For decades, researchers have been studying the effect of mainstream media on youth. Today, teenagers called “digital natives”—those who were born with technology at arms reach—are experiencing mental health challenges stemming from their time spent online.
Mental Health in the LGBTQ+ Community
As a society, we have always recognized that individuals who experience hardships in life such as oppression, bullying and abuse are more prone to mental health challenges. For the LGBTQ+ community, this hardship is often the norm.
What is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)?
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy teaches skills that are helpful for individuals seeking to regulate emotions, tolerate stress and communicate better.
Five Strategies to Deal with Anger in a Healthy Way
It’s normal to feel angry from time to time. But if you find that you are regularly and unusually outraged by Calgary’s rush-hour traffic, your blood boiling, it may be time to work on developing a healthier way to deal with anger.
How to Treat Seasonal Affective Disorder in Calgary Winters
If you are from Calgary, you know the winters can be long, cold and dark. While some people thrive through the winter months and enjoy the snowy winter wonderland, others struggle with their mental health and suffer from a condition called Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD.