A discussion popped up on Reddit today and it got me thinking about my most recent ex-love Trigger. That’s not my nickname for him. That’s what he called himself online if you can believe that. The discussion was about a certain politician that many of us in Alberta have come to loathe. On the day…
Category: Self Help
Living Well: Self-care – practicing what I preach
Today’s been a lousy day to quote my mother as she used to say. I slept the entire day. I’ve had a migraine pretty much non stop since early December. The insomnia has been bad and I guess I needed to sleep to catch up. I had several articles saved in draft for the week…
Selfcare isn’t selfish (updated)
It’s Monday morning again and I’m just getting my day started. It’s almost noon – a busy time for WordPress readers, so I thought I would take a few minutes and jot down some thoughts that are in my busy and noisy head today. I’m struggling a lot with this lockdown. And considering I just…
Self-Care: Working from Home
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know that I’m a big advocate of self-care and promoting mental health awareness given my professional experience in the field. I actually worked with a team that promoted Mental Health Capacity Building for nearly four years in Addictions and Mental Health. During that time, I…
Self-Help: How to know if you’re being “gaslighted”
Gaslighting. We’ve all heard this term mentioned in social media – but what is it exactly? There are so many new terms to learn that it can be hard to keep them all straight. I admit, being the age I am, I had to look this one up before writing about it. But after seeing…
Goal Setting: Making goals for 2021 “checklist”
Well, here we are on the first day of 2021. I always find the start of a new year to be exciting. While I’m not one for resolutions, I think January is a good time to reflect on what you want to accomplish during the year. It’s a great time to write down a plan….