Emotional Insight

Emotional Support: How to Give It in Times of Distress

Have you ever watched helplessly while someone struggled with fear, anxiety, overwhelm, loss or discouragement? You are not alone in wanting to provide effective emotional support!

Bullied Grandma: Surprising Lessons from a Disrespectful Event

Children learn to bully! We contribute to others being bullied when we model disrespect, judgement, unmanaged anger, name calling and acts of aggression.

Comparing Yourself to Others Creates a Confidence Problem

Your job is to stop demeaning yourself in the middle of a comparison. As the old adage goes you can’t compare apples to oranges.

Why Worry Your Life Away? There’s a Better Way!

When I ask my women audiences, “Please, put your hand up if your family or friends say to you, ‘Stop worrying!’” approximately a third of them raise their hands.

Feeling Words Describe our Emotions

Learn to become familiar with your feeling state. Imagine watching yourself as if you were between 18 and 24 months old. Just notice. There is no need to express. Just be and study what this feeling is telling you.

Being Blamed: It’s Hard But You Can Handle It with Grace

Oftentimes people are attacking out of their own hang-ups and it has little to do with us.

Inner Child Perspective of Mindful Self-Care

For deep healing we want to use mindful self-care to heal from an Inner Child perspective, that is give ourselves what we did not get in our developing years. 

Respond not React: Develop the Power to Choose

At our Canadian Centre for Men and Families (CCMF) coaching sessions and meetings we explore many topics including choosing to respond, not react.

Manage Anger: 7 Concepts to Help Get a Grip

Anger is the most energy-charged and hot feeling. It is often experienced in the body by increased heart rate, rapid breathing, adrenaline rush, and hyper-alertness. When in a high feeling state cool thinking is distorted by a heated brain.

Rewrite My Story to Rewrite My Life

You are not alone if you are thinking, “I will rewrite my story of doom and gloom to rewrite my life as I wish it.” Good on you! You are among some celebrities.

Grief Counselling Tips for Mourning a Loss

Grief and loss are a part of life whether we deal with the loss of a job, a precious item, our home from a fire or flood, a pet, a relationship through divorce or conflict, or a loved one due to death.

Stop Crying or Let Your Tears Freely Flow?

Researchers, as well as ancient and recent philosophers, honor the act of crying. Never do they suggest you must cry nor stop crying.