navigating life's challenges

Navigating Life’s Challenges: Embracing Acceptance and Finding Balance

Life can be tough, especially when unexpected things happen, like what we saw back in 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic and all its effects. During these tough times, we often feel overwhelmed by different emotions, like fear or frustration. But when navigating life’s challenges, there are three important ideas that can help us: acceptance, finding balance, …

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The Best Places to Reduce Stress in Calgary

There are several ways our bodies work to regulate stress naturally. Here are a few proven ways that you can reduce your stress by visiting these three Calgary locations.

Managing Relationship Stress

Managing Relationship Stress No relationship is perfect. It’s completely normal for there to be some stress involved. However, when this stress becomes excessive it can negatively impact the relationship and have devastating effects on your mental health. So how much stress is too much? Well, let’s first look at a “normal” level of stress. Every …

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The Benefits of Routine

The Benefits of Routine We’ve all had them in our lives, the friend, colleague or partner who seems to have it all together. Their organized, involved in lots of activities and just seem to have everything run seamlessly. You ask them how they do it and they reply something along the lines of “oh I’ve …

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The Benefits of Talk-based Therapy

The Benefits of Talk-based Therapy Originally, talk-based therapy was developed for the treatment of mental health disorders and relationship issues. Over the years though, it has evolved significantly. There are now a wide range of different talk-based therapies that can treat a many different issues and improve quality of life. Below are just some of …

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5 Benefits of Mindfulness

5 Benefits of Mindfulness Life can become busy, with so much going on, work, study, relationships and maybe even kids… it’s easy to get caught up in it all. Preoccupied with your own thoughts, worrying, planning. At times it can feel like you’re living on autopilot. Although there’s sometimes a place for planning and worry, …

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