New Year’s resolutions are here! With them comes the effort to achieve the resolution. However, within a month people give up and go back to the same old habits. There are many reasons why that is, but there are also many things that can be done to increase the odds that anyone can make their resolutions stick, and make changes for the better. Read more
Here’s why you should let children play and why you should consider play as part of a powerful toolkit for the full development of children and is as applicable to children with special learning needs. Read more
Play Therapy is a form of psychotherapy and counselling that uses play in a non-directed method to allow the Child to lead therapy sessions. This process reveals and reflect the child’s behaviour back in such a way that the child can confront their own behaviour, giving the therapist a powerful diagnostic tool to determine the cause for any issues. Read more
Many of us have great plans for the future, and we are excited for the time we meet those goals, like finishing school, getting married, or simply having a day off together with the family. And then we meet those goals, but the happiness fades quickly. Was this not what we wanted? Did we have the wrong goal? Read more
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned. -Buddha
Some who have sought out the secret to happiness believe that maybe there is no secret. It could be a conscious set of things we can do each day that will help us feel better, live longer, and be healthier. One of those things that we can do is to learn to forgive one another for the things we do consciously or unconsciously that can cause harm to others. There are many benefits to forgiveness alone, but the simple fact that it will help us be happier is enough to say it is a thing worth doing. Let’s look at some simple ways we can practice forgiveness. Read more
Many of us have great plans for the future, and we are excited for the time we meet those goals, like finishing school, getting married, or simply having a day off together with the family. And then we meet those goals, but the happiness fades quickly. Was this not what we wanted? Did we have the wrong goal? Read more
There are good days, there are bad days. Connected together they represent our life path and choices made, leading us to our goals. Having obstacles or unfortunate days from time to time does not mean that we are unhappy, but it begs the question – are we stopping ourselves from happiness, and can it be changed? Read more
College of Allied Educators’ CBT workshop is a full 3-day workshop open to all who are counselling students, graduates, and professionals. Read more
Sadness is synonymous with sorrow, unhappiness, despair, grief, and gloom. When people speak about sadness, it is unanimously in a negative light, describing negative circumstances and emotions. The answer seems obvious that sadness is overwhelmingly negative and bad. Most people try to avoid it. We even learn from young that being sad is a bad thing and we should find ways to be happier. Our friends and family are always there to try to help us be joyful and happy. Read more
Motivation is the reason for your actions and desires. It acts as a catalyst to drive you towards a lofty goal. It is the reason why you want to succeed in your interpersonal relationships as the best mother, father, sibling, spouse, or friend. It is why you want to be successful in your career, why you want to earn more, or be a better person in general. Read more
