Considered to be one of the most effective forms of psychotherapy, dialectic behaviour therapy is something you must explore if emotional regulation is what you seek to achieve. Find out about the different tools it equips you with to overcome your mental health challenges and improve your quality of life.

You might wonder at times why you struggle to want to get together or hang out with friends. It could seem strange (frustrating, even!) that you feel both lonely and anxious at the same time.

Your loneliness leads to some feelings of isolation, maybe sadness or what feels a bit like depression. You can’t seem to shake it or “get over” it.

I realize more than ever the importance of incorporating grounding techniques to ensure that feelings of anxiety and stress are kept at par during our work days. These techniques help guide individuals to refocus on the present moment and create space between anxious feelings.

Anxiety shows up in many different ways - you might notice it in your emotions or in the way that your body responds. Ashleigh Keizer shares five ways to manage your anxiety.

Mindfulness may almost be counterintuitive to what you know and how you live or experience your days. Your to-do list is a mile long every day and you never get it all checked off. How on earth are you going to pause your day to be…mindful?! So what is mindfulness?

Mindfulness is not a magic cure-all pill. Though, I do believe it can be healing to all!

Practicing different ways of observations can help to see things as they are, and not what they could or should be, and help you move through change.

Learn more about anxiety this Fall through a series of workshops with specific topics in mind, ranging from a general introduction to what anxiety is, and progressing through specifics like the “high functioning” anxiety myth, how to use mindfulness with anxiety, and strategies and tools you might find helpful to manage your symptoms. These workshops are designed to equip you with general knowledge, but also prepare you to be curious about your experiences of anxiety.

Mindfulness is something that we talk about a lot, but we don’t always know exactly how to do it. Janelle Traber explains how to understand and validate your emotions, and provides an example of a mindfulness tool that you can use at home.