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When faced with difficult emotional situations, it can often be helpful to think about the problem or situation in a different way. In...

Few things are as certain in life as the fact that some things are just not within our power to change. We don't control the weather, we...

When you're cooking, sometimes things go wrong - and usually in some fairly predictable ways. You may have overcooked or undercooked your...

I've long been a proponent of thinking about resolving psychological difficulties in terms of progressing through three distinct steps:...

The popular sentiment is that it has been a rough year. If 2020 was a test, many of us failed. Some of us lost all sense of structure and...

The news feels relentless these days, and one might be forgiven for thinking that at the end of 2020, the majority of the news that we're...

Happiness is often thought of as the gap, or lack thereof, between what we want, and what we have. In this view, happiness is simply...

Winter is a difficult season for some, even during the best of times. Lack of natural sunlight can lead to seasonal depression and...

We all have goals and aspirations for being better versions of ourselves. We want to lose weight. We want to eat a healthier diet. We...

In honour of World Mental Health Day coming up on October 10, 2020 I want to draw your attention to an important aspect of mental health:...