by Richard Amaral | Oct 23, 2022 | Depression, Emotions, Lifestyle, Mental Health
In January 1999, I moved to Portland, Oregon, in the US. It was my first semester of graduate school at Lewis and Clark College. I spent my undergraduate years attending the University of Toronto at Mississauga – a 15-minute car ride from the comforts of...
by Richard Amaral | Oct 15, 2022 | Lifestyle, Mind-Body Health, Youth and Adolescents
A few weeks ago, there was an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail on the correlation between loneliness and authoritarianism. Kim Samuel, the author, argued that the main reason why democracy is being threatened around the world is because of loneliness....
by Richard Amaral | Oct 8, 2022 | Anxiety, Change
Over the last few weeks, nature has been humbling all of us. Regardless of how powerful, resourceful, and prepared we think we might be for a natural disaster, recent examples from around the world prove that we should never underestimate the power of nature. ...
by Richard Amaral | Oct 1, 2022 | Attachment Theory, Thinking, Trauma
This past week on September 30th, Canadians marked the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day is also informally known as Orange Shirt Day, where people wear orange shirts to remind themselves of the tragedies and suffering that...
by Richard Amaral | Sep 24, 2022 | Emotions, Mental Health, Mind-Body Health
Death is a part of life. And no matter how prepared you are for someone’s death, you are never ready for it. All the best laid out funeral plans can never prepare you for the emotion of losing a loved one. Before her death, Queen Elizabeth II had approved...
