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Four Ways to Deal with News Anxiety
Just over a year ago, I was glued to the television and various news sites, transfixed with the war in Ukraine. At that time, I wrote a post about how I tried to cope with the overwhelming news cycle of such a significant historical event. Well, a year later,...
My Podcast Interview on Balanced Living, Psychology, and Economics
A few weeks ago, I was a guest on the Ontario Psychological Association's podcast, ONPsych. You can hear the podcast by clicking here. The podcast's goal was to discuss my balanced living book, The Promise Wheel. But as the conversation unfolded, the...
Three Ways to Overcome Negativity Bias
As I mentioned in my previous post, it’s normal to have the urge to sometimes fixate on the negative instead of the positive. It’s called negativity bias, and there are good reasons why we do this. You can read about these reasons by clicking here. But there...
Why You Tend to Focus on the Negative
Have you ever found yourself focusing more on the negative things in your life while ignoring all the positive stuff? Well, join the club. This is a common phenomenon that happens to all of us. Myself included. This kind of thinking is known as mental...
Three Psychological Concepts Which Stood Out for me in 2022
In Canada, February is Psychology Month. So, for today's post, I decided to list three psychological theories or concepts from 2022 that I found to be most interesting or most applicable to living a balanced life. Here they are. 3...
Recognizing the Impact of White Culture in My Life
When George Floyd was murdered about three years ago, the protests surrounding his death forced me to examine my biases and experiences in working with people of colour (POC). With February being Black History Month, I wanted to write a post to share my...
Feeling Stressed, Worried, or Afraid? Things Get Better as You Age
Getting old can bring many problems. Our bodies begin breaking down, and our memory starts to weaken. But despite the loss of particular abilities, research shows that being old and happy is more of a reality today than at any other point in history. In other...
One Strategy to Help You Set Boundaries at Work
When discussing the goal of balanced living with a client, one of the conversation topics always turns toward how many hours they're spending on work. More specifically, I often find that when someone spends excessive amounts of time on work-related tasks...
Three Things I do to Be More Self-Reflective
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking about my goals for the year and the next few years. The process of thinking about goals is self-reflective, and the better you are at self-reflection, the better you’ll be at clarifying what you want to change...
Five R’s of Goal-Setting and Self-Improvement
Every year around this time, I like to set some goals/plans/intentions for the upcoming year. I might also start writing out some dreams for the next few years of my life—five-year or ten-year plans. I’ve been going through this process for as long as I can...
May You Have a Safe, Peaceful, and Joyful Holiday Season
There have been a lot of challenges for a lot of people this past year. But the year is coming to an end, and a new one is about to start. And I'm grateful that you have been opening up these emails and sharing them with those whom you think might benefit. Thank you....
How Your Thoughts Affect Relationships
In last week's post, I wrote about how the Holiday season can be stressful for people because they might find themselves sharing a dinner with an individual(s) who can sometimes get under their skin. So, for this post, I want to talk a little bit more about...
