by Richard Amaral | Jul 22, 2023 | Lifestyle, Work
“Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.” – Johnny Carson...
by Richard Amaral | Jul 8, 2023 | Lifestyle, Work
“Work to become, not to acquire.” – Elbert Hubbard In my first year of graduate school, one of the mandatory courses in the counselling psychology program was career counselling. I remember rolling my eyes when I first heard it was a required course. The reason...
by Richard Amaral | Jul 2, 2023 | Lifestyle, Mind-Body Health
“A vacation helps to relieve stress and boredom, gives us a change of scenery, provides us with adventure, and helps to bring us closer to the people in our lives.” E. S. Woods July 1st is a long weekend here in Canada (Happy Canada Day!). It’s also a...
by Richard Amaral | May 28, 2023 | Lifestyle, Relationships
“Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.” – Alfred Adler Arguments and disagreements are a normal part of any relationship – whether that relationship is...
by Richard Amaral | May 6, 2023 | Lifestyle, Psychology, Relationships
“Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.” Charles Dickens Openness is one of the five qualities that I believe is important in maintaining healthy, quality relationships. When you are open, it...
by Richard Amaral | Apr 29, 2023 | Boundaries, Emotions, Lifestyle, Psychology, Relationships
There’s no doubt that relationships help us to live more balanced lives. And as the longest study on adult development identified, healthy relationships, or good quality relationships, also contribute to a happier and longer life. But what makes up a good...
