Do you ever feel overwhelmed and powerless? Are stress or anxiety causing issues with your energy levels, mood and sleep? Unfortunately, you are not alone. "As of August 2024, 31 per cent of adults...

In today’s world, we are surrounded by noise – not just the literal sounds of emails, messages, and notifications, but the relentless mental noise of expectations, deadlines, and comparison.

Here is the strange thing about our professional lives and work choices: We expect it to be a totally enjoyable experience! This idea can get harder by the day, especially in the 21st century...

For decades, the emotional landscape of human healing has been charted through the nervous system and cognitive pathways. But beneath our conscious mind, and even beneath our skin, lies an...

We all have cravings. I often choose Oreos because I have a sweet tooth—or perhaps many sweet teeth. I was pleasantly surprised when Oreo released Post Malone’s Taste Twist, featuring swirled...

Long ago, a colleague of mine recounted a story about his son, who was then probably 20 or 21 years old, and who was in a period of his life in which he was abusing drugs and alcohol.

You know that feeling where you’re doing everything right, the lemon water, the morning walk, the hormone-balancing supplements that cost more than your last electric bill, and yet, you still feel off?

You didn’t just lose weight, you gained a glimpse of what life could feel like. The lighter body. The clearer mind. The sense of control you thought you’d never reclaim.

Helping people back to work after a period off sick, or helping them decide whether to take time off, is part of my job. Words used to describe how they feel include overwhelmed, burnout...

As a pharmacist trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine, a practitioner of Alchemical Feng Shui, and someone who spends significant time traveling by car for both professional and personal reasons...

Anger is one of our most primal human emotions, unfortunately, it is often misunderstood. It can come in waves like grief, but if left unchecked, anger can be a slippery slope into a lifelong journey...

Sexual violence remains a pervasive and devastating issue in our contemporary world, a stark violation of human dignity that transcends societal boundaries. Traditional approaches to addressing...

Allow me to take you on a 10-minute journey into intellectual comfort. A place where what was once seemingly magic melts and rematerializes as science and biology principles...

Witnessing your child's growth and transition into their teenage years is an exceptional experience. It's a stage they eagerly anticipate, filled with the promise of more...

I had just launched my private practice, and he was one of my first clients. Just a kid. Nineteen years old if he was a day. He was a young African-American man, an emerging adult, but still a teen...

We tend to picture the brain as an electric maze neurons firing, chemicals floating about, and synapses sparking. But what if that’s only part of the story? Emerging science suggests that our...

With PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) affecting 6-13% of women in their reproductive years and 70% remaining undiagnosed (World Health Organization, 2025), and endometriosis affecting 10% of women...

When it comes to healing from addiction and codependency, clinical knowledge matters, but so does lived experience. Lived-experience counselling refers to support provided by individuals who have...

In today’s fast-paced, high-pressure world, stress is inevitable. Whether it’s deadlines, meetings, or personal challenges, the mental toll can be overwhelming.

There's a quiet kind of strength that comes from being fully present in your body when you are moving. It's not the kind that looks impressive from the outside, but the kind that roots you from the...

We carry with us emotional, psychological, and cognitive patterns, adopt moral norms and social constraints, develop belief systems, create habitual strategies, and most of us will have an...

In today’s fast-paced world, chronic pain, anxiety, and depression have become increasingly prevalent. While conventional treatments are essential, complementary practices...

Nutrition data can be incredibly helpful, but only when it’s working for you, not the other way around. If tracking your meals has ever left you feeling obsessed, exhausted...

Dopamine is a hormone often called the pleasure/reward neurotransmitter. It affects our body, mind and behaviour and plays a big part in helping us think, plan and stay on track with our goals...