Mental health
Mental health is just as important as physical health. Allow our contributors to give expert guidance and tips on steps you can take to improve your mental well-being. Learn about different therapeutic approaches and self-care practices that can support your mental health.
How to Navigate Anger Related to Unresolved Trauma
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...
Tackling Sexual Violence Through Inclusive Social Responsibility and a Non-Self Buddhist Lens
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...
Dear Parents, Your Teen Needs You More Than You Think Right Now
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...
A Snippet Through The Lens of The Integrative Psychotherapist
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...
Rethinking Dopamine and the Real Reason You’re Chasing That Next High
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...
The Power of the Mushroom and How Functional Fungi Can Support Your Mental Health
This Mental Health Awareness Week, I’ve been reflecting on my own journey and the powerful role food plays in supporting emotional wellbeing. Before I trained as a chef, I spent years working as an...
How to Increase Your Productivity
Struggling to stay focused or get through your to-do list? You're not alone. In this article, you'll discover simple, science-backed strategies to boost your productivity, manage your energy, and...
Five Practical Tips to Help You Find the Right Therapist
If you're reading this article, hopefully, it means that you're ready to begin the process of finding a therapist to help you on your journey. Deciding to go to therapy isn't an easy decision...
Why Genetics Loads the Gun but Environment Pulls the Trigger in Mental Health Advocacy
In the ongoing global conversation around mental health, one statement has emerged as both provocative and profoundly accurate: “Genetics loads the gun, but environment pulls the trigger.”
ADHD in Men and Untangling the Complexities, Risks, and Strengths
ADHD is often discussed in relation to children or, more recently, the growing wave of adult women receiving late diagnoses. In contrast, when it comes to men, ADHD is frequently...
Writing Our Way to a Healthy and Sustainable Recovery
It is one of the most cliché suggestions that anyone who has ever worked with a therapist has been on the receiving end of: “You should really consider keeping a journal and writing about...
When Mindset Isn’t Enough
Have you ever heard phrases like “Just let go,” “You need to love yourself more,” or “If you change your mindset, you will be happier,” and felt paralyzed, angry, hopeless, or unseen? If so, you...
The Silent Battle Between CEO Mental Health and the Cost of Stoicism
Leadership is often mythologised as the domain of the unshakable, a trait of those who wear strength like armour and never let it crack. Yet after thirty years in leadership and through the...
Understanding the Negativity and Pessimism Schema
Do you know someone who always seems to highlight what could go wrong? Maybe they react to your excitement with caution, criticism, or negativity, leaving you feeling deflated.
Let's Stop Ranking Trauma – Why It's Time to Rethink "Big T" and "little t" Labels
For a long time, when people heard the word trauma, they thought of war zones, car crashes, or acts of violence. Trauma was something catastrophic, reserved for what some would call "capital-T Trauma."
How to Become Your Best Self
My work is to help people heal themselves and ultimately to become the best version of themselves. What does this look like? Becoming your best self isn’t about perfection.
Setting Healthy Boundaries by Harnessing Spring Energy with Love
As spring unfurls its vibrant colours and the world around us awakens with new life, there's a powerful, natural momentum that can help us do the same within ourselves. Spring is not only about...
Are You Working to Live or Living to Work?
Many years ago, I remember hearing a colleague say she “works to live, not live to work.” When I heard those words, they stopped me in my tracks. I had never heard anyone say that before.
Paternal Postpartum Depression Is Real and 5 Ways To Beat The Odds
Traditionally, postpartum depression (PPD) has been viewed as an issue that primarily affects women who have recently given birth, often overlooking the emotional...