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By: Angela Rozema, this mental health article is also featured in the BANA Be Yourself Magazine, which is a free online and print magazine. Economic downturns and political unrest don’t just shape markets and headlines — they affect our health. This contributes to challenges with things like our bodies, sleep, relationships, increasing our risk for …
Stop Cognitive Distortions in 3 Simple Steps. Cognitive distortions, also known as thought traps, are habitual patterns of thinking. Cognitive distortions often stem from past negative experiences. As a result, these patterns can be deeply ingrained, and can be challenging to break. Therefore it takes time and practice to change them. You can begin to …
A stark warning about the dangers of shame, it’s not the same as guilt! You can think about guilt as the little warning bell going off to let you know that you have violated a moral or value. While shame is the emotion we experience when that violation will lead to damage to our relationships …
A happy food relationship is something all of us need as humans. This video was created to draw awareness to the issue of disordered eating. Disordered eating is different than an Eating Disorder (such as anorexia, bulimia nervosa, etc.). Disordered eating involves having an unhealthy relationship with food. Sometimes that comes in the form of …
Believe it or not, bullying can affect people much beyond childhood. In this video, created in honour of anti-bullying or Pink Shirt Day, you will learn some quick facts on cyberbullying. Pink Shirt Day is a great demonstration of the power we hold to stand up to bullying. Find out more about it here. In …
Interview with depression is found below and it is a video from my YouTube channel. In it I assume the role of the “evil” interviewer trying to hire Mental Health “Baddies” to join “Baddies United”. The purpose of this interview with depression is to raise awareness about some of the main aspects of depression such …
Looking for effective ways to support your child through anxiety? Anxiety is a debilitating and frustrating mental health issue affecting millions of Canadians every year. Worst of all it’s affecting people at younger and younger ages. Right now the estimates are that about 3% of youth have or had anxiety according to the Canadian Mental …
From society’s expectations to why a therapist’s handbook might need to be thrown out the window. This is a review of the 10 most important things I learned from the Wounded Warriors Trauma Exposed Professional Course.
A Self-Led Medication-Free Guide to Improve Your SleepWritten by: Angela RozemaOctober 18, 2022 If you want to sleep better tonight, here are 7 simple steps to do it and all of these can be attempted without prior skill or knowledge. Just keep in mind self-help can be challenging. If you find it isn’t working that …