Yearly Archives: 2020

Stigma and Mental Illness

According to Livemint.com, the 21st century has an array of ground-breaking achievements. The world has been seen to have more peace as opposed to civil, imperial, and foreign conflicts. More children in the world are becoming more healthier with the help of vaccines and modern-day medicine. There are larger growing trends in children attending schools

By |2020-08-27T00:49:39-06:00August 14th, 2020|Mental Health Blog|0 Comments

Making the Most of Summer 2020

During the era of COVID-19, many of us have faced the cancellation of summer plans that we have been looking forward to all year. It can be difficult to see vacations, camps, and visits with family be postponed indefinitely, but adopting a mindset that allows us to instead see this summer as an opportunity can

By |2020-07-11T16:03:22-06:00July 11th, 2020|Mental Health Blog|0 Comments

Talking About and Resolving Conflict

In relationships, whether platonic, romantic, familiar, conflict is unavoidable. It can make or break your relationships. So knowing how to talk about what happened can be quite helpful. Trust yourself, and recognize when you’ve reached your limit. People can’t stop doing something that hurts you if they don’t know it hurts you. Take a break:

By |2020-07-06T03:37:36-06:00July 6th, 2020|Mental Health Blog|0 Comments

Racism and Mental Health

By now, most of us are aware of the death of George Floyd, and many other victims of police brutality. There has been a lot of media coverage on the protests, and many important discussions have been ongoing on social media regarding white privilege and the Black Lives Matter movement. Although this is a challenging

By |2020-06-30T21:00:50-06:00June 30th, 2020|Mental Health Blog|0 Comments

Mental Health and The News

Mental Health and The News Over the past few months, the news has been extremely overwhelming. At the beginning of this year, it seemed like the Australian wildfires were going to win for the biggest and saddest news story; however, we were quickly met with COVID-19 and the death of George Floyd. Right now, looking

By |2020-06-12T12:37:18-06:00June 12th, 2020|Mental Health Blog|0 Comments

Things to do when you’re lonely

Many things during this time are new. Covid-19 has brought many new feelings, ideas, events into this world; but loneliness is not one of them. 54% of Canadians reported feeling lonely or isolated during the coronavirus lockdown, a stark contrast to the 18% of Canadians in a 2019 survey. Loneliness is a difficult feeling to

By |2020-06-03T16:50:03-06:00June 3rd, 2020|Mental Health Blog|0 Comments

10 Series You Should Read | What to do During the COVID-19 Outbreak #3

Bored doing self-isolation and have a whole lot of free time? Well, why not catch up on some reading? Here are 10 book series I would recommend to anyone! Of course, before you do read the list, I’d just like to say that each synopsis below is totally my own take on it and if

By |2020-08-25T21:31:49-06:00April 23rd, 2020|Wellness Package|0 Comments

Mental health and relationships

I wrote this short poem while reflecting on a time when I kept putting the needs of those who I cared about before my own. When it comes to the people we love and care about the most, it becomes more difficult to open up about how we are truly feeling. I did not want my feelings to become another thing people had to worry about, I didn’t want to burden them with my problems. Soon I began to realize that that thought process was just not healthy, and the people around us are there for a reason, because they care about our feelings, and want to be there to support us.

By |2020-04-19T17:05:41-06:00April 17th, 2020|Mental Health Blog|0 Comments
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