It’s normal to feel defeated and to succumb to life’s challenges- we’re human. However, it’s your resilience that helps you re-focus, re-prioritize, and gets you back into your A-game. Resilience is what keeps you going. Here are a few tips to help you build your resilience in times of great difficulty.

I read an amazing blog post entitled, Technology, the Third Wheel of your Relationship by Kelly Bishop from the Thought Catalogue. Bishop opens your eyes to how consumed we are by technology that it deprives you from being fully present and fully attentive to the people you choose the spend your time with. But are you really choosing to spend your time with them? I would argue no.

For a change, I'd thought I'd share some inspirational quotes that can help get you through this week, especially because it's Monday, the day where motivation hits an all time low (don't quote me on that, but I'm pretty sure that's accurate)

Let's set up a scenario. You are on the subway on a groggy Monday morning and as the car door opens at the arriving station, you see Becky, someone who you went to university with, enter through them.

For our last post for Empathic Counselling Centre's "Therapy Tips" Mini-Series, we decided that our readers should be aware of some red flags that they may encounter in therapy.

If you have been following our "Therapy Tips" mini-series, you have learned about how to determine whether or not you need counselling (SPOILER ALERT: you do and here's why) and how to find the right therapist for you.

The counselling process is an extremely personal journey that forces you to face your vulnerabilities and insecurities head-on for any discernible differences to be made.

The more you practice something, the better you get at it. Well, I just wasn't given that chance. Until, that is, I started receiving calls from telemarketers.

Somewhere between being a know-it-all who didn't care about the feelings and opinions of others (read: aggressive) and being someone who then became overly sensitive to others and their needs (read: passive), I did not develop any assertiveness along the way. I went from one extreme to another.

Time and time again, we see on TV or even hear it in schools or at the workplace. When we get into a fit of frustration, anxiety, or low moods, we are told, go to your happy place.