This Year Resolve To Do One Activity Every Day That Makes You Happy
This year, resolve to do one activity every day that makes you happy, and gives you a sense of fulfillment.
How Taking Care of You Will Benefit All Other Aspects of Your Life
Isn’t it ironic how culturally we have come to believe that if we put ourselves before the needs of others we are somehow being selfish, self-centred or even neglectful? Let’s stop and think about that notion for a moment. This message is telling us to continuously give of ourselves and only when we have time we should care for ourselves. Unfortunately many of us [...]
I Accept and Love Myself
"I accept and love myself!" Practice looking in the mirror with unconditional acceptance. Speak warmly to yourself.
How to Make the Easiest New Year’s Resolution Ever
If you are like most people, making a New Year’s resolution is met with hesitation and anxiety as most resolutions vow to lose weight, stick to a workout plan, quit smoking, or some other activity that feels like an uphill struggle. That is exactly why most of us have abandoned our resolutions by mid-February and we are feeling discouraged and defeated by setting a [...]
5 Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship with YOU
When is the last time you looked yourself in the eye and said, “I love you”? The most important relationship you have is with yourself, yet a lot of people struggle with maintaining a loving relationship with themselves. Our minds are filled with a running commentary, most of which is filled with negative thoughts about our bodies, our actions or reactions, our choices and [...]
Occupational Health
With the world leaning towards alternative and complementary medicine, and growing tired of the ongoing prescription of drugs with more and more side effects, it's critical that we look at alternative ways of staying healthy. There is absolutely a place for traditional medicine - this is not my argument. I believe medicine saves lives every day with doctors and surgeons laboring hard at ensuring [...]
3 Steps to Have the Life You’ve Always Wanted
We can all feel a little directionless from time to time, whether it be in our relationships, our career, or financially. We have been taught to set goals since grade school and to write down our goals and an action plan on a piece of paper. Where do those goals end up? If you are like me, they usually end up in a notebook [...]
Remembrance Day at Home – 2014
I thought long and hard about writing a blog this year about Remembrance Day, worried about the repercussions from acknowledging that my son is a soldier in our Canadian Forces. To be perfectly honest and selfish, I want him to remain safe without adding more attention to his career but that is just naive to think that he could always remain safe with such [...]
Stress: A Normal Part of the Workplace?
Mental Health conditions are now responsible for 30% of all short and long term disability claims. This week alone an estimated 500,000 Canadians will be absent from work due to mental illness. Those numbers add up in a big way. The cost to our economy is estimated to be $51 billion dollars per year. These statistics can have a monumental impact on the success [...]
Navigating Health and Disability Claims
In 2011 over 260,000 Canadians were injured on the job causing them to lose time at work. In 2012, 3.8 million Canadians reported that their daily activities were limited due to a disability. Statistics also report that one in six Canadians will become disabled for three months, or more, before the age of 50. These statistics are on the rise and are often challenging [...]