I’ve noticed that the pandemic has affected different types of people in very different ways. In particular, how after many months of social isolation, introverts and extroverts demonstrate suffering and recovery in their own unique ways.
Before I go any further, let me explain the difference between extroverts and introverts…
I interviewed Dr. Jennifer Fraser, author of The Bullied Brain: Heal Your Scars and Restore Your Health for one of my podcast episodes (releasing in the new year), and she mentioned how trauma affects the brain. …
So often, we crave resolution — otherwise known as “closure” — after a breakup, and then we become frustrated when we can’t achieve it. In my mind, this type of resolution is usually impossible and generally unnecessary.
We seek resolution because we want to be okay after a relationship didn’t…
Recently, I read a blog about how to get back at a narcissist, and it reminded me of how often people have asked me about how to affect a narcissist in some way. …
Trauma is the emotional effect of terrible things that have happened to us. We can experience trauma at any time of life, but it has the most damaging effect on us when it happens early-on.
While we’re growing up, the things that happen to us have a direct impact on…
A colleague of mine asked me a question the other day. Given that winter is approaching and he anticipated gaining some weight over the colder months, he wanted my advice for losing ten pounds. …
As the fourth wave of the pandemic descends this autumn on parts of Canada and the United States, parents of young children are left not knowing how to deal with their increasingly frustrated younger kids. …
These days, it looks like most everyone who goes on a reality TV show is looking for more clout, which will then transfer to online sponsorships and dollars.
The good news is that most of these reality show contestants are still choosing to play by the rules of the show…
I think the word for these times should be “uncertainty.” As the back-to-school season begins and children are returning to the classrooms, neither the kids nor their parents know what to expect.
Here, in Toronto, we have a pretty high — close to 80% — vaccination rate, among eligible candidates…
In the New Year, shortly after the Capitol Insurrection in the United States, I wrote an article about how political polarization is terrible for our mental health. I had also written just prior to that about how the politics of division are driving people crazy.
These days, with the fourth…
