Honouring National First Responders Day in Canada: A Reflection on the Unseen Burden
A few weeks ago, I had a medical emergency in my home. I remember feeling scared and confused, unsure whether my loved…
When the Future You Imagined Changes: Living with Childlessness After Infertility
There is a point, for some, where the question is no longer about what to try next. It becomes something else. A…
When Trying Becomes Trying: Infertility Counselling in Langley & Vancouver, BC
Most people don’t talk about this part of infertility. They might talk about the hoping, the early days when it still felt…
How Stress Affects Your Nervous System (and what YOU can do about it)
Stress does not always look dramatic. It can be subtle, persistent, and easy to normalize over time. You may be functioning well…
Somatic Therapy for Chronic Stress in Langley & Vancouver
Maybe you’ve tried the breathing exercises and you’ve done the journaling. You’ve probably talked through the stressful stuff so many times that…
Beyond Mood Swings: Living with Bipolar
You know the warning signs. You catch yourself scanning for them, wondering if, when, and for how long they’ll come back. You…
Borrowing Our Calm: A Guide for BC Parents Navigating the Weight of Tumbler Ridge
When something violent happens in our province, even if it is hours away, it lands close to home. News moves quickly. Among…
The Monkey Mind Video
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Meditation & The Critical Voice
Mingyur Rinpoche, a Buddhist Monk, taught a simple meditation training in our last post. As you might have noticed, he is not the same monk who coined the idea of the puppy mind I mentioned in our first blog post on mediation. Mingyur uses the term ‘monkey mind’ to describe the all over the place, and into everything way our mind wanders in the same way that the Vancouver monk I worked with used the idea of a puppy mind. Both monkeys and puppies have a playfulness about them. There is a lightness to them.