Canmore Counselling

01/21/2026

✨ Adult ADHD Assessments ✨

Our virtual trauma-informed, structured ADHD assessments are designed to provide insight into how your brain works!

Determining if you have ADHD can bring clarity, confidence, and meaningful support.

Assessments are offered by our amazing team & supervised by Dr. Melissa Jay & Dr. Amélie Dubé, Registered Psychologists.

Our waitlist is open for folks in Alberta & BC :)

With care,
Dr. Melissa on behalf of our amazing team

www.canmorecounselling.com/assessments

01/20/2026

Join us for our 200-Hour Trauma-Informed Yoga Psychology Teacher Training!

✨ March 6th - April 19th

Our trainings are rooted in community, justice, & tending to our nervous systems together.

Together we will learn ways to honour the ancient wisdom tradition of yoga, as we offer relational and grounded community care, on and off the mat.

We have 4 spots open, with flexible tuition options, and a mix of live Zoom weekends and self-paced learning.

www.canmorecounselling.com/200ytt

💗 Melissa

200-Hour Trauma-Informed Yoga Psychology Teacher Training ​Trauma-Informed. Anti-Oppressive. Accessible. Eight Limb Yoga. Spring 2026 Cohort Enrollment Now Open! March 6th - April 19th *you can get...

01/20/2026

Michael wants to share his fave MLK post… may his memory be honoured as rooted in anti-oppression and a commitment to solidarity with the oppressed. ♥️

01/18/2026

yesss!

grateful for this powerful truth from
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It usually doesn’t start with silence.
It starts with praise.

“You’re so well-behaved.”
“You’re so polite.”
“You’re so easy.”

And slowly, kids learn which parts of themselves earn approval—and which ones make rooms uncomfortable.

So they learn to soften their questions.
They learn to laugh things off.
They learn to make themselves agreeable before they learn how to trust themselves.

Fast forward a few years and that same child is an adult who ignores their gut in meetings, stays in relationships that feel off, calls burnout “being grateful,” and mistakes keeping things calm for being emotionally mature.

We didn’t just teach kids how to be respectful—we taught them how to be quiet at their own expense. And the cost shows up later in anxiety, resentment, people-pleasing, and the constant feeling that something is wrong but hard to name.

The work now is unlearning. Teaching discernment where compliance once lived. Teaching self-trust where approval used to sit.
Teaching that discomfort isn’t danger—and silence isn’t wisdom.

Here’s something practical: practice giving yourself the language you were never given.

“I need more time.”

“That doesn’t sit right with me.”

“I’m allowed to change my mind.”

“No is a complete sentence.”

Say it out loud. Let it feel awkward. Let it feel new.

Because growing up doesn’t have to mean growing quieter.



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01/17/2026

✨grateful

beyond grateful to spend time in community… deepening our commitment to the ways we show up and offer community care ✨

Michael took this photo last night after Lulu and I shared 3-hours with our amazing 300-hour cohort… many of them working towards their yoga therapy diploma!

what a gift to walk alongside amazing souls who are helping to create a more loving and just world!

sending so much care your way this weekend

♥️ Melissa & Lulu

01/16/2026

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01/13/2026

from 🪄 ✨

To healing together,
Hope ✨

All images are from the first generation of the My Little Pony animated series — little me’s absolute favourite. 🦄

01/11/2026

sharing this post by

a trauma-informed lens cannot be optional.

Not in this world we’re living. A world where we wake up to tragedies at an alarming rate where we have little time to mourn, process, or grieve as we brace ourselves for the next horror unfolding.

Renee Nicole Good is on my heart today. All of the families who have been torn apart by ICE and lost their lives in detention centers are on my heart today. The Minneapolis community feeling this all too familiar grief of systemic injustice is on my heart today. It all feels so heavy.

“If you’re heartbroken from the continued news from around the country and world, you’re not alone. If you’re overwhelmed by the repeated tragedies we’ve experienced, you’re not alone. If you have a burning desire for change, you’re not alone.”

01/10/2026

a love note
aka testimonial

“I continue to be so moved by the care and intention behind the faculty who guide these courses. Melissa, and everyone at Canmore Counselling, have created something truly special by bringing together teachers who are so heart-led, grounded in love and justice, and deeply aligned with the spirit and truth of yoga. It is a real gift and honour to be learning alongside — and being held by — such thoughtful, wise, and beautiful humans.”

from Celeste (she/they), 200-hour YTT alumni & current yoga therapy student 💗

we are so grateful to welcome our 300-hour cohort this weekend! what a gift to be in relationship with each of you!

if you’ve been considering joining us… we’d love you to join us for our upcoming 200-Hour YTT!

March 6th - April 19th

✨ extra early-bird tuition is available

This foundational training is a beautiful invitation into community-rooted practice.

www.canmorecounselling.com/200ytt

💗 Melissa

01/09/2026

Grief and joy arrive together more often than we expect. Not fighting, not taking turns. Just here.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ grateful for this by 💗

01/08/2026

Birthday Reflections ♥️

It’s such a privilege…

to grow older
to create
to rest
to love
to be loved
to share
to receive
to set boundaries
to heal
to unlearn
to feel joy
to have community

wishing all of us opportunities to experience life fully. may we all lean into caring for one another & for standing up for what’s socially just. please, let’s lean-in!

I’m grateful for each of you who I get to be in community with... thank you for the ways you share your heart & wisdom ♥️

I’m so grateful for you!

♥️ Melissa

01/05/2026

love this post from 🪄 To more of this in 2026. 💗image: