The Hive YXE

01/23/2026

The Hive started off by focusing on Moms. It has grown tremendously and is now staffed by Moms, offering counselling, Doula & perinatal services.

But we want to get back to our roots a bit more. Virtual counselling sessions that focused on care for Moms who were overloaded, too stressed to the leave the house, afraid to nurse in a new environment, and still needing support.

Rachel is offering $90 virtual sessions to Moms with kids 5 and under for 2026. No session caps, just unlimited access during a season where the need for support is high.

Reach out today to get started with Motherhood sessions!

Hello@thehiveyxe.com
text or call (306)-514-8796

01/20/2026

“Hi, I’m Chay!

I have over 8 years of experience counselling both within the public clinic & private practice sectors. I have an addiction counselling degree but through my years in practice I have expanded my counselling knowledge and area of practice greatly.

In my practice I have helped clients: address their addiction, process grief and divorce, blend families, support postpartum parents, provide tools and solutions for emotional regulation, help client manage anxiety and depress and guide teen moms through parenthood.

I lead with a strength based approach focused on compassion and empowermnt.

I’d love to hear more about you in a FREE consult!”

01/20/2026

Blue Monday gets talked about like it’s just a gloomy day in January… but for many people, that heaviness isn’t a one-day thing.

Low mood can slowly slide into something more serious, and most people don’t notice the shift until they’re already overwhelmed.

Here are some signs your low mood might be slipping out of your control:
• You wake up exhausted no matter how much you sleep
• Small tasks (laundry, replying to a message) feel impossible
• Your patience is gone and everything irritates you
• Your appetite or sleep has changed
• You’re withdrawing from friends, kids, or work
• You feel numb, hopeless, or “checked out”
• You can’t remember the last time you felt like yourself
• You keep saying “I’m fine” but you don’t believe it

Here is the important part: you don’t have to wait for it to get worse.

At The Hive, we take these signs seriously. We know how quietly depression creeps in, especially in winter, especially when you’re juggling kids, work, care giving, or emotional labour no one sees. You don’t have to hit rock bottom to deserve support.

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01/17/2026

At The Hive, we talk a lot about postpartum depression,but we also want people to know that postpartum anxiety is just as common.

While depression can feel like sadness, disconnection, or emotional numbness, anxiety often shows up differently. It might feel like racing thoughts, constant worry, tightness in the chest, or an overwhelming sense of dread,even when nothing is “wrong.”

-Some people can’t sleep even when the baby is asleep.
-Some feel like they’re in overdrive all the time.
-Some find themselves checking, rechecking, snapping, crying—and then wondering if this is just what parenthood is supposed to feel like.

It’s not always talked about, but many parents experience both anxiety and depression in the perinatal period.
And both deserve care, compassion, and support.

You don’t need a diagnosis to reach out. You don’t have to wait until things get worse.
If something doesn’t feel right, that’s reason enough.
We’re here to listen. And we take your mental health seriously-whether it’s sadness, fear, stress, or all of the above.

01/15/2026

House hunting has a way of exposing every crack in communication.

Different budgets, different timelines, different priorities — and suddenly every showing turns into a fight in the car on the way home.

The problem usually isn’t the house.
It’s the lack of clear agreements around cost, location, move-in timing, and non-negotiables.

Couples counselling helps you get on the same page before a mortgage turns into long-term resentment.

01/13/2026

Addiction support should offer more than just talk.

Our addiction & accountability services help clients create goals AND actionable steps.

We create a case plan, set clear goals, build strategies, and have regular accountability & motivation check-ins to keep things moving forward, even when obstacles show up.

With over 10 years of professional experience in the addiction field, our addiction specialist offers intentional, goal-focused support that actually helps clients build momentum.

$155 per session or discounted packages for ongoing support.
Sliding scale available.

Services offered in person and virtually abroad.

🐝Counselling & Addiction Services
📍Located in Saskatoon on Millar Ave
💰$155/session-Direct Billing &
🫶🏽A Sliding Scale (as low as $50)
☀️🌙 Day, Evening & Weekend Appointments
📲 (306)514-8796
Thehiveyxe.com
https://linktr.ee/thehivementalhealth

01/12/2026

Have you ever held your baby and thought: What if I drop them?

Or walking down the stairs and suddenly imagining yourself falling.

Sometimes its violent. Sometimes its subtle. Always, it is terrifying.

These thoughts can feel sudden, unwanted, and completely out of line with the kind of parent you want to be. Maybe you didn’t tell anyone at first. Maybe you were too scared they’d think you was dangerous, unfit, broken.

But here’s the truth:
Intrusive thoughts are incredibly common in new parents.
Especially for those of us navigating postpartum anxiety or OCD.
They are not a reflection of your character.
They don’t mean you’ll act on them.
They don’t make you a bad mom or a bad dad.

They’re a sign that your brain is trying to protect what you love-just in a really dysregulated, high-alert kind of way.

Saying these outloud and getting help can offer such relief

You know what we’ve said to parents:
“That’s not crazy. That’s your nervous system speaking. Let’s help you feel safe again.”
“That must have been gut wrenching, take a moment and look at your baby, how safe, and healthy they are- that’s cause of your care and love.

So if you’re having these thoughts…
You’re not alone.
You’re not dangerous.
You’re not failing.
You’re just a parent who deserves support.

And we are here for it.

01/09/2026

Dads, we see the struggle for you too.

We talk a lot about moms, but we work with couples and Dads solo to manage emotions, adapt to parenthood and get the mental health help they need as well.

Fatherhood is a huge change, freedoms change, schedules change, intimacy changes. Struggling to adapt, struggling to integrate the old you and the new you- is tough.

This is a space for you to come to, we are open and compassionate to the impact parenthood has on dads and the way postpartum impacts your mental health too.

01/07/2026

To the son who feels stuck in the middle:

If your mom is letting her inside thoughts become outside behaviour and it’s blowing up your relationship, you’re not imagining it.

A lot of men feel stuck in the middle, trying to manage a grown adult’s emotions while watching their partner lose peace in her own life.

Wanting boundaries doesn’t make you disloyal.
It makes you a husband who understands that protecting your marriage comes first.

Counselling helps you learn how to shut down the chaos, set firm boundaries, and stop being the emotional middleman, WITHOUT setting the family on fire.

01/06/2026

Www.thehiveyxe.com/addiction-coaching!

Groups coming soon!

01/05/2026

A lot of men were never shown what a healthy, emotionally connected relationship actually looks like.

You might love your partner deeply and still feel like you don’t know how to be with them, how to talk, open up, or go deeper without shutting down or getting defensive.

That doesn’t mean you don’t care.
It means emotional intelligence wasn’t modelled for you.

Struggling to connect doesn’t make you a bad partner.
Ignoring it can slowly cost you the relationship though.

The good news is this isn’t a personality flaw-it’s a skill gap.

Emotional connection can be learned.

If you want to show up differently and not lose something you care about, support can help you build the skills you were never taught.

01/04/2026

If anger is how stress, or other emotions come out in your house, your kids are learning that too.

Not because you want that for them, but because regulation is taught by example.

Yelling, snapping, breaking things, shutting down, or walking on eggs shells doesn’t just disappear with the next generation. It gets absorbed.

Learning to manage your emotions isn’t about being “softer.”

It’s about not passing down the same hurt you’re still carrying.

Welcome to parenthood- where the hardest part is fixing yourself before you cause harm.