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12/23/2025

If you’re feeling it all this holiday season, let it be a reflection of where you’re at and the normality of human experience, rather than attributing to some internal flaw that is uniquely yours.

There is nothing realistic about a season where everything is perfect and you feel joy 100% of the time - you are much more complex and nuanced than that

Wishing you all of the grace and self-compassion this season as you feel it all ❄️🎄

12/22/2025

Wishing you a very healed holiday season ❄️

10/29/2025

👻 A haunted house, therapist edition

The purpose of this content is to be entertaining & educational, social media is not therapy 🧡

10/10/2025

On World Mental Health Day, I am thinking about what we have all been carrying and what it is to experience the weight of being human. At the same time, what it also is to experience the lightness of being human.

As humans, we are more complex than being one or the other. It is not as simple as up or down, hot or cold, in or out. We are a culmination of it all -

The coexistence of joy and sadness,
love and loss,
fear and courage,
lightness and heaviness

Know that when you are carrying the weight of it all, you are not alone - and don’t have to carry it alone. Know that you are allowed to let the lightness in, even amongst the heaviness.

Where there is hurt, there is also healing 🤍🌎

09/25/2025

Summer is over, the leaves are changing, your tan will fade, yet there’s so much that you carry forward…

… the times you tried something new
… the ways in which you responded differently
… the boundaries you set
… the mistakes you learned from
… the effort you put in
… the times you spoke up
… the relationships you invested in

It all stays with you, even when everything around you is changing

09/18/2025

September is Su***de Prevention Month, which is a reminder that we can all contribute to creating communities where people feel safe, seen, and heard.

Su***de prevention also occurs in so many meaningful, small ways: checking in with loved ones, connecting with others, acts of care and compassion, and listening without judgment.

If you are struggling, know that hope is possible and you matter far more than you know. And if you are supporting a loved one, know that your care and presence is the best gift you can give.

08/26/2025

If you’re in your healing era, I hope some of these resonate with you 🤍

This is also your reminder that healing isn’t linear, and these may not feel true 100% of the time, and that’s okay

08/18/2025

Just as August brings a softness to summer, you too can welcome a softening within yourself - as always, take what you need and leave the rest

07/22/2025

Things you don’t need to apologize for: being human

The next time you feel the urge to apologize for: having emotions, needing help, going through a hard time, having needs, being imperfect - try one of these swaps

As always, take what you need and leave the rest

Inspired by: 🤍

06/19/2025

There are so many things that impact our lives that are completely outside of our control, which can feel chaotic, overwhelming, and helpless.

In these moments, it can be helpful to come back to the choices we *do* have and build up our sense of self-autonomy.

Some prompts that may help you in this reflective process include:
💭 what can I give to myself to get through this?
💭 what do I need and how might I get that need met?
💭 what do I need to do this this feeling? (allow it to motivate me to take action, sit with it, move through it, talk it through?)
💭 is this something within my control?
💭 what are my choices?
💭 how do I want to move through this?
💭 ways I fill up my cup include …

06/11/2025

In Canada…
Su***de is the second leading cause of death in men aged 15-39 (after accidental death).
While men make up almost 50% of the population, 75% of su***des involve men.
Men over the age of 65 are 9x more likely to die by su***de than their female counterparts.
Among men in Canada, Indigenous men and 2SLGBTQ+ men are 6-10x more likely to experience suicidal ideation.

Overwhelmingly, research on mental health and su***de amongst men has shown that the masculine “norms” that men are “expected” or pressured to uphold (stoicism, self-reliance, strength, toughness, success, control, and competitiveness) feed into negative attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours related to both mental health and the benefits of help-seeking. At the same time, men who attempt to deviate from these norms are often shamed and experience social and economic consequences. It is so important for us to examine our own biases and definitions of “masculinity” and how we may be unintentionally perpetuating the harm that such rigid views of masculinity causes to both men and women.

What shifts do you think would happen if we swapped:
Stoicism ➡️ Emotionally literate
Self-reliant ➡️ Can ask for help when needed
Strength ➡️ Vulnerable, humble, accountable
Toughness ➡️ Sensitive, aware, reflective
Success ➡️ Self growth, security in self identity, self-esteem
Control ➡️ Collaborative, leadership, uplifting, flexible
Competitiveness ➡️ Progress over perfection, permission to own and make mistakes, committed to self development

Source:https://mentalhealthcommission.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Mental-Health-and-Su***de-Prevention-in-Men.pdf

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