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When I was little I loved watching cartoons and cuddling with my stuffed animals with one of my childhood friends. I don’t do that anymore. I haven’t for years. Does that make me a bad person? I don’t even see that friend anymore. They developed different interests and values over time and we drifted apart. Does that make me a bad person? As we evolve and learn, what we like vs don’t like changes over time. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that our relationships change over

by Heather Crosby Gionet (Information on upcoming Awesome Life Retreat 2.0 below!) Feedback. You know, that awful noise that comes out of the speaker when the mic is in the wrong place. That’s the good stuff. Let me tell you, you want to learn to LOVE the sound of feedback. Ok, so maybe not that kind of feedback, I am not sure that anyone loves that sound, and would be really surprised if they did! However the feedback I am talking about is our body/mind/soul’s similar way of

The field of mental health can be inconsistent on a lot of things, but it is unified in recognizing how important it is to have a sense of PURPOSE and MEANING. It has been shown over and over again that optimal mental health requires having a purpose and meaning in our lives. Sometimes purpose (our reason for getting up in the morning) is connected to our sense of meaning (our belief and ability to contribute to something beyond ourselves). For example, my family and my work

Some people have 1-2 close friends, others have many, and others still have many acquaintances but no one they feel really close with. Others of us will just have a partner (boyfriend/ girlfriend/ husband/ wife) and expect them to meet all of our needs. So what is the “right” way of doing things? How many friends/ connections do we really need? As with most things, the answer is not quite that simple. Here are some questions to help us along. Who do you feel most comfortable

Have you ever wondered why it can be such a BIG issue? WORK (paid or not) provides us with: A sense of SAFETY (financial and physical), especially when it is paid work because without money we can’t have food or shelter. It allows us to maintain the standard of living we and our families are accustomed to. For many financial safety also means physical safety. Here in Canada we are fortunate to have good public access to health care. However, our health care system pays for th

So how come we fall for the lies we are told? How do so many people cheat, lie gamble, commit fraud, and get away with harming others? It doesn’t make sense. Really the only people who should be able to dupe us are sociopaths, and they only make up about 1-3% of the population. So again- how come we fail to recognize so many lies? Let’s look at a real life example… I was recently invited to be the keynote speaker at an international conference. For those who are not in the co

I am not usually one to get hooked by TV shows or movies, but I totally did with this one. I was on the edge of my seat, sending off all sorts of signals that I was emotionally invested as I watched. Ryan, who does similar to work as I do, was intrigued and asked what was going on. This irritated me and I dismissed it- which was sure sign there was something actually there I wasn’t ready to deal with.Over time I was sending off more and more signals that I was emotionally inv

How come something as basic as rejection, isolation and exclusion can be so powerful in controlling human behaviour? Because we evolved to be a SOCIAL SPECIES, we NEED a feeling of belonging in the same way we need food and water for survival. In the past 20 yrs the research world has exploded with evidence showing there is actually “survival of the nurtured”. People with healthy (Secure) attachment styles, stemming from having caregivers who they felt were emotionally and ph

We are thrilled to be able to provide a safe space to facilitate healthy tribe connecting. There is no structure to the drop-in, so people may come and go as they please during that time. Neither Dr. Wilson will be attending, nor facilitating the drop-in times. We are merely providing the space. This is intended to be a safe, constructive and nurturing space, so if necessary, we will ask people to leave should the above not be respected. We look forward to welcoming you to ou