We owe it to Canadian men and boys toprioritize their mental health ROB WHITLEY AND ERIN O’TOOLECONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAILPUBLISHED NOVEMBER 10, 2025FOR SUBSCRIBERS‘Men’s Sheds’ are a growing global movement of informal social clubs for men to build friendships, learnnew skills and help their communities.Home Canada Business Investing Life Opinion World Politics […]
When people think about chronic pain or chronic illness, they often focus on the physical symptoms. The pain. The fatigue. The appointments. The medications. The limitations. What is talked about less often are the losses that can come with living in a body that no longer functions the way it once did. Many people living […]
When people think about addiction or substance use, the conversation often focuses on what needs to stop. Stop drinking. Stop using. Stop gambling. Stop smoking. Stop numbing. While these conversations can be important, they sometimes miss a critical question: What is the substance or behaviour doing for you? This question is not about making excuses. […]
I was on a podcast recently (Airdrie Inside, if you want to track it down) and the host asked me to explain EMDR. I reached for the metaphor I always reach for, because it works: think of the way your mind processes experience like a paper shredder quietly running in the background. Most of […]
You’re not overreacting. And you’re not “too sensitive,” “too emotional,” or “too much.” But sometimes it might feel like that’s the story you’re telling yourself after a reaction you didn’t fully understand—an argument that escalated quickly, a sudden shutdown, a wave of anxiety when someone pulls away, or that intense urge to fix, explain, or […]
Many people come to therapy saying, “I have anger issues.” What often follows is a story of feeling misunderstood, values undermined, boundaries pushed, overwhelmed, dismissed, hurt, exhausted, or pushed beyond their limits. The truth is that anger is one of the most misunderstood emotions. We are often taught that anger is bad, dangerous, disrespectful, or […]
Sometimes we know that a belief is no longer helping us—and still cannot seem to let it go. It may sound like: “I have to handle everything myself.” “If I make a mistake, people will think I am incapable.” “If I set a boundary, they will leave.” “I need to know exactly what will happen […]
Burnout is a form of emotional exhaustion that can occur in response to persistent and unrelenting stress. Since COVID-19 lockdowns, many people struggled to establish boundaries between work and home, and, in some cases, to juggle the twin demands of work, home school and childcare with no supports in place – the perfect combination of […]
Therapy is not your healer. I am not your healer. God is. That sentence will set you free if you let it. A woman sat with me recently — strong faith, the Word in her bones, several Christian counsellors behind her. She came in nervously. Will this one work? Will she be the one who […]
Your anxiety is not just chemical. Your depression is not just trauma. Underneath, almost always, there is a quiet idolatry no one ever taught you to look for. I am not talking about statues and altars. I am talking about the much more painful kind — the kind that happens when a wounded soul, in […]
