If you tend to binge and restrict your food intake, you may or may not be diagnosed with bulimia nervosa. Whether this is the case depends on a good number of factors. This blog will be looking at ways to … Read more
Finding Meaning in a Meaningless World
As a counsellor, I have had the privilege of helping people give meaning to their experiences and understand their lives better. As I work with children, I often question the direction of our society and race. We all have certain … Read more
How to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Children
Emotional intelligence refers to the ability to recognise, understand, and manage one’s own emotions and the emotions of others. It is important for success in many areas of life.
Emotionally Intelligent Paths
Research has shown that individuals with high emotional … Read more
What is Emotional Intelligence?
The word ‘intelligence’ is typically associated with how smart a person is, how much knowledge they have, and how well they do academically. We refer to this type of intelligence as IQ (intelligence quotient). In more recent years, there has … Read more
8 ways to beat post-holiday blues
The holiday season can bring with it joy, excitement, relaxing moments, time off from work and socializing events to catch up with friends and family. All these activities make this time of the year a favourite for some people. However, … Read more
How Can I Support My Teen to Be More Academically Independent?
As a parent, you want to do everything you can to support your teen’s academic success. However, it’s important to also encourage their independence and self-reliance, as these are crucial skills they will need in their workplace or for further … Read more
Can I practice self-care in a relationship?
Self-care is the act of taking care of yourself in order to preserve your emotional, physical, and psychological well-being. Taking care of yourself and your various needs can be difficult enough to do when you are single because of responsibilities … Read more
Culture and psychotherapy
Working with clients from all over the world, I often find myself spending time between sessions, researching about their cultures, learning about the history of the place they’re from, thinking about their language, about what it may have been like … Read more
Do you tempt your child to communicate?
Language is considered to be one of the biggest milestones across child development. It involves active learning of different sounds, words, language rules as well as sentence structures (Raising Children Network, 2023).
One way of encouraging communication in young children … Read more
How does depression affect self-care?
Self-care is the ability to take care of your biological needs like eating, sleeping and grooming and also those personal needs that help you nurture your mental well-being like listening to music or doing art. Self-care is vital to physical, … Read more