Tips & Advice

How Therapy Can Help Women Balance Career, Family, and Self-Care

As women, we are faced with unique challenges. Between your career and family responsibilities it can seem nearly impossible to still have time for yourself at the end of the day. Through all the expectations and responsibilities women manage, there’s no wonder you’re often left feeling exhausted and burnt out. This blog post will share insights on how therapy can offer you tools to manage your stress, learn to set boundaries and practice self-care as you create a work-life balance that’s effective for you. 

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Managing Anxiety: 5 Therapy Techniques That Work

An anxious mind can create the most intricate and catastrophic worst-case scenarios. Though initially it may seem helpful to anticipate any future outcome, allowing anxiety to drive your behaviours can create overwhelming feelings and distress that are unmanageable. This blog post shares therapy techniques you can use to help manage your anxiety today, and how to find additional support through anxiety therapy in Oshawa.

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5 Signs Your Child Could Benefit From Therapy

Often when you think about childhood you think of how simple life was, before all of the work, bills, and stress. In comparison to the rustle and bustle of adult life this may feel true; however, childhood and adolescence can be a very stressful time to navigate. Youth can experience problems at school and home, with their friends or family, and struggle with academics all while just trying to learn about the world around them.

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Breaking the Pattern: Changing Your Habits

If you take a moment to think about it, most of your day-to-day life is created through habits and routines. You wake up, go to the washroom, shower, have breakfast, get ready for work, come home, make dinner, watch tv, go to sleep, and start your routine over again the next day. Majority of the day your brain functions on ‘autopilot,’ making it difficult to break away from the habits and routines your brain becomes so familiar with. However, it’s not impossible to change your habits and this blog post will give you some helpful tips on how to do so. 

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