For our last post for Empathic Counselling Centre's "Therapy Tips" Mini-Series, we decided that our readers should be aware of some red flags that they may encounter in therapy.

If you have been following our "Therapy Tips" mini-series, you have learned about how to determine whether or not you need counselling (SPOILER ALERT: you do and here's why) and how to find the right therapist for you.

The counselling process is an extremely personal journey that forces you to face your vulnerabilities and insecurities head-on for any discernible differences to be made.

The more you practice something, the better you get at it. Well, I just wasn't given that chance. Until, that is, I started receiving calls from telemarketers.

Somewhere between being a know-it-all who didn't care about the feelings and opinions of others (read: aggressive) and being someone who then became overly sensitive to others and their needs (read: passive), I did not develop any assertiveness along the way. I went from one extreme to another.

Time and time again, we see on TV or even hear it in schools or at the workplace. When we get into a fit of frustration, anxiety, or low moods, we are told, go to your happy place.

We are almost always in a state of chaos that we anticipate the day that we can put it all on hold for a couple of days so that we can finally indulge in that book we've been meaning to get into by the beach or to roam the streets of a romantic city while savouring that last scoop of gelato.

Do you believe in luck? I've been on the fence about this for years and I find that the older I get, I still don't really know. For years I thought bad luck followed me everywhere.

Why is it so hard to believe that someone would choose to put their career on hold to practice some self-care? Why do we want to believe that it can be something else?

From the moment we wake up, we are bombarded with decision making tasks. On a day to day basis, we are constantly making decisions that fall on a spectrum of difficulty.

Every so often I run into a newly broken up individual who is at wits end with the dating game. At this point, they're ready to give up on relationships all together and wonder why none of their relationships ever work out. This is where I introduce to them the NO NO list. 

For those of you who are currently living in Toronto, I am sure that I don't have to inform you of the crazy weather we have been having for the past few weeks.

This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Kiru Srikanth from Kiru's Corner. Kiru is a 27-year old YouTuber who began her online journey in 2013 as a way to expose her audience to differing perspectives and to help those with common issues they may be facing.

This past weekend, I went away for a relaxing getaway. Before you go ahead and imagine me being on an exotic island or sunbathing on a boat, let me burst that bubble for you and tell you that my weekend away was in Downtown Toronto.

On the eve of the three-day event that was my wedding, I look back and reflect on the roller coaster of the year I have had. There were good times and bad times, times of sickness and health.

If you have ever lost a loved one, you have probably experienced (or still experiencing) the seven stages of grief and loss. The seven stages are as follows:

As I'm making my way to work and tune into my favourite radio show, Roz and Mocha, I'm delighted to hear that Selena Gomez has released a new song, Bad Liar.

13 Reasons Why has been the most talked about series on Netflix since the birth of Netflix. With it's massive popularity, it has quickly picked up a second season that chronicles life after Hannah Baker's suicide. 

If you recall from my earlier blog post, Modern Day Fight or Flight, you'll remember that anger is an instinctual response to threat