This is the first in a series of articles on Positive Psychology. I have written a longer, more referenced article on the subject which you can find here. To get the content hot off the press, sign up at the email link on the right column of this page or at my Facebook page. You can also search … More Positive Psychology: You are Richer Than You Think
I am reposting this article that I found through Dyani Lewis‘s blog. In the article, she asks’ a number of excellent questions about the nature of mental health. Usually when we think of mental health, we think of negative symptoms or experiences like depression or anxiety. Just like with physical health, mental health can suffer, … More What is Good Mental Health?
My family has dirt in our blood. Not the pale thin dust that the city throws at you, but the rich dark roasted dirt that can only come from Saskatchewan. I bet you wish you were born there too. People from Saskatchewan don’t need a lot of credit, the banks won’t give it to them. … More Lessons from a Saskatchewan Boy
When I was in high school, I had a problem with excessive armpit sweat. (Yes, we are going there.) The problem continued into College where I would sweat so badly that I actually purchased special pads that my mother stitched to the underarms of my jackets so that I would not have water rings on … More Fear and Cat Food
Life has a way of colliding with you. Whether you like it or not you may be bumped, bashed and bowled over by life and you may end up with bruised and broken parts. I sometimes wish that I could bubble wrap my kids. I would like to protect them from the bashing that may … More Bubble Parenting
Andrew Weil discussed behaviours strongly associated with depression: 1. reduced physical activity 2. human contact 3. overconsumption of processed food 4. a desire for endless distraction Weil says these are the very behaviours that more and more people now can indulge in, or are even forced to embrace by the nature of their sedentary indoor … More Depression and our environment
According to Dr. Allen Frances there are over 40 different definitions of mental health. Most definitions have the goal of defining what it means to be well and when we are sliding into mental illness. The idea among professionals is that if we have a good definition that will help with understanding and treating a … More The Wealth in your Mental Health
“Do what you love and you won’t work a day in your life” is a popular and pretty stupid motto. I think it was written by someone who was either high or who was trying to sell some books… or by someone who was high while trying to sell books. (I am opting for the … More Things you can do when you are stuck [in your job] 2.0… Or how some jobs should be like a one night stand.
Most days I like my job. Usually my job is challenging and I learn things about myself and other people, and I feel that I am helping people to improve other people’s lives. Some days though, I hit a rut and lose focus. Those days I fantasize about I would like really like to be … More Things you can do when you are stuck [in your job] 1.0.
Sometimes life sucks, bad. There are different kinds of suckiness that I have discovered personally: There are the weekly suck days: Mondays… getting back to traffic, making lunches, getting kids up and tackling email inboxes and a pot of coffee. Seasonal suckiness: January in Canada is not the funnest place to be. Snowstorms, -35 degrees … More Life can suck sometimes
Getting High on Recovery 