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Getting Through Heartbreak

Getting through heartbreak is a journey of grief and growth. It is important to honour your grief, feel your emotions, and progress at your own pace.

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Why People With Power Refuse to Share

People with power and privilege often have a scarcity mindset, always wanting more. However, true satisfaction comes from connection, not greed. Embra...

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Emotional Bravery is Stronger than Physical Courage

Being brave means being open and vulnerable. For many people, it’s a lot easier to be physically brave than it is to be emotionally courageous.

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Canada is burning - do people understand why?
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Three Simple Ways to Support Youth Mental Health

We’re living in challenging times. The environment, political polarization, the online world, social injustice - all are factors in the mental health...

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No more Band-Aid Approaches to Violence on Our Streets and in the TTC

I’ve been thinking about the state of our city a lot these days. Toronto has always been a very safe place to live. It used to be called, "Toronto the...

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The Three Dysfunctional Ways of Dealing with Anger

The topic of anger comes up fairly often in my psychiatry practice. Recently, I saw the movie, Turning Red, and I started thinking about the different...

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How to respond to unreasonable remarks

People tend to tell us things or ask questions based on their own experiences and biases. These remarks might seem perfectly reasonable and benign to...

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Love Bombing: Is it romantic or something darker?

As Valentines Day approaches, you should seriously consider the dark side of love-bombing. If a potential new partner comes along and tries to shower...

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Hate is a Virus — The GenZ Corner

The only thing that anti-Asian sentiment does is to cause harm to individual Asian people like me. Hatred did not cure AIDS and it won’t cure COVID.

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Blue Monday: The Saddest Day of the Year

Monday, January 16th, is known around the world as “Blue Monday.” It’s supposed to be the saddest day of the year. With the shape of things these days...

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Why January is the Biggest Month for Divorce

When people end their relationship in January it's because they're thinking about the future.

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