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Mental Health Stress People-Pleasing Holidays Family 2 min read
How to Avoid People-Pleasing Over the Holidays

We can be kind over the holidays and enjoy spending time with our loved ones, without forgetting about our own feelings and needs.

Dr. Marcia Sirota Dr. Marcia Sirota
Mental Health Stress Psychology Pop Culture 5 min read
David Bowie Teaches Us How To Be Grateful This Thanksgiving

Embracing the strange is likely to build more and better connections, making us happier, and that will be something to be grateful for this Thanksgivi...

Dr. Marcia Sirota Dr. Marcia Sirota
Mental Health News Tips Inflation Stress 3 min read
10 Simple Ways to Decrease Inflation Stress

It doesn’t look like the economy is going to get much better any time soon, so, I’d like to offer 10 simple tips for dealing with stress during these...

Dr. Marcia Sirota Dr. Marcia Sirota
Mental Health GenZ Friendships Self Relationships Tips 3 min read
Why Am I Always Jealous? How to Deal with Jealousy — The Gen Z Corner

Jealousy arises when you’re afraid of loss. You’re worried that someone or something will be taken away from you. It’s letting you know to hold on tig...

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Mental Health Self GenZ Resilience 2 min read
Becoming The Person Your Younger Self Needed The Most—The Gen Z Corner

There’s this thing about becoming the person that your younger self needed the most. Whether due to unmet needs as a child, or having to parent yourse...

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News Mental Health Gun violence Canada Abuse 5 min read
Is American Society Weaponizing Mentally Ill Young Men?

As I write this blog, I’m thinking that most likely, there will be another mass shooting in the US by the time it’s published. According to recent sta...

Dr. Marcia Sirota Dr. Marcia Sirota
Mental Health Depression Covid-19 Tips 1 min read
How Inflation Affects Our Mental Health

The prices of food and gas have sky-rocketed. This is the last thing we need after 2 years of unrelenting stress. Just when we thought we couldn’t han...

Dr. Marcia Sirota Dr. Marcia Sirota
Relationships Mental Health Friendships Love Covid-19 Tips 1 min read
The Importance of Having Fun

Over the past couple of years, fun has been the last thing on our minds. We’ve gone through incredible hardships, whether from isolation, financial st...

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Boundaries Mental Health Self Covid-19 Resilience Career Tips 1 min read
How to Disconnect from Work

The new legislation that’s just come out in Ontario, giving workers the right to disconnect from the workplace on evenings and weekends is very intere...

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Tips Relationships Love 4 min read
One Huge Mistake That Ruins Relationships and How to Fix It

Over the years, I’ve noticed that a lot of relationships that end in acrimony could have easily been salvaged. The one thing they all seem to have in...

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Mental Health Resilience Boundaries Friendships Self 6 min read
How to Set Healthy Boundaries

Over the years, one of the things I’ve noticed is that a lot of people have really poor boundaries. They don’t actually think about the idea of bounda...

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TV Friendships Love Pop Culture 5 min read
Bling Empire Shows That Money Doesn't Make you Happy

We watch shows like Bling Empire because we want to live vicariously in a world of wealth, luxury and glamour. But wealth doesn’t make anyone happy.

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