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Covid-19 Mental Health Holidays 4 min read
The Psychology of Apathy, and Why it’s So Dangerous in a Pandemic

I was about to write this article on apathy, but then I couldn’t be bothered… Okay, bad joke. But that’s the thing about apathy. It’s a state of indif...

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Trauma Resilience 4 min read
The Silver Lining of The Cloud Called Trauma

I was interviewed recently by Devon Peacock of CFPL London, Ontario. This conversation got me thinking about all the different ways that trauma can af...

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Abuse Covid-19 Career 5 min read
The Unintended Consequences of Spreading Hurtful Lies, Online

I got upset when I read online about the protests at Ontario hospitals, in which people in the crowd were shouting slurs at the medical staff, and cal...

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Covid-19 4 min read
How Will the Omicron Variant Affect Your Holiday Plans?

As the new Omicron variant is starting to show up in Canada and in other parts of the world, some people in Ontario are re-thinking their holiday plan...

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Covid-19 Trauma 5 min read
Introverts and Extroverts Need Tools to Recover From the Trauma of Social Isolation

I’ve noticed that the pandemic has affected different types of people in very different ways. In particular, how after many months of social isolation...

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Mental Health 8 min read
The Dangers of Shutting Down Our Emotions in The Face of Trauma

People can shut down their emotions in order to protect themselves from their pain, but this defense mechanism has unintended consequences.

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Relationships 3 min read
Why We Don’t Need “Resolution” After a Breakup

We seek resolution because we want to be okay after a relationship didn’t go the way we hoped. We feel the need to understand what happened, or to hea...

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Narcissism Abuse Personality Disorder 3 min read
Why Trying to Provoke a Narcissist is a Colossal Waste of Your Time

Recently, I read a blog about how to get back at a narcissist, and it reminded me of how many times people have asked me about how to affect a narciss...

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Mental Health Depression Abuse 6 min read
The Many Different Ways that Trauma Can Affect Our Lives

Trauma is the emotional effect of terrible things that have happened to us. We can experience trauma at any time of life but when it happens early on,...

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