Mental Health, Mindfulness and Life Reflections
Moving to Vancouver and Feeling Alone? Gentle Ways to Rebuild Connection
Moved to Vancouver and feeling alone? Explore practical ways to build connection through routines, shared activities and low-pressure conversations.
When a Good Change Feels Bad: Why Life Transitions Bring Stress and Anxiety
A Necessary Change Steven is a forty-year-old man who has worked in IT for the last 17 years. Having grown…
Brain-Fry: How Multi-Tasking Leads to Burnout
Our minds are over-taxed, our energy dissipated across too many activities. But there is hope. . .
Meta and Mental Health: What to do about Social Media Addiction?
2026 will be known as the year when Big Tech met its reckoning. In March, a jury in California found…
“I Can’t Breathe!”: How to tell that You’re Burning Out
I often see clients who are struggling with the cumulative demands of life. It seems that modern life is inimical…
How to Practice Mindfulness: A Guide for Beginners in 2026
Mindfulness practice has been around for over 3000 years. Sometimes people use “mindfulness” and “meditation” interchangeably. We can think of…
At Peace with Death: Reflections on Befriending the Inevitable
We live in a society ruled by technocratic elites. Their latest preoccupation: immortality. For Silicon Valley tycoons, the prospect of…
The Chief Nourisher in Life’s Feast: The Importance of Sleep in Mental Health
Shakespeare knew well the fundaments of human vitality. In Macbeth, Shakespeare depicts the inevitable devastation when one is deprived of sleep, a most…
The Verdict Is In: Social Media Is Detrimental to Your Mental Health
Facebook was founded in 2004, Twitter (now “X”) in 2006. The Apple iPhone was launched in 2007. Since those seminal years, wireless…