By Selwyn Richards Contributing Columnist Another lockdown; Joe Biden will become US President, on Wednesday; and Kamala Harris will be Vice-president — the first woman to hold the position. History, on so many fronts. There is very encouraging news regarding ...
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By David Pettinicchio and Michelle Maroto Guest Contributors For many, the holiday season is synonymous with family gatherings, often requiring arduous and stressful travel. This is so much a part of our culture that getting to a place to be with loved ...
Read More »Beyond Self-Care: Try These 5 Therapeutic Tools To Manage Stress Better During COVID-19 Restrictions
By Leslie E. Roos, Emily E. Cameron and Natalie Mota Guest Contriuotors Declining mental health is a serious public health concern during the pandemic, with three- to five-fold increases in psychological distress across Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy and around the ...
Read More »5 Strategies To Reduce Addiction-Like Behaviours Over The Holidays
By Tanya Mudry Guest Contributor With the pressures of the holiday season, rising COVID-19 rates and the resulting social isolation from friends and family, people can easily fall into addictive or excessive behaviours. These are behaviours that are sometimes done to ...
Read More »Personal Feelings, Decisions And Actions In the Pandemic
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist As we all strive to survive one of the most challenging periods in modern-day history, one of the most important tasks that confronts us is, having the ability to accept personal feelings and actions, as ...
Read More »Dealing With Stress During The Pandemic
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Neither as a child, nor as an adult growing up in Jamaican, did I ever hear discussions about stress. It was not until I migrated to Northern Alberta, that I was told, by a doctor, ...
Read More »These 7 Meaningful Activities Can Help You Get Through The Coronavirus Pandemic
By Mary Ann McColl Guest Contributor We hear over and over that it is important to remain occupied during pandemic restrictions. People are gardening, baking bread and taking on DIY projects in record numbers. But what exactly does all this “occupation” ...
Read More »Stay Focused — And Hopeful — During The Pandemic
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Even though life as you knew it, before the coronavirus pandemic, will never be what you would like it to be, there is still no need to adopt a feeling of hopelessness. This is a time ...
Read More »What’s In It For You?
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Taking care of self will allow you to assist others. I think we can all agree that the pandemic has changed our lives, in more ways than we could have ever imagined. It has limited ...
Read More »Finding Balance During The Pandemic
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Recently, I was speaking to a friend about the many changes that the coronavirus has wrought on our lives. I was amused to hear from him, that there is a shortage of puppies and kittens, ...
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