What does self-care really mean? I used to get overwhelmed when thinking about self-care, wondering if I was doing enough...

In order to transform our work into a form of self-care, we need to apply this intention before and during our workday. Here's how.

What is the key quality you have learned that makes you feel satisfied with your role as a helper?

Helping others live a more joyful existence in spite of life’s circumstances has come up in a lot of my counselling sessions lately.

Sustaining wellness during the winter requires some attention and different strategies, but it doesn’t have to be a time of unhappiness and stress.

Atlantic Canada, where I live, is occasionally hammered by snowstorms. Weather reporters urge us to stock up on “Storm Chips”....

Those of us providing help and counselling will encounter more people impacted by dementia, so we need to be prepared to support them.

It’s easy to acknowledge that we need to take care of ourselves to be effective, but it’s not always easy to actually follow through with self-care.

One of the most beneficial things we can do is build on qualities we already have within us – grit and gratitude.

An optimistic thinker tends to view positive events as evidence that more positive things will follow and that the events occurred because of something they did.