by Jeff Packer | Apr 6, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Crisis
What Can I Do? Heart pumping, worry, fear, palms sweating, knees buckling, inability to carry out daily activities, avoiding social settings, and withdrawing from social interactions; these are just a few of the symptoms that individuals suffering from anxiety...
by Jeff Packer | Apr 5, 2024 | Anger Management, Change, Conflict, Crisis, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Separation & Divorce, Stress
In a time where technology is the driving force of communication, we can be bombarded with too much information, much of which is quite negative. Currently, Toronto is a media target, both nationally and internationally, due to Mayor Rob Ford’s numerous...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 30, 2024 | Change, Children & Adolescence, Family, Friendship, Parenting
I come home from school every day and cry. I don’t think I’m bossy. I am a little shy. The kids at school won’t play with me. I think I’m nice and caring. I don’t feel comfortable around the kids at my school. I like going to the playground, but I don’t play with...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 29, 2024 | Change, Grief, Spirituality
When experiencing loss and grief, we may ask many questions yet never receive answers: Why take them from us so young? What could have been done to prevent this from happening? Or to help? Was I not a good enough influence or foster better choices? Will I get over...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 28, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Crisis, Depression, Mental Health, Stress
Claire’s Story; “I wake up, it’s 4am. The thought enters my mind, ‘Oh, it’s today. What am I going to have to face?’ Then I start ticking off all the things I have to face and with each one, I ask myself how I will cope with that. What if I can’t? What if I get...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 26, 2024 | Addictions, Change, Family, Grief, Love & Relationships, Parenting, Problem-Solving, Sexuality, Stress
Addiction to Sex Hurts Perhaps one of the less understood and less talked about addictions, the addiction to sexual activities can, just like drug and alcohol addictions, leave a path of destruction in the lives of those connected to the “one addicted”....
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