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”....
by Jeff Packer | Mar 25, 2024 | Change, Crisis, Problem-Solving, Stress
From Blame to Ownership “I started working at sixteen. Wanting to make my own money and buy my own things. The only lessons on saving (if you’d like to call it that), came from my mom saying that I should put a little away and give some to the church. My young...
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