by Jeff Packer | Mar 6, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Conflict, Crisis, Depression, Family, Grief, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress, Trauma - PTS Reaction, Work & Employment
or… Post-Traumatic Stress “Reaction” (PTSR) “The anger, the rage, the hurt, and the cold loneliness that separates you from your family, friends, and society’s normal daily routine are so powerful that the option of destroying yourself is both real...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 4, 2024 | Change, Family, Health & Fitness, Love & Relationships, Parenting
Who Knew? Are you expecting your first child? At first you can’t wait to share the news with your family and loved ones. You get to hear such sweet and sincere congratulations and best wishes. Then a couple of weeks pass by and the advice starts creeping in from all...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 3, 2024 | Change, Crisis, Family, Friendship, Mental Health
Obsessive Thoughts Can Float Away For more than ten years, all I’ve known or been accustomed to is my routine of counting everything in sight. It has impacted my life greatly. I’m usually late for appointments or dates with friends because my routine had become so...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 27, 2024 | Change, Children & Adolescence, Cooperative Parenting, Diabetes, Family, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Parenting, Separation & Divorce, Teens
Sometimes a new diagnosis for your child may release certain feelings: guilt, shame, embarrassment, or regret. We might tend to push these feelings aside and focus on the “main concern,” that being our child. Getting counselling or therapy help for our...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 25, 2024 | Change, Diabetes, Eating Disorder, Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Stress, Teens
Help For Eating Disorders Saves Lives – Durham Region In a “sweeping” analysis of 77 studies, involving more than 15,000 subjects, University of Wisconsin researchers post-doctoral student Shelley Grabe and psychology professor Janet Hyde found that...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 20, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Crisis, Depression, Mental Health, Stress
“Sometimes you need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself who you are, and who you want to be.” ~Sadie Nardini Behind our stinkin’ thinkin’ lies the secret to our success. And if we could only dig through the negative thoughts on our mind, imagine what we...
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