by Jeff Packer | Sep 13, 2024 | Change, Children & Adolescence, Cooperative Parenting, Parenting, Separation & Divorce
How Will I Ever Manage? We got pregnant and now, just before she is to be born, we’ve split up! Many thoughts and feelings overwhelm me now. Concerns regarding finances, work and being a stable provider flood my mind. Will I be able to provide for our...
by Jeff Packer | Sep 11, 2024 | Change, Children & Adolescence, Culture & Ethnicity, Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Work & Employment
Welcome, Bienvenido, 欢迎, आपका स्वागत है, Fogadtatás Canadian Birth Rate Low, Immigration To Thank For Growth Canada’s birth rate is currently hovering around 1.67 children per woman, well below the minimum of 2.0 needed for natural population replacement. For...
by Jeff Packer | Sep 6, 2024 | Addictions, Change, Conflict, Crisis, Eating Disorder, Family, Love & Relationships, Mental Health, Parenting, Separation & Divorce, Stress
Many families will come to counselling as a sign of support to help a loved one through a difficult time (e.g. addiction, cooperative parenting, disordered eating, anxiety, depression, OCD, etc.). Sometimes families will provide financial support for a treatment...
by Jeff Packer | Sep 4, 2024 | Change, Eating Disorder, Family, Mental Health
What a Puzzle One of the most difficult puzzles to put together is how to best help a loved one suffering from an eating disorder. As their family, we want to support them, love them, and even help “cure” them. We watch them struggle and we too will...
by Jeff Packer | Sep 2, 2024 | Change, Love & Relationships, Problem-Solving, Separation & Divorce
Why Does This Keep Happening? “I took two years before stepping into another relationship. The previous lasted four years. At the four-year mark, my world was turned upside down. I could honestly say that I cried every day for the first year (although the...
by Jeff Packer | Aug 30, 2024 | Change, Crisis, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Separation & Divorce
Why Do I Feel So Worthless? Breaking up from a romance or going through separation and divorce knocks us down emotionally. These tough times can even increase negative self-talk, lowering our self-esteem. We invested so much of ourselves that when the relationship...
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