4 Tips to Handling Pain

Stephanie HulsNovember 22, 2024

Preparing Your Mental Health for the Winter

Emotions, Feelings, General Health, Holidays, Mental health, Self-care, StressStephanie HulsOctober 3, 2024mental health, SAD

How to Practice Gratitude

The term "gratitude" gets bounced around a lot and a really simple definition of it (thanks to scientific gratitude expert, Robert Emmons) is "an affirmation of goodness." So how do you practice it?

General Health, Mental health, Self-care, StressStephanie HulsSeptember 23, 2024mental health, Gratitude, Self-care

Can You Gaslight Yourself?

A lot of social media has picked up on therapy lingo, but it doesn't always get the definitions right - including professionals. The term "gaslighting" is frequently used incorrectly (if you're not sure what that is, you can read about it here) and more recently the term "self-gaslighting" has been gaining a lot of traction. So can you gaslight yourself?

Communication, Feelings, Mental health, Relationships, Self-EsteemStephanie HulsJuly 30, 2024Gaslighting

Were Ross and Rachel on a Break?

It would have been less entertaining to watch, but truly this whole dilemma could have been solved by the following adjustment.

Feelings, Mental health, Relationships, Stress, Grief, CommunicationStephanie HulsFebruary 19, 2024Relationships, Communication

What Exactly is Gaslighting?

While I’m so happy that mental health conversations are becoming more mainstream and many people are finding information and validation through social media, there are some terms that are getting misused. Gaslighting is one that I keep seeing online that is not always being used correctly.

RelationshipsStephanie HulsSeptember 7, 2023Relationships, Abuse

How to Give a Good Apology

I think it’s fair to say that we’ve all had an apology that either didn’t feel sincere, the person didn’t take full responsibility, or they deflected to another issue.

Rest vs. Restorative - What's the Difference?

While rest may be peaceful, restoration allows us to rebuild our resources.

General Health, Mental health, Self-care, StressStephanie HulsJanuary 27, 2023mental health, Mindfulness, Calming

The One Time "Chin Up" is Good Advice

Your body follows your mind and your mind follows your body.

Mental health, Self-careStephanie HulsJanuary 25, 2023

Back to Bedtime Basics

If you are struggling to fall asleep because of a ruminating mind, can’t stay asleep, or wake up feeling exhausted, odds are you could use some changes to your night time routine.

General Health, Self-careStephanie HulsOctober 16, 2022Reflection Counselling ServicesSelf-care, Sleep

When Your Grief "Doesn't Count"

So much of our grief falls outside these types of losses and ends up in what is called disenfranchised grief - i.e. a loss that is not recognized by social norms.

Emotions, Feelings, GriefStephanie HulsOctober 24, 2021Grief, Support

Bodies change. They are supposed to.

Our bodies. They bloat, they stretch, they lose weight and gain muscle, lose muscle and gain weight. They sag, get injured, they scar and recover, they scar and don't recover. They protect us, they hold emotional pain, they play, they climb, they pump oxygen and blood.

Mental health, Self-LoveStephanie HulsApril 26, 2021Body positivity, Self-care, Self-Compassion, Self-Love

Four Types of Self-Care

“Self-care” gets thrown around a lot, but what is it? Basically, it’s anything you do to take care of your mental, emotional, and physical health, and allows you to show yourself the compassion and time that you show others.

The Art of Self-Compassion

Self-compassion acknowledges our struggles as normal and valid, and extends kindness to ourselves, especially when we perceive that we failed. It’s choosing to understand our experience and focus on validation rather than on judgment and shame.

Finding Stillness through 5 Minutes of Breathing

It can be hard to swap panic, judgment, and forced breathing for letting go and mindfulness, but doing so can have a powerful impact.

Anxiety, Meditation, Self-care, StressStephanie HulsMarch 16, 2020Mindfulness, Mental health, Self-care

6 Things a Therapist Wants You to Know

If you have considered therapy but are worried that it means there’s something wrong with you: I promise you there’s not.

Mindful Walking

Ever walk around, phone in hand or to-do list in your head, and then realize you passed your destination or don’t even know where you are?

Anxiety, Meditation, Self-care, StressStephanie HulsNovember 21, 2018Mindfulness, Self-care

4 Questions to Help Challenge Unhelpful Thoughts

Do you want to learn something that can change your life powerfully, yet is simple? Something that is applicable to small or large problems, something that you can do alone and gets better with practice? Welcome to The Work of Byron Katie.

Guest PostStephanie HulsSeptember 30, 2018CBT, Personal Growth, Byron Katie, Transformation

The Key Ingredient for Growth & Connection

I was reminded that ultimately all of us are working on something and are hoping for the same thing. To be accepted, to be loved, to be held, to be seen.

Emotions, Feelings, MeditationStephanie HulsJuly 4, 2018Relationships, Personal Growth, Change

Finding the Right Meditation App

Apps can be an accessible way to start your mindfulness practice, but there are so many out there that it can be hard to choose which one to try. There's no need to try all six of these, but it may help to do some exploring and find out which one resonates the most with you.

Anxiety, Emotions, Feelings, General Health, Self-care, Stress, MeditationStephanie HulsMarch 21, 2018Mental health, Meditation

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

i recognize this acknowledgment is only one step and much work is to be done in order to follow through on the calls to action made by the truth and reconciliation commission of canada.