There are times in life when we know something needs to change, but we don't yet know what that change looks like. These often prompt us toward questions that bring us to what the poet David Whyte calls the horizon.

“I’m not sure.” These are common words that many, if not most, have said at some point in their lives. “I don’t know” is also a common response when asked about what one wants or what is best in complex circumstances, especially relational ones.

Whether navigating shifts in one’s personal life, family or recognizing larger societal shifts, many people may resonate with the famous saying "the only constant is change".

Anger is often thought of as a dangerous emotion. Sometimes anger just wants to be validated, and then we feel more calm. But sometimes anger is indicating a need.

If the wildfires in Canada this summer have disturbed you, what are options to cope with such distressing events? It’s not easy when there are no simple answers, and when contributions to a better solution mean taking the long view.

For many, emotions can feel like an unwanted friend, or a fearsome stranger that we want to stay away from. But how do we even start getting in touch with our emotions?

Therapy spaces talk a lot about emotions. Therapists, therapeutic texts and the work in sessions themselves will often emphasize that getting to know your emotions leads to growth.

Have you ever experienced a physical sensation in your body that defies verbal explanation? I’d invite you to recall a time when this was true for you. The reality is that long before we can cognitively process a stressful event, our nervous system has already mobilized into action, preparing us to fight, flee, freeze, or, in overwhelming situations, shut down and collapse.

If you’ve lived with anxiety at any point in your life, you’ve probably experienced moments where it felt all-encompassing. Your chest tightened. Your temperature increased. Thoughts were racing - you imagined worst-case scenarios and tried to figure out ways to avoid them. Your system was locked into survival mode.

Connecting with nature can happen in any season, but each change in weather, temperature and the creatures and plants around us also shifts how we relate to it all. The arrival of each season signals transition, and an invitation to slow down and notice what is happening with nature. This is also an invitation to reflect on what is happening with us—as we are, after all, part of nature, not outside of it.

One of the early and essential parts of healing is noticing, staying with, and beginning to name your experience. Even tentatively finding language for the emotions, dynamics or beliefs that have organized one’s life can help these key realities be felt and processed.

Sometimes, amidst the deluge of content on social media, I discover something that speaks to me on a deeper level and gives me pause.

Before engaging with Francis Weller’s Entering the Healing Ground: The Wild Edge of Sorrow, I was well aware of an intellectual/rational part of my system. I’ve come to learn that this one attempts to logically explain what I am feeling to help me feel more in control. While this can be helpful, it does have its limitations, especially when it comes to navigating grief.

In Releasing Our Burdens: A Guide to Healing Individual, Ancestral and Collective Trauma, Richard Schwartz and Thomas Hubl co-author an exploration of how trauma impacts not only individual bodies, but communities and societies. They reference Janina Fisher’s definition as a helpful starting point for understanding trauma: trauma is “an ongoing, felt lack of safety, that impacts us mentally and emotionally, originating from a broad range of harmful experiences”. 

It can seem like the bad news never stops. We have more access to news, and faster, from further reaches of the world, than any society before us.

This is a dark week for Canada, as tragic images and videos flood through our phones. Canadians were left stunned and grieving after one of the biggest mass shootings in Canadian history occurred in Tumbler Ridge on February 10, 2026. No words can adequately speak to a tragedy like this that has changed the lives of so many families, the community of Tumbler Ridge, and Canada forever. What does it mean to hold grief for the unthinkable?

Reflecting on how finances intersect with mental health naturally surfaces questions about the affordability of therapy itself. Money issues can be a significant factor that contributes to anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. But how many people who could benefit from therapy to gain support for these issues don’t pursue it because the cost of private therapy is prohibitive to pay out of pocket, or because their household lacks sufficient benefits?

Canada’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week is February 1-7, 2026, a week dedicated to bringing important information to light about the reality of eating disorders and the impact they have on people of all ages, genders, ethnicities and body types.

Mental health diagnoses play a powerful role in how we understand ourselves and others. For some, receiving a diagnosis can feel like a light being switched on: “Finally, there’s a name for what I’ve been experiencing.” For others, it can feel restrictive, confusing, or even shameful. Like many tools in mental health care, diagnoses are neither inherently good nor bad – their impact depends on how they’re used, understood, and held.

It’s mid-January, and perhaps there is genuine momentum around change from the new year being rung in so recently, as there can be for some. But often the desire for change heralded by the new year comes from outside influences that fuel a keenly felt pressure to suddenly bring improvement to longstanding issues in yourself and your life.