“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.

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.

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.

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.

How often does money come up in the therapy room? It can be hard to answer a question like this precisely, but data suggests that there is a relationship between our finances and mental health —including debt, spending habits, concerns about inflation, housing costs, fears about losing employment and more.

It has been an unusually cold and snowy December in Southern Ontario, as snow has fallen thickly and stayed on the ground. Many branches are bare, but clouds of white cover towering conifers and ice has formed on our rivers. There is beauty in the season arriving this way, but the onset of winter can understandably bring mixed emotions and challenges to managing mental health.

How bad do things need to be before a couple reaches out to book a session with a therapist? It can be hard to know when and how to get help. What warrants inviting a third person to support your relationship in such a formal way?

The concept of boundaries has received valid criticisms for encouraging a culture of individualism: after all, we don’t exist as islands; we do need each other. Rooting an exploration of our boundaries in the reality of our interconnectedness can bring balance.

As October winds down, there is less and less natural sunlight in the morning, and the days darken earlier. For many people, less light contributes to less energy in the body. Historically, in northern climates, late autumn and winter were seasons of slowing down and conserving energy and warmth to survive harsh winters. In our current world, we don’t slow down for any season of the year, save a few days or weeks of vacation booked when we can afford the time off.

Practices of gratitude are mentioned often in the world of mental health, and for good reason. Intentionally identifying something you’re thankful for can encourage both slowing down in the midst of our frantically busy days and a shift in attention in helpful ways.