Happy spring everyone, and thank you everyone for working as hard as you do and have in the last 2 years, the most amazing and abrupt changes our culture has seen since the Second World War. As we start to shift from indoors to outdoors more often, we are in a simultaneous shift from pandemic Read More
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Choices Monthly Newsletter
March 2022 – Take Time to Care
A study conducted among students at the University of British Columbia (UBC) found that performing acts of kindness can help lower people’s social anxiety, which often leads to negative self-beliefs and behaviors. UBC researchers found that any kind act appeared to have similar wellness benefits, even small gestures like opening a door for someone or saying ‘thanks’ Read More
February 2022 – Creating Lasting Change: The Beauty in the Journey of Making a New Habit Stick
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle. Research suggests that we spend 43% of our day doing things without thinking. That means that almost half of what we do on any given day are driven by habit. Habits then are routines or rituals that are Read More
December/January 2022 – Happy Holidays!
Buying something special and giving it to someone we deeply care about can be a very satisfying thing to do. However, something that may be even more meaningful and needed is the gift of presence. Offering others our quality time, undivided attention and acts of kindness is an investment that is memorable and heart-centered. Rather Read More
November 2021 – Discover Your Values
Life can feel more fulfilling and meaningful with less daily stress and more purposeful intention. “Technically values are desired qualities of ongoing action. Poetically, they are our deepest desires of how we want to spend our brief time on this planet. Metaphorically, they’re like a compass: they give us direction and keep us on track.” Read More
October 2021 – Gentleness: A Helpful Antidote to a Demoralizing Pandemic
There is no question we are living in unprecedented times. Covid-19 has circled the world several times and evolved into a number of different strains. Now a fourth wave is sweeping across the western world causing renewed fears and anxiety. Life often brings us difficult challenges that we do not see the meaning of at Read More
September 2021 – Antidotes to the Four Horsemen
In the June issue of our “Choices” newsletter, we introduced you to the Four Horsemen – destructive forms of communication and behavior that damage or destroy love relationships (Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling). These four mounted invaders are essentially dysfunctional ways of interacting and will reek havoc on any love relationship. They were identified and Read More
July 2021 – Spending Time With Our Feelings
What exactly are feelings?When we talk about feelings we are really talking about emotions. At the most basic level, researchers define emotions as the flow of energy (energy in motion) or states of activation through the brain and body. To understand what we feel, we need to tune into the emotion internally that is connected Read More
June 2021 – The ‘Four Horsemen’ Who Threaten Your Relationship
Good love relationships do not just happen spontaneously when a couple decide to get together. This idea is a fallacy in the same vein of the Hollywood nonsense – “love is never having to say you’re sorry”. Healthy intimate partnerships are skillfully crafted applying principles that work and avoiding those things which do not work Read More
May 2021 -B.C. MENTAL HEALTH WEEK: MAY 3RD – MAY 9TH
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) has selected the first week in May to focus on raising awareness about mental health. The website reports 1 in 5 Canadians experiencing mental health or addiction issues each year. By the time we reach 40 years of age, 1 in 2 of us have – or have had Read More