August 7, 2015
What is Worthiness? When looking up the definition of worthiness, you’ll come across words such as “adequate,” “value,” and “deserving.” It only makes sense that a […]
August 1, 2015
Crime Victim Assistance Program Being the victim of a crime is a traumatic experience, and everyone reacts differently. There are emotional, mental, physical, and social effects […]
July 30, 2015
Recently, one of Okanagan Clinical Counselling Services’ former patients shared a post on her website about misconceptions of self harm. Grace, a courageous young women and […]
July 15, 2015
Ten Guideposts for Wholehearted Living: Six Through Ten As introduced in the previous post on the first five guideposts, Dr. Brené Brown, who researches shame, vulnerability, […]
July 1, 2015
Ten Guideposts for Wholehearted Living: One Through Five In her book The Gifts of Imperfection, Dr. Brené Brown, who researches shame, vulnerability, and worthiness, explored what […]
June 1, 2015
5 Steps to Managing Depression Everyone experiences ups and downs as part of every day life. But if you can’t seem to escape the feelings […]
May 23, 2015
10 Reasons Why You Are Good Enough – Self Esteem When we hear from parents or teachers that we’re not meeting their standards, compare ourselves against […]
May 18, 2015
5 Life-Changing Benefits of Meditation While meditation often comes with the connotation of hippies, new age movements, or religious types, it has been researched quite extensively […]
May 12, 2015
Many people use the terms “shame” and “guilt” interchangeably, but counsellors and researchers agree that there is actually a significant difference. The simplest way to differentiate between these […]