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If you’ve ever had a panic attack, you know how frightening it can feel. One moment you’re fine, and the next your body is flooded with fear signals so strong it convinces you something is seriously wrong. Your heart races, your breath shortens, the room can feel unsteady, and a wave of dread sweeps over you without warning. Many people end up in the emergency room convinced they are having a heart attack only to be told: “It was a panic attack”

This year, how can you incorporate SMART goals and play into your new years intention setting? Well here are three options for you to try out and see what might work!

When our resolutions are built on a foundation of self-criticism, avoidance of our darker sides, or a fantasy of what the result will feel like, we entrap ourselves. Research consistently shows that behavior modification (i.e. changing the way we act, our patterns of behaving, or routines), is not an overnight process.

Holidays often arrive with a long list of unspoken expectations; traditions we’ve inherited, roles we’re expected to play, and ideas about how celebrations “should” look. At our therapy center, we often hear from parents, caregivers, and kids feeling pulled between wanting the holidays to be joyful and feeling overwhelmed by the expectations. Sometimes what used to work no longer fits. And sometimes, the season we’re in simply calls for something different.

Reading is magical. You can read something to transport you into another world, or help you imagine more deeply into your lived experience. In this series, we will introduce you to books we rate for broaching different topics, highlighting key tropes, themes, and age ranges they’re suitable for. Each post will have an overarching theme, such as books addressing body image & fatphobia in this entry, though many of the books will contain multiple mental health or social justice

Noticing changes in a loved one’s memory, behaviour, or personality can bring up many emotions — concern, confusion, frustration, even guilt about whether or not to say something. For many families, dementia is not an easy subject to broach. And yet, beginning the conversations with different family members can be an important first step toward clarity and support.