Dr. Susan David, the South African psychologist, eloquently said, “Discomfort is the price of admission for a meaningful life,” in a Ted Talk she gave a few years back. For me, it captured everything ...

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“Boys will be boys,” I say out loud as I sit with my girlfriends, enjoying a few cocktails on a Saturday night. Laughter is the main goal for these evenings. But often, we find ourselves dramatically ...

To my children, I’m sorry for the unhealed parts of me that may have hurt you. It was never a lack of love for you—only a lack of love for myself. I am far from perfect; in fact, I spend most of my ...

This script is intended for a facilitator to guide participants in a Yoga Nidra meditation practice. Yoga Nidra means “yogic sleep” and is a technique used to produce states of healing and ...

Perhaps she is not as well-known as Rupi Kaur, but this Insta poet is also up there amongst my favourites. I feel very few poets out there manage to express the struggles women face in today’s world ...

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Many people I speak with have anxiety because they are trapped in their heads. I’d like to introduce a term here that I have not heard before (at least not in my field of medicine and psychology). I ...

Like many of you, of us, Ram Dass’ words and videos have been a source of comfort, a guiding light, and a way to laugh at this human experience we’re all having. Here are two of my favorite quotes ...

Jim Carrey talks about his battle with depression. He explains just how tough suffering from depression can be, and how finding freedom from depression is tied to separating from the ego. When I think ...

According to Buddhism, all our struggles stem from attachment. I chuckled the first time I heard this. How is it possible that all my problems are because of attachment? As I scrutinized my life, I ...

The lymphatic system is the largest circulatory system in the body and is uniquely susceptible to stress. In fact, according to the Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, chronic exposure to ...