Psychotherapy saves lives
Ontario Government proposes to limit access to OHIP funded psychotherapy This proposal affects people who need psychotherapy but are unable to afford therapy due to financial constraints. During …
Erika Engel
Registered Psychotherapist || Certified Coach
Are you experiencing a panic attack?
The world we live in today has not experienced a situation equivalent to this for over a hundred years. The last time a pandemic swept the world with full …
Summer Sanity challenge 2020
These are unprecedented, uncertain, and frightening times. Meditation practice benefits you and everyone you come into contact with. When you’re responding and not reacting to life’s challenges, you are building a better, …
Coping with Loneliness
Most of us have felt the pangs of loneliness, during a major change in our lives, including the loss of a special relationship. Loneliness does not mean that you …
Make Gratitude a habit
Summertime is usually filled with a multitude of plans, parties, beaches and happiness. But given the current circumstances, many people are not feeling positive or happy. Anxiety, fear and …
The art of self-forgiveness
Self-forgiveness is often one of the most overlooked aspects of self-care. Universal teaching is to forgive others, but what about oneself? Why is forgiving oneself more difficult than forgiving …
Wise words from a truly humane analyst from Paris for these difficult times
A Report from Paris with Marilia Aisenstein Source
How resilient are you?
How well do you cope? Are you resilient? Do you bounce back from life’s trials and tribulations, or do they throw you for a serious loop? Resilience is the …
How to Build Mental Resilience
Exist and Excel with ADHD
The acronym ADHD refers to Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This term is used for individuals who often find it difficult to pay attention to tasks and activities like others …
COVID 19 – Entertainment and learning-related Resources
Films, Museums and Galleries AGO from home Great Art. Link The Stratford Festival is presenting a free film festival to entertain you during this period of social isolation. Link …
COVID 19 – Physical Health-related Resources
YMCA Health and fitness videos, which you can do from the comfort of your home link or through their Facebook account Embody Join their daily live Facebook sessions or youtube …
COVID 19 – Kids related Resources
Learning Ontario Learn at Home Portal Find supplementary resources for elementary and secondary students to practice math and literacy skills and learn at home. Link Codezilla stem and coding …
COVID 19 – Mindfulness related Resources
Ten Percent: It is one of the best meditation sites I have come across, it is helpful, intelligent, very useful during these anxious times. It is giving you three free months of …
Burnout
We all feel burnout sometimes, and the helping professions like that of physicians and psychologists are also not immune to it. Having a perfect work-life balance seems like an …
Music and brain
By Hesam Norooji Music is all around us. Whether you realize it or not, music affects us in a plethora of ways and comes in many different forms. Many …
12 positive effects of mindfulness meditation
In today’s world we all are dealing will some kind of stress. Stress is a result of various external and internal factors. Every individual has a different threshold to …
Parenting Adult Children
Most of us are at an age when we have an adult child or children who have their own set of, friends, partners, careers, lifestyles and values. Their decisions …
The art of Self Compassion
Since childhood, we are taught to be compassionate towards others. We are told to build empathy and feel others’ pain as if it were our …
Difference between Coaching and Therapy
COACHING THERAPY Coaching works with people who are: Therapy works with people: Seeking focus, strategy and motivation Eager to move to a higher level of functioning Asking “how to” …