Okay, so we’ve been given a brain akin to a nasty social media algorithm. What do we do about it?

Vanessa restricts to avoid feeling out of control, Jennifer uses sugar to cope with tension, and Ishani overeats to numb the feelings of anxiety.

What’s going on here? Why do Vanessa, Jennifer, and Ishani using food to cope with emotion, and others don’t?

What does it mean to “let go” of thoughts? This phrase comes up all the time in therapy. Picture yourself 5 minutes into a mindfulness meditation, and the whispery-voiced therapist says, “Notice the thought, and let it go.”

There is always a next step, a new place to prove yourself, a way to show yourself you have worth. High performance is desirable; however, the difference is that the high performer without perfectionism goes to bed at night aware of their value beyond their successes.

We want to avoid emotional pain. It generally feels awful. The physical sensations are sometimes unbearable. Suffering sucks. Ugh. Of course we want to get rid of these feelings!!

Insomnia - this is a story about the idea of one and done. Getting rid of. The impossible pursuit of “it’s fixed.”

Discover two processes (noticing the thought and categorization) that help create psychological distance from the thought, so we can begin to view thoughts as simply - thoughts.

Life is hard enough. You need an internal best friend, not an opponent. Here’s how to get one.

In present day, we have access at our fingertips to infinite images– people of every shape, colour, size, culture, etc. What is a woman to do?

Why does this inner critic exist? What is it doing in your head besides torturing you? We can imagine the inner critic as an over-tuned, too effective part of the threat defense system.

Want to know the secret to having zero anxiety?

Avoidance! Works like a charm. Parties give you anxiety? Don’t go! Anxiety rises when you have to make a phone call? Send an email instead. Afraid of driving on the 401? Wait for a friend to drive you.

Self-care can be problematic for person with perfectionism. Why? First, and perhaps most obvious, your self-care has to be perfect, too…

The two major fallacies of self-care:

(a) Self-care needs a separate time from the rest of the daily grind; and

(b) Self-care is only needed when you are falling apart.

Emotions are responses to what is going on in our internal or external worlds. Just like a rumbling tummy tells you to go eat, emotions tell you to go do something.

Self-care has been prescribed as the panacea for preventing mental health problems and maintaining emotional well-being. Which seems like a major feat for a fizzy bath bomb…! So, what is self-care