Tag: mindfulness
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2026 Monthly and Weekly Planner With Mindful Compassion Record
I am happy to announce that the 2026 version of Monthly Planner with Sleep Quality/ Mood tracker and Weekly Planner with Mindful Compassion Practice Record is now ready. It is available for free download but any support is appreciated if you find the resources helpful. Monthly Planner with Sleep Quality and Mood TrackerFrom Oct 2025…
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Transforming Routine: Adding Joy to Everyday Life
I like living a life of routine often but I am also aware that making this statement risks negative social perception. People like to say that a predictable life is boring and the idea of waking up at the same time, having the same food, going to and leaving the office at the same time,…
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Coping with Lost Friendships: Emotional Healing
Who doesn’t want to be remembered and loved? It hurts when you drift apart with a friend and later realize that this friend had found a new social circle and together they seem to be having fun and doing all the things you used to do together. You try to recall why you drifted apart…
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Effective Goal Setting in Therapy
There is a saying that “everything will come to you at the right time.” However, waiting for our efforts to be rewarded could be an emotionally draining journey. In face of unknown and uncertainty, we all ask the question “am I doing the right thing?” Setting clear goals is particularly important at these moments because…
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The Power of Forgiveness: Healing Beyond Hurt
As a child, we were advised to forgive the sibling who accidentally broke our toy or the classmate who said mean words to us, because that is the right thing to do. When there is conflict, adults usually ask us to say sorry and explain that we should forgive others’ transgression. Growing up, even the…
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Understanding Anxiety’s Impact on Daily Life
Anyone who had experiences living with anxiety issues would be able to testify that anxiety and fear driven coping behaviours could make lives more difficult than it already is. In psychology, we call these the “unintended consequences” of fight-or-flight coping when our decision making process is dominated by the threat system. Excessive checking in response…
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Breaking the Cycle of Self-Criticism
I often tell my clients that based on my observation of people from so many different backgrounds throughout my career, most of us are experts in finding faults with ourselves: I hate myself for not doing better, how could I be so dumb, I am hopeless when it comes to sports… The sad fact is…
