But if we start with the assumption that humans are rational creatures whose primary concern is their own survival, then we need to assume that people made decisions regarding their behaviors and substance use for a reason. Sometimes, for a very good reason.
Author: Joy Eidse MSW, RSW
Before Leaving your Faith Community
Conflict within a faith community, can sometimes cause people to wonder if they’re losing their faith or if someone else is. Depending on the faith, this can feel catastrophic.
Mental Illness – A Relationship Story
Counselling can also help you to build a healthier relationships with anxiety and depression or sadness, as each may be useful at various points in your life, and each may be destructive at other times.
Gratefulness – No, Thank YOU!
How would our use of land and resources change if we saw them as valuable parts of our world, deserving respect and honour and gratefulness for what they give us?
Lonely? Let’s Move Closer
We’ve designed our lives to be isolated. We run around like crazy, just trying to make ends meet. It’s time to re-think our living situations
Increasing Erotic Connection
When sexual connection has been lacking for a while, due to illness, overactive schedule, childbearing, child raising, or due to conflict that has just finally been resolved, it can be awkward and feel unnatural to sexually reconnect with your partner. In an earlier post "Sex- How much is Enough" , I talked about reasons why there might be … Continue reading Increasing Erotic Connection
How to Start a Good Fight
If you want someone to change their behaviour or do something for you or stop doing something, you may need to ask them directly.
Mating in Captivity
Considering almost half of all marriages end in divorce (this does not include common law relationships) it's high time we re-think what we're doing.
Men
There's no rule that you are not allowed to hug your brother at school, but somehow, there is.
Death Education for Children – Don’t wait for Grief
We need to learn to talk to our children about death as a part of their life education, not only as a response to a major loss.
It's Not Just You 