Celebrating Fathers with Feelings

  As Father’s Day approaches, I wanted to share about the men I help and the problems they want to overcome. While research shows that boys, generally speaking, tend not
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Addiction & The Brain: Is Recovery Possible?

  Please share this on your social media using the buttons on the left. I am just back from the 2016 Couples Conference in San Francisco where I co-presented a workshop with
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The Secret To Long-Term Happiness May Surprise You

  It seems that happiness is a very trendy topic these days.  I would say it has come into the forefront of our consciousness. The most recent Maclean’s magazine (March 14,
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Reaching For Life – By Turning Down The Volume on Toxic Shame

Please share this on your social media using the buttons on the left. As a psychotherapist who has been in the field for almost 3 decades, I’ve come to believe that
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Self-Hate or Self-Love Challenge – A Summary

SELF-LOVE: The Big Winner I couldn’t be more thrilled with the overwhelming response to our 14 Days of Self-Love challenge this month. We reached over 5,000 people with numerous likes, comments
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Self-Hate or Self-Love – What’s My Choice?

I believe there is a universal desire in all of us to love and be loved.  We want to be connected to others who see us as good people, who
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My Love of India

Even though I’ve been back from India for several weeks now, as I promised, here is a follow up of my short, but intensely beautiful trip. As part of this,
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Wisdom and Wholeness

I’ve been in India for the last 10 days and it is HOT, unseasonably so.  I was told that October is the nicest time to visit due to the moderate
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Is Meditation a Waste of Time or a Skill for Greater Living

It wasn’t so long ago that meditation was considered a very strange pastime for ascetics, priests or monks in the far East. This is no longer true. Meditation is becoming
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3 Ways to Work Smarter, Not Harder, with Your Couples

The art of effective couples therapy requires unique skills that differ from successful individual therapy.  Early attachment bonds are re-lived with couples and unresolved emotional pain is triggered such that
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Turn Your Life Around: The First Steps to Alcohol Addiction Recovery

Most people develop an addiction to alcohol either because a big life event occurred that they couldn’t cope with, or it was a habit that spiralled out of control. When
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Couples Counselling in Vancouver: Overcoming Relationship Challenges

No relationship is perfect. There are bound to be some bumps along the way that you as a couple should resolve together to strengthen your bond. When your relationship is
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