It's a difficult thing to do - to take responsibility for your future without shaming yourself for your past. It's not easy to welcome what I know now without turning around and feeling guilty for not seeing before. It's been hard for me to grasp that moving forward doesn't in any way invalidate where I [...]
Tag: growth
“Sorry, I can’t Make it”
8 Tips for managing social anxiety
Anxiety Treatment Tools – Exposure Hierarchies
Exposures offer a safe environment to build confident in our ability to navigate situations we once found frightening.
The days to come
Just because something doesn't show up the way you'd expect, doesn't mean it's not worth welcoming.
A Binder full of Homework & a Life Full of Mistakes
It was never about who was doing better or who had it worse. Instead, it was always about the bravery of each and every person who took a step forward no matter how uncertain they were of the journey.
22 Things I Learned About Myself in 22 Years
I turned 22 at the end of June. I've been reflecting a lot (as per usual) and decided to write a post collecting a number of (mostly) important things I've come to know about myself over these twenty-two years. Interestingly, a lot of this self-discovery came about in the past two years. What has been [...]
Not all Discomfort is Created Equal
Now if you didn't already know, I'm a sucker for a good list (or any itemized index that allows me hold onto the fleeting notion that there's some semblance of order or logic in my life) but I'm sitting here looking at my agenda of counselling "homework" and dreading having to sequentially confront my own [...]
Steady as She Goes
Hi everyone! Sorry for being relatively inactive on this blog for a while. I actually still have several topics lined-up that I'm keen to write about, but I keep doubting myself and my "right" to discuss complicated issues. My inner saboteur (as RuPaul would call it) has been acting up. So in the spirit of [...]
“I Thought It Was Just Me”
Hi everyone! I know I haven't posted on here in a while but I have several updates in the works that I'll start sharing next week (I'm currently in the middle of final examinations and haven't had as much time to write). I just thought I would pop in to quickly share an activity I [...]
The Recovery Fallacy
Personal growth isn't rewriting your history or changing the inherent essence of who you are but it can feel just as scary. Denying that I have a problem might have temporarily sheltered me from this fear, but also prevented me from realizing my strengths I could use to help me through it.
