What is the meaning of life? I have known Mayple Dorrington since I started my career at Scotia Bank. Mayple was Director, Communications and Change Management at Scotia Bank. Mayple recently wrote a book called Finding: The Oasis in my Soul. It is a journal, …
What is psychotherapy? Talk therapy, also called psychotherapy, is used to help people deal with challenges in life, emotional difficulties, and mental illness. Psychotherapy helps a person to make their life better through introspection and healing. If we start being honest about our pain, our …
Live a life that is well balanced; don’t do things in excess – Daniel Smith Balance is a feeling derived from being whole and complete; it’s a sense of harmony. It is essential to maintain quality in life and work – Joshua Osenga As I …
We all need help in our lives. Life is full of challenges. No one escapes it. I truly believe that everything that happens to us is ten percent. Ninety percent depends on if you get up and face the reality of life. For many of …
I find writing cathartic. I love writing about empowered women because women make up fifty percent of the population. The writing community has embraced me, and I love interacting with them. In the first interview, I talked to Jamie Weil about her mission, vision, youth mental health, …
As a society, we have to focus on youth mental health for our own future. “I need help, I have a mental illness‘. That was the shriek from someone on Facebook, whom I have known for nearly three decades. Her husband had left her along …
Resilience is how well people deal with and bounce back from the challenges of life. Resilience is the process of adjusting positively as you face challenges, tragedy, adversity, threats, and major sources of stress like job loss, divorce, financial issues, health problems, workplace discrimination, or …
Two years after graduating from high school, one of my closest friends committed suicide. I had never dealt with it. I got caught up in university, climbing the corporate ladder, and on the performance treadmill. On my 10th wedding anniversary, as I was having a …
Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, hostility, worry, and irritation. It is savoring; it is not taking things for granted; it is present-oriented – Sonja Lyubomirsky Prologue On a cold day in January 2016, I am flying to London, UK, …
All my life, I have felt like an outlier or a highly sensitive person. I like to write, act, visit the theatre, art exhibitions, travel, and take photographs. Sometimes in society, some activities are considered macho and manly. As a result, other activities are considered …