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RESOURCES FOR HEALING AND REFLECTION
Katie Turner Psychology
RESOURCES FOR HEALING AND REFLECTION
Put a Stop to Revenge Bedtime Procrastination
Are you staying up too late scrolling on social media or binge-watching Netflix? if so you may be engaging in ‘revenge bedtime procrastination’. It can be a temporary relief to numb out yet this often comes with a cost to our sleep, well-being and mental health in the long run. Find out more about what drives revenge bedtime procrastination and how to break the cycle.
How to Build Healthy Habits (and Break Bad Habits)
Habits are powerful drivers of our behaviour. For better or worse. As we head into a new year it is a great time to re-evaluate our habits and to create new healthy habits (and to replace the not-so-good ones). Understanding more about the science of habit formation can help us to break out of negative patterns and achieve our goals.
How to Set Healthy Boundaires
Healthy Boundaries are an essential part of protecting our time, energy and mental health.
In this article, I review the importance of healthy boundaries and steps to take to set and communicate boundaries with love and respect.
How to Practice Self-Love
You have probably heard about the importance of self-love in our overall well-being, confidence and mental health. There are steps we can all take to practice self-love and increase our feelings of love and appreciation for ourselves.
What to do if you are feeling loney in your relationship
Loneliness is not the absence of connection per se, but the absence of meaningful connection. You can be surrounded by people and still experience loneliness. Feelings of loneliness may have more to do with our individual personality factors or life stage. Or they may be a reflection of deeper issues in our relationships themselves.
In this month’s interview with Lumino Health, I dive deeper into the reasons you might feel lonely in your relationships as well as steps you can take to combat loneliness today.
11 Things to do if you Feel Unmotivated or Distracted Right Now
Not feeling like yourself these days? In this interview I discuss explains how the pandemic blahs may be related to how humans recover from disaster, and what you can do about it.
What you Need to Know about the Stages of Disaster Recovery
So many of us are feeling like this will never end and may never get better. I wanted to share this model to highlight that it is normal and expected for emotional to be at an all time low during the phase of disillusionment. We may not know how long it will last but do know that after disillusionment will come reconstruction. This too shall pass.
8 Ways to Support your Mental Health After the Baby Comes
The postpartum period can have a big impact on the mental health of new parents. Making your mental well-being a priority can help you navigate this taxing and exciting time.
How to Build Resilience
Strategies from mental health professionals on how to bounce back from challenges with actionable steps.
Setting Realistic Goals in Unpredictable Times
Psychological tips on staying motivated and goal setting this New Years during unpredictable times.
Practicing the Art of Surrender
Choosing to surrender can be a life changing practice. Imagine the joy and freedom that can come with learning to recognize and to listen to the quiet voice within that provides guidance to each of us. Guidance such as when to push and take action and when to relax and to allow things to unfold.
How to Find Work Life Balance when Working from Home
In this article I share perspectives on how to find work life balance when working from home. And how we are doing a huge disservice to working moms during the pandemic.
The Psychology Behind Increasing Your Productivity During the Pandemic
In this article I share the psychology behind being productive during a crisis (and why it is perfectly ok if you are not feeling productive right now).
Calgary & Area Community Resource List: COVID-19
A round up of Free and Non-profits Resources for Calgary and area. Includes resources for financial support, basic needs, mental health support, maternal mental health, community and connection.
The Do's and Don'ts of Social Distancing
The Do’s and Don’ts of Social Distancing and Tips for Maintaining your Mental Health in self-isolation.
Tips for Navigating the Mental Health System and Finding the Best Fit
How do I know if investing in private practice mental health support is right for me? To help you answer this question here is a breakdown of costs and benefits of various mental health service options that may be available to you.
The Difference between Intuitive Experiences and Psychosis
Often people are hesitant to talk about intuitive experiences and may be afraid to further explore their own intuitive gifts for fear of being labeled or actually ‘going crazy’. For these reasons I think it is important to speak to the difference between psychosis types of experiences and the intuitive.
The Truth about Boundaries
Boundaries can get a bad rap.What they are not about (but are often confused with):
Being selfish
Shutting others out or not caring
Aggression, being harsh or otherwise mean
How do I help someone else (who does not want help or is not willing to take steps for themselves)?
I do feel for the pain of loving someone deeply and feeling powerless as you watch them struggling, while they are unable or unwilling to make a change or to seek support. We cannot force anyone we love to change, but here are some ways we can help while still taking care of ourselves.
Why I Stoped Setting New Years Resolutions
Personally, I made the conscious choice to stop setting New Years resolutions. It is not that I don’t believe in setting goals. It is just that I don’t believe that putting so much pressure on one time of year above any other time, is really all that helpful. But here is what you can do to set yourself up for change this year instead.
Are you staying up too late scrolling on social media or binge-watching Netflix? if so you may be engaging in ‘revenge bedtime procrastination’. It can be a temporary relief to numb out yet this often comes with a cost to our sleep, well-being and mental health in the long run. Find out more about what drives revenge bedtime procrastination and how to break the cycle.