by Yoona | Oct 21, 2016 | GROW, THOUGHTS + EMOTIONS
I was talking with some fellow counsellors about teens and anxiety. We were talking about high achieving teens who seem to be having a lot of trouble coping with stress and anxiety when, on the surface, it seems they are doing well in all aspects of their lives. Lots...
by Yoona | Oct 20, 2016 | FRIENDS, MYSTERY AND AWE
Hi! Mark here. I’m excited to post this interview with Michael Gordon. Michael is a classmate of mine in the Philosophy of Education doctoral program and someone I wanted to have interviewed on the blog for a long time. He teaches part-time at the university,...
by Yoona | Oct 18, 2016 | EMPOWER, LIVING WELL
Lately I’ve been thinking about what it means to live with courage. I feel like we need to keep mustering up courage anew each and every day. It seems like when we don’t, we kind of fall into a default mode of living that lacks passion and zest. I guess that’s how I...
by Yoona | Oct 13, 2016 | GROW, THOUGHTS + EMOTIONS
All of us have times in our lives when we feel disappointed. Some disappointments are small like when you plan a picnic and it rains that day. Other disappointments are huge like losing a job or ending a long term relationship. Disappointments can make us feel...
by Yoona | Oct 12, 2016 | THOUGHTS + EMOTIONS
When strange or anomalous events happen to us, we try and try to find the cause. It can bug us until we feel satisfied with an answer that makes sense to us, and it’s really hard sometimes to just accept that we might never know “why”. Still, we keep trying and...