by Miriam | Oct 17, 2018 | Depression
Guest post submission by?Jayna Nickert, MFT on behalf of?Focus Essentials: It’s no secret that depression rates are on the rise across the globe. In Canada, 5.4{423dd0a88c3504c17d639fee936aadccf4061f5611e3653e4272b273027a966e} of the population reported symptoms...
by Miriam | Oct 11, 2018 | Depression
Depression and other mental health disorders can be quite debilitating especially if they are on the severe end of the spectrum. And, the worst part about any mental illness is that there are still not enough effective treatments to help the suffering individual live...
by Miriam | Sep 25, 2018 | Mental Health
Does the title of this blog post sound like an oxymoron? Well, I have news for you. It may sound counter-intuitive to hear that “cheating” on your “diet” is helpful in regards to you reaching your weight loss goal- but it is so true. So let me...
by Miriam | Jul 11, 2018 | Depression, My Two Cents
I was recently invited by Healthline?to write my own review on four mental health chatbots. They were reviews on Talkspace, Joyable, Woebot, and Wysa. If you read the review, you can see that Talkspace and Joyable are not free, and are great alternatives if you...
by Miriam | Jun 14, 2018 | Depression
When you heard that both Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain lost their battles to mental illness very recently, it threw so many people for a loop. Why? That is because?that these two highly successful people- who appeared to have it all, really did not… not at...