Welcome back to the blog! It’s Rachael here, and today I’m going to talk about something I’ve definitely been experiencing these past few weeks—stress symptoms. After this past year and a half, we all feel
Every relationship has its ups and downs. Sometimes, the downs work themselves out, but other times they can linger or happen over and over. You can only avoid a tough conversation for so long, before
Hi, it’s Kassandra from Dóchas! Making decisions and setting boundaries can be uncomfortable. It’s even harder to do when people in your circle disagree or have a different perspective on the choices you are making.
Hi, it’s Pooja here on the Dóchas blog. I’m grateful to be sharing my thoughts on what I consider one of the most grounding and liberating processes that human beings can access—our intuition. What is
Ever get that feeling in your gut that a friend of yours is not okay? You might have a feeling that they are not in a safe relationship, or that they may be in emotional
Burnout… it’s a word we hear a lot, but what actually is it? We might not be sure how to identify burnout in ourselves, or how to avoid burnout. For starters, burnout is the accumulation
We’re excited to announce that Dochas is now able to offer low-cost counselling with our Practicum Interns! What does this mean? This means we have therapists in training who need experience, and who are observed
Hi! It’s Kim here, back on the Dochas blog. What I really would like to talk about today is what we can do to help people in our lives that are grieving. Isn’t it interesting
September 10 was World Suicide Prevention Day, while September 11 was the annual remembrance of 9/11—two really heavy days of awareness in one week. But it brings up a good question: how should we cope
Ok, I’m going to be honest. When it comes to “self help” books, especially ones about mental health, I am the WORST person. They all seem to say the same thing and then I just
