“I want to be happier” is probably the most common counselling goal we hear as therapists. But how do we define, picture, and even measure happiness? What makes us happy? We thought we’d invite you to spend a few minutes contemplating what happiness means to you and share a couple of views on this very [...]
At this time; especially, over the last couple of months, some of you may be thinking about abortion, birth, pregnancy, or fertility and parenting. At Synergy, we are delighted to accompany many people through the experience of deciding when, if and how one or multiple people become parents. This is a landscape of life rich [...]
Summertime often evokes thoughts and memories of sunshine, vacation, and outdoor BBQs. As a parent, I have spent a fair amount of time trying to find ways to keep my family active, engaged, and having fun together. I would attempt to plan activities such as camping, visiting with friends/family, planning dinners, organizing sleepovers, going to [...]
The weeks and months following the birth of a child can bring joyful, challenging, exhausting, and life-changing experiences. For some new mothers, this phase of life may also bring feelings of sadness, emptiness, mood instability, and anxiety. Post-partum depression (PPD) is a serious but very treatable condition impacting one in nine women in the year [...]
