Insights
Reflections, essays, and resources from the practice — on mindfulness, couples, men’s mental health, parenting, and the patterns that shape our lives.
As of September 26, 2012, counselling services provided by Registered Social Workers (RSWs) can be claimed as a medical expense tax deduction when you file your income tax return. In other words, Registered Social Workers are now authorized “medical practitioners” for the purpose of claiming medical expenses. To access the CRA Chart list of professions
MEDICAL BLOOPERS ON MEDICAL CHARTS! We’ve all seen sports bloopers and TV bloopers — well, how about Medical bloopers? Doctors Lounge is a large online network of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals. They started a Medical Bloopers page on their website and have collected all of the unintentionally funny things that doctors have written in medical
It is hard to believe that summer is almost over and fall is just around the corner. As we start to plan for the changing of the seasons, I want to take this opportunity to let you know about the next Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program that I will be co-facilitating with psychiatrist, Dr.
Renowned mindfulness meditation teacher and best-selling author Jon Kabat-Zinn speaks at UCSD Medical Center on the topic of “Coming to Our Senses”, which is also the name of his new book, subtitled “Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness”. A pioneer in the application of ancient Buddhist practices to healing in modern medical settings, Kabat-Zinn
Adolescents and Youth may be particularly attracted to the Internet for a variety of reasons; developmental issues, social dynamics (family factors and peer interactions), and cultural components. This can pose some very challenging parenting dilemmas. The internet generation faces a situation totally different from what their parents have faced. The dynamic rate of change allows
I am starting a new MBSR group (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) Wednesday nights at 7 pm, commencing Aug 8th. The program runs for 8 weeks, and we are now accepting new participants. This is a particularly good opportunity for people who want to do a meditation course, but need to do it outside of work hours.
The Internet has exploded to become a daily part of our lives. For the majority of individuals, the internet represents an incredible information tool and unquestionable opportunity for social connectedness, self-education, economic betterment, and freedom from shyness and paralyzing inhibitions. For them, the internet enhances their wellbeing and qualitity of life. For others, however, it
Responsibility begins with the willingness to be the cause in the matter of one’s own life. Ultimately, it is a context from which one chooses to live. Responsibility is not burden, fault, praise, blame, credit, shame or guilt. In responsibility, there is no evaluation of good or bad, right or wrong. There is simple what’s