Insights

Writing on therapy, relationships, and the mind.

Reflections, essays, and resources from the practice — on mindfulness, couples, men’s mental health, parenting, and the patterns that shape our lives.

  • The 3 Minute Breathing Space

    The 3 Minute Breathing Space is a mini meditation for the purpose of stepping out of automatic pilot and reconnecting with the present moment experience. This practice can be very useful when negative thought patterns arise, attempting to push you into a downward spiral of emotional reactivity. By slowing down and turning into the present

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  • Parenting Support Group: How To Raise A Teen Behind A Screen

    In an effort to better understand the growing phenomenon of Internet Addiction I will be holding a parenting group on the topic of setting limits for video game misuse. Research has shown that household rules about how, when and how much children and teens can use media are effective in reducing media time. In households that

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  • Can Mindfulness Increase Our Resilience to Stress?

    VIDEO CLIP Published on Feb 20, 2013 Neuroscientist Richard Davidson and clinical mindfulness expert Jon Kabat-Zinn on how mindfulness training can lead to greater resilience to stress. An excerpt from “Becoming Conscious: The Science of Mindfulness” featuring Steve Paulson, Richard Davidson, Jon Kabat-Zinn & Amishi Jha. The New York Academy of Sciences Wednesday, February 6, 2013

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  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction: Toronto Spring Session

    Spring is finally here!!  Although these beginning days of spring are still quite chilly, it has been energizing to have longer days and the anticipation of spring blooms coming soon! The spring Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program starts April 24th and I will be co-facilitating with psychiatrist, Dr. Neil Levitsky. Visit his website for some very

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  • Cyberbullying, Parenting and Avoiding The Knee Jerk Response

    Media’s are neither good nor bad – but technology changes the way in which we communicate and behave and there are social risk factors involved. With social media comes the new phenomenon of cyber bullying. What makes cyber bullying so dangerous…is that anyone can practice it without having to confront the victim. You don’t have to

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  • How To Raise A Teen Behind A Screen

    Beth Tikvah Toronto Tackles Parenting in a Digital Age On January 19th, 2013 Rabbi Jarrod Grover of Toronto’s Beth Tikvah synagogue and Larry Borins, a Toronto based social worker, psychotherapist and guest speaker will team up to address an issue on every parent’s mind. How To Raise A Teen Behind A Screen ARTICLE IN THE

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  • New Years Resolutions

    Happy New Year!! How many of you have kicked off the New Year with a resolution? Let’s be honest, who really keeps their resolutions anyway? Setting the right type of New Year’s resolution sounds like a great idea but most people never give a second thought on how to make those resolutions a reality. They make

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  • Letting Go

                Letting go does not mean to stop caring; it means I can’t do it for someone else. Letting go is not to cut myself off; it’s the realization I can’t control another. Letting go is not to enable; but to allow learning from natural consequences. Letting go is to

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  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction: Toronto Winter Session

    The changing of the seasons is upon us once again and fall is a time of transition. Nature seems to turn inward and sleep; building up new energy and resources for a season of rebirth. When was the last time you turned inward and reflected on your resources and energies and considered how you will survive

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  • BBC Documentary on Video Game Addiction

    The BBC’s panorama takes a look at videogames and their effects on  people. Part 1 Part 2

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