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A Fall Emotional Check In: Preparing for the Darker Months

A Fall Emotional Check In: Preparing for the Darker Months

Oct 16, 2026
As we go into the very reflective and very inward months of fall and winter, something in us slows down. The change in seasonality just kind of pulls us toward revision. Toward reflection. Toward looking inward at...
Is Therapy Only for Certain People? Breaking the Myth

Is Therapy Only for Certain People? Breaking the Myth

LIsa Hyde | MACP, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) at Valentía and Grit Counselling and Psychotherapy Services

May 15, 2026
For a long time, I quietly believed that therapy was for other people. People who had been through something "big”.People who were in crisis.People who were visibly struggling a lot more than I was. Meanwhile, I...
Sometimes It’s Not the Argument. It’s What is Underneath It

Sometimes It’s Not the Argument. It’s What is Underneath It

by Dennise Demming Coach and Blog Contributor

May 12, 2026
Sometimes the conversation is neither loud nor dramatic. It is just there, and you are talking, but not really connecting. Such relationships are creating a particular kind of distance that can have a negative...