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Chicken Soup IS For The Soul
Cooking can be one of the simplest meditations. With a little attention, it can be a way to free ourselves momentarily from life’s burdens and worries. It starts with mere veggie-chopping, but ideally, by the time we sit down to eat, we’ve forgotten our troubles, we’re at peace and there’s joy in every bite.
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Why Everyone Loses When You Don’t Show Up
We need your help! When someone misses a therapy appointment, it doesn’t just hold back the Real Campus program… it takes away from our mission to make a massive impact with student mental health.
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What You Can Tackle In A 25-Minute Therapy Session
We’ve partnered with Maple to offer you on-demand video therapy. As if that wasn’t unique enough, we also decided to make all of the sessions are 25 minutes long! Why? Because we believe that certain challenges can be tackled in as little as 25 minutes. Here are some of them!
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How Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Works According to Neuroscience
What is cognitive behavioural therapy, anyway? Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at the correlation between our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. If we have a negative thought, it can then stimulate negative feelings, which in turn can stimulate a particular...
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The Aftermath of a Relationship
The end of a relationship can be extremely painful, whether it’s with a romantic partner, a friend, or a family member. Sometimes there are people in our lives that we can no longer be around because it’s not healthy for us and it’s no longer working. There are a few ways to understand relationships and the feelings you get when you lose them.
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Getting Started With Real Campus
We all know college is a stressful time! Between meeting deadlines, studying for exams, attending classes and making time for friends, we often lose sight of what's most important: our Health. Real Campus is a Student Assistance Program designed to walk alongside you...
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How to Deal with Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is upon us, the first break during the academic year. Here’s how to deal with it, whether you’re venturing back to your home town or sticking around campus.
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How To Choose The Right Therapy For Me
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to therapy, and the professional that works well for someone else might not work as well for you. Here are five therapeutic approaches to consider.
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3 Cheap Orientation Hacks to Drive Vulnerability
Here are three simple, cheap activities that you can to do get your fellow students to open up, be vulnerable, and connect deeply as part of your orientation.
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8 Ways to Grieve Well
Grief is a normal reaction to a loss of any kind. If you are struggling with the emotions related to grief, try these eight “good grief” tips.
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4 Meditation Apps That Actually Work
Why Meditate? Meditation is a great way to relieve stressful or anxious thoughts, slow down, and to focus on ourselves in the moment. It has been proven to lower blood pressure, bad cholesterol, and promote restful sleep. We know new habits can be hard to form, so...
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Putting Your Health At The Top Of Your To-Do list
“I have so much time for myself, I always get to everything I want to do,” said no one ever. Life moves fast, and online healthcare does too. Take care of yourself so you can take care of business If you’re like most people, you have a never-ending treadmill of a...
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Get An Online Prescription And Stay In Bed
Healthcare should be simple. Did you know you can get an online prescription and have it filled over instant message? Sound like magic? It is. Focus your energy on what matters – getting better! Your bed is your favourite spot, and for good reason. It’s one of a kind,...
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10 Things You’d Rather Do Than Sitting In A Doctor’s Waiting Room
Nobody likes to wait. Nobody. Our modern world is centered around efficiency and speed from lightning-fast WiFi connections, to short commute times. We’re so used to fast, convenient processes that waiting for most things becomes immediately frustrating. We all...
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Feeling Stressed? Take A Tea Break!
We all know that life can get busy. During those times, nothing seems to suit the pace better than a cup of coffee as it becomes a daily routine in the hustle. You have a 9:00am class? Coffee. You're feeling sluggish after lunch? Coffee. You have some readings and...
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Realizing Your Failed Relationship Was Actually A Success
Ask anyone who's ever dated, and they'll tell you about their unsuccessful relationships. "My past relationships were unsuccessful." "I always seem to fail in love." "I'd like to be in a successful relationship that actually lasts." What does it mean to be in...
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Adjusting To Transition At The End Of A Relationship
One of the hardest transitions is adjusting to the end of a relationship. The end of a relationship can represent many different kinds of loss, beyond just the loss of that person: loss of dreams, loss of support, connection and loss of a picture of what you thought...
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Decision Storm: Questions To Ask When Struggling With A Decision
I’ve recently seen several clients who are struggling with decisions in their lives. This struggle can feel like you’re stranded on a boat in the midst of a hurricane. If you can relate, ask yourself the following questions to help figure out why you may be struggling...
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7 Signs You Might Have An Eating Disorder
Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses that can reveal themselves in not-so-obvious ways. We have created a list of some of the things to look out for to see if you might be struggling with an eating disorder. You’re obsessed with counting calories You look at...
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5 Ways To Help Tame Your Inner Critic
As a therapist, I sometimes feel embarrassed to admit how negative my inner voice can be. Even though I practice and teach self-acceptance, self-love, and self-compassion when I notice myself feeling insecure and threatened, I can become judgmental and critical of...
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The Most Powerful Things You’ve Learned About Improving Your Mental Health
Last week, we posed a question on social media and in our weekly newsletter. The question was simple: What's the most powerful thing you've learned about improving your mental health? Your responses were fascinating and served as a reminder that sometimes the most...
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Lucky 7: The 7 Benefits To Exercise For Your Mental Health
Most people go to the gym or work out to improve their health, build muscle, and have a fitter body. However, exercise can have a tremendous impact on our brain and overall mental health. The next time you debate whether to go work out,...
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Resolutions For Dating? Yes, We Need Those Too!
Setting resolutions for dating? Yes, we need those too. When it comes to all areas of our life we set goals, put in time, energy and work and meet our targets. For some reason when it comes to dating, we view this tried and true strategy as "not romantic" and are...
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How To Take Care Of Yourself When You Have Absolutely No Time
I want to share a secret. Something that far too many advice columns forget to mention when it comes to self-care. The truth is, you don’t need hours to take care of yourself. Small quick changes can have a big impact. That’s important because it’s the busiest people...
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Managing Panic Attacks
If you’ve ever had a panic attack, I’m sure you’re aware of just how terrifying the experience can be. Although an attack may only last a few minutes, it can leave you feeling very unsettled. These attacks generally stem from intense anxiety and can appear suddenly,...
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Sleep Hygiene Strategies
Many of us think of sleep as a luxury—something that we give to ourselves sparingly or even as a reward. What’s important to remember is that sleep affects your health and mental wellness just as much as exercise, diet, etc. It affects learning, memory, mood, and even...
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Sick And Tired Of Being Sick And Tired
Instead of getting sick and tired in this cold and flu season, get inspired to prioritize self-care. With the seasons changing, it’s easy to put your self-care routines aside to focus on getting back into work and on the upcoming school year. Between work deadlines,...
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Learning From Life’s Transitions
Many of us have a list in our minds of the things we want, and most of us go through life trying to get these things. Sometimes we rely on our beliefs as a roadmap on this journey –follow these rules and you’ll be enlightened, be happier and have healthier...
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Gas Up Your Car: How To Take Care Of Yourself And Others
Having driven across Canada (most of it, still haven’t been to Newfoundland) I often equate being in a relationship to taking a road trip. Sometimes they are long or short, bumpy, frustrating and other times can be a pure sense of joy, spectacular, quite fun—the...
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Failing To Flying: How Therapy Helped Me Ace My Classes And Land My Dream Job
Being sixteen is hard; as an eleventh grader, I was no exception to that rule. Aside from the normal struggles of school, awkward body transformations and the angsty "who am I" phase all teens endure, I had a number of other struggles during that period of my life. As...
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