Sometimes, prioritizing our mental health means having to decline social invitations or cancel plans, and this decision is not made lightly. Saying no to plans is crucial for self-care and maintaining well-being. It's about recognizing when our mental health needs attention and acknowledging our limits. Whether it's needing time alone to recharge, managing anxiety or depression, or simply feeling overwhelmed, honouring our boundaries is an act of self-compassion. By saying no

You may find your relationship with sleep and mental health are a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation. When one suffers, so does the other, but which one came first? According to Dr. Michael Wainberg, a postdoctoral researcher at the Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, “The relationship between sleep and mental health is bi-directional. Poor sleep contributes to poor mental health and poor mental health contributes to poor sleep.” ( CAMH, 2021 ). For World Sleep Day on Marc

This blog presents myths about eating disorders and sets them straight

Celebrating a new year. We cannot believe that 2023 is nearly over, and that got us thinking about our New Year’s resolutions as we prepare to ring in 2024! The tradition of setting grand intentions for a new year brings lofty expectations and can lead to unnecessary stress. People often fall into the trap of aiming for radical, unsustainable, or unachievable changes, and we have decided to buck this trend and enter the New Year through a mental health-focused lens. Embracing