One of the dangers in families is that we tend to approach things with the glass half-empty. We often want our children to be MORE motivated or MORE focused, or for them to try HARDER. What could be more disheartening than somebody approaching you and constantly undervaluing what you are doing. Imagine if a…
Why is there so much conflict between couples going through infertility? Dr. Erica Berman is a Toronto-based psychotherapist who specializes in helping clients cope with infertility and pregnancy loss, and postpartum mental health, and she expounds on the reasons behind this conflict between couples. All of the connections between society, culture, neurobiology, evolutionary biology, and…
I’m in the middle of a series of podcasts on parenting. It is a strange topic to talk about from the standpoint of parenting being a very personal sphere and something that we generally let our friends, neighbours and family do the way they see fit. But there is a very technical aspect to…
Today I want to invite and welcome you to The Dignity of Suffering podcast. On this podcast, we are going to take a candid look at the trials and tribulations that come with being alive.
It was my colleague’s graduation, the end of a roughly 8-year post-graduate journey training to be a Jungian psychoanalyst, a branch of psychology heavily weighted towards the writings of Carl Gustav Jung. A beautiful spread of cheeses, desserts, and floral arrangements graced the reception room. He would have loved it. The only problem…
Today I want to invite and welcome you to The Dignity of Suffering podcast. On this podcast, we are going to take a candid look at the trials and tribulations that come with being alive.
I have heard a lot of chatter lately about healing, working through one’s baggage, and finding balance. Often this is spoken about in terms of being ready to enter a relationship or properly grieving and working through a past one. The interesting thing is that when I meet with couples, so often, the ways…
Today I want to invite and welcome you to The Dignity of Suffering podcast. On this podcast, we are going to take a candid look at the trials and tribulations that come with being alive.
“I haven’t fully grieved” “The people in [name that country] are so arrogant” “I can’t wait until I achieve a balance in my life” It seems that it calms human beings down to be able to think about ourselves, others, and our situation in broad terms. We react to our vulnerability by establishing…
Today I want to invite and welcome you to The Dignity of Suffering podcast. On this podcast, we are going to take a candid look at the trials and tribulations that come with being alive.