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Happiness At Home: Managing Difficult Life Transitions

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, depression, happy families, mental health, newsletter, stress

Life is a process of beginnings and endings. In both life and nature, there are times when things move slowly and don’t seem to change very much. Then, suddenly, things change [...]

A Few Of My Favourite Books

Andrea Ramsay Speers

announcements, anxiety, bullying, chores, communication, couples, depression, encouragement, entitlement, friendship, happy families, marriage, mental health, nagging, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

Looking for something to keep you busy over the next few weeks? Books can be a great way to get information, get inspiration and new ideas, and to keep momentum going between [...]

Staying Mentally Healthy In Times Of Crisis

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, happy families, mental health, parenting, stress, teens, tweens

These certainly are unprecedented times we live in. With the world on high alert and everything we take for granted in our daily lives, put on hold, now more than ever we need [...]

Lowered Expectations

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, chores, communication, encouragement, happy families, mental health, nagging, parenting, self esteem, stress

As parents, we set pretty high standards for ourselves. When we’re expecting our first child, we plan on having a child who listens, who is patient while we’re shopping, who [...]

Happiness At Home: Emotional Survival Guide For Teens

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, depression, health, mental health, newsletter, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

This month’s newsletter is written for teens. If you are a teen, this is for you. If you know a teenager, please pass it along. This month, we will explore the hardest things [...]

How Do We Define “Mental Health”?

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, depression, health, mental health, self esteem, stress

How do we know if we are mentally healthy? What exactly is “mental health”? These are questions that maybe we should ask ourselves. It seems hard to expect to achieve a [...]

Helping Your Child Cope With Divorce

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, depression, mental health, parenting, stress, teens, tweens

Divorce is not easy on anyone. When children are involved, the situation can be particularly challenging, but it doesn’t have to be traumatic. Your child’s age will [...]

Hands-On Parenting: Too Much Of A Good Thing

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, entitlement, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

I first became aware of the term “helicopter parent” many years ago. It was in an article by Amanda Robb in the July 2008 issue of O Magazine. The term was coined by former [...]

Terrible Teens

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, happy families, parenting, teens

Many of my parenting clients with young children are already worrying about the teen years. They’ve heard horror stories – or remember being a horror story to their own [...]

Fears And Phobias

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, happy families, mental health, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

Kids develop fears. It could be separation anxiety as a toddler, a fear of clowns as a preschooler, or a dread of public speaking as a school-ager. About one in 30 children [...]