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30Jan

What Are You Tolerating?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, depression, gratitude, mental health, Pet Peeves, stress
We all have things that we tolerate in our lives. Some of them are big things (like a nasty neighbour), but many of them are small things (a messy desk is an example), and we [...]
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Feeling SAD In Winter

Andrea Ramsay Speers
depression, health, mental health
The weather is a fairly safe topic of conversation, and as Canadians, we often complain about the winter.  There’s a lot not to love, including the lack of sunshine and the [...]
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Happiness At Home: I Have Everything I’ve Ever Dreamed Of. Why Am I Not Happy?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
depression, happy families, health, mental health, newsletter, self esteem, stress
Signs of Discontent You don’t need a degree in psychology to know when you’re off-track, but sometimes it creeps up on you. It can seem like you wake up one day and realize [...]
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Is It Wrong To Ask For Help?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
bullying, communication, couples, depression, happy families, health, keeping kids out of trouble, marriage, mental health, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
We live in a culture that values independence.  There’s a common belief that everyone can and should take care of themselves alone, pull themselves up by their bootstraps and [...]
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When Big Kids Cry Easily

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, depression, mental health, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, stress, tweens
Some kids are just very sensitive.  They cry easily and often, even over situations that others might not feel are such a big deal, and even as they pass the age where we [...]
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Back in Black

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, depression, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens
When I was in high school, the cafeteria was unofficially sectioned off into groups, with members of a certain group sitting in the same area or at the same table every day.  [...]
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Beating The Winter Blues

Andrea Ramsay Speers
depression, happy families, health, mental health, stress
Don’t let winter get you down. Many people find this time of year tough – the excitement of the holidays has passed, the bills have started to arrive, and the lack of sunlight [...]
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Happiness At Home: What Depression Is And What To Do About It (part 2)

Andrea Ramsay Speers
depression, health, newsletter
This is the second of a two-part series on depression. In this issue, I will describe how depression is treated and prevented. If you or someone close to you suffers from [...]
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Discipline Vs. Punishment

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, depression, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, nagging, parenting, self esteem, teens
I found a great explanation of the distinction, taken from Kathy Lynn’s book Who’s In Charge Anyway?: Discipline is not about pain or punishment, nor about revenge [...]
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When Should You Worry About Your Child’s Behaviour?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, depression, health, keeping kids out of trouble, mental health, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens
How do you know when you should be worried about your child’s mental health? There are lots of variations of “normal”, so it can be hard to know.  And when you’ve been coping [...]
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