I’m happy to say that Creative Solutions can now accept credit cards for payment (VISA, Mastercard, etc). This is great news because it makes distance counselling much more possible. In the new year, I will be able to work with you wherever you are via Skype. There will be some policies and processes to protect…
This morning I jokingly suggested that I should offer a half-price Holiday special. Unload your Holiday stress for only $50. I could offer one session of complaining about your in-laws, or figuring out how to deal with having the whole family in one house. I must admit that I chuckled a little at the idea.…
I know, it seems like half the businesses that started in the last 10 years include the word “Solutions” in their name. But I didn’t choose Creative Solutions to be trendy. I chose it for two very good reasons. 1. It reflects who I am and what I have to offer. I am an out-of-the-box…
It is that time of year again, when the rains have begun (or the first layer of snow has already settled), and the clocks have changed, and it seems to be dark all the time. The news lately has been more than usually disturbing, with attacks on soldiers at home, and the fall from grace…
This brief video does a good job of describing the current situation with Mental Health care in Canada, and encouraging us toward a different future. It gives me hope to know that so many people are caring.
“My sadness was a form of protest and I wasn’t ready to surrender.” -Lorrie Spinney My dear friend Lorrie wrote these words in a great blog posting about joy, and they really struck me. I ended up with many questions about this idea. Not answers, but maybe you have those. We all know that things…
I was recently reminded of how much I have always loved the story of Ferdinand the Bull, by Munro Leaf. In case you never have had the pleasure of reading it, it is a fable about a bull that liked to sit “just quietly” and smell the flowers. He was disrespected by all the other…
Signal-to-noise ratio is not something parents think about a lot. But it matters. The question is, how easily can my child detect what matters in this situation? Is there some kind of background noise that is blocking the signal? Sometimes the reason why a child is being unruly or ignoring instruction is because there is…
A child’s mind develops in a miraculous, but predictable sequence. The newborn swimming through a world of random sensations eventually becomes a fully rational adult. And, between those points in time, the child’s mind is a unique place. They live, up until the time of the “9 year old change” (to be discussed another day)…
As a parent, we all have those moments when our best efforts and most time-tested ideas about how to be a parent fail. Our children melt down in public (or at home). They can’t seem to get along with people. They don’t do what we ask. Some of the clients I work with ask me…
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