Admittedly, when people are trying to find solutions to address relatively simple problems, they might find something helpful and practical in Chat GPT. However, what is being increasingly troublesome about this kind of app is that it is heavily biased towards agreeing, pleasing, and even colluding with its user. An ...
As we are mostly beyond the pandemic, some people have settled into a new normal of being less active, more sedentary and isolated. In my coaching and counselling practice, I’ve also observed increasing rates of depression and while this may decreases motivation towards self-care, it’s clear that we all need ...
When noticing comments in the news, articles and social media, stating the need for us to “be strong”, it reminds me that there is a lot of misperceptions around that word which needs to be redefine. In our culture, when we perceive someone in a position of authority such as ...
While leading a webinar on re-engaging rather than retiring recently, I talked about the needed soft skills for, and the occupational hazards of, this major work-life transition. Looking at the lingering side effects of the pandemic, we can see its impact on most people’s social life. Evidently, while isolating during ...
At Alpine Counselling Clinic in Vancouver, through my full counselling/coaching practice, I have been even more acutely aware of the ripple effect of the pandemic on many people’s nervous system. One such impact is that the inner window of tolerance for our, normally wide, range of feelings and reactions starts ...
The ornate, beautiful, and magical gateway in this image is meant to inspire you to think of how you will lead yourself through the gateway of your own transformational practices and aspirations in 2021. On the larger scale, the last major event across the border infuses us with renewed hope. ...
As I captured the moment of this bee approaching a giant thistle flower, I noticed the largest of the two flowers had a bee nestled in, filling up on nectar. If you are beyond your middle years and have been thinking about “retirement”, consider re-engaging instead. What will be your ...
By Isabelle St-Jean, RSW, PCC, RTC Since March, as you know, Covid-19 has impacted all areas of our world, from economies, workplaces, job markets, health care system, the list goes on. It seems we all dropped into pragmatic survival mode on the Maslow hierarchy of needs. This in turn shifted ...
While the focus of our global community has been on the risks of infecting one another with the dreaded Covid-19 virus, even as we enter phase 2 recovery in B.C., most are struggling with fears and uncertainty. Beyond the virus, what remains certain, as always, is that we all affect ...
“We’re all in this together” as we hear while facing the Covid-19 pandemic. And as the wise Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh often said, “no mud no lotus”; without the murky darkness of mud, lotus and other such flowers can not incubate nor blossom. Looking at the contrast (in this ...