We are happy to be welcoming a new contributor to Recovery Talks, Sylvie Bouchard, who provides family peer support in Emergency at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. The first position of its kind at the Douglas, Sylvie’s is an invaluable role; supporting families as one who has also experienced firsthand what can be involved [...]
Category Archives: Coping
Dr. Steiger on eating disorders
Dr. Steiger speaks on how eating disorders evolve. *English and French Videos below. “Education is key and without knowledge, there is no solution.” …Carol French English
Learning to Live Life Between Bites by Carol
(…continued from December 3rd entry) Becoming aware of inconspicuous derogative passing quiet thought is the road to recovery. Simply avoiding or pushing away negative thinking is not enough, because it acts as restrictive thinking lending itself stronger recurrences going forward. Only a trained therapist, a “life coach”, can aid in knowing what to do as [...]
What Are YOU Feeding Your Mind With? by Carol
After reading this post, go to the continuation I wrote in the next post called “Learning to live life between bites” We might, at times, not be quite content to be where we are or who we are with. We can be fiercely protective of our possessions, our religious beliefs and political views. Sometimes we [...]
When it Hurts to even Hope…
We can easily understand a child who is afraid of the dark, the real tragedy in life is an adult who is afraid of the light.-Plato Every now and then, it seems like I keep having the same conversation; and lately a number of folks have shared with me their fears about recovery; how they [...]
