Are you SAD?
In Canada, December 21st marks the Winter Solstice and is the “shortest” day of the year. So, there’s less light than on any other day. Most of us prefer light to dark. So, looking on the bright side of life, its good to know that…
Tag: mental health
How to retrain your brain to manage chronic pain
Sara Dimerman in conversation with medical student Tera Armel about her personal journey on retraining her brain to manage chronic pain. Over the course of this episode you will learn more about: Neuroplastic pain What happened to Tera during her final year of undergrad at…
How people can move from languishing to flourishing and how employers can assist
Sara was a guest on The HR Mind – a podcast created by students Chloe Dimerman, Brendan Dunks and Samantha Weiman in the MIR (Master of Industrial Relations) program at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. The students interviewed Sara about how people can move from…
Conference for Mental Health Professionals - Sept. 2021
Calling all mental health professionals: check out a great conference being put on by the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals on Rethinking normal in a post pandemic world, in September. My colleague, Janyce Lastman and I will be offering a workshop at the conference.…
Diving into depression and how to come up for fresh air
Sara Dimerman in conversation with Dr. Alex Korb. Over the course of this episode you will learn more about: The difference between being sad versus depressed The varying degrees of depression Some of the most typical symptoms of depression How to go about figuring out…
From Anguish to Languish
A couple of weeks ago, an article in the New York Times, written by Adam Grant, suggested that most of us, after over a year of coping with Covid, are languishing. The first time I’d heard this word being used in a Covid context was…