Author name: Trish

Individual counsellor in Kamloops, British Columbia dealing with anxiety, grief, depression, betrayal trauma and whatever else is getting in the way of enjoying your life.

“What Was I Thinking?” Dealing With Regret

What Was I Thinking? You are enjoying a beautiful morning. The sun in streaming in your windows. You are making strides with the never ending to-do list. The world isn’t so bad on this day. Then you hear the crunch of tires on your driveway. You quickly look around, the day you were ready for,

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Get Out of My Head! Dealing with Nasty Assumptions

I’m happily typing away. My thoughts are materializing before my very eyes. Electric brain synapses fire rapidly in my head and my fingers fly across the keyboard translating thought into word. It’s a small miracle forcing the abstract into the tangible. The thoughts flow freely until… Dead stop. The Man enters my space. Like a

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When A + B = %@#&@!!! (For Hurting Women Only)

.Book “Follow your heart!” they said. She did what she thought was the right thing. She wasn’t promiscuous in her romantic relationships. She considered carefully. Chose wisely. Loved to the deepest level she knew how. Then one day she found out, he had been lying to her. The texts that she was suspicious of were

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Passion + Purpose + People = The Secret Sauce of a Great Life

Passion + Purpose + People = The Secret Sauce of a Great Life Roast chicken, perfectly mashed potatoes, green peas slathered in butter, tossed garden salad, a variety of homemade pickles – all simple fare, masterfully cooked not by a chef in a white apron but by a grey haired lady in a simple house

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What are You Afraid Of? 8 Lessons Fear Can Teach You

8 Lessons from Fear! Fear is a curious thing. It’s something we all experience in varying degrees. Some of us go out of our way to avoid any feelings of fear and then others of us subject ourselves to fearful situations just for the fun of it. Some fears we play with – like roller

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