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 Will Your Little Girl Be?

  A few years ago we went camping with some friends who had little children. In the morning, the sun hadn’t quite warmed things up when the kids grew crazy excited about hitting the beach. Freezing water was completely ignored as they splashed and kicked in the surf or balanced on an air-filled sea creature. …

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Unstoppable You! Get Out of That Slump

Are you unstoppable? What does that even mean? It means when you set out to do something you do it. When you say you are going to complete something, you complete it. It means when you run into obstacles you figure out a way to work through it. It means when you fall you get …

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Dealing with Ugly Baggage. Do You Need a Coach or Counsellor?

Have you ever felt unmotivated?  You knew what you needed to do but for some bizarre reason you couldn’t actually do it. You know you need to _______________ but instead you find yourself __________________.  There are endless ways to fill in these blanks. You want to save money but you end up waiting for the …

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Embracing Winter & Avoiding Burnout

It happened this week. We were making last-minute preparations for the inevitable winter and it showed up. Early and unprepared…like a guest that comes when you’re still in your bathrobe. Shocking and uninvited…like that gray hair that pops up when you’re still way too young. It seems we had barely stepped into pumpkin-everything season and …

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A Place of Abundance

A place of abundance? If I were to ask you if you were in a place of abundance what would you say? On one hand, we are keenly aware, despite our internal cries for “more stuff”, that living in North America means we have a measure of abundance so many in the world can’t even dream about.  …

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