We want normal but things aren’t normal yet: It’s fourteen months into the Covid-19 pandemic, and many of us are desperate for a return to some type of normalcy. We want to get back to our old routines, spending time with friends and family and enjoying the leisure activities we used to take for granted. […]
Honoring your Mom means understanding her predicament: Mother’s Day 2021 is on May 9th, and as the day approaches, I’m thinking about all the moms out there who have sacrificed so much for their children — more so than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has been hard on almost everyone. Ordinary people have […]
Pandemic fatigue is real and it’s bad: We’re thirteen months into a global pandemic and in many parts of the world, the third wave is proving more frightening and destructive than the first two. Aside from the toll it has taken on our health, our lives, and our livelihoods, it’s wreaked havoc on our mental […]
The race between variants and vaccines: We’re well over a year into the Covid-19 pandemic and it seems like it’s turned into a race between the aggressive new variants and the available vaccines. Despite the roll-out of three different types of vaccines, the variants have been taking hold, making up at least half of all […]
Are we opening up when we should be closing down? This is a strange and contradictory time in the course of the pandemic. On the one hand, restrictions are being lifted in Ontario; on the other hand, the number of cases is steadily rising and all signs point to an even more lethal third wave. Despite […]
A shocking “After the Final Rose:” Anyone who is a fan of the Bachelor franchise and who watched After the Final Rose on Monday, March 15th had the opportunity to witness a very different scenario than the usual light and airy Bachelor fare. Watching both Rachel K. and Matt J. speaking to the excellent […]
Covid’s one-year anniversary: It’s the one-year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic. In mid-March 2020, the entire world was locked down for the first wave, and since then, the pain, loss and stress have been unimaginable. As a result, mental health everywhere is at an all-time low. Here in Ontario, people have lost their jobs, their […]
Maskual harassment: I just learned about a new form of sexual harassment going on these days. It’s being called “maskual harassment,” and I’ve got to say, it fills me with all sorts of feelings – none of them positive. This type of harassment happens when a male restaurant diner, after he’s finished his meal, says […]
Why people can’t just “move on” from trauma: Recently, I saw the video that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted to explain her reaction to the Capitol riots. I was moved by her words and reminded of the many patients I’ve worked with over the years who had also experienced significant trauma in their lives. AOC’s impassioned words […]
The pandemic has changed the way we date: It’s safe to say that the pandemic has changed almost everything about our lives, and dating is no exception. In honour of Valentine’s Day 2021, I thought it would be interesting to talk about all the ways dating has changed over the past year in lock-down. When […]
