Arbutus Counselling

It's time to decriminalize all drugs and provide a safe supply so we can save lives. Drug overdose deaths are preventable. Problematic substance use is a health issue, not a criminal one. https://chacruna.net/decriminalize_drugs_risk_reduction_so/

When a cuddle lasts 20 seconds, it has a therapeutic effect on the body and mind. The reason is that a sincere hug produces a hormone called oxytocin ", also known as the love hormone.

Here is the baby that I have been working on for the last couple of years. It is my new cabin that I am integrating with my counselling practice. Need a waterfront get-a-way to do some inner exploration? Look no further. At the moment, the Arbutus Beach Cabin is listed on AirBnB however you can get a better rate if you book directly through Arbutus Counselling. Here is a link to the current listing on AirBnB with lots of pictures. Eureka! ... https://airbnb.com/h/roberts-creek-waterfront-cabin

5 Ways to Feel Like a Good Person! Dr. Rick Hanson says.... I've learned five good ways to feel like a good person - and there are probably more!... 1. Take in the good of feeling cared about - When you have a chance to feel seen, listened to, appreciated, liked, valued, or loved: take a dozen seconds or more to savor this experience, letting it fill your mind and body, sinking into it as it sinks into you. 2.Recognize goodness in your acts of thought word and deed- These include positive intentions, putting the brakes on anger, restraining addictive impulses, extending compassion and helpfulness to others, grit and determination, lovingness, courage, generosity, patience, and a willingness to see and even name the truth whatever it is. You are recognizing facts; create sanctuary in your mind for this recognition, holding at bay other voices, other forces, that would invade and plunder this sanctuary for their own agenda (such as the internalization of people you’ve known who made themselves feel big by making you feel small). 3. Sense the goodness at the core of your being - This is a fundamental honesty and benevolence. It’s there inside everyone, no matter how obscured. It can feel intimate, impersonal, perhaps sacred. A force, a current, a wellspring in your heart. 4. See the goodness in others - Recognizing their goodness will help you feel your own. Observe everyday small acts of fairness, kindness, and honorable effort in others. Sense the deeper layers behind the eyes, the inner longings to be decent and loving, to contribute, to help rather than harm. 5. Give over to goodness - Increasingly let "the better angels of your nature" be the animating force of your life. In tricky situations or relationships, ask yourself, "Being a good person, what’s appropriate here?" As you act from this goodness, let the knowing that you are a good person sink in ever more deeply. Enjoy this beautiful goodness, so real and so true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kfUE41-JFw An invitation to be more kind to your Self.