Blaikie Psychotherapy
Kuntz House, 171 King St S N2J 1P7 Waterloo, ON, Canada

If you're finding yourself struggling with anxiety in these ongoing COVID times, consider downloading my mindfulness meditation to help you manage it. https://laurieblaikie.com/download/1565/

Researchers at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, found that the infants displayed positive changes in their nervous and cardiovascular systems after their mothers received [CBT] treatment. (link in the first comment)

The beginning of a new series of "Interesting Ideas" https://laurieblaikie.com/interesting-ideas-for-january-20/

A great article from the Washington Post on keeping sadness from developing into depression. Link in the first comment.

Carizon (https://www.carizon.ca/) is currently running an open group called Beating the Winter Blues Wednesday evenings. It is free. People are welcome to join at any time. You just need to call Intake to register at 519-743-6333. If dealing with the winter blues is hard for you this year, please do consider checking it out.

One of the most tragic things that can happen is to miscarry a wanted pregnancy or to lose a child to stillbirth. Sadly, there is little work done into how to support people after that in the workplace. A great article on the grief of pregnancy loss and returning to work from the CBC. Link in the first comment

A recent study suggests more female students indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely disruptive to their stress and mental health and that it has significantly disrupted their academic studies. Link in the first comment.

ICYMI - the latest blog post about food and its link to mental health. (link in the first comment)

A book that may help some of you as we look for our way through the pandemic. Frankl’s theory-known as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos (meaning)-holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful. (Link in the comments)

Have you checked out the latest podcast? Talking about the benefits & challenges of slowing down. What does "slowing down" look like for you? #therapy #anxiety #psychotherapist #stressmanagement #selfcare #podcast

Monday brings a new podcast! We're talking about the benefits and challenges of slowing down. Part of self-care is giving ourselves permission to slow down. But what does slowing down look like? Join me Monday on the podcast. https://anchor.fm/blaikie-psychotherapy

Happy Friday everyone.

"Younger Canadians are feeling the impact on their mental health for many reasons. In particular, the financial uncertainly brought by the pandemic is likely much greater when one is younger, given limited savings and concern about job security or future prospects." Great article from the Globe & Mail (link in the first comment)

Most of us will be familiar with the 12-week rule the longstanding social convention that dictates that women mustn’t tell anyone they’re pregnant before the 12-week mark, in case something happens. It’s time to talk about the insidious effect it has on women who suffer a miscarriage early in their pregnancy. (Link in the first comment)

Just for today, try to give yourself permission to not worry and let your stress level decrease.

As we move into the upcoming Winter of COVID, how are ways we can successfully ride this wave? Blog link in the first comment

I've been thinking about Remembrance Day today. https://laurieblaikie.com/musings-on-remembrance-day-and-c/

Ontario's mental health and addiction leaders respond to Ontario budget. There's some interesting points here. https://www.newswire.ca//ontario-s-mental-health-and-addic