Clinique Psy-Santé
12047 Gouin Blvd H8Z 1V8 Pierrefonds-Roxboro, QC, Canada

Are you feeling stressed and tired during this confinement? TOP 10 TIPS TO OVERCOME CONFINEMENT FATIGUE: Mind- body-soul approach! 1. Limit news watching to 30 minutes a day... 2. Make sure to program daily personal time for you 3. Take time to be mindful of little moments through the day 4. Walk 20 minutes daily 5. Eat warm and soulful foods 6. Surround yourself with lots of bright lights 7. Schedule phone/video time with positive people 8. Perform a random act of kindness daily 9. Listen to happy music 10. Create something new weekly Vous sentez-vous stressé et fatigué pendant ce confinement? TOP 10 DES TRUCS POUR SURMONTER LA FATIGUE DU CONFINEMENT: Approche esprit-corps-âme! 1. Limitez à 30 minutes par jour votre visionnement de nouvelles 2. Assurez-vous de prévoire du temps personnel quotidien pour vous 3. Prenez le temps d’être conscient des petits moments de la journée 4. Marchez 20 minutes par jour 5. Mangez des aliments chauds et réconfortants 6. Entourez-vous de beaucoup de lumières vives 7. Planifiez du temps au téléphone / vidéo avec des personnes positives 8. Accomplissez un acte de gentillesse tous les jours 9. Écoutez de la musique joyeuse 10. Créez quelque chose de nouveau chaque semaine

Are you feeling stressed and tired during this confinement? TOP 10 TIPS TO OVERCOME CONFINEMENT FATIGUE: Mind- body-soul approach! 1. Limit news watching to 30 minutes a day... 2. Make sure to program daily personal time for you 3. Take time to be mindful of little moments through the day 4. Walk 20 minutes daily 5. Eat warm and soulful foods 6. Surround yourself with lots of bright lights 7. Schedule phone/video time with positive people 8. Perform a random act of kindness daily 9. Listen to happy music 10. Create something new weekly Vous sentez-vous stressé et fatigué pendant ce confinement? TOP 10 DES TRUCS POUR SURMONTER LA FATIGUE DU CONFINEMENT: Approche esprit-corps-âme! 1. Limitez à 30 minutes par jour votre visionnement de nouvelles 2. Assurez-vous de prévoire du temps personnel quotidien pour vous 3. Prenez le temps d’être conscient des petits moments de la journée 4. Marchez 20 minutes par jour 5. Mangez des aliments chauds et réconfortants 6. Entourez-vous de beaucoup de lumières vives 7. Planifiez du temps au téléphone / vidéo avec des personnes positives 8. Accomplissez un acte de gentillesse tous les jours 9. Écoutez de la musique joyeuse 10. Créez quelque chose de nouveau chaque semaine

!! PRENEZ UNE PAUSE!! Est-ce que vous vous sentez stressé(e)? Vous n’avez pas besoin d’être expert afin de profiter de la respiration diaphragmatique. 1) Allongez-vous confortablement. 2) Mettez vos mains sur votre ventre, laissant les bouts de vos doigts toucher.... 3) Inspirez par le nez pendant trois secondes. En inspirant, sentez votre ventre s’étendre, laissant vos doigts se distancer. 4) Exhalez par la bouche pendant six secondes. En exhalant, sentez votre ventre se rétrécir pendant que vos doigts se retrouvent. !! PAUSE !! Are you feeling stressed? You don’t need to be an expert meditator to benefit from diaphragmatic breathing. 1) Lay down comfortably. 2) Place the palms of your hands on your belly, with your fingertips touching. 3) Inhale for 3 whole seconds through your nose. As you inhale, feel your belly extend as a distance forms between your hands and your fingertips stop touching. 4) Exhale slowly for 6 seconds through your mouth. As you exhale, feel your belly collapse as your fingertips meet again.

Empower and help support your child's well being! For all ages! Book can be purchased: at our West Island center through PayPal - Kidz Mpowered site: https://kidzmpowered.com/books/ On Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0981071422?ref=myi_title_dp Contact: [email protected]... www.kidzmpowered.com See more

Empower and help support your child's well being! For all ages! Book can be purchased: at our West Island center through PayPal - Kidz Mpowered site: https://kidzmpowered.com/books/ On Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0981071422?ref=myi_title_dp Contact: [email protected]... www.kidzmpowered.com See more

Tune in tonight at 10:15pm to listen to Stephane Bensoussan, psychologist and our clinical director, join Dr. Laurie Betito and a panel of experts, talk about COVID fatigue, adjusting to confinement and how to get your teens to listen to guidelines. Tonight at 10:15pm on CJAD passion on 800am radio. See you then!

Our immediate future may look like deconfinement with the use of masks. Lots of them. Are you curious about the psychology of masks and how it may impact the way we interact? https://www.vox.com//20/6/8/21279725/masks-face-psychology

Want to get started in meditation but don't know where to? Check out some of the best techniques for beginners to learn! At Clinique PsySanté, we offer much of these services to help you achieve calming and grounding effects. https://positivepsychology.com/meditation-techniques-begin/

Have you ever wondered what makes some people so good at understanding other people’s emotions and handling emotional situations? One answer may be emotional intelligence. If you’d like to learn more about this construct and measure your own, check out this article: https://positivepsychology.com/emotional-intelligence-scal/

We are happy to share this privileged interview that legendary Beryl Wajsman of The Suburban did with our Clinical Director Stephane Bensoussan. They discuss the toll of COVID confinement has had on individuals, couples and families. This is a powerful discussion and a look at the struggles that some of us are dealing with. Take a few minutes. View, then share if you can. Thanks!

We don't meditate to become good meditators. We meditate to be more awake in our lives. Thich Nhat Hanh How can we harness the tools of mindfulness to stand in solidarity with the black community? This article provides a few ways to do so. https://blog.calm.com//how-to-use-mindfulness-to-stand-in-

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Where do we find the balance between informing your children about current events, and creating massive worry and upset? This article offers some guidelines as to how to be honest with your children while helping them feel safe when talking about news events. https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/news.html

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A helpful article for those who wish to advocate for equity - but may be feeling demoralised and powerless in the wake of societal upheaval: It is okay to have dichotomous feelings. Celebrate recoveries and small victories. Find your lane(s) in the movement, and more tips https://www.thelily.com/real-progress-takes-time-here-are-/

When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. Carol Dweck Childhood and adolescence are times of rapid growth and development. However, can we still benefit from a mindset of growth even as older adults? This article goes into 5 key reasons why mindset matters in older adulthood, such as engaging in healthy behaviour, cognitive performance, and protection from ageism. https://medium.com//5-reasons-mindset-matters-in-older-adu

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. ~ Audre Lorde, feminist and civil rights activist We can learn from frontline activists not only anti-oppressive work, but also ways to preserve ourselves in the midst of great strife and turnmoil. https://www.thelily.com/i-refuse-to-hand-over-my-aliveness/

What do Bach, Ed Sheeran, and Coldplay have in common? Well, according to researchers from the University of Sheffield, they are all top choices for sleep music. 45 minutes of music before bedtime has been shown to promote restful REM sleep and prevent insomnia. However, trusting your own musical choices may help better than generic sleep playlists, which may be something to consider the next time you find yourself counting sheep. https://sleepjunkies.com/listening-music-insomnia/

"If you're working with a trans-identified African-American male and not talking about how it's open season on black trans bodies, if the therapist doesn't have the understanding of activism and politics around trans identity, if they don't understand how hard it’s to get your name changed, or get an update at the DMV, then we're not fully going to be able to be present and help that person." ~Dr. Jennifer Mullan, psychologist and founder of Decolonizing Therapy https://www.gq.com/story/therapist-treating-protest-trauma

How do you view the causes of your depression or that of those around you? Is it mostly passed down genetically or influenced by recent life events? This piece of recent research serves an important reminder that how we view mental disorders can affect how we view ourselves and each other. Little changes in cognition and belief - they matter.... https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_rel/2020-05/ru-dvd052720.php

#goodvibesonly? #whatawonderfulworld? In North American cultures, we are often expected to be happy or at least fine. But it is unreasonable (especially in 2020) to expect that people will be happy all the time. Drawing from teachings from positive psychology, this article explains the difference between happiness and meaning, as well as how negative emotions may make life better.... https://www.psychologytoday.com//two-reasons-it-s-not-good

Letting go of unhelpful stories. Share how you’re really feeling. Be brave and reach out to people in similar situations. Befriend yourself. These are only some of the ways we can harness the power of mindfulness and transform loneliness, or emptiness, into possibility. Check this article out the next time you feel a tightness in the chest! https://blog.calm.com/blog/4-ways-to-soften-loneliness

How much control do you believe you have over the results you get? Do you underestimate or overestimate the results? Based on your answers to the above questions, you could be: - a internaliser who overestimates,... - externaliser who simultaneously underestimates and overestimates, - or someone else! Being aware of your usual cognitive distortions can help you be kinder to yourself when having problems. https://worthyinside.com/are-you-kind-to-yourself-while-ha/

What comes to mind when you envision a self-actualised person? Are they the archetype of someone well-adjusted, secure, and ambitious? As this article suggests, the psychology of self-actualisation (the final stage of growth in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs) may be more complex than you think. It also lines out some obstacles you may encounter and surmount on your way to positive mental health. https://eyesunclouded.org//the-psychology-of-self-actuali/

As mental health practitioners, we must constantly challenge our racist ideologies and structural barriers for marginalised communities. We must also question the research our work is based on. All too often psychology academia conceptualises racism as an individual bias devoid of structures and history. This paper argues otherwise. Only when will we as psychologists be able to contribute fruitfully to conversations about race and justice. ... https://www.sciencedirect.com//artic/pii/S2352250X19300739

Everyday, the myth that seeking therapy is a sign of weakness wears away a little bit and that’s great news! For someone seeking therapy for the first time, you may be wondering what style suits you best. This article presents 12 popular counselling approaches to consider. At our clinic we offer many of these approaches adopted by a diverse team of practitioners - come check us out if something stands out to you! https://positivepsychology.com/popular-counseling-approach/