Girl Power Hour Calgary is an annual luncheon in support of adolescent mental health and the Lionheart Foundation. The 2020 event was held virtually on November 5th with more than 900 registrants. In my talk I offer guidance on parenting during COVID that may not be intuitive as anxiety levels are amped.
Girl Power Hour Calgary is an annual luncheon in support of adolescent mental health and the Lionheart Foundation. The 2017 event was held on October 11th at the Calgary Telus Convention Centre and was attended by 650 people. The panel of presenters provided best parenting practices to help with the issues facing our girls today including: anxiety, eating disorders and self harm.
“The only thing worse than taking risks in adolescence is NOT taking risks” -- Daniel Siegel, MD The above quote is one of my favourites from Daniel Siegel, a very influential adolescent psychiatrist. I repeat the quote often and I truly believe in it. Teens...
As I was writing this article, I wanted to make sure my grammar was perfect. Then I thought, wouldn’t it be awesome, if there were mistakes throughout? And I was ok with this? The perfectionist in me didn’t like this idea, but, if you see any mistakes, you'll know I...
It wouldn’t be unusual for you to hear a person say that they are feeling anxious. However, anxiety is actually not a feeling! I describe anxiety as a lid on unwanted or undesirable emotions. We have to feel our feelings AND we have to feel competent with handling...
