calm canada https://calmcanada.com/ Exploring modern mindfulness and mental health without the fluff Wed, 04 Nov 2020 01:47:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://calmcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-finelogo-32x32.png calm canada https://calmcanada.com/ 32 32 Practicing Mindfulness – Beyond Buzzwords https://calmcanada.com/mindfulness-and-mindful-practice/ https://calmcanada.com/mindfulness-and-mindful-practice/#respond Sun, 05 Jan 2020 22:55:24 +0000 https://calmcanada.com/?p=828 How do you practice mindfulness? And what is it, anyway? Take a deep breath, inhaling for as long as you exhale. Do it again, inhale and exhale, taking notice of how the air feels in your nose and throat. If you followed along with that paragraph, consider yourself a more mindful individual than you were […]

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]]> https://calmcanada.com/mindfulness-and-mindful-practice/feed/ 0 A Delicious Strategy for Better Self-Control https://calmcanada.com/better-self-control/ https://calmcanada.com/better-self-control/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:52:00 +0000 https://calmcanada.com/?p=819 Poor self-control, or lack of discipline, is one of the most common and burdensome traits that modern people wind up with. I feel confident saying that because I’ve been in a lifelong grappling match with self-discipline and regularly find myself pinned. Those pin attempts often look like afternoons spent staring blankly at a page while […]

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]]> https://calmcanada.com/better-self-control/feed/ 0 How to control fight or flight anxiety https://calmcanada.com/fight-or-flight-anxiety/ https://calmcanada.com/fight-or-flight-anxiety/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2019 22:51:14 +0000 https://calmcanada.com/?p=801 It’s a late-night and you’re shutting the lights off in the unused part of your home. You have to pass a dark, exposed window to get to the bedroom, and realizing this sends a nervous zap up your spine that urges you to bolt for safety as you approach the vulnerability. Does that sound familiar? […]

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]]> https://calmcanada.com/fight-or-flight-anxiety/feed/ 1 When Your Anxiety Means Memory Loss https://calmcanada.com/anxiety-memory-loss/ https://calmcanada.com/anxiety-memory-loss/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:28:06 +0000 http://calmcanada.com/?p=780 Around 30% of people have anxiety disorders and everybody on the planet experiences some kind of stress. Everyone also experiences some memory loss and an increase in blank moments as we age. But imagine being in your 20s or 30s and honestly searching keywords like ‘early dementia symptoms’ or ‘how young can Alzheimer’s present?’

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]]> https://calmcanada.com/anxiety-memory-loss/feed/ 0 Lazy Like Me: Better productivity with less pressure https://calmcanada.com/productivity-less-pressure/ https://calmcanada.com/productivity-less-pressure/#respond Wed, 04 Oct 2017 03:01:43 +0000 http://calmcanada.com/?p=661 Better productivity doesn’t have to mean your alarm is set to the sunrise, but I’m getting pretty sick of the urge to run back to bed and hide my head under the covers. I work from home, and the scheduling freedom that allows tends to turn people (me) into overthinkers who struggle with perfectionism. It’s […]

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]]> https://calmcanada.com/productivity-less-pressure/feed/ 0 Lifted From Therapy: Techniques for Panic & Anxiety https://calmcanada.com/lifted-therapy-techniques-panic-anxiety/ https://calmcanada.com/lifted-therapy-techniques-panic-anxiety/#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2017 02:53:29 +0000 http://calmcanada.com/?p=606 Anxiety and panic are everywhere today, and disorders associated with them are commonplace. No matter which you’re managing, there’s no getting around the fact that therapy is the most effective means of dealing with anxiety or panic disorders, and the research backs that up. Not all treatment was created equal, however, and some methods reign supreme […]

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]]> https://calmcanada.com/lifted-therapy-techniques-panic-anxiety/feed/ 1 Let’s Talk Video Games and Mental Health https://calmcanada.com/video-games-and-mental-health-depression/ https://calmcanada.com/video-games-and-mental-health-depression/#respond Tue, 03 Oct 2017 04:30:34 +0000 http://calmcanada.com/?p=600 Stereotypes and misconceptions of gamers are pretty widespread, but the positive connections between games and mental health isn’t often discussed. There’s a stigma, and instead of emphasizing how video games can help anxiety and depression, games are often associated with addiction, a lack of motivation and even obesity. That can paint a terrible picture of […]

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]]> https://calmcanada.com/video-games-and-mental-health-depression/feed/ 0 Adult Coloring Books for Your Mental Health https://calmcanada.com/adult-coloring-books-mental-health/ https://calmcanada.com/adult-coloring-books-mental-health/#respond Sat, 30 Sep 2017 21:06:08 +0000 http://calmcanada.com/?p=602 I’d mostly heard about them from my mother, who’s always tearing out newspaper articles on mental health for me and thought I might find coloring relaxing. She suggested I might want to get one of the adult coloring books she’d heard of for Christmas (we love talking Christmas, it’s a whole thing and I know […]

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]]> https://calmcanada.com/adult-coloring-books-mental-health/feed/ 0 The simplest tips for better sleep https://calmcanada.com/tips-for-better-sleep/ https://calmcanada.com/tips-for-better-sleep/#comments Sat, 30 Sep 2017 20:56:53 +0000 http://calmcanada.com/?p=597 Sleep is my biggest enemy. It’s the arch-nemesis of anyone with anxiety, really, but trouble sleeping is a universal issue. Whether you suffer from full-blown insomnia or not, you probably wouldn’t have gotten to this post unless you could relate, so I’m consciously keeping the first instalment fairly broad. This doesn’t have to scare you. […]

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]]> https://calmcanada.com/tips-for-better-sleep/feed/ 1 You know it: Dogs can help your health https://calmcanada.com/dogs-helping-mental-health/ https://calmcanada.com/dogs-helping-mental-health/#respond Sat, 30 Sep 2017 20:36:04 +0000 http://calmcanada.com/?p=595 Different scene, same ancient bond I wake up to a sound that just barely registers at the edge of my mind. A flurry of movement under the comforter and a bark accompany it. I fell asleep before my husband came home from work, and a glance at the alarm clock suddenly frays my nerves — […]

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