Psychology

How Psychological Flexibility is Cultivated Through Mindfulness

By Benjamin Schoendorff, Contextual Psychology Institute I was first introduced to formal medit

Episode 41: Jon Hopkins on Music for Psychedelic Therapy

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Episode 40: Dr. Robert Grant on Internal Family Systems Therapy

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Episode 38: David Treleaven on COVID Trauma

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Episode 34: Dr. Devon Christie on Psychedelics as a New Paradigm for Medicine

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Episode 33: Jamie Wheal on Finding Meaning at the End of the World

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Episode 31: Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Addiction, and Healing

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Episode 30: Emotion and Transformation with Dr. Les Greenberg

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Episode 29: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with Dr. Kyle Greenway

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A Framework for Mental Wellness

Start building your own mental wellness plan with the ACT MATRIX. From an evolutionary perspective,

Equanimity Practice: It’s OK

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Mental Health Services Transition to Online Care

The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking unprecedented havoc on our healthcare system, economy and commu

How To Get the Most Out of Your Online Therapy Experience

Most of us are stuck at home weathering the coronavirus storm. Unfortunately, this doesn’t mean th

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: 6 Skills to Living a Richer and More Meaningful Life

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT (pronounced in one word), was developed by Dr. Steven Hay

Beating Back-to-School Stress and Anxiety

Happy “back-to-school” season! I’m not going to lie, this was a tough one for me. I’m not s

Everything You Need to Know About Cannabis and Mental Health

“We’re just at the beginning,” Dr. Claude Cyr told Dr. Joe on episode 10 of the Numinus podca

Episode 11: The Science of Personality & Philosophy of Well-Being with Professor Colin DeYoung

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Reframing: Self-Control Can Be Developed and Here’s How

Self-control is hard. It takes effort to delay gratification—to override your immediate urges for

Overcoming The Negativity Bias

Thanks to recent developments in neuroscience, we now know that the brain has the property of neurop

How To (Finally) Quiet Your Mind – The Quest to Find the Mind’s “Off Switch”

One of the first things a mindfulness teacher will tell you is that the point of mindfulness is not

On Letting Go

What is letting go? We use the phrase “let it go” all the time, encouraging our friend to stop

6 Reasons We Can’t Find Lasting Happiness and What We Can Do About It

If we reflect on what it is that all of us essentially want, it can generally be summed up as: wanti

Let It Go

One of my favourite things to tell my clients is that there are two kinds of stress: avoidable and

Making New Year’s Resolutions Stick

Whether it’s exercising more, improving your diet or reducing alcohol, here’s how to make that r

Why Taking Time for Yourself is a Good Investment

Over the weekend, I had a chat with a close friend of mine about the challenges of modern family lif