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Just Breathe!

January 11, 2021
If someone would have told me that I’d be teaching my clients about the importance of paced breathing, I would have said they were nuts. As...
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The importance of “selfishness”

November 11, 2020
Have you ever felt guilty - like you weren’t doing enough for the people in your life? Are you the type to feel bad if you can’t attend ...
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Sassy Psychologist: You got burned. Bad. Can you forgive?

August 12, 2020
A friend of mine (let’s call her Margo) had a pretty significant argument with someone in her personal life (let’s call her Joan).  A...
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Sassy Psychologist: Good Self-Esteem is a Choice

July 15, 2020
Ahhh, the elusive concept of self-esteem…. In my personal and professional experience, true healthy self-esteem is difficult to behold and ra...
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Sassy Psychologist: Your therapist is not your friend

July 08, 2020
So I just recently received a phone call from a client I saw years back.  She moved away and I had not heard from her since our last session circ...
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Sassy Psychologist: Allow for natural consequences: The best way to punish someone is to not punish them at all

June 17, 2020
In an ideal world where everyone is psychologically evolved, conflicts would be handled with compassion, great communication, and emotional intellig...
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Sassy Psychologist: Emotional Addiction

May 27, 2020
In the same way that human beings can get addicted to substances, we can also get addicted to our own respective emotions. Think about the emotions ...
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Sassy Psychologist: Cognitive distortions

May 20, 2020
Something I often hear in my office is, "am I normal?" Some people get really angry and judgemental with themselves for having thoughts th...
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Sassy Psychologist: How to get rid of the hurt from childhood

May 13, 2020
Some people have a hard time believing that our childhoods affect our thoughts and behaviours as adults. Some of my clients casually say, “Oh&...
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Sassy Psychologist: Behavioural patterns don't lie

March 11, 2020
I’d love for everyone to think about the consistency of their behavioral patterns and tendencies. Do you habitually run from conflict? Do you co...
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Sassy Psychologist: What does learning the piano and pursuing therapy have in common?

March 04, 2020
A good therapist must have many therapeutic strategies in their tool belt. Every client is unique and while one wants to talk about the past and their...
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Sassy Psychologist: Mad at your therapist? Tell them!

February 19, 2020
So you start a new therapeutic relationship with a psychologist who, all things considered, seems good. You have conversations and you get to know e...
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Sassy Psychologist: A gift for your partner on Valentine's Day

February 12, 2020
Valentine’s Day is here, guys.  How about this as the perfect gift for your partner: Stop trying to fix everything! I hate to gender ste...
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The Sassy Psychologist: Beating the winter blues with a dose of happy

January 29, 2020
It's Bell Let's Talk Day. On Bell Let’s Talk Day, Bell will donate more towards mental health initiatives in Canada by contributing...
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Sassy Psychologist: Ever avoid talking about your parents in therapy? Here's why

December 11, 2019
I was at a party many years ago when a childhood friend told me how much she hated therapy.  She confided that everything she brought up in the...
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Sassy Psychologist: Are you in debt? What does this mean, psychologically?

November 20, 2019
Getting good at going on a shopping spree and generating debt? Living pay cheque to pay cheque? Putting all your faith in overdraft protection? Just...
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Sassy Psychologist: Express your emotions, people!

November 13, 2019
The presenting problem of clients who come to see me is seemingly, anxiety.  They meet the criteria for anxiety conditions and their thoughts a...
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Sassy Psychologist: Mind-Life Crisis

October 02, 2019
Dear 40, On the eve of our meeting, I have some things I’d like to get off my chest. I wanna like you but first, we need to talk. I learned t...
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Sassy Psychologist: The “don’t talk to strangers” theory: Why you feel so icky after first dates from online dating sites

August 28, 2019
Think about this: You’re driving along in your car and you get into a fender bender.  Someone hit you.  You immediately get pissed o...
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Sassy Psychologist: Top 3 things to consider when therapy isn't working

July 17, 2019
OK, so you finally decide to seek therapy despite your reservations.  You go to your appointments with an open-mind and maintain that you are w...
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Friends With Benefits, Huh? Stop Kidding Yourselves!

April 03, 2019
Now, I apologize in advance if it sounds like I am gender stereotyping in this blog entry.  I am simply reporting on observations from my own p...
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The Truth About Cheating

March 27, 2019
Before I start, let me preface this with the fact that I do not condone cheating. Infidelity rightfully causes resentment and rage and understandabl...
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The Sassy Psychologist: Beating the bully at work or in the classroom by conquering the bully in our minds

February 27, 2019
Photo courtesy of pinkshirtday.ca So Pink Shirt Day is upon us. I will most definitely be practicing kindness and protesting bullying on and until ...
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Best of 2018: The Gift-Card: Considerate or Careless?

December 21, 2018
So I'm on my way into the city listening to local radio when a listener calls in to express the fact that she refuses to give gift-cards as holi...
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Can you be friends with the opposite sex (or the sex you are attracted to)?

December 05, 2018
Look, platonic relationships between men and women exist.  Nobody should be so bold as to assume that there are ZERO platonic relationships betwe...
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The Sassy Psychologist: Back-to-school special - A behind-the-scenes look into the controlling parent

September 05, 2018
In order to treat the anxiety of many of my clients, we often discuss the nature and patterns of their interpersonal relationships - you know, how the...
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You had a burnout

June 20, 2018
I can’t begin to tell you how many people come into my office with similar dialogues about their jobs.  It goes something like this, &ldq...
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The Sassy Psychologist: Success is not an antidote for suicide

June 13, 2018
Photo courtesy of Parts Unknown Two big names in one week. Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain. Two highly successful people took their own lives ...
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The Sassy Psychologist: Stop being an a**hole to yourself

May 23, 2018
So as a psychologist who specializes in anxiety, the presenting problem of a lot of my clients is, you guessed it, anxiety. As you can therefore imagi...
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Why are we attracted to people who might be “wrong” for us?

May 09, 2018
Ever feel like you have no idea why you chose your current partner? After the 75th thousand fight about the same frikin’ thing you secretly qu...
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Bring Down Your Defenses: How to Take Radical Self-Responsibility

April 25, 2018
This is one of my favorite topics! This theory can very well help you finally create the change you want to see in your life. The alternative would be...
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The Sassy Psychologist: What you think matters... a lot

April 17, 2018
Have you ever realized what you think about in your ‘in between’ moments? You know, the minutes before, after, and in between the schedule...
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Dear Daughters, Don’t make Mommy’s mistakes in love

March 08, 2018
I'm still totally obsessed with the idea that we are radically responsible for our romantic (and other) misfortunes (see blogs called Radical Self...
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Let’s end the “crazy” talk

February 07, 2018
I thought it important to discuss the main reason why mental health awareness campaigns exist.  I can't begin to tell you how many clients co...
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Let’s Talk… about social anxiety

January 31, 2018
Photo: Bell As a psychologist, I see so many misunderstood individuals who are, not only plagued by symptoms of mental illness, but who are also he...
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Understanding the specificity of that labelled generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

January 24, 2018
It is a misconception that Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is, put simply, a cluster of generally anxious symptoms.  GAD, in fact, points to a...
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When you care too much - The case of the codependent

December 06, 2017
Do you often stay at work late to help a colleague?  Do you never take your allotted breaks?  Would you continuously pay your kid’s re...
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Are you guilty of party policing and imprisonment?

November 29, 2017
With holiday parties coming up, I thought I’d discuss a phenomenon I’ve often witnessed and experienced both personally and professionally...
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Bye, bye bad boy

November 08, 2017
Sassy received a request to write about the age-old question of why some women choose the bad boy. I have three hypotheses as to why the bad boys &quo...
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Back-to-school special: Understanding academic dishonesty and test anxiety

August 30, 2017
As a teacher, it is my job to issue consequences for academic dishonesty (like cheating on tests and plagiarising papers) but as a psychologist, I tot...
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Do you have high, unhealthy expectations of others?

June 14, 2017
Here’s the sitch.  You have a woman who enters a new romantic relationship and wants to share the info with her two besties, so she texts t...
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So, what if you do fail that test?

May 31, 2017
…ever cheat on a test?  After what I saw this past semester, I can tell you that cheating and plagiarism is alive and well among the young...
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Time to let your parents off the hook

May 29, 2017
Parenting experts often discuss the importance of “cutting the cord” with your children to ensure that they can be autonomous and learn fr...
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Walking on egg shells? Dealing with a (very) difficult person? Eureka! They might be borderline

March 22, 2017
Based on this title, I must begin with the fact that I’m not encouraging you to jump to psychological conclusions about the people in your per...
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Your Most Important New Year’s Resolution: Be Kind to Yourself 

January 11, 2017
I know, I know.  It sounds vague and, perhaps, airy-fairy when people say that you need to be nicer to yourself.  “Give yourself a b...
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Best of 2016: Are you an Enabler in your Daily Life?

December 28, 2016
When we think of the word "enabling," we often think of its use in addictions. You enable an addict when your attempt to help them, hurts ...
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Christmas of the caretaker

December 14, 2016
Sassy has talked about the art of receiving a few times, the most recent being: how to receive in the bedroom.  Today, let’s talk about t...
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Sex and the City Syndrome: How Complaining about the Opposite Sex Will Only Bring You More Crappy Dates

October 26, 2016
Many of us girls (and guys) can't help but fondly remember the Sex and the City (SATC) series. As a matter of fact, I was smack-dab in the middle ...
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