Stress and Anxiety
Managing Anxiety About Wearing Masks
By Dr. Jessica Gold, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University WHY DO SOME PEOPLE FEEL ANXIOUS ABOUT WEARING A MASK? Usually, the problem is...
Tagged as Anxiety
Health and wellness
Managing Sleep in the Time of Coronavirus
By Marni Amsellem, Ph.D. We’ve now been living life in quarantine for many months. What now rings true is the following observation: Quarantine continues to...
Personal life
How to Talk to Kids About Racism and Discrimination
Q&A with Dr. Kira Banks, Psychologist and creator of Raising Equity* There is so much in the news about George Floyd’s death at the hands...
Health and wellness, Personal life
Managing Difficult Emotions in Times of Stress
By Jenny Tryansky, Personal Development Coach At a recent webinar gathering only two weeks into the COVID-19 crisis in North America, I reluctantly logged on...
Employee support, Personal life
A health care worker’s experience on the front lines fighting COVID-19
Q&A with a Toronto-based Emergency Room Registered Nurse* *For privacy reasons, they have asked to remain anonymous What was a typical day like for you...
Personal life
Managing your money during a global pandemic
A Q&A with Shannon Lee Simmons, Certified Financial Planner and founder of the New School of Finance What kinds of emotions are you seeing among...
Health and wellness, Personal life
Choosing Happiness
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, today's date (March 20, the International Day of Happiness) feels particularly important. This article will help you find...
Health and wellness, Personal life
Social Distancing: What it means and how you can manage it in day-to-day life
Q&A with Licensed Psychologist, Marni Amsellem, Ph.D What exactly is social distancing? Social distancing is something that we are all being asked to do right...
Employee support, Health and wellness, Management tips, Personal life
Investing in employee mental health boosts the bottom line, Deloitte study finds.
What is one way to increase profits? Decrease expenses, right? That generally holds true, but it’s not the case when it comes to employee mental...
Personal life
Ask the Expert: Managing difficult emotions with self-compassion, with Dr. Susan Orsillo
Anger. Frustration. Grief. Guilt. Complex emotions like these can be hard to understand, and even harder to control. Fortunately, we can mitigate their effects by...
Employee support, Health and wellness, Personal life
Back by popular demand: We're hosting another Mental Health Marathon!
A few months ago, we gathered some of our top mental health experts to spend two entire days answering our users' questions about stress, anxiety,...
Personal life
Ask the Expert: Sharon Selby on back-to-school and other childhood anxieties
For some children, returning to school in September is exciting. They look forward to making new friends and learning new subjects. However, other children can...