You might instinctively know that listening carefully, demonstrating interest, showing that you care, and offering reassurance are naturally part of what you must do when interacting with people daily, but what happens if you reach a point where you feel completely exhausted by having to do this all the time? You can feel that you’ve reached a limit you weren’t even aware you had. What you may be experiencing is compassion fatigue.

Often as summer days are winding down, it’s common for children, teens, and young adults to feel anxious and develop apprehensiveness about the upcoming school year. As parents and caregivers, it’s essential to recognize and address signs of stress and anxiety so that they can provide support and guidance. In this article, we’ll offer some ideas about how stress and anxiety may present themselves and address possible reasons why they have cropped up.

If someone were to ask you who you are, how would you answer that question? We would likely share the things that we instinctually feel form our identity and are essential for us to express. However, we would also likely assess the environment and situation we find ourselves in first to determine the degree of information to share. We gauge other people’s potential interests, determine if ...

In this article, we’ll be exploring the topic of past childhood trauma. While we always intend to be helpful when presenting information, we only encourage you to proceed if you recognize how this could affect you. Only you know best if it’s something you want to continue with. Please remember that if you have experienced past childhood trauma personally, we want to encourage you to take breaks while reading, especially if you are feeling uncomfortable or strongly react to what we’re sharing. We’ve included some resources near the end of the article that you may want to consult.

There are many reasons why someone may emigrate from their home country. Most often, they are attracted to the idea of enjoying a better life with the prospect of obtaining improved living conditions, accessing high-quality education, finding safety from violence and persecution, and discovering enriched earning potential through a broader range of work and career opportunities. Canada and The United States are known worldwide as countries that support immigration.

Many employers recognize that there is tremendous potential to diversify their workforce’s talent and increase their institutional skills and knowledge by hiring immigrants to fill vacancies. However...

It’s that time of year, when most provincial and territorial dental associations release their annual fee guides. We use the data in these guides to determine the maximum reimbursement amounts for dental services. Typically, there’s an increase in costs across the board.

We do our best to talk ourselves into believing many different things when facing something unknown. Sometimes, we say that "everything happens for a reason," "this too shall pass," or "it is what it is" to calm our minds, soothe our worries, and ease our fears. While it's not always as simple as that, we are processing and trying to cope with uncertainty. It's instinctive. We need reassurance and clarity to feel secure.

In this article, we'll reframe uncertainty as a part of life that is constant and explore signs to recognize when it's affecting us negatively. We will also investigate why we have such difficulty dealing with uncertainty, a trait referred to as Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU). There are things we can do to become more comfortable with uncertainty – since it doesn't ever go away entirely and can resurface when you least expect it.