Vinnie joined the WayPoint team recently as a "Therapy Dog in Training". He is now a 13 weeks old and is an Australian Shepherd - Poodle cross. He is super smart and very adorable! Come by and meet him!
Communicating: Communicating doesn't always come easy but it is the cornerstone of strong relationships. Without strong communication, relationships can be tough sometimes, leaving you feeling angry, confused, hopeless and exhausted. Avoid communicating in a way that only results in distancing…
Stressing out gets you nowhere…but how do you stop? Sress is a natural reaction to changes in our lives and the mid-life years are no exception. It is not the events that we face that are the issue – it…
July 1 is Canada Day...Happy Birthday Canada, and welcome to Waypoint Counselling and Referral Centre's July 2015 newsletter. Canada Day's annual celebration always leads me to reflecting how luck we are to live in such a terrific country. I'm so…
Anger Management Many individuals seek counselling for anger management. Anger shows up in all sorts of places in our lives, and in all sorts of different ways. But anger itself is not a "bad" emotion, as many people might think.…
Positive Thinking: The Art We all have people in our lives who are good at positive thinking. How do they do it? Most people get caught up in things that go wrong and spiral down into feeling negative about it. …
One of the most pervasive and destructive emotional and mental inclinations is to focus too much on what we want, our desires, rather than on what we already have. This should not really be news to most of us, as it is…
Stopping Negative Thinking- Breaking the Cycle Most of us have negative thinking, and some of us have them a lot, while others have negative thoughts so frequently that they are embedded, styles and patterns of thinking. These are unhelpful, unwanted negative…
So many of us these days are simply busy, busy, busy! It can be overwhelming, the amount of things that need to happen. This could be at work, or in your family life, or even recreationally (think- getting ready for a…
CBC Radio One, All Points West Joanne Robert's interviews Waypoint Counsellor Sarah Lefebure about grief and the holiday season.