In May this year, the theme for Mental Health week was “Kindness”. This theme was chosen as a result of the pandemic and as a reminder to people to remember to be kind to those around them and especially to themselves. This word has been on my mind for the past few weeks, and I thought it would be fitting…
Mental health is still a very taboo and stigmatized concept in many places, especially in the Caribbean. Many people have some misconstrued ideas of what therapy entails and who should or should not attend therapy. In this post, Guiding Lanes will be dispelling a few myths that we have come across during our practice, as well as others our colleagues…
For many of us, growing up you would tend to hear that if you’re feeling sad or upset, you should just suck it up and do what you have to do. But how can we “do what we have to do” if we don’t know what to do? How we get what we want to get done if we’re not…
Our self-esteem, which is defined as our own sense of our worth and value, changes as we get older and have different experiences throughout our life. The relationships and interactions we have with family, friends, co-workers, teachers, and others, have a big impact on whether or not our self-esteem will be low or high. The environments we are in and…
In my previous blog post, Responses your child might have towards a crisis/ Covid-19, I listed a few of the responses your child might be displaying, as a result of the overwhelming feelings this pandemic has brought. If you didn’t get a chance to read it, or you’re not sure if your child has been displaying any particular COVID-19 related…