My job is support staff within Nova Scotia’s public school system. I wish all schools introduced Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in the elementary grades. Then, continued to teach and practice its four core modules: Mindfulness, Emotional Regulation, Distress Tolerance and Interpersonal Effectiveness up until graduation. Imagine how much better the world would be if students practiced…
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55 Rules For Love – Rule #12 – Support Each Other When The Going Gets Tough
Originally Published: February 8th, 2020 Supporting each other when the going gets tough has been a challenge for Michael and I. Over the years, we’ve had very different opinions on what defines a stressful situation and how we cope with it. I am emotional. When the going gets tough, I can easily feel overwhelmed, powerless…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #5 – Don’t Say Words With The Intent To Hurt
Originally Published: January 15th, 2020 Hurt People Hurt People Hurt people hurt people. My husband Michael told me these simple and profound words a few years ago because when I was angry at him, I would lash out saying words to hurt that I would quickly regret. My transition over the years from lashing out…
Etuaptmumk: A New Approach To Curriculum Change
Originally Published: February 12th, 2025 2026 If I could change one law I would change HRCE’s curriculum. Pay Public School Employees Rewarding Salaries I would increase salaries for all Nova Scotian public school employees. I work as an Education Program Assistant in a junior high school. If I lived alone and had to rent an…
The Distinct Languages of AA, DBT & CPT
I had an Ah-Ha moment last night. I realized that there are the distinct languages of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). August 1st, 2023 – After decades of struggle, I reentered the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, accepted I am an alcoholic and embraced Step 1. Next, I dove…
Understanding CPT Cognitive Distortions & Finding Joy In English Riding Lessons
Originally Published: October 19th, 2024 2025 Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) – Currently, each day I consider a Stuck Point I am struggling with, or a moment of my everyday thinking to identify a Cognitive Distortion pattern. I record these Cognitive Distortions on a CPT homework sheet where I describe how my thoughts fit that pattern…
Finding Inner Peace In A Chaotic Work Environment
At work, I listen to all the negative self-talk noise that fills my mind. I redirect it with mindfulness and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills. The workplace – in the public education system – is possibly the biggest mental health challenge for me. Too many people. Too many opinions. Too many moods. Along with too many…
Living With Histrionic Personality Disorder – Suggestible & Easily Influenced
Suggestible & Easily Influenced I recognize suggestible and easily influenced as a pathological style of people pleasing to the point where I adopted another’s value to be accepted by them, as well as a way to retain their attention. While taking an Addictions Counselling Course back in 1999, the psychologist teaching Counselling Skills Levels I…