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Your Curated Guide to Growth and Healing
At Peachey Counselling and Family Support, our commitment to your journey extends beyond our therapy sessions. Peachey's Picks is a carefully curated collection of book recommendations, personally selected and vetted by our team of professional counsellors, social workers, therapists, and mediators. These are the resources we trust, reference in our practice, and confidently recommend to our clients.
Habit Building - Integrating Mindfulness Into Daily Life
This final week of our Mood Boost May series is not about adding more. It is about sustaining. It is about building a mental health practice that fits your real life…
Navigating Stress with Presence: Mindfulness and Setting Boundaries for Life’s Transitions
We explore how mindfulness and boundary-setting can help you navigate life’s challenging moments with greater presence, self-compassion, and steadiness.
From Surviving to Thriving: Daily Habits That Lift Your Mood
There are small, intentional practices that can help you replenish your own reserves so you can continue to show up for the people you love—and for yourself.
Getting Grounded: The Foundations of Mindfulness
This week, we begin with the fundamentals: what mindfulness is, the science behind it, and simple grounding techniques you can use anytime, anywhere.
Welcoming What’s Emerging: Reflecting on a Month of Gentle Growth
This week, we turn inward. We reflect on what has shifted, however subtly. We celebrate the small wins that often go unnoticed. And we consider how to carry the renewal of spring into the seasons ahead.
Cultivating Connection for Your Mental Health
Explore the practice of cultivating connection. It is an invitation to refresh your social well-being with intention, compassion, and balance.
Planting Seeds of Intention
Explore the practice of planting seeds of intention. It is an invitation to shift from rigid resolutions to gentle intentions, from demanding immediate blooms to nurturing the small habits that will, in time, transform your inner landscape.
Waking Up to Your Senses: Reconnecting with Your Body and the World
We explore the practice of waking up to your senses. It is a simple invitation: to reconnect with the present moment through what you see, hear, smell, taste, and touch.
Spring Cleaning for the Mind: Refreshing Your Mental Health
We invite you to consider: what might shift if you cleared out the corners of your mind with the same care you give to your home?
The Nurturing Power of Nature
Let's explore the science behind nature's healing power and how you can easily incorporate more of it into your daily life.
Gen X and Mental Health: The ‘Forgotten’ Generation Speaks Up
They call you the "sandwich generation"—caught between aging parents, adult children, and a world that often overlooks you. Gen X might not dominate headlines like Boomers or Millennials, but you're facing unique mental health challenges with quiet resilience.
Can You Care Too Much? Understanding Empathy Fatigue and When Compassion Becomes Costly
We often praise empathy as an unquestionable virtue—but what happens when feeling too much leaves you emotionally drained, resentful, or even physically ill?
The Mental Health Effects of Masking How You Feel
In this post, we’ll explore what masking is, how it impacts mental health, and when it might be time to seek help.
Going To Therapy for the Canada-US Divorce
Stefanie Peachey shares her expertise on this podcast to discuss Trump’s rhetoric about annexing Canada and how to process this new reality…
Trump Anxiety: For Canadians, it’s not Political. This is Personal.
Stefanie Peachey shares her expertise on this podcast to discuss “Trump Anxiety” and how for Canadians, this is not political, it’s personal.
Bed Rotting: Self-Care or Slippery Slope? What You Need to Know
You’ve seen the TikToks. The cozy blankets. The dim lighting. The caption: "Bed rotting all weekend—no regrets." Let’s break it down—no judgement, just real talk.
The Rising Tide of Addiction in Canada: Understanding the Crisis and How to Get Help
Addiction is no longer a shadowy issue whispered about in hushed tones—it’s a full-blown public health crisis in Canada. But what’s driving this epidemic?
How to Support Your Gen Z Child Deal With The Reality No One Prepared Us For
We’re watching a generation struggle in ways we never did—and many of us feel helpless. But new research shows your support matters more than ever. Here’s what’s really going on with Gen Z—and how you can be their anchor.
Us vs. Them: The Psychology Behind Canada’s Political Divide and Why It Feels So Personal
Political polarization isn’t just playing out on news channels or in Parliament—it’s in our heads, our homes, and our group chats. But here’s what we often forget: this divisiveness doesn’t have to control us.
Why Being an Ally is More Important Than Ever for Our Mental Health in Today’s Geopolitical Climate
Allyship is not just about supporting others—it’s also a powerful way to nurture your own mental health…
Empower your healing.
Looking for more ways to access expert information, practical steps and free mental health resources? Here are some more ways to grow forward through every phase and stage of life.
Wondering what to expect from therapy?
If you’re thinking about starting therapy, this FREE guide can help answer your questions and help relieve any worries…