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Tips on how to really listen
May 9th, 2020Sharing is caring, but so is listening! Building real connection with other people in your life can take some getting used to—especially when it’s so normal in our society to go…
Your Social Distancing Survival Guide
May 8th, 2020We are used to having built-in ways to connect. We connect at school and at work, at events and social activities, even with our neighbours in the grocery store. We…
Social connection is the cure
May 7th, 2020Long before there was COVID-19, there was loneliness. In recent years, loneliness has been considered a growing public health problem. Even an epidemic. Researchers started sounding the alarm, and some…
Screens and your child: the inside scoop
May 6th, 2020Schools are closed, activities and play dates are cancelled, and children are at home. Meanwhile, many parents are at home now, too, often busy with their day jobs. It’s a…
More than simply “fine”
May 4th, 2020It happens every time we say hello. In person, in text, on the phone. Someone asks us how we’re doing. It’s politeness. It’s a social convention. And it’s a way to find out how we’re…
Canadians are anxious and crave real connection, but say they’re doing “fine”
May 4th, 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Mental Health Week, the Canadian Mental Health Association promotes social connection to protect mental health in these difficult times TORONTO (ONTARIO) May 4, 2020 – Most…
#GetReal for Mental Health Week
May 4th, 2020A Canadian tradition, the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Mental Health Week –May 4-10 – rallies communities, schools, workplaces and legislatures in a common push for mental health. Because we all…
Kindness is contagious. Not just fear
May 3rd, 2020Some say that fear of the COVID-19 pandemic is as contagious as the virus. Yes, scientists have studied social networks and brain imaging and have found that fear can be passed from person to…
How to be a good listener: Making the social interaction real
May 3rd, 2020Why do we answer “I’m fine, thanks” even when it isn’t true? Why do we answer superficially when someone asks us how we’re doing? It’s partly because we aren’t sure…