mental health | Design Your Life

Together We Rise – The Mantra for Growing Forward Intentionally Into 2021

Dec 28, 2020 |
Design Your Life, Your best self

This has certainly been a year! And we cannot let it go by without some reflection and intention to mine all of the awareness we gained for what it has to give us to help design our lives in the year to come. Last week I let you know about the FREE Design Your […]

Leveraging Community for Greater Impact

Dec 28, 2020 |
Design Your Life, Your best self

This past weekend, I spent 3 days among a group of clinician entrepreneurs brought together by Dr. Meghan Walker for an event called IMPACT LIVES. I was honoured to have been invited to give the opening keynote talk and then I was honoured again by being awarded The Paragon Award for excellence as the […]

A Gift to Support Your Self-Care on Mother’s Day & Every Day

Dec 28, 2020 |
Design Your Life, postpartum recovery, Uncategorized, Your best self

Mother’s day is hard for so many, especially now. For those who want nothing more than to hug their mother, or embrace their children rather than give a distant wave. For those who have lost a child, or have been trying for the child they have yet to hold. For those who grieve the mother […]

When You Are Invited to Have an Impact on a Bad Hair Day, You Check The Ego & Make It WERK!!

Dec 28, 2020 |
Design Your Life, Uncategorized, Your best self

I was having a lazy Sunday; you know, one of those days where you decide not to put the usual effort into looking your best. For me, that meant putting my fuzzy mess of curls in a ponytail and donning my fabulous sequinned Kevin Allwood toque to venture out to face the day. On that […]

Fear Not The Dark Side. Understanding it is the Quickest Route Back to the Light.

Dec 28, 2020 |
Design Your Life, Uncategorized, Your best self

Renovations are hell. Anyone who has undergone a renovation knows this. I should know this. I have lived through enough of them in my personal life to expect broken promises, and things to not happen as planned. But somehow, as with other challenges we welcome into our lives, we often go into them focused on […]

DYL Video Series: Part 2 of Coping with Infertility with Nikki Bergen

Dec 28, 2020 |
Uncategorized, Your best self

Here it is: The long awaited Part 2 of my interview with the amazing Nikki Bergen on her process of navigating the challenges of infertility. In Part 1 Nikki gets real about what this journey has been like for her, what led to her choice to share it with the world, and the benefits she […]

Dr. Stacy’s Design Your Life Clinic, opening soon at suite 209, 321 Carlaw Ave

Nov 08, 2020 |
Design Your Life

I am moving again. Don’t worry…nothing is wrong. It’s all good. So good actually. This is not a moving away, but a moving towards something even better. After spending two years renting from established places with spaces that are great in their own right, I am now preparing to move into a space of my […]

Conscious Parenting: An Invitation to Drop the Guilt and Receive The Love your Child is Ready to Give

Nov 08, 2020 |
Uncategorized, Your best self

Almost every day for a year and a half; that’s how long my daughter has been waiting and talking about going to drama club at her school. This was going to be her year. She was finally old enough to attend. So when she brought home the forms, I was on it. I filled them […]

GUEST BLOG by Gabrielle: Breaking Up With Social Media

Nov 08, 2020 |
Uncategorized

My boyfriend and I decided to take a break, a break from social media. Inspired by hearing about others who did the unthinkable and quit social media ‘cold turkey’ for 30 days, we decided to give it a try. Thirty days was a bit more than we thought we could handle to start, so we […]

Finding Balance in response to Covid-19

Nov 08, 2020 |
Design Your Life

It appears that the word “pandemic” has struck fear into the hearts of many. As mental health practitioners, the possibility that millions of people around the world are in the grips of fear is more concerning to us than the mysterious disease that is at the source of the panic. If there is any silver […]