sashacallegro, Author at Allegro Counselling

15 suggestions to consider

Blog, From the Blog, HappinessJune 12, 2017767Views 1Like 6Comments

15 simple things to consider and incorporate into your daily routine to help balance your mind, body, and spirit. Exercise – Find an exercise you enjoy and start doing it regularly. Be grateful – Stop to think about the things you have going for you and appreciate them. Get plenty of sleep – Sleep is…

Rewriting Your Narrative

Blog, From the Blog, HappinessDecember 28, 2016415Views 0Likes 5Comments

Everybody has a story. Our stories consist of various chapters that span the course of our lives. The chapters range from gloomy to joyful, traumatic to transformational, and everything in between. Our stories are what constitute who we think we are, and they are often what determine how we treat ourselves and others. Our formative…

The Five Languages of Love

Blog, From the Blog, HappinessDecember 14, 2016936Views 0Likes 3Comments

Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, outlines five different ways in which we express and experience love that he calls “love languages.” Emotionally, we all need to receive love, but – as Chapman explains – our personal love language and that of our loved one may be drastically different. No matter how hard…

The Utility of Play Therapy

Blog, Child Mental Health, From the BlogDecember 14, 2016628Views 0Likes 0Comments

As children do not always have the language to express themselves, their needs and stories are often best expressed via play. Landreth (2012) defines play as the universal language of children. Play has been observed in virtually every culture since the beginning of recorded history, and is not only central but also vital to childhood…

Prescription Pain Medication Addiction

Addiction, Blog, From the BlogDecember 14, 2016696Views 1Like 6Comments

Most people who are prescribed pain medication by a doctor take it initially for reasons such as easing post-surgery discomfort or dealing with pain related to diseases such as cancer or Crohn’s disease. The fact that prescription painkillers work well to relieve pain with little effort makes them the first pain management choice for many…

Relationship Review

Blog, From the Blog, RelationshipsSeptember 16, 2016770Views 0Likes 8Comments

Childhood trauma can be extremely impactful on neurodevelopment and can have lasting effects on mental health during developmental years into adulthood. For nearly two decades now, professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University Medical School, Bessel van der Kolk, has been an advocate for the inclusion of Development Trauma Disorder to the Diagnostic and Statistical…

Relationship Rescue

Blog, From the Blog, RelationshipsAugust 19, 20161KViews 0Likes 12Comments

Childhood trauma can be extremely impactful on neurodevelopment and can have lasting effects on mental health during developmental years into adulthood. For nearly two decades now, professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University Medical School, Bessel van der Kolk, has been an advocate for the inclusion of Development Trauma Disorder to the Diagnostic and Statistical…

Power Pose

Blog, From the Blog, HappinessAugust 9, 20161KViews 2Likes 19Comments

Psychologist Amy Cuddy conducted an experiment to determine how non-verbal power poses impact how they are received by others and respective changes to our own biochemistry. She utilized two types of nonverbal poses, high power poses and low power poses. Each participant was told to hold or high or low power poses for roughly 2…

Logotherapy

Blog, From the Blog, SpiritualityJune 20, 2016942Views 1Like 23Comments

A well-known psychiatrist once remarked that Western humanity has turned from the priest to the doctor. Commonly, I see clients who are struggling with the meaning of their existence. This spiritual distress as I call it, can often be developed by turning to a religion or at least studying one. Consider that each person lives…

When we do what we love

Blog, From the Blog, HappinessJune 10, 2016888Views 0Likes 9Comments

What is your vision for life? What are you passionate about and what pulls your heart to move in one direction or another? Often when I see clients for vocational support they have lost sight of what they’re feeling passionate about. These internal instincts or feelings also known as intuition, can offer a vast amount…

Kombucha

Blog, From the Blog, HappinessMay 31, 2016919Views 1Like 22Comments

Known to the Chinese as an “Immortal Health Elixir,” Kombucha has only been available for sale in North America since the early 1990’s. Its health benefits are undeniable and well known in ancient cultures. Nearly 2000 years ago, it was a popularized medicinal treatment in various cultures used for preserving cellular health,…

Stress

Blog, Depression, From the BlogMay 31, 20161KViews 0Likes 21Comments

Often during years of early development we are subjected to stress beyond our control. Sometimes it is being teased by peers, other times being that we are forced to listen to our parents fight. Being subjected to these highs and lows on a frequent basis while growing up may cause a negative effect…