
Advance Care Planning
Articles, Bren SchockAdvance Care Planning: April 16 is Advance Care Planning day in Canada.
Advance Care Planning is the process of making a Health Care Directive and Appointing a Proxy. This is something we often think is for older people or when we become…

Decluttering Can Improve Your Mental Health
Articles, Bren SchockDecluttering Can Improve Your Mental Health
My mom always said everything has its place and there is a place for everything. Mom was very organized and always put the things back. Mom lived in a quieter time with less demands. Mom always…

Living Mindfully
Articles, Bren SchockI remember the first time I talked with a counsellor about living mindfully. The example they used was asking me to hold white piece of paper in front of my nose and asked what I could see. All I could see was the white paper of course. …

Finding Joy
Articles, Bren SchockFinding Joy
What is joy and how do we find it? Finding joy is not a deep mystery. We have the ability to see joy in life every day. Mahatma Gandhi said, “a man is but the products of his thought, what he thinks he becomes”. We…
