5 tips for talking with AI to support your emotions safely and thoughtfully
Tip 1. Be clear about what you want from the conversation • Tip 2. Be mindful when AI always agrees with you • Tip 3. Use AI for emotional support, not emotional decisions
Des perspectives éclairées sur la santé mentale et les enjeux du moment, rédigées par notre réseau de thérapeutes autorisé·e·s et notre équipe clinique.
Tip 1. Be clear about what you want from the conversation • Tip 2. Be mindful when AI always agrees with you • Tip 3. Use AI for emotional support, not emotional decisions
How remote work became normal in Canada • The sudden push back to the office • What companies claim return to office is for
The Hidden Impacts of Growing Up Too Fast • We All Have Different Parts of Ourselves • Common Parts Formed by Growing Up Too Fast
Your body reacts before your mind does • You learned relationship safety from your earliest relationships: • Healthy Relationships Can Feel Unfamiliar (& that can feel unsafe)
Why saying “No” feels so hard. • The compassionate view: There’s a reason you learned to please. • How ACT helps you build healthier boundaries.
The Trap of Cognitive Fusion • ACT Tool Defusion • Values as Your Compass
Conversations That Inspire Change • Accepting Ambivalence as Normal • The Four Processes of MI
Why Are Youth More Vulnerable? • Understanding Addiction & the Brain • Building a Connected Mindset
National Credentials • Alberta • British Columbia
Why it is important to know if they are legitimate • Understanding online therapy regulation in Canada • Essential credentials to look for
Technical and access limitations • Clinical and therapeutic limitations • What therapists will do to minimize the limitation
Introduction to online therapy • Just as effective as in-person therapy • Types of therapy available online
Making Meaning • Five Reflections on the Experience of FOMO • About This Writing
Why We Need Each Other • Beyond the Clinical Lens • Additional Benefits of Consultation Groups
How Attachment Wounds Show Up Later • How Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Helps • What Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Feels Like in the Therapy Room
Beyond the Story • The Body’s Implicit Narrative • Truncated Defense Responses
Free therapy services • Affordable therapy services • First session and ongoing support
The art of being yourself in your family • The two forces fighting for your soul • The dangerous path of emotional cutoff
Why the ADHD Brain Loves Technology • The Cycle of ADHD and Tech Use • How Technology Affects the ADHD Brain
What is Mindless Scrolling? • The Dopamine Reinforcement Loop • The Role of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)
What therapist actually is? • Who can be a psychotherapist? • Educational pathways: building your foundation
What AI therapy actually is? • The legal gap: Why AI therapy operates without oversight • When AI gets mental health dangerously wrong
The hidden problem: information isn't the same as connection • The frustrating reality of current therapist search methods • How AI finally solves the “right fit” problem
The algorithm behind your emotional dependency • Signs you've developed AI validation dependency • Why your brain craved AI validation more than human support
Where is Everybody? All I see are People? • A Framework for Finding Your People • Practical Ideas to Build Community
Loneliness in a Hyperconnected World • Loneliness Isn’t Just in Your Head • The Biology of Disconnection
The Ache for a Time You Never Lived Through? • Why Do We Long for the Past? • We Are Wired for Connection
Care for the Caregiver of a Person Living with Dementia • What is Dementia? More Than Memory Loss • Caring Without a Clear Translation
Toward Meaning and Identity in Dementia Caregiving • Emerging Through Care • Light in the Small Things: Optimism and Agency
Grieving What Hasn’t Ended: The Hidden Losses of Dementia Caregiving • Grief in the Adult Child • Grief in the Spouse
The Weight of Mixed Emotions in Caregiving • Ambivalence: The Collision of Devotion and Disorientation • It’s Not Just Emotional, It’s Biological
Understanding Mindfulness Techniques for Anxiety • Simple Mindfulness Practices • How to Do Mindfulness for Anxiety?
The midnight companion that never says no • The friendship that asks for nothing (and gives you less) • Your conversation skills are dying (and AI is the killer)
The 3 AM sweet talker: Meet your perfect digital enabler • The lie detector test: What your AI "therapist" is actually doing • The addiction you can't see
The 10-second make-or-break moment • Stop being another fish in the sea of sameness • The credibility check: "Is this person actually legit?"