How capitalism makes work-life ‘balance’ feel impossible
If you're too worried about losing your job to take a weekend off, it makes sense that you'd just keep working. It's almost as if that's by design....
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Three ways to evaluate your resilience in 2020
Ask yourself three questions: How are your community connections? What did you learn? What are you noticing about yourself?...
Unsafe workplaces during COVID-19 taking huge toll on workers’ mental health
More than half of essential workers with inadequate safety protections on the job reported symptoms of anxiety, according to a new survey of more than 3,300 workers across Canada....
Holistic career counselling for compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma
When encountering a CF/VT case, career development professionals would do well to assess and treat mental health and CF/VT with a constructivist approach, which by its very nature is holistic....
How to deal with job loss without damage to your self-esteem
It is common to feel depressed or ashamed after losing a job, but there are ways to boost your self-esteem....
Harder to handle: How COVID-19 has changed work as we know it
There has also been an estimated loss of 17% of working hours worldwide since 2019, with young people and women being hit hardest. And many of those still in jobs...
Career and mental health: Addressing the false dichotomy
Mental health and access to meaningful employment are inextricably linked. In fact, career counselling and development are mental health interventions. Our sense of identity, meaning, purpose, and livelihood, are directly...
For university students, COVID-19 stress creates perfect conditions for mental health crises
The cumulative toll of stressors including distance learning, social isolation and uncertainty about the future is likely to have a significant impact on the health and well-being of students...
New Canadian standard launched for the mental health of post-secondary students
The new standard is especially important for those suffering in the midst of a pandemic, say its adherents....
Understanding personal motivation is not always straightforward
The relationship between mental health, work and our personal lives is exceptionally complex and we must continue to develop our awareness and strategies to acknowledge, predict, prevent, and manage mental...