These past two years have been more than unprecedented. They have picked us up and swallowed us whole into the darkness of the unknown. I don’t do well with uncertainty. I like order, calculated decisions weighing out the pros and cons of choices available. I thrive on problem solving and endless discussion of the evidence… Continue reading Inside the Unknown
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A Safe Place
As we close out 2021, I thought I would end the year with a fresh start. A fresh introduction to who I am and how this space came to evolve into a community of people being present with their mental health symptoms, being open to receiving help for those symptoms, and the fury of feelings… Continue reading A Safe Place
Managing Your Health Without A Primary Care Practitioner
If you find yourself without a primary care practitioner, you aren\’t alone. In our city in Northern Ontario, the cohort of retiring family physicians with larger practices are taking 1.5-2 new graduates to fill their practices. The importance of having a family practitioner is profound. Managing urgent issues, coordinating specialist referrals, preventative health care and… Continue reading Managing Your Health Without A Primary Care Practitioner
World Mental Health Day Part 2: Imposter Syndrome & Pandemic Stress
How do we even start. As I sit down to get some ideas on the page here, I\’m feeling that familiar knot in my stomach and heat rising to my cheeks. It\’s the age old imposter syndrome lighting a little doubt in my mind. Who am I to have the authority to write advice on… Continue reading World Mental Health Day Part 2: Imposter Syndrome & Pandemic Stress
World Mental Health Day: Part 1
(Author\’s Note: I wrote this last winter, before pandemics, before isolation and self- monitoring. But it has sat on my computer waiting for the right moment to be shared. Almost a year later, here we are) Popped my kids into bed. Let them snuggle into my big king sized bed because, how long are… Continue reading World Mental Health Day: Part 1
Dr. Lorraine Sharp 