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ADD/ADHD is Trending: Here’s What We Know about Thriving with It
Because ADD/ADHD is classified as a neurodevelopment disorder, at least several of the…
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Where Can I Find A Therapist Near Me?
ShiftGrit is committed to delivering beautiful realities for all individuals- no matter…
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Impacts of ADHD On Your Relationships
It’s hard enough living with ADHD in adults, and relationships just add another layer of…
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Are You Thinking About Going To Counselling – Vancouver?
Patients who have issues such as mild depression and/or anxiety, or non-clinical concerns…
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How To Get The Best Therapist – Calgary?
Maybe you’ve been thinking about going to therapy for a while or just woke up one morning…
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What Does It Take To Find An Edmonton Psychologist?
Maybe you’ve been thinking about going to therapy for a while or just woke up one morning…
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What Is It Like to Have ADHD in Men?
Starting in childhood, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a neurological…
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How Does ShiftGrit’s Therapy Program Get Rid of ADHD?
We always want to encourage people to make their own choice about whether they are ready…
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How To Spot A Child With ADHD?
There are also symptoms in children that appear to run completely counter to the typical,…
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Do Your Habits Support or Sabotage Your Health?
We’ve all done the outdoor picnic hangouts, backyard BBQs, and road tripped across our…
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The Psychological Impact of Cancer Recovery: Moving Forward
Fighting cancer is an extremely challenging experience - both physically and mentally.…
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How to Get Someone to Go To Therapy
A lot of us probably have someone (or two...or three..) in our lives who we can’t help…
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Psychiatrist vs Psychologist vs Counsellor
In doing your own research or having conversations with people, you may have heard some…
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10 ways to prevent boredom this winter
We’ve all done the outdoor picnic hangouts, backyard BBQs, and road tripped across our…
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Stigma and Bias
Stigma and bias around the pandemic may actually worsen the impacts of the disease; we…
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Caution Fatigue
People are getting sick of staying home. Why is it that we can only be careful for so…
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5 Ways to Help Someone with Panic Attacks
Anxiety disorders are treatable. Not cope-with-able. Treatable. Shifts’ protocol…
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SHIFT 101: Limiting Beliefs
These Limiting Beliefs begin to form in our early childhood experiences (especially…
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SHIFT 101: Confirmation Bias
If someone has the Limiting Belief “I am a failure” or “I can’t succeed”, what they will…
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SHIFT 101: Bilateral Stimulation
This common phenomenon is caused by Limiting Beliefs and their Dysfunctional Needs,…
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SHIFT 101: Dysfunctional Needs
These Limiting Beliefs begin to form in our early childhood experiences (especially…
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SHIFT 101: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
This common phenomenon is caused by Limiting Beliefs and their Dysfunctional Needs,…
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SHIFT 101: Cognitive Dissonance
The reason why our Limiting Beliefs are so hard to change is because of a term called…
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Psych Hacks for Surviving Lockdown
Our team has put together a handbook for you to navigate this unprecedented time,…
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Parenting Tips for Navigating the Pandemic
When your child approaches you looking for guidance or comfort, offer them your full…
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Still On The Avenue
Our Mount Royal Psychologists in Calgary are booking now. Shift expanded it's Calgary…
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We’re Not Talk Therapy…
A common refrain heard around Shift is that we are not talk-therapy. This doesn’t mean…
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Reflect Before Your New Beginnings
The start of the new year signifies a clean slate for many people. In fact, a study by…
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Deck the Halls With Healthy Eating
Overeating and indulging in festive treats can be a way for us to opt-out and deal with…
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Do What You Love
Shift is so much more than a therapy program - it is a philosophy and method for the…
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Self-Care: A Look At The Mental Health Benefits
Self-care is all over the news these days. More people are discovering exactly what it…
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Our South Edmonton Counsellors have landed…
We’re proud to announce that Shift will be opening an additional location in South,…
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Core Values
Shift is a game changer in the world of life optimization. The first boutique psychology…
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ShiftGrit: The ‘root canal’ for your mental health
A considerable amount of people come into our office and have a preconceived idea of what…
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Perspective ‘Shift’
Everything we see in life is viewed through a filter, and each and every one of us views…
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Suicide prevention and wellness: Watch for warning signs
The first step toward suicide prevention and awareness is understanding the complexities…
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006 Let’s just build a Cult Brand…
Every single person who works in your company is a brand ambassador. A company needs to…
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Good Morning March!
Are you struggling with coming out of hibernation mode? Feeling down in the dumps and…
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005 You had a fantasy that didn’t include me?
There are a lot of things which we see as being tied to a healthy sexual relationship.…
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004 People bug me but I have this pet that doesn’t…
Animals will teach you patience and responsibility. Discipline and physical fitness seems…
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Are you part of a toxic friendship?
The truth is, these friends may very well be wonderful people. They may have been an…
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Fix your Relationship Difficulties by Fixing You
Often people come to Shift believing they need couple’s therapy because they “can’t…
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Shift 101 – “I am worthless”
“I am worthless” is another common limiting belief that creates the dysfunctional needs…
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002 Limiting Belief Coloured Glasses
Limiting Beliefs start to form quite early in life. You may never actually consciously…
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“Let’s talk” about stigma
For starters, we are still baffled about why, in 2018, we are not past all this…
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Don’t let Postpartum Depression become a monster
A lot of women take time during pregnancy to prepare for what is to come, this is…
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Animal Assisted Therapy
Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) is an increasingly popular option that offers a fun and…
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The New Year’s Resolution ‘Trap’
We are officially one week into the new year, and it’s very likely that you or the people…
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Or is it?!
As the presence of the festive season is everywhere we turn, many of us recognize that…
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SHIFT 101 – “I’m not Good Enough”
This common phenomenon is caused by Limiting Beliefs and their Dysfunctional Needs,…
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Why are these Holiday Movie Characters so Relatable?
What makes the characters relatable enough for us to become engrossed in a movie or…
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SHIFT 101: Non-Nurturing Elements
In our formative years we can either be raised in nurturing environments or non-nurturing…
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Winter Blues – Seasonal Affective Disorder
As the temperature drops and the seasons transition from summer to fall into winter, our…
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The Power of Goal Setting
This month we are talking all about making changes. Goal setting is important for…
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Incremental Goals | How to Get $#*! Done!
Systematic thinking forces people to organize their lives around incremental goals,…
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The Struggle With Social Anxiety
A lot of people don't realize they struggle with social anxiety. Common internal…
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Personal Fulfillment vs. External Validation: What’s the Difference?
For many people, summer is traditionally one of the happiest times of year. Pool parties,…
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Summer Depression… It’s not all pool parties, beach trips
For many people, summer is traditionally one of the happiest times of year. Pool parties,…
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Our Favorite Life Improvement Strategies List
Our lives get happier when we feel connected, have fun and laugh. So go absorb the good…
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Life Improvement Strategies rather than blanket resolutions…
If it’s worth doing, do it now (or yesterday even). How does it make sense to wait all…
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10 Tips for a Better Sex Life
Sex in a committed relationship is often an extension of emotional intimacy. “When we see…
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Performance Psychology
Everyone has some limiters, which are negative beliefs that are held as absolute truths…
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By the Bootstraps: Divorce Separation
Getting over a divorce or separation is a lot like getting over a death. It’s the death…
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Young Adults: Stuck in Life
More and more we are witnessing prolonged childhood extending well into people’s 20’s.…
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Workaholics? ‘office marriages’ on the rise in Edmonton & Calgary
So-called ‘office marriages’ may sound like little more than light-hearted fodder for…
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ReProcess is here!
We wanted a more streamlined method of providing Bilateral stimulation to our clients and…
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What does Heinz Ketchup have to do with Therapy?
I’m fairly certain that everyone experiences that strange need to overload every possible…
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