mental health

Welcome 2026 and Happy New Year! Typically, when January 1st rolls around, people want to start the year off right. Adopting a new lifestyle that includes eating less carbs, drinking less alcohol and exercising more, are common resolutions. But what about your mental health? How’s…

Why worry is mostly a waste of time

September 9, 2025

Articles

As some of you may know, I am an animal lover, and especially love cats. For 25 years, we had at least one, but for the most part, two cats as part of our family. There are so many wonderful reasons for having pets live…

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Promoting men's mental health

July 11, 2025

Radio

Sara chats with CBC Radio’s Marc Winkler about how men creating deeper emotional relationships with other men can better their mental health.

Feeling blue?: Here's what to do

January 20, 2025

Articles

If you’ve heard of Blue Monday, that it’s known as the most depressing day of the year, and that it falls on the 3rd Monday of January – that’s today – chances are that you may feel more “blue” today than you did yesterday. This…

Are you SAD?

December 26, 2023

Articles

In Canada, December 21st marks the Winter Solstice and is the “shortest” day of the year. So, there’s less light than on any other day. Most of us prefer light to dark. So, looking on the bright side of life, its good to know that…

How to retrain your brain to manage chronic pain

November 2, 2022

Experts Connect Podcasts

Sara Dimerman in conversation with medical student Tera Armel about her personal journey on retraining her brain to manage chronic pain. Over the course of this episode you will learn more about: Neuroplastic pain What happened to Tera during her final year of undergrad at…