Calgary Emotional Health

05/27/2026

Great intro to some challenges of attaching to a frightening and chaotic caregiver:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6JFsgJJLvc...

05/25/2026

Great resource outlining some of the organizational and personal benefits and cost-offsets of investing in mental health services in the Canadian workplace, many of which are even more pronounced for organizations providing emergency services:
https://cpa.ca/docs/File/Advocacy/Employees%20Employers%20and%20the%20Evidence%202023%20EN%20Final.pdf

05/21/2026

Interesting piece on common defensive patterns for an abbreviated childhood:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GyyX-sI3S8

Did you ever feel like you had to be strong before you were ready? ...

05/20/2026

Piece about defensive attachment patterns undermining our efforts to make and maintain genuine and healthy relationships:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuSW-rVhg38&t=253s

Dr. Caroline Baltzer & Paula Sacks are both Attachment Theory Speci...

05/20/2026

Some of the major features and advantages of security in our early relationships:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih_c0NmB4wI&list=PLAd1oTRdKMYSNxg8uhfHfrwGpFZ8nK5mj&index=6

38 likes, 4 comments. "Secure Attachment Style: What Is It and How Does It Form"

05/18/2026

Good overview of common difficulties that can undermine our mental health:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgCtfRGLmi8

Mental health is something we all have. It’s an essential part of a...

05/12/2026

Defensive patterns of self-blame and punishment that cut us off from our more honest and complex feelings with others:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71WImmxUPRo

There’s a strange law of psychology that reveals that small children who are treated badly by their parents will always — rather strangely — blame themselves...

05/11/2026

Advantages of a secure attachment built around positive expectations toward ourselves and others so we can handle criticism when it shows up at times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv6zYbapE6E

Our difficulty in accepting criticism doesn’t arise from feeling it is undeserved, but rather the opposite. It confirms a secret belief in our own unworthine...

05/08/2026

Great talk differentiating the impact of shame, guilt, and self-blame processes on emotional health and genuine connection with others:
https://youtu.be/itsnF2_7W9g?si=1YHjmxPmabcBqvwM

People often use the words “guilt” and “shame” interchangeably, but the two emotions affect us in different ways. June Tangney, PhD, of George Mason Universi...

05/07/2026

Intro to insecure attachment patterns that can impact our emotional health and relationships in adulthood:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSeKwxdJHYY&list=PLAd1oTRdKMYSNxg8uhfHfrwGpFZ8nK5mj&index=2

Welcome to Video Two in The Attachment Project’s series: All About Attachment! This video, Bridging the Gap: What It Means to Be Insecurely Attached, covers ...

05/06/2026

Good overview of more subtle signs and impacts of depression:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpep2x32UAE

Depression doesn’t always look like staying in bed for days or constant crying. For many, it hides behind everyday routines and behaviors that seem perfectly...