Fresh Hope Counselling

07/25/2025

When one of your most anxious clients actually steps out of a plane with a parachute, you know that she has made some killer progress with confronting her need to control and her intense fears! (P.S. Not necessarily a sign of progress for everyone dealing with control issues and anxiety! In other words, you don't have to go jump out of a plane to monitor your progress. But for her -- amazing!)

07/24/2025

Good reminders about what boundaries actually look like. From the Boundaries Guru himself.

07/21/2025

Celebrating Cheryl Dirks and her being with Fresh Hope Counselling now for 5 years! It's been a pleasure to have Cheryl on staff and seeing her develop and grow into such a great Therapist. She's become a Registered Provisional Psychologist and as her clients would attest, she's easy to connect with, supportive and excellent at what she does. Congrats to Cheryl for putting in all the hard work of completing the stringent requirements with the College of Alberta Psychologists. By the way, she does have some availability to take on new clients, so if you want to book a session -- give Fresh Hope a call.

07/14/2025

Time to do the work? Sometimes we have insight that something needs to change. In fact, it may be very, very clear that something requires action on our part. Putting it off, denying it, wishing it would go away, are all common attempts to 'deal with things' but ultimately it only makes things worse. If you have an infection growing in a wound, ignoring it and hoping it 'just heals' is not an effective strategy. In fact, it could lead to life-altering destructive results. Maybe you're feeling like it's time to stop wishing things were different and actually need to roll up your sleeves and do the work. We're here to help. Contact the office and they will do some triage with you to assess who the best fit might be for some counselling. You can even do a free 15 minute consult with one of our therapists. Call 7804873456 or email info@freshhope.ca to get started.

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07/13/2025

What do you want the next 1/3 of your life to look like? You can't change the past but you can change the future. Consider. Think. Imagine. Who do you want to become?

07/11/2025

Grief is how we come to terms with our new reality. It’s the process in which the old is mourned and released, and the new is accepted and assimilated into what’s new. Without proper grieving, you will be forever stuck in the in-between — struggling with the loss but never accepting the new life you live in.

07/10/2025

Keep going! You can do this because you are doing it. Don't tell yourself you can't do it -- it may be extremely difficult or you might hate it but you can do it because you are! One step at a time. You got this. As Dory so famously said, 'just keep swimming, just keep swimming...'

07/08/2025

Chocolate. It is part of a tasty and enjoyable relationship with food. We celebrate you today! (So what are you waiting for? Go get some chocolate!) It's World Chocolate Day.

07/05/2025

07/01/2025

Why is such a short word so hard to say sometimes? No. Succinct. To the point. Rolls off the tongue quite easily. No is a good word to say when we need to set boundaries and limits. It doesn't make you a bad person if you say it -- even when it's a good request. Sometimes it's just not do-able, helpful or realistic. Just in case you needed to hear this today -- it really is okay for you to say no.

06/29/2025

Doing what you love is restorative and helpful. In fact, we need to have a balance of life-giving, restorative practices in our lives in order to be well. It's like plugging yourself in or sitting on a charger. Even when life is busy, we need to fit time in for things we love -- it may even be brewing up a cup of tea when the kids go to bed or stopping at thrift store for 20 minutes after work. If you're not sure what you love any more, experiment! Try different things and see if you enjoy it or generally feel better after. Treat it like a science experiment and learn from it. Try something you've always wanted to but put off for various reasons. Listen to music. Draw. Garden. Go for a bike ride. Attend a lecture. Go on a prayer walk. Rent a paddle board. Read a book. Lay in a hammock. Learn to plug in regularly so you have energy to pull from when you need it.