Lemons into Lemonade Counselling Services

Lemons into Lemonade Counselling Services Lemons into Lemonade Counselling Services provides psychotherapy to children, youth, adults and families, as well as perinatal and infertility🌿

Therapy can be powerful, but it can’t fix everything. We can’t undo capitalism, colonialism, or the systems that keep pe...
10/09/2025

Therapy can be powerful, but it can’t fix everything. We can’t undo capitalism, colonialism, or the systems that keep people struggling. What we can do is support healing, advocate for change, and help people find strength and compassion within a world that also needs repair. 💛

🌿 Understanding your nervous system can help with mental health recovery.When you start to see your reactions- like anxi...
10/06/2025

🌿 Understanding your nervous system can help with mental health recovery.

When you start to see your reactions- like anxiety, overwhelm, or shutdown- not as flaws but as your body’s way of protecting you, healing feels more possible. 💛

Learning how your nervous system works helps you respond with compassion instead of frustration, and find ways to bring yourself back to calm and safety.
Your body isn’t against you- it’s trying to keep you safe. 🫶

So much has changed between the way we were raised and the world our kids are growing up in. From technology to discipli...
10/02/2025

So much has changed between the way we were raised and the world our kids are growing up in. From technology to discipline styles, the differences can feel overwhelming -and sometimes even cause conflict. But instead of letting those differences divide us, we can use them as an opportunity to grow and connect with our kids in new ways. 💛 I wrote this blog to share practical ways to cope with generational differences while parenting.

Check it out here 👉 https://lemonsintolemonade.ca/2025/01/06/coping-with-generational-differences-while-parenting/

Highly sensitive people are wonderful and gifted in many ways. We can learn ways to cope with weaknesses and harness our...
09/29/2025

Highly sensitive people are wonderful and gifted in many ways.

We can learn ways to cope with weaknesses and harness our strengths

Mindfulness is meant to help us be more present and live in the moment. Research has shown that practicing mindfulness o...
09/29/2025

Mindfulness is meant to help us be more present and live in the moment. Research has shown that practicing mindfulness on a regular basis has many benefits.

Quoteq of the day ❤️
09/26/2025

Quoteq of the day ❤️

Anxiety doesn’t always look dramatic - sometimes it’s just a quiet hum beneath the surface. 🌿
When it shows up, remember...
09/25/2025

Anxiety doesn’t always look dramatic - sometimes it’s just a quiet hum beneath the surface. 🌿
When it shows up, remember: you do have tools to respond.

Pause. Breathe. Ground yourself. Reach out if you need to. 💛

I shared more simple, practical strategies for coping with anxiety in my latest blog

check it out here:
👉 https://lemonsintolemonade.ca/2023/04/26/tips-for-coping-with-anxiety/

Reminder for the day: take one step at a time, make one change at a time. If we make one step in front of another, overt...
09/24/2025

Reminder for the day: take one step at a time, make one change at a time. If we make one step in front of another, overtime we WILL notice changes.

One concept that I loved learning in DBT was the definition of dialectics and the existence of more than one truth. The ...
09/23/2025

One concept that I loved learning in DBT was the definition of dialectics and the existence of more than one truth. The process of accepting and integrating these truths together can be challenging and life changing at the same time.

We often put so much pressure on ourselves to have everything figured out, to always get it right, or to feel ‘ready’ be...
09/22/2025

We often put so much pressure on ourselves to have everything figured out, to always get it right, or to feel ‘ready’ before taking the next step. But the truth is, growth happens in the moments when we simply show up — messy, uncertain, and all.

Whether you’re taking a deep breath before starting your day, reaching out for support, or just making it through the tough moments, that’s more than enough.

You don’t need to be perfect. You just need to be you. 🌱”

One of my favourite understandings of emotional sensitivity comes from Marsha Linehan who was the founder of Dialectical...
09/18/2025

One of my favourite understandings of emotional sensitivity comes from Marsha Linehan who was the founder of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy.

This understanding talks about two factors that influence how we process, manage and feel emotions.

The first is our genetics. Just as our physical appearance stems from our ancestors, so can our emotional centres. Just as someone is born with an allergy to gluten, people can be born with higher reactivity to their emotions. They can find themselves getting upset easily over things that others do not seem bothered by.

The second factor is our environment, particularly being in an invalidating environment. People in these environments often are labelled as ‘dramatic’ or ‘overly sensitive’. They are encouraged too ‘just get over it’ or ‘stop being overly dramatic’. They often find their emotions minimized, excused away or shut out completely. The people around them do not understand their emotions, and therefore the way they react to these intense emotions is often unhelpful. This environmental feedback to our emotions can add a layer of shame and guilt to our already intense emotions.

These two factors work together to create an emotionally sensitive person who was never taught how to understand, manage, and communicate their feelings in an effective manner.

Reminder for this week: many people feel like a burden to those around them, which causes them to feel isolated and as i...
09/17/2025

Reminder for this week: many people feel like a burden to those around them, which causes them to feel isolated and as if they cannot share parts of themselves. Through therapy we can unlearn these associations and work towards allowing ourselves to take up space.

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Wednesday 12pm - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm

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