Dr. Jody Carrington

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Dr. Jody Carrington

Psychologist | Speaker | Best-Selling Author I passionately believe in the power of the relationship with the people we love, lead, and teach.
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As a clinical psychologist, I have spent most of my career working with children and families who have experienced trauma. Growing up on a farm in rural Alberta, Canada, and after 13 years (!) of post-secondary education, I took my first job on the Mental Health Inpatient Units of the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary. It was during those 10 years that I learned the most about kids, families, relationships, and the vital importance of connection. Today, I’m back living in a rural setting, managing a private practice, raising a family, speaking around the country about relationships, connection and my new book, Kids These Days. My favourite thing on the planet to do is to speak with educators—they have the power to change the trajectory of a life every single day. It’s time that we need to start focusing less on kids these days, and more on those of you who hold them every day. The core of everything I speak and write about comes down to this: we are wired to do hard things. We can do those hard things so much easier when we remember this: we are wired for connection. Join us on this journey to build a strong, connected community—it’s a (re)connection revolution starting now.

01/14/2026

From the stage to Instagram Live. Some days are stacked back to back and those are usually the ones fuelled by the deepest sense of purpose. I love this work. Whether I’m standing on a stage speaking to one industry, or joining a team virtually from a different country, it always comes back to connection.

This message of human connection is always rooted in what so many brilliant souls have taught me. Offering reminders. Holding space for the conversations that move us forward. The busy days remind me why I started... being invited into these rooms, onto these screens, is an honour I’ll never take for granted. Here’s to the work that keeps us grounded, stretched, and connected in all the best ways, in a year where we’re only going to need it more. xo

01/13/2026

When you write books with your whole damn heart and then get to hug the people who read them?

That is the good stuff. The best stuff.

Big love to every single soul who comes to say hi, tell their story, and get their book signed (and maybe a selfie too 😉).

We’re not meant to do any of this alone and moments like these are the reason I’ll keep showing up.

Let’s keep changing the world, one connection at a time. 💛

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01/12/2026

Another Monday, another open question for the heart. Actually, I stole this from the heart of one of my favourite podcasters, Chris Williamson. He asks: "If your life was a movie, what would the audience be screaming at the screen for you to do right now?" Maybe something like: Leave the job. End the relationship. Take the risk. Chase the thing you keep pushing down. I promise you, so many of us, we already know the truth. We are just afraid to act on it. And if you're like me, you're too scared to slow down long enough to just listen.

So, if you can find a few minutes to be brave enough today, journal an answer or speak it aloud and come back here and tell me how it went for you. Just notice what happens when you through that question out there and you simply listen to your answer...

01/09/2026

I've always resisted the woo-woo s**t. Despite the fact that I'm much more of an artist than a scientist, the spiritual realm of the universe, manifestation, and lighting incense has always felt a little less-than-legitimate to me. And that's when I knew I might need a little more of it in my life. So I found a certain soul (I've gathered many in recent years actually), who always remind me that what matters the most are often things that are hardest to explain.
What does it mean to truly drop into yourself?
Is intuition just a gut feeling or is it science we don’t fully understand yet?
And what do high-performing women, burnout, and the future of men and boys have in common?
This week I sat down with intuitive coach and energy healer Grace Emmons () and listen, I know what you’re thinking...but stay with me.
She’s got the psych degree and the soul work. This convo cracked open something big for me and I hope it will for you, too. I thought the timing was perfect - guided my intuition, of course. :)
Tap the link in bio to Unlonely yourself a little more.

01/08/2026

Before we add anything new to 2026, your only job is to breathe. Even that might feel like a lot these days, but trust me, you can do that. Now, next, all I want you to consider, if you're up for it, is to simply notice what we're carrying:

The exhaustion we have normalized (even held as a badge of honour),
The grief we have postponed (guilty),
The disconnection we learned to tolerate (or justify as a boundary),
The parts of ourselves we quieted just to keep going (stillness??).

The work of January isn't reinvention. It's reconnection.

Because the real you, the regulated, grounded, resilient you doesn't emerge from pressure.

She emerges from safety. I promise.

01/07/2026

So many people promise themselves a fresh start in January, including me. That lasted a few hours... And then after I got the kids off to school this week - I went back to bed. I had podcasts cued, books on my nightstand to read, a promise to myself that I'd reflect and make space for some dreaming over the holidays. And for sure, I'd make space for grief. Not one of these things happened. And although I wouldn't trade a single memory or moment with our families and our kids, I can promise you, I also did not "rest" over the holidays. If I am completely honest, I am overjoyed to be back on the road - work is where I feel the safest and often the most competent.

It just occurred to me today, we (me and maybe you) are carrying the same exhausted nervous system into a new calendar year.

January can make it feel like you’re already behind.
You’re not.
You’re just starting from tired ...
and that deserves compassion, not discipline.

Catch a nap, put a little healthy food in your body, charge your phone outside your room for a night or two, and give your sweet soul a little reprieve. And onward we march, with realistic purpose. And a little relentless audacity.

#2026

01/06/2026

New Year, Real You.
New Year, Same You.

You don’t need resolutions.
You need repair.
You need rest.
You need connection.
That’s how we start again.

You don’t need resolutions.

01/05/2026

In December, we invited you to share a Hope Note, something you wish someone would say to you.

We received 877 messages filled with kindness, courage and hope. Some of those notes are shared here. Perhaps one helps you today or maybe one is perfect to share with someone else.

Your Hope Notes raised $1,976. We donated to the Children’s Wish Foundation in honour of you and your words. Every note will help someone else.

12/31/2025

Oh 2025. How I hated you most. And loved you a little too.

This was the year I lost my dad — the man who taught me how to drive, how to swear strategically, and how to tell a damn good story. The man who could light up a room with a one-liner and then sneak out before the dishes were done. He was the keeper of the best jokes, the worst advice (God love him), and the quiet confidence that I hope is a part of my soul too.

And losing him cracked me wide open.

But you know what else this year gave me? You. This community. Your kindness, your stories, your reminders that we’re not supposed to do any of this alone. Not the grief. Not the joy. Not the burnout. Not the big, beautiful mess of being human.

2025 was full of stretch marks on my soul. It asked me to sit still when I wanted to run, to feel things I’d rather ignore, and to trust that love, the real, deep kind is always the point.

So thank you.

Thank you for every message, every share, every “me too.”
Thank you for staying, for showing up, for being so wildly human.
Thank you for reminding me that healing isn’t a solo gig, it’s a team sport.

To my Dad: I hope Heaven has good cheap rose', a Harley with your name on it, and I hope those tears that came so easily when you talked about us kids, are flowing more than ever. I didn't think I could miss anyone this much.

To 2026: Let’s do this gently. With more dance parties. More naps. More grace. And maybe, just maybe, a few less plot twists?

Big love,
Jody ❤️

12/30/2025

Sometimes your brain just needs proof that you’re not in danger. If that is indeed true, my friend, that proof comes through the body not the mind.

When you feel off, anxious or stuck here’s how to remind your body it’s safe:

Drink a glass of water
Step outside and feel the air on your face
Breathe in two short inhales and one long exhale
Say out loud “I’m safe right now”
Move — even five minutes helps

Your body is always talking.
Your job is to listen.

You don’t think your way back to calm, you feel your way there.

12/29/2025

Let's do something different today.... grab a piece of paper and a pen and answer this one question for yourself with honesty not the way you think you need to answer it- this is just for you and you alone. This is not to shame yourself, but to free yourself.

Where are you pretending?

Once you are done journaling or speaking it aloud come back and tell me you did it and how you feel. Whatever you can manage today.

Let's get honest together. I see you and I am with you.

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Olds, AB
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http://www.drjodycarrington.com/

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