Oak & Cedar Counselling Services

01/06/2026

For some, 2025 was the hardest year of their lives

For some, 2025 was hard. heavy. heartbreaking.

For some, 2025 was a grind. it was exhausting and relentless.

For some, 2025 just really, really sucked.

I love a good highlight reel, I do. I love reflecting back through the year and seeing where we grew or stretched, what we learned or accomplished. Noticing our flowers amongst the weeds.

BUT sometimes there are very few flowers

And a crap ton of weeds.

So if this is you - if 2025 was the year it all fell part, was another year of trials and tears, another year of deferred hopes and dreams

You don’t have to have a highlight reel

You can have an honesty reel, and it’s okay if the truth hurts.

You don’t have to hide it, or stuff it, or lie or pretend.

And it’s okay if 2026 comes with new boundaries and new no’s and weird yes’s because of what 2025 dealt out

And if you want to talk about 2025 - process what happened (or didn’t) - just email. Anytime.

01/05/2026

Booking appointments for mid February

Looking forward to the honour of journeying with you 💛

12/04/2025

If I was transparent when asked some key things to implement during your pregnancy to reduce the risk of postpartum mental health complications, I would suggest these 9 things.

1. Know about lactation consultants and how to access one if you need it! When we want to nurse but there are difficulties, it can create a tremendous amount of stress and complex, heavy feelings. It can also begin to consume our thoughts and days. A lactation consultant you can quickly access right away can help make solid plans and get you the support you need!

2. Prioritize sleep in the postpartum period! And this can begin by talking to your partner in pregnancy on how to navigate sleep disruptions to mitigate the risks of sleep deprivation). Chronic sleep loss is one of the largest risk factors for mental health needs in postpartum.

3. Begin expressing your boundaries. So chatting with your partner about your values, beliefs and needs and identifying your boundaries for contact, visitors etc. can be super important!

4. Hire a postpartum doula! Their support during this vulnerable period of time can be invaluable. They provide emotional support, meal prep, night time sleep support, general cleaning and more.

5. Talk to your partner about coparenting tasks. Often the birthing parent can become the default parent, and tension between couples can rise during the postpartum period. Acknowledging invisible loads, emotional and mental labor can be incredibly helpful and valuable!

6. Connect with a therapist! Therapy can help support during pregnancy and postpartum, support with your expectations and anxieties, talk about safety in birth and so much more! Having a pre-established relationship before postpartum can be invaluable! It also ensures the therapist knows and understands your baseline, to ensure more timely responsiveness when challenges arise! It also gets you in before a crisis, rather than sitting on a wait list.

7. Know a bit about the drop in, mom, parent and play groups in your area! Isolation is another risk factors, and knowing what programs and supports are available allows you to access when you need it. Isolation is another risk.

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11/26/2025

For those wanting to start the New Year off with a deeper connection and compassion to the self

To hold space for feelings that maybe they’ve been avoiding

Make changes they know they now deserve

Heal trauma that they have been carrying for far too long

To find a safe space to explore grief or loss, anger or fear

My office is open, the coffee is ready.

And you can cozy up on the couch even after the coffee gets cold (new favorite book 😉)

To book a session please email
connect@oakandcedarwellness.com
Or text me at 506-261-1033

11/20/2025

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11/15/2025

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11/14/2025

Today is World Diabetes Day.

Here’s some facts.

There are now 6 known types of medically diagnosed diabetes (MODY (genetic), LADA (late adolescent, slow progression), Type 1 (Autoimmune, 5-10% of diabetics are T1D), Type 2 (Most common form, Metabolic and new research suggest inflammatory developed), Type 3c (pancreatic injury) and Gestational (Develops during pregnancy).

Discrimination, misinformation and shaming of diabetes remains high. The truth is that diet and obesity does play a role, BUT ONLY in Type 2 and ONLY to a small degree! Metabolic disturbances, inflammation, genetics all play a role in how the body produces and uses insulin. There are Type 2 Diabetics all over the world that have ZERO weight-related risk factors and STILL DEVELOP Type 2 Diabetes. Type 1, LADA, MODY HAVE NOTHING to do with diet, weight, or food - and cannot be treated, managed or “cured” with dietary changes. In fact, These types of diabetics can eat whatever they want as long as they know the correct dose to give!

42 factors (and counting) influence Diabetes. Stress, feelings, hormones, mental health, skin scarring, Medications, dehydration, time of day (look up dawn phenomenon), type of exercise and so much more!

Discrimination and a lack of information is one reason why mental health in diabetics is so high, but other reasons are:

Type 1 Diabetics (or their caregivers if they are a child) make an average of 300 health care related decisions a year. That is more than 12 decisions per hour. Type 2 Diabetics make an average of 84 health care related decisions per day, meaning an additional 3.5-4 decisions per hour that others would not have to make.

Most LADA, MODY, T1D diabetics and their caregivers lose upwards of 2 weeks of sleep per year, and often have interrupted sleep due to ongoing alarms and alerts to manage their diabetes and their health/safety.

Diabetics give themselves (on average) 1,860 needles per year. If they are on an insulin pump, that’s a pump change every 3 days, or less resulting in 120 or more pump changes (which are also needles).

**more facts in comments!!**

11/02/2025

Today is the last day to vote!
Only if you feel that I have earned your trust, I hope you can a moment to vote ❤️

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10/30/2025

For those in the Halifax area, I encourage you to watch this film and support women’s health. It can take up to 10 years to get a diagnosis and many have to travel out of the country and even continent for treatment. Though we are grateful for the ever growing research and advancement of care here in Canada, it’s crucial this grows exponentially! Supporting the film and the advocacy it brings, as well as the funding initiatives for women’s/she/her health is incredibly important. So, if you’re in the Halifax area please go check it out!

10/16/2025

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10/16/2025

Grief comes in floods, and waves, and trickles following a pregnancy loss.

Sometimes we can see it coming. We can predict when it’s going to hit, the things that will be hard to navigate. Other times, it can catch us off guard, come in the through the back door and wash over us before we even know what’s happening.

It can be small things, like a song on a radio. walking past the baby books on the walmart shelves. a pregnancy announcement on facebook as you are aimlessly scrolling through.

it can be seeing the date on the calendar and realizing you would have been going for your anatomy scan, buying an avocado at the grocery store and remembering the last time you check the baby app it said your child would be that size.

and the grief floods up and in and over, sometimes making our chests and throats so tight we can’t find our breath. the tears can fill our eyes before we even have a chance to blink.

a baby shower invitation in the mail. someone asking us when we are due, not knowing that’s no longer the plan.

a Mama sweater on the rack.

For me, I was visiting a friend who had older children. I knew this. I knew it might be hard, but her kids were in bed, she had tidied up all the toys. She was thoughtful and kind and caring. But I went to the bathroom and it hit me. The stickers on the bathroom tub, the toilet training seat tucked away in the corner, the spiderman toothbrush and tinkerbell toothpaste. the things i wouldn’t have yet. or ever. and it punched me.

There are many unexpected moments of grief that will come in those months, and even years (and years later). and it’s okay. It’s okay to talk about it. It’s okay to hit the pause button and do what feels safe and comforting. It’s okay to say no to something you can’t power through. It’s okay to lean on others. It’s okay to take some time for yourself. And it’s okay to do this even if it’s 3, or 8 or 15 years later.

Our grief matters. What happens to us matters. The child we lost, they mattered.

So it’s okay to stop, pause, say no, ask for support, because that matters too.

10/15/2025

For embryo loss, miscarriage, medically necessary terminations, still births, nicu loss, sudden infant loss and many other forms of pregnancy and infant loss

We hold today as an international day of remembrance and support

To acknowledge those we have loved but said goodbye to too soon, for some a goodbye before a hello could ever occur.

To acknowledge and honour our journeys, our grief, or the grief of those we love and want to support

To say their name

To remember

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