Jake Ernst, MSW RSW

04/24/2025

Join us for a powerful panel discussion on parental burnout, its effect on our children, and how to create a family life where everyone can thrive.

Keynote by Jake Ernst, MSW RSW, Clinical Director at Straight Up Health

This event offers practical strategies to help parents set realistic expectations and foster a nurturing family environment. Spaces are limited—secure your spot today.

Register here: https://lnkd.in/gf6b7Tiw

04/17/2025

I’m excited to be back at SickKids CCMH Learning Institute for another deep dive into all things technology and wellbeing!

Join me for a day of virtual learning on an important topic. Perfect for educators and helping professionals.

P.S. If you’ve seen my talks before, this is a great chance to go deeper on these topics; many have asked for more— and now’s your chance!

10/13/2024

09/17/2024

🔓 Unlock the secrets to navigating our "always online" world! 🌐📱 💻

In a time where screen time has doubled and digital saturation is at its peak, the impacts on mental health and social connections are profound. Join Jake Ernst, MSW RSW, Clinical Director featured on Global News, Cityline, teenVogue, and Healthline, as he unveils cutting-edge therapeutic strategies for managing screen use in our hyper-connected age.

📅 Dates: October 4 & 5 | Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET
🎟️ Special offer: ONLY $480 with code B2SCHOOL24 (Regular fee $600)
In this vital webinar, you'll discover:
How algorithms manipulate attention: Understand the science behind our erratic and distracted behaviors.
Dopamine and reward pathways: Learn to rewire your brain’s reward system for healthier tech habits.
Social instincts and relationships: Explore the shift in our social dynamics due to constant screen use.
Stress and self-regulation: Find strategies to combat the stress-response changes caused by excessive tech exposure.

Don't miss out on this transformative opportunity to enhance your digital wellness toolkit. Register today at - https://cvent.me/DgYnKb

Let's reclaim our focus and foster genuine connections in the digital age!

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07/23/2024

Just popping in to say hey 👋🏻 and share this reminder.

You don’t have to assign a story to every feeling you experience.

Not every signal that comes from within requires a narrative or an explanation for why it’s happening. Many of our feelings are circumstantial and don’t have a deeper story behind them.

A big cause of overthinking and story-making is underfeeling. Sometimes it’s better to simply feel the feeling and keep it pushing. Feelings are still valid when they don’t have a story attached to them.

Sometimes it’s better for us to let feelings do their thing without adding a story. Save yourself the story to save yourself the stress.

You can let feelings exist without investigating the deeper meaning.

06/26/2024

In life and in relationships, there are no right or wrong decisions.

Life is just a series of choices made with emotion, intention, and action.

Ideally these choices are made with reason but there are rare moments that catch us off guard, change the course of our lives, and force us into a different way of doing things.

Getting trapped in analysis— or even waiting around for the right feeling to arrive — might just be ways we avoid facing a fundamental truth about life and hard choices:

We cannot afford to wait for things to align perfectly. We can only courageously face our uncertainty and hope that things fall into place.

04/29/2024

Ontario just announced that schools will be going phone free as of Fall 2024. Now what?

04/25/2024

Incredibly sad news for the therapy community and a profound loss for the world of relational health.

Rest in Wonder, Joy, and Connection, Sue. You taught us to hold each other tight. And that we will do. ❤️

With deep sadness, we announce the passing of Sue Johnson, the pioneering force behind EFT. Her transformative work in therapy brought love, healing, and hope to countless lives. Her legacy will forever inspire us. We will "hold her tight" in our memories. Thank you Sue.

Our full post can be found here: https://leadingedgeseminars.org/remembering-sue-johnson/

04/23/2024

Hi everyone— just popping in to say hello. It’s been a while!

I’ve been away doing some important work offline. I’ve been speaking, travelling, and educating about the intersections of technology and wellbeing.

If you’ve been following my work and writing recently, you’ll know that I spend a great deal of time on this topic. Over the past two years, it has become a major focus of mine.

There’s something going on here. The way we are captured by our screens and phones is like nothing we’ve seen before. We could relate it to sugar or to***co, but in my view the digital stuff seems to have a wider reach and changes us in more complex ways.

We are only beginning to understand the impact that modern technology has on our wellbeing. It has changed my own relationship to the content I produce and how often I’m showing up online lately.

I hope you’ve all been keeping well. And I hope the time you spend offline has been with joy, presence, and attention to what’s important.

I’ll be back soon.

03/07/2024

In today’s schools, hospitals, doctor’s offices, and therapy rooms, we are seeing the impacts of being constantly online. The adults who are raising and caring for today’s young people don’t have a common roadmap, highlighting the need for a collective therapeutic approach to managing screen use.

I’m building the new path forward— one that sets us free from the addictive power of apps and algorithms.

I’m excited to announce a new training opportunity in partnership with Sick Kids Centre for Community Mental Health!

Join me for a full day training about how to build better relationships with technology and with each other.

Details below. All are welcome to attend.

02/25/2024

The kids who talk like adults— a population of kids I’m growing concerned about as a therapist.

02/19/2024

Social media is changing how we all think, feel, behave, and relate. But how?