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Parental Mental Health – Facilitating Positive Interdependence

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 by Leanne

I was very happy to be invited, representing ParentalMental.com, to speak at the 2021 Children’s Mental Health Ontario Virtual Conference about Facilitating Positive Interdependence between parents and children when it comes to recognizing mental health concerns. Speaking to clinicians, front-line workers and other professionals that work within the children’s mental healthcare industry, I spoke about …

Is Mandatory Mask-Wearing Masking Our Human Rights?

November 12, 2020July 1, 2020 by Leanne

Divisiveness is what makes this world go ’round. We all need something to be against in order to strengthen our position “for”. As we move into another month of COVID-19 precautions, mask-wearing is a hot topic that is contributing heavily to the social divide, yet many opinions are uninformed and ignorant, leading to negative outcomes, …

Too Young For Therapy

November 12, 2020February 12, 2020 by Leanne

This article has been reprinted with permission from LadyAngrr.com This piece is being presented using a basic timeline. My unedited thoughts below reflect my feelings at the times when I wrote them, and I hope that you’ll find it interesting and helpful to see them develop. BEFORE: I’m a parent with ADHD (Attention Deficit …

Hair, there, everywhere.

November 12, 2020January 9, 2020 by Leanne

I wrote this poem amidst my breakdown, when I’d find myself spending significant periods of time in front of my bathroom mirror, hunting for a small hair to pull out and distract me from the tornado of thoughts swirling around in my mind. I wondered why I was doing it, and this rhyme came to …