by Kala McKenzie | May 19, 2026 | Blog, Uncategorized
What does it mean to be triggered? You’re out with friends, feeling light, happy, and full of life. Suddenly, it’s hard to breathe. Your feet feel unsteady. Your mind is both racing and blank at the same time. You have no idea...
by Kala McKenzie | Nov 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
As we come to the end of November, I will wrap up my series on mental wellness for dads by highlighting the importance of your mental health. You may have heard the age-old saying “Happy wife, happy life,” but I think the more important saying is...
by Kala McKenzie | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Parenting is stressful, and so is balancing work, parenting, and partnership. For many dads, the default way to unwind is to drink. Excessive alcohol consumption creates stress and tension in many families, and many dads are looking for strategies to successfully...
by Kala McKenzie | Nov 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Dads, how often have you spent the entire day or night beating yourself up for a mistake you made? Perhaps you yelled at your kid(s) after promising yourself that you would remain calm. Or you forgot your child’s mittens, and the daycare staff scolded you for...
by Kala McKenzie | Nov 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
In my last post, I wrote about how executive functioning is impacted by ADHD, and how that impacts ADHD dads. Today I am going to share skills and strategies that greatly help ADHD dads manage in a neurotypical world. Some of the issues that ADHD dads experience are...
by Kala McKenzie | Nov 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Last weekend I attended the BCACC’s Regional Workshop, which focused on working with adult ADHD. Although you may think ADHD is a diagnosis reserved for children, the truth is that ADHD impacts adults as well. ADHD is a lifelong type of neurodiversity –...
