by Kala McKenzie | Nov 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Do you remember in 2010 when Brené Brown’s TED Talk The Power of Vulnerability went viral? Maybe you don’t, but I do. I remember feeling inspired as I listened to her words, and as a young aspiring mental health professional, I shared the TED Talk with a...
by Kala McKenzie | Nov 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Dads, something that comes up when I work with men in the counselling room is how difficult communication with your partner can be. There are many factors that impact the communication styles that you grow up to favour. Where you grow up impacts the unspoken rules of...
by Kala McKenzie | Nov 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
When I surveyed dads to ask for topics they would like to read about this month, one of the responses that was mentioned frequently was how to deal with the pressure to “be enough” for the family. Having a new baby is incredibly demanding, and much of the...
by Kala McKenzie | Nov 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
What makes you angry? Is it when you have asked your kiddo ten times to pick up their shoes, and then you trip on the shoes that are still in the middle of the hallway? Or maybe you feel angry when the baby is crying and just won’t stop crying. You know it is...
by Kala McKenzie | Nov 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
When you found out that you were going to be a dad, what was your response? Did your heart leap with joy, or did anxiety cause your breath to stop? Maybe you felt both. When someone announces that they will be welcoming a baby into the world, the response is usually...
by Kala McKenzie | Nov 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
When I tell people that I specialize in Perinatal Mental Health, the most common response that I hear is “Oh, so you work with women.” I take the opportunity to remind the person that men welcome babies into the world too, and men experience mental health...
