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Intergenerational Growth
The things that are worst to undergo are often the best to remember - David Brooks While Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other trauma...

Zac Rhodenizer
Jan 19, 20213 min read
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Distant Socializing: How to Fight the Loneliness Epidemic
“Loneliness isn’t the physical absence of other people, he said—it’s the sense that you’re not sharing anything that matters with anyone...

Zac Rhodenizer
Mar 24, 20206 min read
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The Existential List: What to read while facing catastrophe
It's not everyday, thank goodness, that we experience such a pervasive, worldwide existential threat like we are facing now with...

Zac Rhodenizer
Mar 18, 20202 min read
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On Love
Mental and physical health relies heavily on healthy attachments. And that doesn't end after childhood.

Zac Rhodenizer
Jan 28, 20203 min read
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A meaningful way to review the year end
#nye #newyearsresolution #2020 Developmental psychologist Erik Erikson stressed the importance of a life-review in order to gain what he...

Zac Rhodenizer
Dec 29, 20191 min read
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The Real Transformation of Scrooge
Scrooge's charitable giving is a consequence of a deeper, more significant psychological shift. He isn't happy because he now gives, he give

Zac Rhodenizer
Dec 9, 20194 min read
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What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is a psychological report card.

Zac Rhodenizer
Jun 10, 20193 min read
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Questions to Prepare You for Your Visit With the Therapist
If you've ever gone to counselling, or perhaps if you've considered going, you may have experienced the anxiety of wondering what you...

Zac Rhodenizer
May 31, 20195 min read
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How to "Teach" Self-Regulation
"Saying I taught it but they didn't learn is the same as saying I sold it but they didn't buy." -Thomas Guskey What is self-regulation...

Zac Rhodenizer
May 28, 20196 min read
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Why You Should Quit Social Media
You're probably reading this post because you saw it on your social media, which means it came from my social media, which makes me a...

Zac Rhodenizer
May 21, 20194 min read
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What is Existential Psychotherapy?
Since the beginning of my training in counselling psychology I have been required to ponder and define my theoretical approach to human...

Zac Rhodenizer
May 21, 20193 min read
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Why You And Your Ex Should Still Go To Counselling
It is almost guaranteed that you know somebody who has gone through a divorce or separation. It is likely that you know someone going...

Zac Rhodenizer
May 20, 20192 min read
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The Case for Family Therapy
When a child or adolescent is exhibiting behaviour that is worrisome to parents and teachers, it is becoming more and more socially...

Zac Rhodenizer
May 19, 20193 min read
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What Does It Mean To Be "Antifragile"?
The term was coined by Nassim Taleb, who had this to say in his book entitled "Antifragile:" "Some things benefit from shocks; they...

Zac Rhodenizer
May 18, 20192 min read
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Being Untouchable: The Newest Privilege
"True patronisation: to think so little of people's capacity of intelligence, you no longer tell them they are being idiotic." -Alain...

Zac Rhodenizer
May 8, 20196 min read
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The Second Score: How to Receive Feedback
I'm a sucker for these "pop" psychologists. They take solid psychological research and then package it in an easily digestible message...

Zac Rhodenizer
May 8, 20193 min read
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How the Hero's Journey Can Help Your Child
Myths throughout time and across cultures curiously share common characters, themes, and narratives. We call these "archetypes," and they...

Zac Rhodenizer
May 8, 20192 min read
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The Gardener vs. The Carpenter: Parenting in the 21st Century
Parenting. We've been doing it since the beginning of humanity. Or have we? The concept of parenting has really only existed since the...

Zac Rhodenizer
May 8, 20192 min read
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How to Prepare Your Child for the Road
"Prepare your child for the road, not the road for the child." Is there anything more terrifying than the idea of your child suffering?...

Zac Rhodenizer
May 7, 20195 min read
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Behaviour Strategies for the Classroom
Managing the behaviour and learning of one child is a challenge at times, but managing 25 when at least two of them have biological...

Zac Rhodenizer
May 7, 20197 min read
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