Resolvve

Episode Notes This week's blog discusses impostor syndrome. Read more at resolvve.ca/blog . Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resolvve.ca to get the support you nee...

Episode Notes Mikaela Brewer reads a poem this week for International Women's Day on March 8th, inspired by America Ferrera’s speech in the Barbie movie. In the format of a pantoum poetic form, which repeats lines in succeeding stanzas, the contradictions women face are perpetually repeated and in conversation with each other—overlapping and taking on new meanings that simultaneously clarify and c...

Episode Notes This week's blog discusses the reasons that people might want to go to therapy. As always, you can read more at resolvve.ca/blog . Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please seek professional help if nee...

Episode Notes This week Mikaela Brewer reads a poem centered around words for our sister podcast, Braving the Waves. The poem and episode today explore longing for words when we don’t have any. One of our deepest aches, especially while navigating the depth of pain or peak of joy, is to have words at our disposal to give shape and meaning to these experiences—for ourselves, our notebooks, our poem...

Episode Notes On this week's blog ( resolvve.ca/blog ) is all about Depression 101. What is it? What are the symptoms? And how do we treat it? Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please seek professional help if neede...

Episode Notes On this week's Braving the Waves, Mikaela Brewer reads a poem about love. How far outside the box can we take the concept of love, especially on the heels of Valentine’s Day and Family Day? Since love is such a critical element of our well-being and mental health, this poem offers a few of my thoughts on what love means, to both broaden and deepen how we think about it—namely as a ce...

Episode Notes This week's blog ( resolvve.ca/blog ) discusses how cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is used to treat ADHD. Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resol...

Episode Notes On this week's podcast, Mikaela Brewer looks at the acronym HALT through a poem. HALT stands for “hunger, anger, lonely, tired,” and it is often used as a method for checking in with yourself. For example, when you’re feeling activated or dysregulated, stop (halt) and ask yourself if one of these categories is suffering. The intention is to support folks in getting to the root of wha...

Episode Notes This week's blog ( resolvve.ca/blog ) discusses executive dysfunction and how it relates to ADHD and other mental illnesses. Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please seek professional help if needed. G...

Episode Notes This week, Mikaela Brewer reads a poem that looks at a moment of recognition that a familiar, intimate pain is coming—one that can make us more vulnerable to various forms of relapse. Through the personification of January and March, this episode is a personal one from me, exploring the pain of remembering a bone-deep pain and what it’s like to prepare for it, such as the anniversary...

Episode Notes On this week's blog we discuss psychiatry wait times across Canada. To learn more, visit our blog at www.resolvve.ca/blog . Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please seek professional help if needed. Go...

Episode Notes Mikaela Brewer's reading this week focuses on the feelings of anxiety that aren't frequently spoken about. February 1st/2nd also marked the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, which is celebrated through many different cultural traditions. This episode discusses how even with seasonal shifts—especially the long-awaited ones between winter and spring—anxi...

Episode Notes This week's blog provides tips and tricks for finding affordable therapy in Ontario. Read more at www.resolvve.ca/blog . Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please seek professional help if needed. Go to...

Episode Notes This time, our blog discusses the different kinds of mental illness and how they're treated. You can read more at resolvve.ca/blog/ . Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please seek professional help if...

Episode Notes This week, Mikaela Brewer reads a poem about memory and how it changes as we grow. This episode and poem explore how easy it is to construct caricatures or imaginary people from our surroundings who are either better or less than ourselves (particularly the former). There is a delicate balance here between imagining (and moving toward) the life you want to live and romanticizing a pe...

Episode Notes On this week's blog, we discuss exposure and response prevention therapy - a first line treatment for OCD. You can find the full written version posted on our blog at www.resolvve.ca/blog . Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in...

Episode Notes Our sister podcast, hosted by Mikaela Brewer is back. This week, she's excited to share the first poem of 2024 with you. In the setting of a cozy kitchen, this poem captures our moments on social media with a twist. It explores the “Favourites” feature on Instagram, namely one way in which to use it mindfully: curating your relationship with social media. For example, carefully choos...

Episode Notes On this week's blog, we help you figure out whether your college or university insurance will cover the cost of therapy. Learn more at resolvve.ca/blog . Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please seek p...

Episode Notes This week, our blog touches on everything related to family therapy - from discussing who can benefit to talking about the different types of family therapy. Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please se...

Episode Notes This week, we talk about seasonal affective disorder. To learn more, visit our blog at resolvve.ca/blog . Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resolvve.c...

Episode Notes On this week's blog, we discuss how social media can cause issues with your body image. Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resolvve.ca to get the suppo...

Episode Notes Mikaela Brewer brings home the last poem of the year. Many of us are venturing into and/or celebrating various holidays, and this poem offers a reminder—for you and me—that whatever we feel amid this season, is well within its right to need space. The season is rich, but not just with joy. Here's the full poem, because it's quite short: Be still love, I’ll say. When we listen, all wi...

Episode Notes On this week's blog we dive into teletherapy and discuss the advantages of speaking with a therapist online. Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resolvv...

Episode Notes This week, Mikaela Brewer reads a poem called "This is a Safe Space to Write." Today’s poem brings us into a relationship between someone struggling and a friend they find support in speaking with. Because these two people don’t live close to one another—and haven’t met in person—the friend has offered their text chain as a space to write, share, be vulnerable, and journal,...

Episode Notes This week's blog looks at procrastination, why we procrastinate, and how we can work to beat it. Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve. Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resolvve.ca to get...