Five lessons learned from 2020
1. It’s Ok to grieve
We may need to grieve the loss of a loved one, but we may equally need to grieve the loss of our holiday plans, the maternity leaves we thought we would have, or family vacations!
Alana, our Registered Psychotherapist sat down with Melissa earlier this year to discuss this grieving process. Check it out here.
2. We can do hard things!
On a personal level, the year started with Susanna and Jennifer coming back from their maternity leaves. Melissa was gearing up for her own maternity leave in the Spring. Then a Global Pandemic hit. As a team we were able to transition all of workshops and our services to virtual care. And in June we reopened with a comprehensive action plan in place to keep you and your loved ones safe. The resilience of our staff and community throughout this process has been remarkable.
Over the past 9 months we have heard your stories of giving birth, coping with social isolation, teaching your kids from home, managing pain, and dealing with cancelled cancer surgeries. None of these are small tasks! To show up day after day for yourselves and the people around you speaks volumes to your resilience. For this we give you all the virtual high fives  .
3. We are stronger together
Whether it is through social justice fighting systemic racism, creating herd immunity in 2021, or collectively supporting each other through dark times, we are truly stronger together.
You may have been trying to work through your own health issues by yourself this year. Or trying to rely on social media videos to progress your own rehab program. Going at these problems alone is often not the best way to work through these challenges. Let’s figure things out together.
4. Setting goals is great but being flexible is better!
We have seen it time and time again. We settle into a small bit of normalcy and routine in our overall not-normal lives, and then ‘BAM’, something throws a wrench into our plans.
What are your goals for 2021? How can we help you achieve these goals? And how will you adapt these goals in the face of adversity in the New Year?
Perhaps it’s finally taking care of your nagging urine leakage because you are sick of tired of wearing pads when you exercise. Or perhaps it’s to address the progressing pelvic pain you have been experiencing. We would love to support you. And if there is a wrench (or multiple wrenches!) that are thrown at your plans, we would love to support you virtually too. To read more about how we have transitioned to secure and effective telehealth appointments, click here.
5. Everyone is fighting their own battles and have their own stories you may not know about. Be kind.
We don’t pretend to know what you are going through in your life. But we would love to be here for you if you need.
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