Author: brandylpayne

“I’m fine.” “Good, thanks.” “Busy. “Tired.” *shrug* “You know.” These are all examples of what I’ve said in response to “How are you?” when I’ve been struggling.  In those times, if you’d asked me if I was ok, I would have probably said “yeah” or “sure.” Once or twice, when I was feeling brave, I …

Balancing motherhood and full-time work has always been a challenge.  With the cancellation of school and daycare in an attempt to flatten the curve of COVID-19, that challenge is bigger than ever.  The Morneau-Shepell Mental Health Index Report for April 2020 released this week finds that parents of two or more kids, and women in particular, …

  Employee mental health is being stretched to the max right now.  Between the stresses related to Covid19, the abrupt and unplanned move to remote work (while everyone else is home, including our kids), and the uncertainty of how long we’ll be in this situation, it’s a perfect storm for negative mental health impacts.  As …

I’ll admit it – I’m finding the uncertainty over Covid19 and how it will impact our community to be really unnerving. I imagine that, on some level, we all are. Events like this are a real strain on our mental well-being, with stress and anxiety rates climbing higher. To make matters more challenging, Covid19 is …