Through your voice, you can express all your emotions – and your needs. Do you find this easy or difficult? Arts therapist Karen de Kock explains that every emotion has a sound, why we may feel silenced, strangled or blocked, and mentions processes and techniques that can bring relief. You can use your voice to activate or calm your nervous system – even to save your life!

A growing number of wellness professionals are combining holistic practices with a traditional approach. Clinical mental health counsellor Chris McDonald explains how strategies like mindfulness, breathing and yoga enhance talk therapy by calming the nervous system and strengthening the body connection. She highlights the benefits of addressing clients’ emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual needs, finding sustainable self-care practices, and managing the stigma sometimes attached to holistic techniques.

In our society, death isn’t readily discussed. It is also one of our biggest fears. Therapeutic counsellor Nidhi Amanda Chaitow explains what a death doula does, how acknowledging the reality of death can positively impact our lives, what “a beautiful death” means, and how creativity can help us feel more connected. Nidhi talks about her own grieving process following the recent loss of her beloved.

“Behind the smile, a hidden knife”: have you or a loved one ever been targeted? Bullying occurs everywhere: in families, at school, at work and in cyberspace. Clinical social worker Morag Scordilis discusses the imbalance of power at the heart of bullying, examples of physical, verbal and social bullying, and the effect on our relationships and sense of self. She offers helpful insights, strategies and tools.