How to Stick to Your Goals, According to Psychology
With every New Year comes new goals for self-improvement: lose weight, exercise more, create a better work-life balance, whatever it may...
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Kristina Virro
- Dec 30, 2018
- 4 min
This New Year's Resolution Will Change Your Life
As usual, these final weeks of the year cause me to not only reflect on what I’ve learned throughout the year, but how I’d like to use...
Kristina Virro
- Dec 11, 2018
- 3 min
How to Deal with Brutal In-Laws
The holiday season can be a fantastic opportunity to catch up with people—family members from out of town, friends you haven’t seen in...
Kristina Virro
- Nov 19, 2018
- 5 min
Doing Self-Care the right Way
I have a love-hate relationship with the word “self-care.” On the one hand, I value its importance and am passionate about helping people...
Kristina Virro
- Oct 15, 2018
- 4 min
How to Get Your Butt to the Gym When You Really Don't Feel Like It
You know those people who absolutely LOVE working out? The people who happily train for marathons or enter fitness competitions for the...
Kristina Virro
- Sep 10, 2018
- 4 min
Natural Supplements for Anxiety
As a psychotherapist and holistic nutritionist, I’m incredibly passionate about how the worlds of mental health and physical health...
Kristina Virro
- Jun 4, 2018
- 4 min
Are You Condescending?
Every now and again, a particular topic or theme will randomly appear across a number of therapy sessions I conduct. One month it’ll be...
Kristina Virro
- Mar 16, 2018
- 5 min
how to stay healthy when you're constantly traveling
I was once at the gym when I overheard a conversation between a fellow gym-goer and his personal trainer, which went something like this:...
Kristina Virro
- Mar 16, 2018
- 7 min
Tried & True tips to keep anxiety at bay
Sometimes it may feel like anxiety comes out of nowhere, pouncing on us when we least expect it. And while this does happen from time to...
Kristina Virro
- Mar 16, 2018
- 5 min
How to Make Friends As An Adult
Making friends when you’re younger is straightforward: sit next to the same person in Psych101 every week and you’ve found yourself a new...
Kristina Virro
- Mar 16, 2018
- 3 min
How to Survive This Valentine's Day
If you’re someone who’s dreading Valentine’s Day this week given what seems like an endless search for love, I’d like to make a...
Kristina Virro
- Mar 16, 2018
- 5 min
Things I've Learned With Age
This week, I’m celebrating my 27th birthday (😱 ), which has been bringing up mixed feelings as birthdays tend to do. On the one hand, I...
Kristina Virro
- Mar 16, 2018
- 6 min
How to Stay away from Environmental Toxins without going crazy
I find that doing research about the world of health and wellness is often bittersweet. On the one hand, I love increasing my knowledge...
Kristina Virro
- Mar 16, 2018
- 3 min
How to Stick to New Year's Resolutions
If you’re like the majority of Canadians, it’s likely that you’ve made a New Year’s resolution to eat healthier, work out more, lose...
Kristina Virro
- Mar 16, 2018
- 4 min
10 tips to make this year your greatest one yet
I don’t know about you, but I’m more than ready to say good riddance to all the nonsense that transpired in 2017. Reflecting on such...
Kristina Virro
- Mar 16, 2018
- 5 min
How to Sip Smarter During the Holidays
Last week, I wrote about how to stay sane during the holidays given that it can be a really difficult time of year for some people....
Kristina Virro
- Mar 16, 2018
- 4 min
How to Stay Sane During the Holidays
Canada goes into full-blown Christmas mode at this time of year. The festive tunes play in every store, the sentimental cards hit the...
Kristina Virro
- Mar 16, 2018
- 5 min
Man Up, Bro: The Health Costs of Manliness
Today’s post is brought to you by a friend of mine from my days at the University of Toronto, Russell Moore. Like me, his experiences in...
Kristina Virro
- Mar 16, 2018
- 3 min
How to Pick yourself up when you're feeling like Sh*t
Last week started as a no good, very bad week. I guess being a therapist-in-training can just feel oh so disheartening sometimes. I spend...
Kristina Virro
- Mar 16, 2018
- 5 min
Coffee: THe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I’ve never liked the taste of coffee, which I thought was a blessing in disguise since it meant I’d never be someone who needed a cup in...