By Holly McCorriston This is certainly an interesting time to be alive. We have been living under the collective pressure of the COVID-19 Pandemic since March of 2020. There’s a federal election. Uncertainty and confusion are running rampant, and everywhere we turn someone is telling us we should be doing this, that, or the other… Continue reading Your Body, Your Choice, Your Responsibility
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We All Make Mistakes
By Holly McCorriston Hello again Kindersley and area. Greetings from your friendly not-so-neighbourhood anymore (I moved to Calgary this summer) life coach, mental fitness trainer, and former pharmacist. I wanted to write this week about a post that I made on social media recently that has been going viral. I think the message is important… Continue reading We All Make Mistakes
Anxiety is Not What You Think It Is
By Holly McCorriston Hello Kindersley and area from your friendly neighbourhood life coach and mental fitness trainer. Just as a quick reminder as to who I am, my name is Holly McCorriston and I worked as a pharmacist in the Kindersley community from 2009 until December 2020. I left the profession to seek alternative ways… Continue reading Anxiety is Not What You Think It Is
No One is Coming to Rescue You: 10 Ways to Become Your Own Hero and Rescue Yourself
By Holly McCorriston In my previous work as a pharmacist, and now as a life coach and mental fitness trainer, I have always been passionate about helping others with common mental health symptoms like anxiety, depression, insomnia, and fatigue. If you hadn’t noticed, I wrote common and NOT “normal.” There is nothing normal about experiencing chronic worry… Continue reading No One is Coming to Rescue You: 10 Ways to Become Your Own Hero and Rescue Yourself
What Is Mental Fitness and Why Does It Matter?
By Holly McCorriston Pivoting from full-time community pharmacist in my hometown of Kindersley to full-time online life coach and mental fitness trainer has been an interesting journey! The number one question I get asked since I started work as an entrepreneur is, “Wait? What’s a mental fitness trainer?” I love this. I love that the… Continue reading What Is Mental Fitness and Why Does It Matter?
Opinion: Save Lives (Starting With Your Own) by Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
“If you want to change the world, start with yourself.” -Mahatma Gandhi This is a very interesting time to be alive in the world. Looking around, it may appear as though the only things happening are devastation, disconnection, disease, despair, and depression. Mental and physical illnesses are indeed on the rise. Addictions are at an… Continue reading Opinion: Save Lives (Starting With Your Own) by Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
A Little Bit About Our Mental Health Fitness Writer, Holly McCorriston
Holly McCorriston is a born-and-raised Kindersley native and former community pharmacist that has shifted gears out of the healthcare field. After her own lifelong struggle with physical and mental health issues, she underwent a personal journey of transformation that has led her to become an advocate for holistic trauma healing and nervous system regulation. Holly… Continue reading A Little Bit About Our Mental Health Fitness Writer, Holly McCorriston
How Is Self-Sabotage Keeping You Stuck, Sick, and Small?
Hello Kindersley and area! My name is Holly McCorriston and I am a life coach and mental fitness trainer. I primarily work with women that are secretly struggling with stress and anxiety to overcome the shame and self-sabotage keeping them stuck, sick, and small. I was born and raised in Kindersley and worked as a… Continue reading How Is Self-Sabotage Keeping You Stuck, Sick, and Small?
How a New Understanding of Trauma Can Change Everything You Know About Health and Healing
First off, I would love to thank Nicole at Kindersley Social for the opportunity to contribute regularly! It is important to me and my work to be able to empower members of the community and surrounding areas with new skills, tools, and abilities to look after themselves in a healthy, sustainable way. For anyone that… Continue reading How a New Understanding of Trauma Can Change Everything You Know About Health and Healing