Manon Dulude Counseling Services

10/22/2026

10/21/2026

Don’t Let Your Mindset Hold You Back
by Manon Dulude, PhD.

Frequently in my practice, I hear clients express concerns about not feeling “good enough” and how their low self-esteem and poor self-confidence are holding them back. They feel “stuck” in life and worry that they are never going to be as successful as they had hoped to be. Often they will mention how others at their workplace or in their family circle seem so much more successful, and they are convinced it’s due to superior intelligence or innate capabilities that they themselves don’t possess.

While occasional self-doubt is normal, a mindset fixed in the belief that you won’t be successful is not only unhealthy but almost sure to prove you right! That’s because mindset is hugely important to outcome. In fact, it was this insightful thinking that triggered Henry Ford’s now-legendary remark, “Whether you think you can, or whether you think you can’t, you’re right.” In this article, I invite you to consider that it may be your attitude to learning that is playing a significant role in how you see yourself, your potential, and your ability to succeed.

In her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck sheds light on our attitude toward learning and its impact on personal success and personal growth. Research shows that there are two types of mindset: a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. People with a growth mindset are likely to have a more positive attitude toward learning new notions and skills and have more staying power and grit when it comes to persevering to master something difficult. As well, individuals with a growth mindset love what they do and continue to love it even when it gets more challenging.

Continued at https://manondulude.com/dont-let-your-mindset-hold-you-back/

10/20/2026

The overall aim of psychotherapy is to provide the space and resources to live more satisfyingly, whether working through individual hurdles or navigating complex relationship dynamics.

Manon Dulude provides dedicated, evidence-based psychotherapy and counselling services for adults (18+) across a range of specialisations:

▪️Individual Counselling & Therapy: Focused support for anxiety, depression, stress and burnout, trauma recovery, anger management, and grief.

▪️Couples & Marriage Support: Premarital counselling, relationship reconnection, communication repair, and affair recovery.

Sessions are available both in person in Halton Hills and virtually across Ontario, with no waiting list.

Manon Dulude, Ph.D., RP, PCC

▪️Registered Psychotherapist and Certified Executive Coach

▪️Over 35 years of clinical and human development experience

Phone: 905-703-0003
Website: manondulude.com

10/19/2026

When she first read that the happiest people tend to be those in their 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond, author Meg Selig was skeptical. "Possibly because of my own internalized stereotypes about aging, I found it hard to believe that older people were happier than younger or middle-aged people," she writes.

But according to decades of research, it's true: Older people are generally happier than younger ones, and happiness tends to follow a U-shaped curve over the adult lifespan—it starts high in young adulthood, dips in middle age, then rises again in our later years until it reaches its peak. “In fact, it was true of me,” she explains. “I was so fascinated by this counterintuitive finding that I wrote an entire book, 'Silver Sparks,' about happiness and aging.”

Still, questions remain, Selig writes: "A major one is: Is happiness among older people the same as happiness among younger people? And what are we talking about when we talk about happiness, anyway?" For Psychology Today, Selig covered a recent study on age and happiness that may finally provide a satisfying answer.

Read the story by following the link below, then let us know: Has your happiness ebbed and flowed with age? Share your experience in the comments.

10/15/2026

Signs of Burnout and When to Get Help
by Manon Dulude Ph.D.

Burnout is a serious issue which the World Health Organization (WHO) now recognizes as a legitimate medical condition. While it’s normal to feel very tired or stressed occasionally due to work, burnout is much more serious and should be recognized and treated as soon as possible. Below are the most common symptoms:

Exhaustion — feeling tired occasionally is perfectly normal, especially during busy or challenging times at work. However, feeling tired all the time or most days is not normal and may progress to feeling physically and emotionally exhausted. If you feel completely depleted and dread the thought of work, you may be experiencing burnout.

Insomnia — many of us have trouble sleeping occasionally, but frequent difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep is a sign of trouble. Insomnia can be very difficult to overcome. Sleeping pills may not be the answer and it’s important you do not come to rely on them to get the sleep you need.

Fuzzy thinking — what starts as difficulty focussing may evolve into being so unable to concentrate that you have trouble making even simple decisions, determining priorities and completing tasks.

Continued at https://manondulude.com/signs-of-burnout-and-when-to-get-help/

10/14/2026

How to Stop Being a Victim of Your Past
by Scott Barry Kaufman

“I saw something nasty in the woodshed!” It’s the tormented refrain uttered by Aunt Ada Doom in Stella Gibbons’s comedic novel-turned-movie Cold Comfort Farm.

When she was a young girl, Ada encountered a deeply unsettling sight. Sixty-nine years later, she still has not recovered. She lives as a recluse on the second floor of the family home; her meals are brought on a tray left outside her door. Whenever someone implores her to leave the room, she moans, “I saw something nasty in the woodshed!”

And it’s not only Ada who suffers. When her determined young niece Flora arrives at the farm, she asks what Cold Comfort Farm is like. “There’s a curse on the place,” she’s told. The seeds won’t grow, the soil is eroded, and the animals are barren. “All is turned to sourness and ruin.” When Flora asks why they don’t sell the farm and move on, she’s told the family can’t leave because the farm is their cross to bear, all because of what Ada saw.

Continued at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202503/how-to-stop-being-a-victim-of-your-past

10/12/2026

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