Nurtured Minds Wellness Group Inc.

Nurtured Minds Wellness Group Inc. We provide holistically-focused clinical wellness and therapy services in Leduc, Nisku, Calmar and online. Nature based therapy and retreats near Wizard Lake ✨🌲

08/14/2026

When life feels full, even good moments can start to feel like more to manage.

That is why, when we work with clients, we often start smaller:

Coffee outside.

A song in the car.

Feet in the grass.

A deep breath when no one needs anything for a second.

Doing something, anything, without headphones, a podcast, or texting at the same time.

Not to turn presence into another job.

Just to help your body notice that you are still here.

To keep going with this:

Read the full August blog: Presence Over Productivity: Why Slowing Down in Summer Feels So Hard 🌿 DM or comment “BLOG” and we will send you the link.

And maybe book a discovery call with one of our therapists. We have availability this week.

Does self-care feel like one more thing you’re supposed to do?One of our therapists recently walked a client through Tar...
08/13/2026

Does self-care feel like one more thing you’re supposed to do?

One of our therapists recently walked a client through Tara Brach’s RAIN technique to help him sit with the end-of-day crash instead of pushing past it.

If accepting certain parts of life feels hard when you’re overwhelmed, book a consult with one of our therapists through the link in bio.

08/10/2026

What we are hearing in therapy this summer

In our work with clients across Alberta, a lot of summer conversations are circling the same question:

Why can’t I just enjoy this while it’s here?

And underneath that question, we are often talking about:

🪴 The pressure to make summer meaningful.
🌞 The guilt that shows up when rest finally becomes possible.
✨ The weird sadness that comes up in a good moment.
🫧 The mental load that follows people to the lake, the campsite, the backyard, the hotel room.
🌱 The feeling that summer has somehow become one more thing to get right.

Because summer sounds like it should be easy.

And then real life shows up.

So if summer feels harder to enjoy than you expected, you are not the only one.

Sometimes the good moment is there, and your body is still managing everything around it.
Sometimes the mind says, “I should be enjoying this.”

And the body says, “I am carrying a lot.”

That is worth listening to.

Read the full August blog: Presence Over Productivity: Why Slowing Down in Summer Feels So Hard 🌿

DM or comment “BLOG” and we will send you the link.

Why does slowing down feel uncomfortable instead of good?In therapy, we often start smaller than people expect (and not ...
08/09/2026

Why does slowing down feel uncomfortable instead of good?

In therapy, we often start smaller than people expect (and not because the problem is small).

Because overwhelmed people do not usually need another thing to do.

They need a way back into the moment they are already in.

These are 7.5 tools we use in our office when presence feels hard to reach.

POV: you’re trying to enjoy summer, but your body is already moving on to the next thing.Do you ever catch yourself in a...
08/07/2026

POV: you’re trying to enjoy summer, but your body is already moving on to the next thing.

Do you ever catch yourself in a good moment and realize you are barely there?

A theme we keep hearing in therapy: people are trying so hard to make summer meaningful that they miss the actual moment.

Try this when summer feels like it is slipping away.

The best thing we’ve found for presence is smaller than people think: one detail, ten seconds.

Thinking we needed to make more memories, until we realized the moment in front of us needed less pressure.

What part of summer feels weirdly hard for you?Follow for grounded mental health support 🌿
08/04/2026

What part of summer feels weirdly hard for you?

Follow for grounded mental health support 🌿

August: Presence Over ProductivityLess doing. More being.And maybe that sounds simple until the group chat is planning a...
08/01/2026

August: Presence Over Productivity

Less doing. More being.

And maybe that sounds simple until the group chat is planning another thing, the kids are restless, the house is loud, sleep is off, and your body feels behind before the day even starts.

This month, we are talking about the uncomfortable part of slowing down.

Why summer can be hard to enjoy.
Why rest can feel like another job.
Why time off can still feel like falling behind.
Why peace can feel unfamiliar when your body has been bracing for a long time.

What part of slowing down feels hardest for you right now?

Follow along for our August content on Presence Over Productivity 🌿

07/29/2026

Sometimes the bravest thing you'll ever do isn't pushing harder, it's choosing yourself 🌲🤍

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4810 50th Avenue, Suite 110
Leduc, AB
T9E6X9

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