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Understanding Postpartum Depression: A Guide for Alberta Parents and Families

UncategorizedBy Guiding Hands Support GroupJune 3, 2025

Bringing a new baby home is a life-changing moment, often filled with joy but also unexpected challenges. In Alberta, postpartum depression (PPD) affects up to 20% of mothers and can also impact partners and adoptive parents. This article explores what PPD is, its symptoms, risk factors, and how to access help within the healthcare system.…

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The Danger of Video Games

UncategorizedBy Guiding Hands Support GroupMay 9, 2025

In the past years, I have become alarmed by the increase of the number of young people who play video games. Many young people have purchased Playstations or X-box’s, devises that are strictly for the purpose of gaming. In recent weeks, I have heard that a new game has come out, “Black Ops” which is…

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Support for the Caregiver

UncategorizedBy Guiding Hands Support GroupSeptember 18, 2024

Over our lifetime many of us will find ourselves in a caregiving position at some point.  Some of us may be caring for children with disabilities or complex medical conditions, some of us may be caring for a spouse with an illness, while others may be caring for our aging parents.  Both females and males,…

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The Importance of Self Esteem

UncategorizedBy Guiding Hands Support GroupJune 26, 2024

Together with consistories, school board and staff members, the Guiding Hands committee recently attended a presentation by Mr. Ben Zijl, a social worker affiliated with the Tamim in the Netherlands. Mr. Zijl travelled to Alberta to share his expertise pertaining to addictions, specifically pornography addictions, as this is one of the areas he has focused…

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Struggling With Pornography

UncategorizedBy Guiding Hands Support GroupMay 17, 2024

Written By: Lethbridge Modern Media Committee “What do I do when I have a loved one who admits they struggle with pornography?” This is a difficult question that is becoming more and more common. We cannot normalize the viewing of porn but due to the stigmatization that is associated with pornography, it is often a…

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What Does Confidentiality Mean to Us?

UncategorizedBy Guiding Hands Support GroupNovember 15, 2023

In the last blog post we mentioned that members of Guiding Hands take the matter of confidentiality very seriously. Confidentiality is vital to a group like Guiding Hands.  What does confidentiality look like to us?  How is Guiding Hands expected to maintain confidentiality?  The following questions and answers will explain how we will deal with…

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An Introduction to Guiding Hands

UncategorizedBy Guiding Hands Support GroupAugust 8, 2023

Guiding Hands Support Group was published to the community a couple of months ago.  Since then, we have received some feedback and questions. The questions have mainly been in regards to who we are, why we exist, and what we hope to accomplish. This introductory post will be used to answer those questions, however if…

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  • Understanding Postpartum Depression: A Guide for Alberta Parents and Families
  • The Danger of Video Games
  • Support for the Caregiver
  • The Importance of Self Esteem
  • Struggling With Pornography

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