Read our full interview with Therapist Network member, Amy Monea is a Counselling Therapist based in Carstairs, AB.

Read our full interview with Therapist Network member, Patti Lott is a Counselling Therapist based in Rocky View County, AB.

Read our full interview with Therapist Network Member, Joanne Prysunka. Joanne is a Counsellor, based in Mountain View County, AB.

Read our full interview with Therapist Network Member, Jenna Ibach. Jenna is a Registered Clinical Social Work/Therapist, based in Medicine Hat, AB.

Read our full interview with Therapist Network Member, Wendy Bos. Wendy is a Registered Psychologist based in Edmonton, Alberta.

Read our full interview with Therapist Network Member, Tamara McCormick. Tamara is a Registered Psychologist based in Sherwood Park, Alberta.

Read our full interview with Therapist Network Member, Shelby Loomis. Shelby is a Registered Psychologist based in Edmonton, Alberta.

Read our full interview with Therapist Network Member, Alison Varga. Alison holds a master’s degree in counselling psychology and has been working in various mental health settings for over 15 years within Canada and internationally. She is a registered Canadian Certified Counsellor, Counselling Therapist, and Provisional Psychologist.

If we are what we are because that's what we've been, can we ever become something different? In the context of farming, how does a person retire from something that has been such an integral part of their identity for so long?

Get to know our network member Dr. Kendell Banack. She holds a Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology from the University of Alberta. She is a Registered Psychologist in Alberta.

If you ask Sean when his mental health challenges began, he points to a debilitating anxiety attack that occurred in February 2017. As he explains, though, that attack was a long time coming.

“I’d been building up to it before that,” says Sean. “At that time, crops were poor, money was tight, and I’d taken on a second job.”

Celebrating our farming fathers, their golden nuggets of wisdom of lessons learned along the way.

You already know that farmers are the kind of folks who do it all by themselves. That includes handling their emotions (yes, they have those) and stress too. That is a totally okay approach, but when it comes to chronic stress that leads to depression and anxiety, trying to fix it is like trying to tape the header back onto your old swather.

Meet Mitchell Tokarek - Registered Psychologist and member of the AgKnow Therapist Network! Dr. Rebecca Purc-Stephenson sat down with Mitchell or a candid conversation about his practice, connection to agriculture and advice for first-time therapy seekers.

Doreen Blumhagen shares her advice as an experienced farm mom for young farm moms.

DID YOU KNOW THAT REPETITIVE FARM TASKS CAN BE A STRESS RELIEVER?

When you’re feeling stressed, it may be a good time to pull out your Hotsy and spray down your equipment. We’ve heard from some farmers that cleaning your machinery with a pressure washer is a huge stress reliever on the farm. Additionally, there is evidence to support that mundane tasks in general, can be a great stress reliever.

It’s no secret that working in the agriculture industry is accompanied by managing a load of stresses on a daily basis.

So how do you manage that stress?

We asked a few farmers how they manage their stress, and one of the most common tips they gave us was to focus on what you can control.