Inspiring stories. Practical advice. Local support.


Scroll below to find links to practical tools, local resources and wellness webinars based on the course I regularly run for the Canadian Mental Health Association.

From tight deadlines to conflicts with your neighbour, obstacles come in all shapes and sizes. The biggest one I’ve ever faced was an aggressive cancer.

At first I felt outmatched and unprepared. But as my treatment got underway, I discovered I had plenty of coping skills and tools I could leverage โ€” acquired through a lifetime of blunderful misadventures.

And thatโ€™s what these resources are all about: the little things you can do and the inner qualities you can cultivate to make whatever challenge youโ€™re facing a little bit easier.

โ€” Josh

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Amelia Sloan Therapy

Amelia specializes in the connection between self, sex, money and relationships. They work with high-functioning, deep thinkers and feelers, from individuals to couples and polycules who feel disconnected and exhausted beneath their successful exterior, often trapped in patterns of over-functioning, self-abandonment, or relational burnout.

Their depth-oriented approach helps clients return to themselves, restore embodied connection in intimacy, finances and partnerships, and foster authenticity and agency in relationships with nuance, honesty and compassion.

Learn more.


Lina Ma Wellness Clinic

Lina Ma Wellness Clinic offers compassionate, holistic care rooted in traditional Chinese medicine. Lina Ma is a registered TCM practitioner with over 25 years of clinical experience. She specializes in treating mental health conditions through acupuncture and customized Chinese herbal formulas. Her work supports patients with anxiety, depression, and post-concussion symptoms, helping restore balance, clarity, and resilience. Lina is known for her attentive approach, evidence-informed practice, and commitment to long-term wellbeing for lifelong mental wellness. Learn more.


Well Daze Eco-Health Studio

Well Daze Eco-Health Studio is a modern, client-centered wellness space in Guelph offering massage therapy, acupuncture, reflexology, Reiki and holistic nutrition. Our experienced practitioners focus on pain relief, stress management, injury recovery, and overall well-being through personalized care. Whether you’re managing chronic pain, combating daily stressors or simply need time to reset, Well Daze blends therapeutic expertise with a calming environment to help you feel balanced, restored, and supported on your wellness journey. Learn more.


Aligning Minds Counselling and Wellness

Aligning Minds Counselling and Wellness offers compassionate, virtual individual and couples counselling across Ontario. Drawing on evidence-based approaches, we support individuals and couples navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, and relationship challenges. We also integrate mindfulness and yoga into our practice. Our warm, non-judgmental approach helps you align with your values and reconnect with yourself. We’d love to connect with you. Please reach out to schedule your free 15-minute virtual consultation. Learn more.


Power Yoga Canada Guelph

Welcome to your new home. From the moment you walk through our doors, you are part of our community. Together we move, sweat, and flow through a powerful hot vinyasa practice designed to transform you. This is more than a studio, it is a place to belong. All levels are welcome. Come as you are, be challenged, and step into your fullest expression on and off the mat. Learn more.


Therapy with Taylor Geim

As a Registered Psychotherapist, Taylor supports adolescents and adults by addressing many different mental health concerns. Taylor is passionate about delivering therapeutic interventions to allow for exploration of self to help gain greater understanding of oneโ€™s psychological, social, emotional, and behavioural needs. In a collaborative, safe, and non-judgmental space, she works with you to enhance your well-being.

To schedule a free consultation, please send an email to taylor@tgeimtherapy.com or schedule one via her website. Learn more.


Wellness Webinars

Rev up your resilience while enjoying a few laughs with this 16-part webinar series. Each module offers funny and heartfelt video lessons, reflection questions and practical tips and tools on how to make the tough times in life a little less tough.

Resilience Toolbox

Access dozens of how-to wellness guides and activities โ€” including breathing exercises, motivation maximizers, mindfulness practices and more. Because prickly problems demand well-equipped problem solvers!

Simply Blunderful

Funny stories. Good advice. Oodles of doodles. Enjoy this illustrated guide to flaming tennis balls, camping catastrophes and the many obstacles life throws your way.

Little Lauryn Lollipop and the Long Road Home

Discover wellness tips and tools wrapped inside a fantastical adventure for all ages.

Fireflies: Small gifts of gratitude

What fireflies light your skies? An inspirational poem about life’s everyday awesomeness.

Book Josh as a virtual guest speaker

Add funny stories, good advice and oodles of doodles to your next wellness or mental health event.

Directory of local supports

We can all use support from time to time. And throughout the Guelph-Wellington area, youโ€™ll discover all kinds of people ready to lend a helping hand. Explore the directory below to find local therapists and other wellness experts in the community.

Got a suggestion to add to the directory? Let me know at joshmartinink@gmail.com.

A Mindful Change

Affirmative Healing

Aligning Minds Counselling

Amelia Sloan Therapy

Amy Moroz Psychological Services

Andrรฉ Johnson Psychotherapy Services

Angela Herzog, MA, RP, CCC, SEP

Angie Collie Therapy

Authentic Minds Counselling & Psychotherapy

AWC Grief Support

Balanced Wisdom Therapy

Bending Tree Counselling

Carlos Neves, Counselling & Psychotherapy

Changing Tides Counselling

Chettiar Counselling & Associates

Christopher Heap, Life Coach

Cogent Psychological Services for Men

Colleen Fava Psychotherapy

Compass Community Services

Core Connections

Dr. Angela McHolm & Associates

Dr. Mike Thibodeau, Clinical Psychologist

Edith Townsend Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embrace Psychotherapy

Everworth Counselling Services

Evolve Therapy

Finding Your Own Way

Fleurish Psychotherapy & Wellness

Flourish Psychotherapy Services

GJ Counselling

Greenaway, Theis & Associates Psychological Services

Guelph CBT

Guelph Counselling and Holistic Healing Centre

Guelph Psychology Centre

Heffernan Counselling

Inspire Counselling & Coaching

Jenna McGonegal Therapy

Jett Psychological Services

Jocelyn Hansen Psychotherapy

KS Therapy Services

Laird Counselling Services

Laura May Culver, Knowself Services

Lisa Clendening, BEd, MSW, RSW

Lisa Detwiler, Registered Psychotherapist & Registered Occupational Therapist

Lisa Koole Therapy & Nutrition

Lisa McCaskell Therapy

Lisa Van Huyse Psychotherapy

Marnie Neve, Counselling & Yoga Therapy

McGrath McKinley Counselling

MyLife Counselling

Natural Choice Medical Clinic

Nature & Nurture Psychotherapy

Off The Couch

Paige Oberfelds, MSW RSW

Pathways Counselling & Therapy

Resonance Counselling

Riverwood Therapy

Rose Zen, Registered Psychotherapist

Shift Counselling

Sparks Counselling

Stevie Forbes-Roberts, MSW, RSW

Sunny Harbour Counselling

Tanya Rae Counselling

Tara Cardiff, Trauma Therapy & Somatics

Teresa Smith Psychotherapy

The Glen Tara Centre for Hypnosis, Counselling and Wellness

The Oaks Psychotherapy + Wellness

Therapy with Taylor Geim

Third Path Psychotherapy

Thomas Counselling

Thriving Ivy

Tracy Kennedy Counselling & Trauma Therapy

Trickett Psychotherapy

True North Psychotherapy

Wayhome Counselling

Ziji Psychotherapy

For more options, visit PsychologyToday.

Arrive Yoga + Mindfulness

Barres + Bells

Beith RMT

Bethany Foster RMT

Body in Tune – Guelph

Bodyworks RMT

Breathe True Yoga

Brit Hayes Massage Therapy

CareWell Health Group

Club Pilates Guelph South

Common Ground Studio

Da Estrela Wellness

Dawn Light

DEFY Sports Performance & Physiotherapy

Eastview Physiotherapy

Eddy’s Mobile Physio

Eramosa Physiothearpy Associates

Function Health + Wellness

Guelph RMT

Guelph Studio

Hand & Stone Massage Therapy – Guelph

Jenna Ridpath RMT

Karma Yoga Studio

Lifemark Guelph

Lina Ma Wellness Clinic

Lotus Yoga Academy

Maha Pura Yoga

Massage Addict Guelph

MM Physio Guelph

Motion Plus Physiotherapy

Oxygen Yoga & Fitness – Guelph

Pacific Physiotherapy

Pilates in Guelph

Powell Osetopathy Massage

Power Yoga Canada

Resilient Physiotherapy

Shift Yoga Collective

S.O.S. Physiotherapy

Soul Medic

Speed River Physiotherapy

The Cottage Registered Massage Therapy

Thompson Wellness Clinic

Thriive Wellness Clinic

Umwuka Yoga

Veedha Yoga

Well Daze Eco Health Studio

West Side Physiotherapy

Westwood Physiotherapy

Yoga Nomads