The sadness we’re all feeling is profound Now that the Covid-19 pandemic is in full-swing, a lot of people have been breaking down and crying these days, and these are people who don’t make a habit out of shedding tears. But their grief is real, and they’ve been weeping more in the past few weeks […]
Motivating people to change Ontario and Quebec have both just released the statistics on the projected number of infections and deaths from Covid-19. The Federal projections just came out as well, and they’re pretty dire. People are wondering if knowing the facts will ensure 100% compliance with social distancing over the next few months. The […]
The mental health toll of Covid-19 As all the experts talk about the serious physical health risks of the Covid-19 pandemic, I want to talk about the equally serious risks to our mental health. The fact is that this pandemic is stirring up our deepest, most primordial fears around survival. Every human being has these […]
Canada is reeling over Covid-19 Right now, in the midst of the global pandemic, people around the world are feeling frightened, helpless and out of control. We have no idea what’s coming, whether on a personal, familial, economic or societal level. Here in Canada, this is a relatively new and unpleasant experience for most of […]
The Stats Don’t Lie: Today in Canada, the most valuable public health tool we have for fighting Covid-19 is social distancing. This is so important because the statistics demonstrate that every person infected with the virus is likely to infect 2.5 other people. If each of these 2.5 other people infect 2.5 people, and if […]
Choosing happiness during a pandemic International Day of Happiness is here on March 20th and the timing is interesting, as it arrives right in the middle of a global coronavirus pandemic. As people across the world scramble to figure out their new normal – at least for the time being – happiness is probably the […]
Covid-19 anxiety is going viral: The world is reeling from the effects of the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus, now known as Covid-19. Here in Canada, we’re perhaps at a slight advantage after dealing with the SARS crisis in 2003. We learned a lot at the time and I think that we’re being proactive to help […]
Does “Bachelor” mean “bad choices”? The recent season of the Bachelor just concluded and my take-away from the entire fiasco – because it was, indeed, a fiasco – was that it seems impossible for the Bachelors and Bachelorettes to exhibit good judgment while appearing on the show. I can’t imagine that the producers deliberately seek […]
Two steps forward… International Women’s Day reminds me of the many strides that women have made and underscores the struggles that we still face. One persisting problem is how women’s voices, opinions and desires are still being discounted and dismissed. It’s still so hard for some men to take a woman seriously. I think that […]
As International Women’s Day approaches, I’ve been thinking about some of the challenges facing women today. Sadly, many of these issues are the same ones we’ve been facing for centuries. Yes, there’s been progress, especially in the first world, but some of the most pressing problems aren’t going away any time soon. Many of us […]
