It seems that for many people these days, it’s gotten a lot harder to connect with others. Unfortunately, people who’ve experienced childhood trauma are at an even greater disadvantage when it comes to forming attachments. Childhood trauma can have life-long repercussions. These can be minor to severe, depending on the severity and duration of […]
Sarah Silverman shocked the internet the other day when she responded with tremendous compassion to an internet troll. This person had something horrible to say to her and instead of blowing off the person or schooling them in the polite use of social media, she reached out with concern. She told her online offender that […]
The 2018 winter Olympics are here and they’re off to becoming the most politicized games ever. Since the start of Olympic season, I’ve observed some fascinating and inspiring events. Most inspiring was champion skier Lindsey Vonn who has said that she won’t represent U.S. President Donald Trump when she skis in the Olympics. She said […]
Maybe you’re too young to remember when people went on dates and actually talked to each-other, without the intrusion of technology into their interactions. Maybe you can’t remember a time when people just hung out together and connected. I can and I have to say, I miss those days. It used to be that people […]
I was listening to a phone-in radio show, the day when Ontario provincial PC leader Patrick Brown announced his resignation as PC party leader. One of the people phoning in insisted that we should give Mr. Brown the benefit of the doubt about his actions, and that got me thinking. For decades, people have been […]
I was watching the Grammy Awards the other night and becoming increasingly frustrated. With all the talk about “Time’s Up” and “MeToo” and with Kesha’s powerful performance about her own experience with oppression, you’d think that the Grammys had got it right when it comes to supporting women. But watching the show made it clear […]
The holiday season can be full of fun, family and friends but it can also be a lonely time of year. If you aren’t feeling the holiday spirit right now there could be a number of reasons for this. It could be that your loved ones are far away and you’re unable to spend time […]
We all do it: We make our New Year’s resolutions and mean to keep them but half-way through January we’ve already broken almost every one. For example, we’ve vowed to go off sugar but suddenly we find ourselves biting into a jelly doughnut. Or, we’ve pledged to quit smoking and yet here we are on […]
We’ve been going about the treatment of addiction in the wrong way. Rather than a behavioural approach, we need to look at the true cause of addiction in order to find a viable cure. The fact is, all addictions are caused by the same thing and therefore can be healed in the same way. First […]
As the holiday season approaches, I think we can all agree that it’s been a rough year. President Trump appears determined to destroy everything we hold dear and it seems like every other day, another few names are added to the growing list of celebrity sex offenders. The environment is in critical shape and people are more disconnected than ever, […]
