Content warning: This blog contains discussion of suicide. — https://play.pod.co/ruthless-compassion-with-dr-marcia-sirota/dealing-with-loss-during-the-holidays-in-wake-of-the-death-of-london-knight-abakar-kazbekov The season for celebrating holidays is here, filled with parties, family gatherings, and copious amounts of food and drink, but what if making merry is the last thing on our minds? It just occurred to me that the recent suicide of Stephen “tWitch”Boss, a mere ten days before Christmas…

Content warning: This blog contains discussion of suicide. — Like so many others, I’m heartbroken to learn about the suicide of Stephen tWitch Boss. I remember watching him on So You Think You Can Dance in 2008 and falling in love with his talent, his charm and his grace. As a fan, I’ve been keeping an eye out for…

I’ve been noticing lately that a lot of people are engaged in body shaming. So I thought it would be good to look at who we shame. We shame people who we perceive as overweight and we also shame people who we consider underweight. …

Thanksgiving Season is Upon Us — Another Canadian Thanksgiving has come and gone and another American Thanksgiving approaches. As I sit down to write about being thankful, I realize that this might be pretty challenging to a lot of people. These are difficult times. Our political system both north and south of the border is increasingly…

Stress is always hard to deal with, and financial stress is one of the worst types of stress we can experience. That’s because it goes right to our survival fears. We wonder if we can keep our family and ourselves out of trouble. The economy is not doing very well…

Halloween is almost here. It’s got me thinking about the masks that we wear on this holiday as well as those we wear all year long. We choose to wear a disguise on Halloween but often, without realizing it, our choice of masks reveals more about us than we might…

Mass shootings are becoming commonplace in the US — As I write this blog, I’m thinking that most likely, there will be another mass shooting in the US by the time it’s published. According to recent statistics, there have been 300 mass shootings in the united states since January 2022. That’s almost two per day. A mass shooting is…

Lately, we’ve noticed that the prices of food and gas have sky-rocketed. This is the last thing we need after 2 years of unrelenting stress. Covid has pushed us to the limit, and just when we thought we couldn’t handle anymore, we’re now having to deal with inflation rates that…

Over the past couple of years, fun has been the last thing on our minds. We’ve gone through incredible hardships, whether from isolation, financial stress, or loss. Life has been all about managing the challenges we’ve been facing. Now that things are finally opening up again, we can start to…