Author name: Gissele Taraba

Gissele Taraba has an Masters in Epidemiology from McMaster University as well as an MSW from Laurier University. She is a published author as well as a researcher and co-owner of Maitri Centre for Love and Compassion

Ep. 110 – Can Grief and Joy Co-Exist Together?

Podcast, Season 7

In this episode, Gissele talks to Maria Belanic about navigating the loss of her son and her father. We discuss how to have compassion for ourselves and others during difficult moments. We also chat about the possibility that joy and grief can co-exist in the same space. If you are struggling with grief, check this episode out.

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Ep. 109 – How to Be Authentically Ourselves Even With Difficult People

Podcast, Season 7

On this very special episode, I speak to Megan Fuccarelli about why it is so difficult to be authentically ourselves in this world. We talk about how to speak our truths even when faced with difficult people and how to address micro aggressions with compassion and patience. Additionally, we talk about how to raise more authentic children.

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Ep. 108 – Can Enemies Live Together? How One Organization Is Creating True Lasting Peace

Podcast, Season 7

Listen to this powerful episode as Gissele chats with Celestin Gariyunka, ED of Prison Fellowship Rwanda who are actively working on creating long lasting peace by bringing together victims and perpetrators of the Rwandan Genocide. Celestin shares his secret to creating true harmony and how housing enemies together brings greater unity.

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Ep. 107 – No More Hiding: Being Authentic and Stopping People Pleasing

Podcast, Season 7

On this amazing conversation, Caroline Jose and I talk about the roots of her people pleasing persona and why she believed that kindness did not pay off. On this episode she talks about all the adversity she has faced including illness, financial instability, divorce, death and loss of identity. She discusses what keeps her going and how generosity and focusing on giving hope to those in the Autism community give her hope of a brighter tomorrow.

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Ep. 106 – Can Self Compassion Help Us Create A Better World?

Podcast, Season 7

For this episode I speak to Barbara With, who channels Einstein and many other key figures. Her work focuses on compassion and how to resolve conflict by using her conflict revolution strategy. We discuss the importance of compassion, and why it is so needed in today’s world. We also speak about why it is so difficult to practice it.

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Ep. 105 – Want More Peace In The World? Try Unconditional Love

Podcast, Season 7

On this powerful episode, I speak to Adam Guzman-Puell about how to unconditionally love ourselves, others and even our enemies. We talk about how we have to consciously choose love every day and some of the struggles I have faced living up to those ideals.

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Ep. 104 – How helping others can help us become happy when we are struggling

Podcast, Season 7

What does it take to become truly happy, joyful and at peace? we have heard that happiness is an inside job, but how often do we depend on external circumstances to to determine how happy we are. On this episode I chat with Karen Olson, who despite having an accident where she lost her ability to walk, she is one of the happiest people you will meet. She shares why she has always cared about others and how despite her inability to walk, she lives a full life.

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Ep. 103- Can We Truly Create a Community Where We All Care About One Another?

Podcast, Season 7

In this conversation I speak to the CEO of SIGN, Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours, which focuses on caring for all members of their community, especially the most vulnerable. We talk about SIGN’s humble beginnings, and the impact of their services on their community. In particular, how free mental health has enabled men who haven’t previously access mental health supports to get what they need. After this conversation, you will be left wondering why we didn’t start these services sooner!

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Ep. 102 – Have We Really Changed? Love, Race, and the Prejudice We Still Refuse to Face

Podcast, Season 7

What happens when love challenges the prejudices of an entire family, and what can that teach us about the world we live in today? In this powerful conversation, Annie Waxman shares her experience of facing intense anti-Black racism from her family in the 1960s after falling in love with a Black man, and reflects on the pain, courage, and forgiveness that shaped her journey. Together, we explore what happens when societies choose to “let things lie,” why confronting difficult truths matters, and whether we have truly moved forward on race relations, or whether history still has lessons we have yet to learn.

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Ep. 101 – Can Authenticity Help Us Create a More Loving and Inclusive World?

Podcast, Season 7

In this amazing conversation with Alex Kopelman, we chat about how authenticity can help us be more accepting of others. We talk about how we have been programmed to conform rather than be authentically ourselves, and how belonging and authenticity can complement one another, and how learning to regulate ourselves during difficult moments can help us achieve true inner feelings of safety.

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Ep. 100 – Choosing Love After the Unthinkable

Podcast, Season 7

Would you be able to forgive your child’s murderer after a school shooting? would you be able to have compassion for the person who took your son away? In this powerful conversation, I speak to Scarlett Lewis, founder of the Choose Love Movement, whose son Jesse was killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting. Scarlett talks about why hatred doesn’t work, why forgiveness is so essential for healing, and why caring for her son’s killer and choosing love, is the only way we may finally be able to address school shootings.

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Ep. 99 – Is there a limit to a Mother’s Love?

Podcast, Season 7

Imagine you adopt two children from foster care, only to find out they come with extraordinary mental health challenges. One of your children has even been diagnosed with psychopathy and is trying to kill one of her sisters…what would you do? How far does a mother’s love go and does it have the power to transform and help heal their child?

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