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

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Why it’s so challenging to love ourselves!

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We are all born beautiful and perfect little babies. Full of unconditional love and compassion as well as joy and curiosity about our world and our fellow human beings. Unfortunately we have learned a lot of messaging that has taken us away from our inherent feelings of love, compassion, joy and abundance. Thus, the journey back to loving ourselves is about unlearning. Many of us, were born to human beings who may have had insecure, or disorganized attachments to their parental figures. They may have been taught conditional love. For those of you who do not know what conditional love […]

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Ep.25 Conversation with Harry Potvin-Loving our Bodies

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Join us for this amazing chat with Harry Potvin, host of the Mental Corner Podcast, as he discusses his mental health struggles, body dysmorphia and how compassion helped him on his journey to being more loving and accepting of himself and his own emotions. 

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Ep.24 Emmanuel Dagher-Compassion for those we deem hurtful

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This is the perfect time for a conversation on how to love those we deem unlovable.  Listen to this amazing chat between myself and the incredible Emmanuel Dagher, who has presented at the United Nations, as well as the World Congress about peace love and healing. 

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Ep.23 Dr. Danielle Law-Addressing bullying with compassion.

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Listen to Dr. Danielle Law’s wisdom on why bullying happens and how we can positively influence bullying with compassion! We talk about her research on bullying and find out some surprising things about cyberbullying and physical bullying. This is a must listen for anyone interested in having a greater understanding why bullying happens.

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Parenting with Compassion

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Recently David and I had the opportunity to attend the Ask Sharifa show as guests on a panel. The topic of conversation switched to parenting teenage children, especially during the pandemic. As parents of two teenagers, David and I know the parenting challenges that can arise at the different stages of our children’s lives. As we have all heard, kids aren’t born with a manual, and even if we did have one, no one-size strategy can fit all the needs of young people. Today, on the surface it may appear as though the needs of our children are not the

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Ep.22 Tanya Memme – Creating a love filled home environment.

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Join Tanya Memme, host of A&E’s Sell This House, as she and I discuss being in Hollywood, how to bring greater love into our home environments, finding the strength to rebuild after a failure, and the importance of finding our voice.

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Ep.21 Justin Court-Spread the love

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Join us for a great conversation with Justin Court, founder of Spread the Love Movement, as we chat about unconditional love, becoming our God self, and so much more!

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Ep.20 Susan Pollak – Compassion and Parenting

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Parenting can be challenging! It is one of the most challenging jobs we will ever do. But it is also greatly rewarding.  In order for us to have compassion with our children, we need to begin with ourselves. When we hold space for ourselves, we have more to give others.  In this podcast interview I chat with Susan M. Pollak, Author of “Self-Compassion for Parents”, on how to nurture our children by caring for ourselves.  It is a must listen! 

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Here are 10 reasons why Ted Lasso is a compassionate leader:

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The Ted Lasso show has become a hit worldwide. It has been nominated for multiple Emmys and has won numerous awards. What has been most surprising about the hit show is people’s reaction to Coach Lasso’s compassionate, collaborative, generous and positive outlook. Many are calling his approach a breath of fresh air in leadership. **Warning: spoilers ahead** The show follows a small time football coach who is hired to coach a professional soccer team in England despite having had no previous experience. He gets hired by the owner Rebecca in an attempt to hurt her ex-husband who loves soccer. Eventually

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Ep.18 James W. Jesso – Psychodelics Mental Health and Compassion

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Join us for this amazing chat with James W. Jesso on how psychedelics can assist in mental well being.  In our discussion we talk about common misconceptions of drug use, how psychedelics assisted in his journey of healing as well as how psychedelics may bring greater compassion into our consciousness.  

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