Best Ruthless Compassion With Dr Marcia Sirota Podcasts (2024)

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177 - Modern-Day Sex Trafficking with Brian Joseph 36:27

2h ago36:27

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Brian Joseph is the author of Vegas Concierge: Sex Trafficking, Hip Hop, and Corruption In America. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and investigative journalist for about 20 years, writing for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Orange County Register, and the Sacramento Bee, among other publications. In 2013-14, he was an investigative reporti…

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176 - The Dark Side of Being a Smith in Utah with Lyn Smith Gregory 41:59

6d ago41:59

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LYN SMITH GREGORY grew up in Utah as one of nine children in a devout Mormon family. Her great, great uncle was Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church. At 19, she left the Church and moved to New York City, eventually obtaining an MBA at NYU. After a 20-year career in the tech industry, she left to pursue writing full-time and has attended the …

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175 - 52 Weeks To A Sweeter Life with Farzana Doctor 42:36

20d ago42:36

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Farzana Doctor is a Toronto-based author, activist and psychotherapist. Since 1993, Farzana has been a social worker at community based agencies and a mental health hospital. She is now in private practice where she provides psychotherapy to individuals and couples and clinical consultation to other therapists. She is a founding member of the End F…

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174 - Women's Mental Health with Misty Pratt 40:14

1M ago40:14

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Misty Pratt is a science communicator and author of the book All In Her Head: How Gender Bias Harms Women's Mental Health. With over a decade of experience working in the field of biomedical research, Misty unpacks how personal and systemic biases have shaped our scientific understanding of disease and wellness. Misty has written for publications i…

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173 - The Devastating Impact of Addiction on Families with Patricia Roos 45:33

2M ago45:33

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Patricia Roos was a professor of sociology at Rutgers University when in 2015 her 25-year-old son Alex died from a heroin overdose. Her training as a sociologist led her on a quest to better understand what happened to her family. Building on her professional and academic perspectives, she wrote a sociological memoir, Surviving Alex: A Mother's Sto…

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172 - Navigating Intergenerational Trauma with Tracey Yokas 40:23

2M ago40:23

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Tracey Yokas creates stuff. When she isn't writing about mental health and wellness, she can be found playing with paint, glitter, and glue. She shares about her family's journey with mental illness so others will know they are not alone. She is dedicated to supporting women in the journey towards authenticity, and fulfills her mission by creating …

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171 - The Power of Empathy with Michael Tennant 42:57

3M ago42:57

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Michael Tennant is the Founder, and CEO of Curiosity Lab, a purpose-driven venture studio and consultancy that builds products and experiences that teach empathy, creator of the empathy card game, Actually Curious, and author of The Power of Empathy, described by Inc. as "effectively balancing a self-help approach with a practical explanation of ho…

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170 - Purposeful Empathy with Dr. Anita Nowak 39:13

3M ago39:13

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Anita Nowak, PhD, is an empathy evangelist, author, TEDx speaker, podcaster, award-winning educator, certified coach, and founder of Purposeful Empathy by Design, an advisory firm that helps purpose-driven organizations create cultures of empathy and social impact. Passionate about mentoring the next generation of changemakers, she teaches Leadersh…

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169 - Jessi Kneeland Discusses Body Neutrality 51:58

4M ago51:58

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Jessi Kneeland (they/them) is a queer and non-binary body image coach, speaker, and author of the book BODY NEUTRAL: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Body Image Issues. Through a concept called body neutrality—the practice of consciously stripping our bodies of all false or inflated meaning, biases, and moral significance—Jessi is committed both…

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168 - Alysson Bourque on Creative Problem Solving for Kids 29:34

4M ago29:34

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Award-winning author, Alysson Foti Bourque, began her career as a teacher after graduating from University of Louisiana Lafayette with a degree in Elementary Education. She earned a law degree from the Southern University Law Center in 2007. After practicing law for six years, it was time to trade in writing trial briefs for writing children’s book…

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167 - Keeping Our Children Safe with Dr. Leslie Dobson 29:50

5M ago29:50

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Dr. Leslie Dobson is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist in California. She has over 20 years of psychology experience. She has worked in maximum security settings with individuals who committed violent felonies and were found to have a severe mental illness. Over the past three years, Dr. Dobson has primarily focused on civil law. She is…

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166 - The Truth About Our Mammalian Brain With Loretta Breuning, PhD 36:59

5M ago36:59

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Disclaimer: We were having difficulties with our audio. We apologize for the poor sound quality. Loretta Breuning, PhD, is Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and Professor Emerita of Management at California State University, East Bay. She is the author of many personal development books, including Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to …

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165 - Revolutionary Optimism with Dr. Paul Zeitz 43:43

6M ago43:43

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Dr. Paul Zeitz is a preventive medicine physician, epidemiologist, author, and award-winning champion of global justice and human rights. He has been on the front lines of the global AIDS movement, climate transformation, racial and gender equity, authentic democracy, sustainable development, and child welfare in the U.S. and around the world. Ofte…

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164 - Conscious Parenting with Dr. Liza Finlay 40:45

6M ago40:45

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Liza holds a master's degree in counselling psychology and a PhD in general psychology. She conducts research, teaches and writes in an attempt to spread awareness and knowledge beyond the four walls of her therapy practice. A passionate believer in social equality and social justice, Liza serves on the board of ALFREDS, a charity dedicated to impr…

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163 - The Truth About Adoption with Rebecca Wellington 49:54

6M ago49:54

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Writer, historian, and educator Rebecca Wellington teaches at the University of Puget Sound in the School of Education. She has taught high school social studies, as well as undergraduate courses and graduate level courses in education history and curriculum and instruction. Her higher-education teaching adventures have taken her to universities ac…

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162 - The Importance of Empathy with Judith Orloff 52:45

7M ago52:45

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Judith Orloff, MD is a psychiatrist, an empath, and author of the new book The Genius of Empathy (Foreword by the Dalai Lama), which offers powerful skills to tap into empathy as a daily healing practice in your life and relationships. She also wrote The Empath's Survival Guide and Thriving as an Empath. Dr. Orloff is a New York Times bestselling a…

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161 - Releasing the Inner Artist with Jodie King 48:39

8M ago48:39

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Jodie King is a professional artist, educator, and entrepreneur on a mission to unleash your inner power, freedom, and joy! With 20 years of art experience and a playful, spiritual approach, Jodie connects with audiences from around the world. She is known for her high-demand innovative online art and business courses as well as national and intern…

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160 - Finding the Words to Talk About Grief and Loss with Colin Campbell 48:06

8M ago48:06

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Colin Campbell is an Academy Award nominated writer and director for theater and film. He teaches theater and film at Chapman University and Cal Poly Pomona University. When his two beautiful and brilliant teenage children, Ruby and Hart, were killed by a drunk driver in 2019, Colin fell into a terrifying chasm of aching and hopelessness. He drew s…

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159-Nya Abernathy on Living with Dignity and Wonder 46:25

8M ago46:25

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Nya Abernathy is an emotional health educator and the founder of The Dignity Effect. She also writes at her publication Of Earth & Of Stars where readers welcome wonder with their feet on the ground and their eyes to the sky. She also offers emotional health and depth classes for actors. Her new book Welcome, Wonder: A season of practices to curate…

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158 - Avis O'Brien on Creativity, Healing, and Reconciliation 35:16

9M ago35:16

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TRIGGER WARNING: This podcast discusses the topic of suicide. If you or a loved one are contemplating suicide please call or text 9-8-8. For the Kids Helpline call 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT. Indigenous Peoples call 1-855-242-3310. N'alag̱a / Ḵ'áw kuuna (Avis O'Brien), a Haida/Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw artist and Land Based Cultural Empowerment Facilitat…

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157 - How Parents Can Use Mindfulness to Help Their Kids Through Crisis with Celia Landman 52:28

9M ago52:28

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Celia Landman, MA, is a mindfulness educator offering support to teens and adults. She draws from experiences working with those impacted by trauma, addiction, and anxiety, and creates customized meditation, visualizations, and trainings to reconnect them to their wholeness. She was ordained by Thich Nhat Hahn as a member of the Plum Village Commun…

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156 - Boo Trundle Discusses Her Novel, The Daughter Ship 35:15

10M ago35:15

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Boo Trundle is a writer, artist, and performer whose work has appeared across various platforms and publications, including The Brooklyn Rail, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and NPR's The Moth. She has released three albums of original music with Big Deal Records. She lives in New Jersey. The Daughter Ship is her first novel. Website: www.bootrundl…

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155 - How Secrets Oppress Us with Melanie Brooks 36:20

10M ago36:20

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Melanie Brooks is the author of the memoir A Hard Silence: One daughter remaps family, grief, and faith when HIV/AIDS changes it all (Vine Leaves Press, 2023) and Writing Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art from Trauma (Beacon Press, 2017) She teaches creative nonfiction in the M.F.A. program at Bay Path University and professional w…

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154-The Mental Health Journey of Kevin Frankish 54:24

11M ago54:24

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Kevin Frankish has been a vocal mental health advocate since suffering his first panic attack while on air on City TV Toronto's Breakfast Television. He lives with Severe Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. He now works with The Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, Ontario and hosts a podcast called The Ment…

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153-Why Empathy Matters with Mimi Nicklin 51:39

11M ago51:39

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Mimi Nicklin is the internationally bestselling author of 'Softening The Edge,' the Founder of the world's first organizational empathy platform, www.EmpathyEverywhere.co, and the top 5-rated podcast host of 'The MiMi YouYou Show'. She is an experienced organization consultant and the CEO. As an inclusive millennial leader, she passionately talks a…

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152-Practicing Safe Social with Bailey Parnell 52:22

12M ago52:22

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Bailey Parnell is the Founder & CEO of SkillsCamp, a soft skills training company, and was named one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women. Bailey is a 2x TED speaker with over 4 million views, an award-winning and internationally-recognized entrepreneur, an active humanitarian, and one with a talent for helping people develop the skills they nee…

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151-Carlita Ector on Providing Much-Needed Mental Health Resources to People of Colour 44:33

1y ago44:33

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Founding Executive Director Carlita Ector is a Raleigh, North Carolina native, she attended The University of NC at Greensboro (BFA Dance Performance & Choreography, K-12 Dance Education). A committed mental health advocate, Carlita founded Darkness RISING Nonprofit for Black mental health to create a safe space and mental health resources for the …

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150-Moving Beyond Addiction with Jonathan Niziol 52:28

1y ago52:28

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As a model and professional lacrosse player, Jonathan’s life was perfect on the surface. But the mental health and addiction issues that held him in their grip made it difficult to move forward fully in life. Behind the lens and beneath the spotlight, Johnathan faced a private hell of depression, anxiety, and a crippling eating disorder. He confron…

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149-Mark Henick's Journey of Resilience 47:29

1y ago47:29

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Mark is the bestselling author of "So-Called Normal: A Memoir of Family, Depression and Resilience," (HarperCollins, 2021). He previously served as National Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Canadian Mental Health Association, and as a board member for the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Mark is a Master of Journalism Student at Toronto…

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148-Being an eco-beauty-warrior with Jennifer Harper 38:17

1y ago38:17

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An award-winning social entrepreneur, Jenn Harper is the Founder and CEO of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics INC. Cheekbone Beauty is a digital direct to consumer brand helping Indigenous youth see themselves in a beauty brand while using the concept of Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) in the brands ethos and in developing products. Cheekbone Beauty's mission i…

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147 - The Most Important Decisions We Have to Make in Our Lives with Mark Handelman 41:43

1y ago41:43

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At the end of our lives there are many decisions we have to make. Sometimes, we need to make those decision well in advance and sometimes, we need other people to make those decisions for us. In this episode, lawyer Mark Handelman discussed his work dealing with issues of consent, capacity, and end-of-life wishes. Mark Handelman was called to the O…

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146 - The Dark Side of Celebrity Culture with Landon Jones 47:13

1y ago47:13

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Landon Y. (Lanny) Jones is an editor and author. He is the former managing editor of People and Money magazines and the author of William Clark and the Shaping of the West (2004), a biography of the co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Jones also edited a selection of the expedition journals, The Essential Lewis and Clark (2000). In 1980, h…

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145 - Mothering While Sober with Celeste Yvonne 34:57

1y ago34:57

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Sober mom advocate Celeste Yvonne is a writer and certified recovery coach (IAPRC) with over 20 years of experience as a communications professional in corporate America. Her essays on parenting, the mental load of motherhood, mommy wine culture, and sobriety resonates with mothers everywhere and has been featured in the Washington Post, Good Morni…

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144 Life Lessons Learned from Finishing My Father’s List with Laura Carney 34:55

1+ y ago34:55

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Laura Carney is a repeat guest on the show. We interviewed her when she was in the middle of finishing her mission to complete her late father's bucket list—54 items in five years. She has since published a book about her experience, a memoir from Post Hill Press, distributed by Simon & Schuster, out in bookstores July 11, 2023. A writer and magazi…

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143 (Part Two) - Kai Cheng Thom on Falling Back in Love with Being Human 24:22

1+ y ago24:22

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Kai Cheng Thom is a writer, performance artist, and community healer. She is the author of the novel Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars, which was chosen by Emma Watson for her online feminist book club and shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award. Her poetry collection a place called No Homeland was an American Library Association Stonewall Honor …

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143 (Part One) - Kai Cheng Thom on Falling Back in Love with Being Human 27:28

1+ y ago27:28

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Kai Cheng Thom is a writer, performance artist, and community healer. She is the author of the novel Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars, which was chosen by Emma Watson for her online feminist book club and shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award. Her poetry collection a place called No Homeland was an American Library Association Stonewall Honor …

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142 - Perspectives on Heartbreak with Laura Pratt 39:51

1+ y ago39:51

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Laura Pratt is a journalist, writer, and editor. Her second book, Heartbroken: Field Notes on a Constant Condition, was published in early 2023 by Penguin Random House Canada. She has written for numerous Canadian magazines and her articles have appeared in Canadian Living, Toronto Life, Maclean’s, and Chatelaine. Her first memoir, The Fleeting Yea…

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141 - Being Brave with Carol Schulte 48:05

1+ y ago48:05

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International speaker, personal development trainer and certified coach, Carol is on a mission to empower people to live BIG lives (how many folks can say they’ve lived in an Ashram, shaved their head, or bungee jumped in their birthday suit?) no matter what life throws at them. She holds a BFA in Theatre Performance and an MA in Communication, and…

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140 — The Movie 'Living' and Its Life-Affirming Message with Christy Lemire 40:57

1+ y ago40:57

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Christy Lemire is a longtime film critic who was the film critic for The Associated Press for nearly 15 years and co-hosted the public television series "Ebert Presents At the Movies" opposite Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, with Roger Ebert serving as managing editor. Christy co-hosts the film review podcast and YouTube show "Breakfast All Day." She also ap…

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139 — How Mental Health in Our Youth is Supported by Independent Play in Childhood with Peter Gray 1:00:26

1+ y ago1:00:26

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Peter Gray Ph.D. is a research professor at Boston College. He is also is author of Free to Learn (Basic Books) and Psychology (Worth Publishers, a college textbook now in its 8th edition). He has conducted and published research in neuroendocrinology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and education. His current research and writing focus pri…

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138 — 'The Quiet Girl' Shows How Love Can Transform a Child with Sean Kelly 29:21

1+ y ago29:21

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Sean Patrick Kelly is a film blogger and freelance writer based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He graduated with a B.A. in Cinema and Media Studies in 2010. He later expanded his film production knowledge by receiving a continuing education certificate from Ryerson University in 2013. In addition to his writing for his own site, Sean Kelly has co…

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137 — 'A Thousand and One': Creating A Family Under The Most Difficult of Circumstances with Linda Cook 33:10

1+ y ago33:10

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Linda Cook is a digital multimedia journalist/film critic, who worked 35 years at a newspaper before joining the Local 4 team in August 2020. She is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, rottentomatoes.com, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and the American Jail Association. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English and elementary e…

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136 — Everything Everywhere All at Once', an Exploration of Perfectionism, Depression, and Nihilistic Rage with Christy Lemire 41:02

1+ y ago41:02

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Christy Lemire is a longtime film critic who was the film critic for The Associated Press for nearly 15 years and co-hosted the public television series "Ebert Presents At the Movies" opposite Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, with Roger Ebert serving as managing editor. Christy co-hosts the film review podcast and YouTube show "Breakfast All Day." She also ap…

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135 — Eating for Health and Joy with Dr. William Li 1:06:08

1+ y ago1:06:08

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Dr. William Li is a world-renowned physician, scientist, and New York Times bestselling author, best known for his role as President and Medical Director of the Angiogenesis Foundation. His work has led to more than 40 FDA-approved therapeutics and devices for cancer, cardiovascular disease, wound healing, and vision loss. Dr. Li examines “food as …

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134 — A Compassionate Approach to Community Mental Health Care with Vicky Stergiopoulos 36:37

1+ y ago36:37

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Vicky Stergiopoulos is a Clinician Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Before joining CAMH, she served as the Psychiatrist-in-Chief at St. Michael’s Hospital, leading the development of several innovative health solutions for people experiencing homele…

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133 — Doing Business with Integrity, Authenticity, and Courage with Leanne Nicolle 38:07

1+ y ago38:07

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Leanne Nicolle is a social innovator, changemaker, and advocate for girls and women. She has dedicated her career to driving societal change to improve women’s well-being in athletics, education, and the workplace. Leanne launched the Olympic movement programs with sports organizations and strategic partners, enabling talented athletes to excel in …

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132 — How the Movie 'Turning Red' Explores Women's Emotions and Power with Jason Anderson 39:53

1+ y ago39:53

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Jason Anderson is a film programmer, journalist and lecturer in Toronto. He programs for the Toronto International Film Festival, Aspen Shortsfest and the Kingston Canadian Film Festival. A former film critic for Toronto's Eye Weekly and The Grid, he writes regularly for such publications as Broadview, Sight & Sound, Uncut and Cinema Scope.…

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131 — Dr. Xavier Amador: Healing Serious Mental Illness Through Listening, Empathy and Humility 36:49

2y ago36:49

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Dr. Xavier Amador is an internationally renowned clinical psychologist, author, and leader in his field. His books, published clinical research, worldwide speaking tours and extensive work in schizophrenia, bipolar and other disorders have been translated into 30 languages. He is also the CEO of the Henry Amador Center on Anosognosia and a family c…

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130 — Jason Anderson: 'The Fabelmans' and What It Means To Be An Artist 43:49

2y ago43:49

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Jason Anderson is a film programmer, journalist and lecturer in Toronto. He programs for the Toronto International Film Festival, Aspen Shortsfest and the Kingston Canadian Film Festival. A former film critic for Toronto's Eye Weekly and The Grid, he writes regularly for such publications as Broadview, Sight & Sound, Uncut and Cinema Scope. Origina…

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