Ruthless Compassion With Dr. Marcia Sirota

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 Community of Engaged Buddhism. She is also a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. Her new book, When the Whole World Tips: Parenting through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance (Parallax Press, Nov. 21, 2023), describes how to find balance while navigating seemingly impossible parenting situations. Learn more at celialandman.com Website: celialandman.com  Social Media:  https://www.facebook.com/celia.landman/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/celia-landman-232185149/  https://www.instagram.com/celiasacct/ Book: When the Whole World Tips: Parenting through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance (Parallax Press, Nov. 21, 2023)

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.bootrundle.com  Instagram: @bootrundle  https://www.instagram.com/bootrundle/?hl=en Twitter/X: @eliztrundle  Tiktok: bootrundle  https://www.tiktok.com/@bootrundle Facebook: bootrundle https://www.facebook.com/BooTrundle Her debut novel, The Daughter Ship, is out now on Pantheon Books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/713057/the-daughter-ship-by-boo-trundle/

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 writing at Northeastern University in Massachusetts. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast writing program and a Certificate in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. She has had numerous interviews and essays on topics ranging from loss and grief to parenting and aging published in the The Boston Globe, HuffPost, Yankee Magazine, The Washington Post, Ms. Magazine, Creative Nonfiction, and other notable publications. Though her Canadian roots run deep, she lives in New Hampshire with her husband, two children (when they are home from university), and chocolate Lab. Website: melaniebrooks.com Facebook: ht

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 Mental Health Podcast. He works to remove the stigma of mental health encouraging people to reach out because there is HOPE out there for everyone. Learn more: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinfrankish Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KevinFrankish Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinfrankish/?originalSubdomain=ca The Mental Health Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-mental-health-podcast/id1710036842 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KevinFrankishChannel Website: https://kevinfrankish.com/

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 about empathy as the road to higher performance, workplace wellness, multigenerational team engagement and effective communication. You can find more about her and her work below:  Website: https://www.empathyeverywhere.co/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miminicklin/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miminicklin/ The MiMi YouYou Show on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/47LYXu1  The MiMi YouYou Show on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3tlHSbe  Softening The Edge (Mimi's book): https://amzn.to/48qOKnQ

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 need for success. Her work and expertise have been featured in Forbes, Good Morning America, Fox, and more. Bailey is currently working on her EdD in Learning and Organizational Change, exploring how generative AI can help us learn human skills. Previously, she completed her Masters in Communications and Culture at Toronto Metropolitan University with research looking into social media's impact on mental health, the results of which she's presented in multiple global forums and turned into her signature 5 Steps Towards #SafeSocial and a connected non-profit of the same name. Linkedin: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/baileyparnell Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bailey

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 Black community, due to her personal mental health experiences. Carlita is a Licensed Mental Health First Aid Instructor and the Chief Wellness Advisor for the Harriet Tubman Effect, an institute of research and strategy for justice advocacy. Carlita is also an active performer and certified personal fitness instructor. REBUILD Fundraiser: Since January of 2023, we have funded over 400 therapy sessions for formerly incarcerated people of color. However, REBUILD will close its doors in December 2023 if we cannot raise $300,000. With your partnership, we can reach this goal together.  Please help Darkness RISING by sharing our fundraising campaign. Here's how

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 confronted the aftermath of a traumatic sexual assault, the loss of dear friends, and a fierce struggle with addiction. In 2017, he made a resolute decision to reclaim his life, embarking on a path of therapy, recovery, and redemption. https://www.podfol.io/profile/jonathan-niziol/r/recGkEe23ga9DHrb1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathanniziol/ Sutherland Model Portfolio: https://www.sutherlandmodels.com/men/110-jonathan-niziol/bio/

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 Metropolitan University. He has previously studied psychology and philosophy at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, child development at the Erikson Institute in Chicago, neuroscience at King's College London, and cognitive psychology at the University of Cambridge. His TEDx talk on why we need to talk about suicide is among the most watched in the world. Mark is a nationally syndicated weekly radio columnist for CBC. Twitter: @markhenick FB Page: @markhenick IG: @markhenick His book: https://a.co/d/hMIqH4S

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 is to help every Indigenous youth see and feel their enormous value in the world while creating sustainable cosmetics. Cheekbone Beauty is a certified B. Corp Certified company committed to meeting and exceeding high standards of transparency, employee benefits and charitable giving not only to staff but to supply chain practices. During Cheekbone Beauty's infancy, Jenn endured a heavy personal loss with the suicide of her brother B.J. This loss, though difficult, has remained a driving force behind the desire to see Cheekbone Beauty succeed with its mission, to empower Indigenous youth. In addition to Cheekbone's mission, she strives to educate as many people as pos

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 Ontario Bar in 1978 and holds an MHSc in Bioethics from the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. He was a part time Member of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal from 2008 to 2018 and from 1998 to 2008 a Vice Chair and Senior Lawyer Member of the Consent and Capacity Board, to which he was reappointed in 2018. Mark's articles on consent and capacity law, mental health law, end of life decision-making and Powers of Attorney have appeared in the popular press as well as peer-reviewed medical and legal journals. While practising law in London, Ontario between 1978 and 2002 he was president of the London Chamber of Commerce, president of the Better Business B

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, he published Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation, which popularized the term "baby-boomer" and was a finalist for the American Book Award in Nonfiction. In 2015, he received the Henry R. Luce Award for Lifetime Achievement from Time Inc. He is from St. Louis, Missouri, and currently resides in Princeton, New Jersey.  His most recent book is Celebrity Nation: How America Evolved into a Culture of Fans and Followers, published in May 2023 by Beacon Press. https://www.lannyjones.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lannyjones?s=20 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lannyj1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/landonyjones/?hl=en Threads: lando

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 Morning America, Today Show, and Refinery 29, among others. She is also a contributing writer to the Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestseller So God Made a Mother. Over five years sober and a founding host of the Sober Mom Squad, Celeste advocates for mothers who struggle with addiction and mental health. She is a recipient of the Windfelt Inspire Award by the Dry Society Social Club, as well as 2x winner of Red Tricycle's Spoke Challenge for best writing. She lives in Reno, Nevada, with her husband and two children.  Her new book It's Not About The Wine: The Loaded Truth Behind Mommy Wine Culture comes out Sept. 12.  https://www.instagram.com/theultimat

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 magazine copy editor in New York, Laura Carney has been published by the Washington Post, the Associated Press, The Hill, Runner's World, Good Housekeeping, The Fix, Upworthy, Maria Shriver's The Sunday Paper, and other places. She has worked as a copy editor in national magazines—primarily women's—for twenty years, including Vanity Fair, GQ, People, and Good Housekeeping. This is her first book.  myfatherslist.com bylauracarney.com  @myfatherslist 

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 Book, and her essay collection, I Hope We Choose Love, received a Publishing Triangle Award. She writes the advice column "Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse" for Xtra. Kai Cheng Thom's newest book, Falling Back in Love with Being Human will be out on August 1, 2023. https://kaichengthom.com/ https://twitter.com/razorfemme https://www.instagram.com/kaichengthom https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/713624/falling-back-in-love-with-being-human-by-kai-cheng-thom/9780735245938

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 Book, and her essay collection, I Hope We Choose Love, received a Publishing Triangle Award. She writes the advice column "Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse" for Xtra. Kai Cheng Thom's newest book, Falling Back in Love with Being Human will be out on August 1, 2023. https://kaichengthom.com/ https://twitter.com/razorfemme https://www.instagram.com/kaichengthom https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/713624/falling-back-in-love-with-being-human-by-kai-cheng-thom/9780735245938

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 Years, was published in 2004. She is a 2020 graduate of the University of King’s College’s creative nonfiction MFA. She won an honourable mention in Prairie Fire’s 2020 CNF contest and was shortlisted for The Fiddlehead’s 2019 CNF contest. She lives in Toronto and has served as a judge at the National Magazine Awards for several years. Follow Laura on: Linkedin Instagram Facebook http://www.laurapratt.ca/about/

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 believes your voice and story have the power to inspire action and instigate change. Carol is the creator of ‘Spark your G.E.N.I.U.S.’ and the initiative ‘Women Living BIG’, and is committed to helping women get out their comfort zones so they can excel in their career, start and grow their own businesses, and achieve their potential by taking real action. She has lived, worked and/or volunteered in Thailand, India, Peru, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the US, the UK, visited 30 countries and counting, and brings a unique and global perspective to all she does. Passionate about many things, Carol is also a volunteer bereavement facilitator and camp counsellor,

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 believes your voice and story have the power to inspire action and instigate change. Carol is the creator of ‘Spark your G.E.N.I.U.S.’ and the initiative ‘Women Living BIG’, and is committed to helping women get out their comfort zones so they can excel in their career, start and grow their own businesses, and achieve their potential by taking real action. She has lived, worked and/or volunteered in Thailand, India, Peru, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the US, the UK, visited 30 countries and counting, and brings a unique and global perspective to all she does. Passionate about many things, Carol is also a volunteer bereavement facilitator and camp counsellor,

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 appears regularly on the Southern California radio shows KPCC FilmWeek and KCRW Press Play. A third-generation Los Angeles native, Christy is a member of the LA Film Critics Association. You can find her on Twitter.