Love and Compassion with Gissele

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. 

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.  

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. 

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! 

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.

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.  

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.  

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 sociopathy 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?

Have you lost trust in yourself? are you in the process of becoming but feel lost? Then this episode is for you.  Natasha Ramlall works with high functioning women who have lost their old identity but have not yet embodied their new ideal.  In this episode we talk about how to handle an identity crisis with compassion, acceptance, and patience. 

What power does surrender have in helping us be more authentically ourselves? In this conversation, I chat with Daryl Dittmer about what helped him address his addictions, the power of vulnerability, the need for boys to feel all their feelings, and how boundaries can help us be more compassionate towards ourselves and others.