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PodCast 1-8-08 Family Mediation
01/15/2008 08:01 AM
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Dr.
Bill Code will be sitting in as guest co-host for this week and next,
he is an author and public speaker. His latest book is Winning the Pain Game when
we get a chance I'll sure we will be chatting about this among other
things including his life in spite of Multiple Sclerosis.
Guy Massey and his associate Linda Ogle will be in the first hour.
Guy not only brings to the program Linda and her experience and credentials but his own notable experience as well Justice Institute of BC (1997 - 2004) Completed required courses and exams for FMC Family Relations Mediator certification Bachelor of Arts (Major in Anthropology): The University of Western Australia (1997) University of Victoria (1993-1995) and the University of Western Australia (1995-1997)
Diploma in Professional Counselling (1995-1997)
The Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors
Diploma in Business Administration (1989-1990)
CompuCollege, Vancouver, BC.
Parkside Family Programs(Proprietor):
Through
private practice, I provide Divorce Separation Mediation, Child
Protection Mediation and Student Appeals Mediation through the Dispute
Resolution Office of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Education. Parkside Family Programs has also provided Systematic Training for Effective Parenting since 1997 across Vancouver Island for parents and caregivers of children aged 3 up.
Nanaimo Family Life Association: As an Child, Youth and Family Counsellor, this position involved providing intensive counselling, education and support to children, youth and their families.
Guy
and Linda will be discussing with us mediation as an alternative
dispute resolution process, Advanced Parenting Techniques for
parents caregivers. As well as courses that are offered one
night per week and continue for 8 weeks. The courses are offered on a
sliding scale to ensure that everyone can afford the cost to attend. E-mail:
gmassey@shaw.ca (mailto:gmassey@shaw.ca)
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Linda Ogle has a Masters of Social Work and is near completion of a Certificate in Dispute Resolution. Her work experience includes over 15 years as a social worker in child protection, adoption and foster care. She was a foster parent for 10 years. During that time she facilitated parenting groups for foster parents. She
also gave clinical workshops for foster parents and was the foster
parent representative on the Board of Directors of the Children’s Aid
Society of Ottawa-Carleton. In addition she designed and
facilitated parenting groups for adoptive parents of challenging
children. For 2 years Linda was a part time therapist for the Family
Service Centre of Ottawa-Carleton.
After moving from Ottawa to Vancouver 7 years ago, she spent 3 years as a parent–teen mediator for the Purpose Society in New Westminster. During
this time she facilitated a parenting course for parents with Ministry
involvement and another for parents struggling with their teenagers. She also completed adoption assessments and provided adoption education in Surrey. For the past 4 years Linda has been on the B.C. Child Protection Mediation Roster and does mediation work full time.
Her
personal experience as a foster parent and as a mother raising 4
daughters (she is now a proud grandmother of 4 young grandchildren)
also taught her the lifelong value of sharing parenting skills.
Her
professional experience - she currently keeps in touch with the issues
foster parents face through her mediation practice - has convinced her
that facilitated educational groups can be invaluable to the work of
foster parents and others who are parenting challenging children.
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With
Cande Herman in the second hour who are travelling the world in
an ancient 1928 auto with wooden wheels and their children. For more
information check out Write comment (0 Comments) (http://nutricoach.net/content/view/50/1/)
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PodCast 1-1-08 New Years Day Show
01/10/2008 07:01 PM
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During our New Year's Day show of Living for the Health of It Laura
Langstaff will be joining us at some point to chat about some of the
challenges of being the parent of a disabled adult, holiday challenges
as well as day to day challenges.
We may even have the opportunity to hear some of Laura's music. She has
been dealing with issues surrounding Matti and First Nations People on
a much greater scale as well as her own issues and challenges.
Toma and I will be bringing in the new year with new insights and
perspectives to live the best you can with what you've got from where
you are; some times realizing what you have starts with realizing what
you don't have, maybe even with a touch of gratitude.
Dr. Paola Lake with be both guest and guest co-host during this show,
there will no doubt be interesting topics and conversation flowing over
the air waves during the New Year's Day broadcast of Living for the Health of It because we are most definately living for the health it.
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Podcast Christmas Special
12/26/2007 12:00 AM
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Instead of our normal show of medical experts, patients successfully dealing with chronic Diseases and other health topics we had an on-air open house where singers joined had a party and sang Christmas carols.
Our guests were
Les Tibbo, Merisa Donoghue and Emily
Celeste of Trinitude their cd release
Rooted will be on Fed 1'08, Boss
Whistle is the pre-release tune we played on Christmas Day. A
wonderful gift! Trinitude is also the talent behind
Quadra Fusion Recording Studios.
Brian Hazelbower sings Merry
Christmas Momma from his One In A
Million cd, Pam and Brian co-host CHLY's
Songwriter's Circle Friday mornings fro 7 to 9 a.m.
Alice Frank-Campbell not only brought her voice
and guitar, she brought her husband Scott, daughter Camilla, sister Andrea and
her partner Peter; Alice brought family. She plays locally with Ken Brault of
Eclectic Celtic Monday mornings on CHLY from 7-9, Alice and Ken
perform as Alicken Hue and have one cd recorded so
far.
Shirley Whitelaw and Cyndi Jackelman from
Mama's Kitchen (self titled cd released '07) brought their
harmonies to share.
Brent joined us for the grand finally, Woofy
even made a brief appearance, you can hear both Brent Woofy Saturdays from
10 to 11a.m. on the Brent Woofy Show on CHLY. Brent
taught us his song It's Christmas Time off his cd
It's Christmas Time.
What a wonderful blend of original and
traditional songs!!
To all the folks that came in to share their
music with Toma and Pam much gratitude, to those listening as much
gratitude.
We hope you have a happy, healthy holiday
season.
Our Power of One Spotlight person was Barry Foster who is the organizer of Citizens who care Citzens who care do a Crhristmas dinner for anyone who wants to drop in and be part of their event and make a warm happy place for those who might not have a place to be for Christmas
We had a lot of fun doing the show and hope you enjoyed it with us.
My Story of Christmas
by Pam Edgar 2004
My younger brother and I had a conversation about dining rooms and that maybe if we used them more our lives would be more like they used to be. Family dinners, when you couldn't tell how you were related to any one of 16 people at any given Sunday Dinner but you know they are all family. The holiday dinners that went from 18 to 20 people to all of a sudden 20-26 or 28 people because no one person was allowed to be alone for a holiday meal, not if you lived on our street. Heaven help the rest of those that were considered friends of the family , 'cause once you are there ain't no ain't. I can remember a couple of those happening, one on Forest Park. Actually one before that at Grandma and Granddad Crabtree's when Auntie Grace and Uncle Ken were there. That was the time that Auntie Grace told us her story of Mother Goose Plucking Her Feathers. Another was on Manning Street, all of them because of snow storms no wonder I like the snow so much.
Auntie Grace had all of us kids believing that the flakes that were wafting their way towards the ground were really Mother Goose's feathers. They actually looked like feathers; the flakes were so large and moved from side to side as they descended. I was old enough to know that she was pulling our leg and that snowflakes were snowflakes but I was caught in her story. I wasn't old enough to know that the reason Auntie Grace was telling the story was to hide the concern of the adults over the snowstorm that we were all so attentively watching through frosted windows for very different reasons. Our Grandparents' living room was full of adults worried about frozen pipes, damaged roofs, digging out stranded cars, running out of heat and how much food was in the house. We were worried that there could actually be too much snow to toboggan in or that it would continue to snow so heavily that our mom wouldn't let us go outside and play in the wonderful white stuff. Auntie Grace told us if we picked one snow flake out against the street light and watch it fall all the way to the ground you could tell it was actually one of Mother Goose's Feathers, time slowed right down as the feather floating softly from side to side.
We didn't have anything to be worried over, we were all safe at our Grandparents' house and we were all together. It was Christmas and we were going to have one of the many Christmas Dinners this family would always have. Saw horses were put in the middle of the living room, covered with plywood and dressed for dinner. No one would have thought twice that that table wasn't solid mahogany, well, wood anyway. I don't remember the dinner itself, I don't remember the drive home, I don't even remember what Santa brought me that year but I will never forget Auntie Grace's story about Mother Goose Plucking Her Feathers.
I have no idea how old I was that Christmas, maybe only five. Every time the snow flies in huge, feathery flakes no matter how old I am I will be back in my Grandparent's living room gazing out the window with Auntie Grace standing behind us describing the falling snowflakes as if they were feathers wafting slowly downward. That if you looked into the flakes against a streetlight and watch closely you can see each delicate edge.
I think I'll start referring to Auntie Grace as Christmas Grace, those two feelings about and thoughts of just belong together in my mind. To be a child and invited to Christmas Grace's dining room, invited to the adults table dressed in china and marshmallow men. So many tastes and so many flavours from the treats on the table to the conversation and the laughter.
The Christmas on Forest Park when everybody was snowed in. Most people couldn't get out of our little valley and those that got in didn't seem to mind that they might not get out. All our family was there, from Grandparents to Aunts and Uncles plus all the neighbours that couldn't get out. It was Smorgasbord Christmas Dinner, with our neighbours came all the delectables that they were to have taken with them. There was so much food nobody knew where to start or if it would end. Adding to any of our family dinners was something that just never needed to be done but considering the amount of people that came with the dishes we had a true cornucopia.
Mom always made sure that no one go without at Christmas, she made trays of wonderful goodies to give to neighbours everywhere we lived. For the family and friends that came by throughout the holiday there were treats ready to be enjoyed. There were always lots of smiles and laughter at our house at Christmas and music. If we weren't making the music ourselves we were listening to Roger Whittaker or Tijuana Christmas. Our home always radiated the feeling of welcome.
I watched my Dad transform into a child laying train tracks from behind the Christmas tree through valleys and tunnels of presents with my big brother as assistant engineer, all to see the look of surprise on a face just hours away. To watch my Dad and my big brother play like young boys under the tree with toys was in itself a gift, one that they had no idea they had given.
To me the best treasures to find around the tree on Christmas morning were Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles that shared the gleam of a child's eye. No one was too old or too young.
Everyone got a chance to play with the new toys.
From the year that breakfast was baked in an Easy Bake Oven to the year of the Microwave and how much bacon Dad could cook at once to the year that brought another Easy Bake Oven but this time my daughter was doing the baking, with help from her Uncle Ron. In between was a very special Christmas that the greatest joy of knowing my child within was having my child in me and unique experience of sharing all the wonder that came with it with my sister-in-law, my friend.
Every Christmas Dinner brought a collage of faces around the dining room table that always looked as though not another plate or platter would fit yet if there was a knock on the door there was magically room for more. Tables of faces placed end to end that often time the dining room could not contain so out into the hallway and around the corner to the kitchen they were set. No matter whether dinner as at our home, Nana and Grandfathers' home, Grandma and Granddads' home the smiles were always there and we were always home. Once everyone was seated the questioned was asked if everything was out of the fridge, this always brought a burst of laughter to the table. One smile always shone a little brighter, her laughter rang a little louder and it came from my little sister.
The faces we've lost but never forgotten have somehow been absorbed by the new faces around our table and our table extends from here to there and every where in between. It makes no difference that we can't always be all around the same table the difference is that we were.
No matter how little there was or how much, I grew up believing in Christmas because of open hands and open hearts, warm smiles and laughter.
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Podcast Dec 18,2007 Medical Marijuana
12/20/2007 10:12 AM
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The topic is Medicinal Marijuana the issues
are de-criminalization, the application process for the Federal license, the
application itself, the stigma, the social awareness and the personal
responsibilities of self- medicating.
As well as the education of health care
professionals, patient awareness, the uses and modalities of Marijuana for
medical use and methods of delivery. An over view of a recent tribunal where
the denial for the funding to purchase a vaporizer to administer medicinal use Marijuana was over turned, precedence setting.
I have more than twenty-years of experience
dealing with these issues, who knows where the conversation will go; tune in to
find out.
Pam Edgar
Co-host of Living for the Health of It
Our guest for this show include:
James Breau
James is a single dad who runs a small
computer repair business on Vancouver Island. He has smoked marijuana
for 30 years to deal with chronic pain from juvenile arthritis. James has been on Health
Canada’s medical marijuana safe access program for 2 years.
He smokes 18 grams a day for relief of
the pain caused by juvenile arthritis. He also eats 22 pounds of hemp seed for protein
each year. He has lived with chronic pain for 44 years. He says, “Most of my life has been
dealing with pain and raising my kids.”
James will discuss how the prescription
medications he was prescribed for his pain destroyed his life and how the use
of medical marijuana has helped him cope. He will
speak about pain relief and drugs that he has taken as well as the problems and
side effects from prescription pharmaceuticals for pain.
Eric Nash:
I find it rewarding and
satisfying to produce quality certified
organic medical cannabis that I know is going to help patients in
need.
Eric Nash was born in Victoria, B.C.
and has worked for the provincial and municipal government for 20 years. Eric
has many years of experience in horticulture and a first class honours degree
from the University of Victoria.
Media phone contact:
Now that Marijuana is legal for
medical purposes for all Canadians to help alleviate the pain and suffering
from illness, Eric understands that people who
wish to try medical marihuana want a process that is as user-friendly as
possible to obtain medical marihuana. Eric's site helps to fulfill those
needs. Eric feels that it is important to
provide a comprehensive and up to date resource so that all Canadians have
access to a readily available source of
Eric and his team are also very
aware of privacy concerns for individuals wishing to obtain information or to
try medical Marijuana. Any information that you submit to them will be held in
the strictest of confidence. On this show we are providing information
primarily to provide you with information on how to apply for medical marihuana
use in Canada, and how to find a legal supply. We are aware that many people
who want to try Marijuana for medical use do not want to go into production
themselves. They also feel unsure about how and whom to appoint a designated
producer, as defined by Health Canada.
Jean Crowder:
Jean Crowder was first elected on June 28th, 2004 as the Member of Parliament
for Nanaimo-Cowichan, British Columbia. She is the NDP Critic for
Aboriginal Peoples Affairs. She has previously served as the NDP Critic
for Health, Community Economic Development, West Coast Fisheries and the
Status of Women. She is also the NDP Deputy Caucus Chair and serves and
the NDP BC Caucus Chair.
Jean has a degree in psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo,
and possesses extensive experience in community development and
organization.
Prior to being elected to the House of Commons Jean served two years as a
municipal councilor for North Cowichan serving on numerous committees
including, Technical Planning, Administration and Finance, Protective Services,
Harbour's Commission and the Community Safety Advisory Committee. She has
worked at Malaspina University College, Human Resources Development
Canada the BC Ministry of Skills Training Labour.
Jean is a strong believer in community. She has served on many
community boards and agencies including the local chapters of United Way, the
Chamber of Commerce, the Volunteer Centre as well as the Pacific
Childcare Society.
One of Jean's issues is making marijuana available for medical purposes to
those who need to to better manage chronic diseases.
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Dec 11, 2007 Podcast Mental health Hygiene for the Holidays
12/12/2007 01:12 AM
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This show was not aired as scheduled (Dec 4, 2007) due to a lightning strike that
took us off the air. The transmitter has been repaired and we will be
back next week.
This show was rescheduled for December 11,2007
We are in the holiday season. The presures are mounting and can be
very overwhelming for some people. We will talk about strategies for
maintaining good mental health through the holidays and what to do if
it becomes overwhelming.
Our Guests for this show are:
Dr. Paola
Lake
Ph.D., R. Psych.
Dr. Lake works with adolescents,
individuals and couples. She has extensive training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). She provides
interventions such as Hypnosis and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), an approach
that is very effective in working with trauma and a variety of disruptive
emotions such as depression and anxiety. She also is skilled in providing
several therapeutic approaches such as cognitive-behavioural, narrative,
solution-focused, and psychodynamic, allowing her to tailor interventions to her
clients needs.
As a registered psychologist working in private practice, Dr.
Lake has a passion for helping individuals create positive change in their
lives. With over 11 years experience in
the mental health field, Dr. Lake’s varied background includes working with
accident victims, psychiatric clients, individuals with adjustment issues and
survivors of abuse and trauma. She has
helped couples in conflict and individuals with problems such as eating
disorders, unfinished business related to the past, grief, low self-esteem,
interpersonal problems, fears and anxieties.
Dr. Lake has a special interest in helping individuals achieve goals and
dissolve barriers that interfere with personal success.
Dr. Lake obtained her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the
University of
Saskatchewan. She is a
member of:
the Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis,
British Columbia
Psychological Association,
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
International Association the American Psychological Association.
Registrant with the College of
Psychologists of British Columbia.
Dr. Lake also has a strong interest and fondness for Community based
volunteer radio and has been involved in the past with community based
radio
Dr. Lake can be reached at:
Mailing Address
Bellerose Lake
Raincoast
Executive Centre
201 Selby Street
Nanaimo, BC V9R 2R2
Telephone
250 755-7746
Fax
250 755-7711
Website: http://belleroseandlake.com (http://belleroseandlake.com/)
During this show we will also be talking with David Reid RPN
David
Reid has been a psychiatric nurse with the Crisis Response Team, Mental Health
and Addictions, for the past 10 years. Previous to that he worked for
The Lookout Emergency Aid Society, an emergency shelter in the Downtown Eastside
of Vancouver, as a mental health outreach worker for 8 years.
The
Crisis Team in Nanaimo sees people in 3 locations. It has a walk in
mental health clinic at Brooks Landing which is open from Mon. to
Fri., NO APPT. NECESSARY, from 10 AM to 7 PM. People who present in
Emergency at NRGH with mental health and addiction issues are also seen by the
Crisis Team. In addition, the crisis team sees people in Nanaimo by
doing home visits or visits in the community, 7 days a week, from 7 AM to
10 PM.
The
crisis team can be reached, 24 hours/day, via a partnership with the
crisis line, 754-4447. All adult, child and youth, and seniors crisis
services in Nanaimo and area are done by the Crisis Response Team.
David is on our show representing:
(VIHA)VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY - CRISIS SERVICES
MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS - CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS (CRT)
Nanaimo's Mental Health Addiction Outreach Team is known as the Crisis
Response Team or CRT. The Nanaimo Crisis Line has been in partnership with the Crisis
Response Team as of October, 2000. The Nanaimo Crisis Line is the public access point for people
in the community to reach CRT because the professionally trained
crisis workers are qualified and available in the community for people
at risk of suicide 24/7. Call 754-4447
The Crisis Response Team provides assessment, stabilization
and referral for those experiencing a crisis. The aim of this
team is to assist people who can stay home to do so and to provide
support for those who must be hospitalized to get to the hospital. CRT is mobile 7:00 am to 10:30 pm 7 days a week
There walk in Crisis Counselling Clinic is open 10:00 am to 7:00 pm Monday
to Friday.
203 - 2000 Island Highway North
Brooks Landing mall
Nanaimo, BC V9S 5W3
They also have units in:
Duncan which operates
8:30am to 10pm.
Call the Cowichan Crisis line at 748-1133 Monday to Friday and
weekends 11:30 am to 9:00 pm.
Parksville Parksville Mental Health Addictions has an Outreach Team that operates
from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday to Frida. Any member of the public needing to access the Crisis
Response Team
can call the District 69 Crisis Line at 248-311. After hours, the Nanaimo Crisis Response Team will respond to
pages via the crisis line at 248-3111.
Email: info@cvics.ca (mailto:info@cvics.ca)
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http://www.cvics.ca (http://www.cvics.ca/)
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