The question: I’m considering an affair. Ethics aside, have you ever encountered situations in which it helped a marriage? The answer: My simple answer to your question is no. Relationships come in all different shapes and sizes, and we often see atypical relationship arrangements in our society (swinging, open relationships and [...]
Read more >>Dr. Samra presents a workshop on Emotional Intelligence to Drugs and Alcohol personnel at a workshop at Health Canada on March 21, 2012. For more information, please see this article on Managing Emotions.
Read more >>Dr. Samra will provide a keynote presentation at the annual Health Canada BC Region Leadership Forum, an event at the Creekside Community Recreation Centre at the Olympic Village (Multipurpose room #45, 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver). This day-long event is held annually to engage the management community and create opportunities for dialogue. The agenda this [...]
Read more >>The neighbourhood is divided into three teams and challenged to use all of the lessons they’ve learned to reach their ultimate, million-dollar goal. But the teams flounder when forced to compete and demand to form one united team. But have they learned the lessons of “net worth” well enough to become the Million Dollar Neighbourhood?
Read more >>The question: When is retail therapy unhealthy? The answer: “Retail therapy” is a tongue-in-cheek term we tend to use (especially us women) to refer to shopping behaviour that has the primary aim of improving our emotional state. Getting something new that we like can naturally make us feel good – particularly when [...]
Read more >>With the help of celebrity home renovation expert Kristi Hansen, the families have one week to renovate the dilapidated home of one community member, as well as increase the energy savings in their own homes.
Read more >>Corus Entertainment’s OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada) is pleased to announce that Million Dollar Neighbourhood has been greenlit for a second season which is slated to air in 2013. The series, produced by Force Four Entertainment Inc. in association with OWN (Canada), follows 100 families in one community as they attempt to raise their collective net worth by $1 million [...]
Read more >>The question: When I can’t sleep, is it better to get up and try to take my mind off things or stay in bed? The answer: One of my favourite quotes is from writer Edgar Watson Howe: “There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good [...]
Read more >>While kids control family spending, look for savings in their parents’ budgets and land part-time jobs, the adults start up a free child care and protect their families’ futures by refinancing their mortgages.
Read more >>The question: I’m gay, and no one in my life knows. Not my family, not my best friend – no one. I’m okay with who I am, but I am terrified to talk about it. I’d like to start with my mom – she’s going to be the most difficult, I think – very [...]
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