When I was growing up as a young girl, I wanted to desperately ‘fit in’ with the rest of my classmates. During our primary school days, my sister and I were the only children who looked racially ‘different’ from the rest of the students in our elementary school. We had ‘brown skin’ and many of the children were unwelcoming to… Continue reading
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Posted by psidher to Blogs ,Culture ,Family ,Immigration ,Parenting ,Self Development ,Uncategorized ,Work-relatedMental Health & Addiction Issues for Newcomers
Posted by psidher to Blogs ,Culture ,Family ,Health ,Immigration ,Leisure ,Parenting ,Published Articles ,Relationships ,Self Development ,Women's IssuesMental health and addictions services for Canadian newcomers have huge gaps to help understand and support our communities as they are increasingly becoming more culturally diverse. People who are new to this country and who are experiencing the migration or settlement and re-settlement stages are under a tremendous amount of stress. … Continue reading
South Asian Mental Health Action & Awareness (SAMHAA)
Posted by psidher to Blogs ,Culture ,Family ,Health ,Immigration ,Leisure ,Moksha ,Parenting ,Published Articles ,Relationships ,Self Development ,Women's Issues ,Work-relatedMental Health and Wellness knows no nationality, race, colour, culture, community, socio-economic status, gender, sexual orientation, or profession. In fact, it impacts and is impacted by all areas of one’s social, mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, psychological and financial health. Canadian society has begun to shift its focus entirely from the ‘problems’ and reducing these ‘problems’ to focusing on how we define and create a better sense of health and wellness. … Continue reading
Immigrant Parenting
Posted by psidher to Blogs ,Culture ,Family ,Immigration ,Leisure ,Moksha ,Parenting ,Published Articles ,Relationships ,Self Development ,Women's IssuesEvery immigrant parent who has moved to a new country has come here with hopes, expectations and intentions of creating a better life. There are dreams and long-term plans to start a journey that will be ‘successful’ and comfortable not only for themselves and their children, but also for their future generations.
However, with the challenges of starting… Continue reading
Immigrant Women’s Health Resource Clinic
Posted by psidher to Blogs ,Culture ,Family ,Health ,Immigration ,Leisure ,Parenting ,Published Articles ,Relationships ,Uncategorized ,Women's Issues ,Work-relatedI was very fortunate to attend the very inspirational local community grand opening of an Immigrant Women’s Health Resource Clinic recently on December 2, 2010 in Surrey, British Columbia. It is a fabulous initiative that recognizes the critical needs and gaps in health care services provided for immigrant women. And it is the hope of all partners in this… Continue reading
What Is Beauty?
Posted by psidher to Culture ,Family ,Immigration ,Leisure ,Published Articles ,Self Development ,Women's IssuesHave you ever wondered why you even need to change or redefine what you consider to be “beautiful”?
I recently went away for my holidays to Mexico and decided to get my hair braided into “corn rows” or “dreads” because of the extreme heat and humidity as I was unable to manage my curly and unruly hair. It was… Continue reading
Cultural Time Warp
Posted by pkonar to Culture ,Family ,Health ,Immigration ,Leisure ,Parenting ,Published Articles ,Relationships ,Self DevelopmentNewcomers can take several months, years and even generations to successfully accept and integrate into their new identity. Many struggle with the need to live their life according to the rules and values they left behind in their home country, and, as a result, will find themselves living as if they are in a cultural time warp.
Change, after… Continue reading
Nothing to fear…
Posted by psidher to Health ,Immigration ,Moksha ,Published Articles ,Self Development ,Work-relatedCanadian Immigrant Magazine’s Health Section of the Mind, Body, Soul Column
Nothing to fear …
The ‘frightening’ trap that newcomers face
I recently had the honour of leading a roundtable discussion with the wonderful students of Ed Denison’s Adult English as a Second Language class. Although these awe-inspiring students spoke of many positive experiences since immigrating, a common… Continue reading
Roadblocks to Resettlement
Posted by psidher to Family ,Health ,Immigration ,Parenting ,Published ArticlesNewcomers have to overcome marginalization and ethnocentrism to successfully integrate.
Every immigrant no doubt hopes to live a long life of emotional and psychological health. Generally a newcomer has to completely grieve, feel loss and transition before they can fully adapt to their new worlds, but sometimes they get “stuck” somewhere along the way.
Many are often trapped… Continue reading
South Asian Marriages
Posted by psidher to Family ,Health ,Immigration ,Moksha ,Parenting ,Published Articles ,Relationships ,Self Development ,Women's IssuesMarriage is one of the most significant events that each of us has or ever will experience in our lives. When focusing our lens even closer onto South Asian families, such a life-changing event can have a noticeable impact not only on each family, but also on the bride and groom. A tremendous amount of transitioning is inevitable for the… Continue reading