Podcasts

What happens when the first daughter of a family who takes care of her siblings gains entrance into a boarding and has to leave home? This week’s episode is the illustration of what poverty, instability in the home, family enmeshment and parentification does to a young woman trying to find her place in the world....

Episode 27: Narcissistic Mother. Miriam is doing a Family Dynamics Series and the second episode is about the Narcissistic Mother. . KEY TAKEAWAYS  What is a narcissistic mother? The traits of a narcissistic mother Manipulation techniques that she uses How the child develops themselves in relationship to the narcissistic mother The golden child and the...

Miriam speaks with Ebere Okonkwo from Lagos Nigeria. Ebere is the Founder of MyCareBuddy, an online platform that offers Nigerians mental health care and consultation in a non-judgmental space. Our guest is also a mental health advocate, writer and spoken word artist. . KEY TAKEAWAYS  What experiences led Ebere to found MyCareBuddy We talk about...

Episode 24: Family Enmeshment. Miriam is doing a Family Dynamics Series and the first episode is about Enmeshment. Enmeshed family bonds are those that lack boundaries between family members. . KEY TAKEAWAYS  Why is it important to talk about family emotional enmeshment Dynamics of an enmeshed family and how the child is viewed Blurred boundaries,...

Miriam speaks with Author Petrona Joseph from Montreal who just released her book yesterday September 7 titled Stigmatized: Breaking the Silence and Demystifying Mental Illness. Petrona Joseph, previously featured on Breakfast Television, is the blogger behind Montreal-based ‘Slayedit Montreal.’ As a trilingual Concordia graduate in linguistics, her love first love is writing; she is also...

Episode 23: Miriam dives into limiting beliefs which are thoughts, opinions that one believes to be the absolute truth. How many times have you told yourself you can’t do something? Sadly this means we don’t get to experience certain things because of our limiting beliefs. . KEY TAKEAWAYS  How limiting beliefs can hold us back...

Episode 21: Miriam speaks with Arnold Etoua, a Cameroonian/American therapist. This is a fascinating conversation in which Arnold and I discuss the first 19 years of his life spent in Cameroon, a country we are both from. I thank Arnold for his openness and vulnerability in discussing his childhood. . KEY TAKEAWAYS  Arnold’s education in...

Episode 21: Miriam speaks with Arnold Etoua, a Cameroonian/American therapist. This is a fascinating conversation in which Arnold and I discuss the first 19 years of his life spent in Cameroon, a country we are both from. I thank Arnold for his openness and vulnerability in discussing his childhood. . KEY TAKEAWAYS  Arnold’s daily life...

Today Miriam talks about narcissistic abuse based on a book my French Psychologist, Isabelle Nazare-Aga called in French “Les Manipulateurs sont Parmi Nous”, literally “Manipulators Are Among Us” she read many years ago that helped her get out of her second manipulative relationship. KEY TAKEAWAYS  What are the two types of manipulators/narcissists According to the...

In this interview, Miriam speaks Kabasigyi Mulera, an African Canadian Creative. She is a multifaceted creative (photography, videography, writing, spoken word) and a psychology student. She is presently based in Uganda KEY TAKEAWAYS  Growing up in a predominantly White city in Canada and racism Why she went back to school to study psychology Why uncovering...