Getting ready for my conference. Dancing with the Stars tribute.......

Ok, I thought I would have more time, but apparently not. I have to book my lectures in advance. Next week I should have more time so I will just talk a bit. Last night I watched Dancing With the Stars and watched the beautiful tribute they performed for Len Goodman. I watched him for many years on the show and didn't realize how much he was loved. I am glad. They actually had me in tears as I watched their grief expressed. During these difficult times in the world with Russia's invasion, Hamas' path of destruction on line and live and with countries needing to defend themselves resulting in innocents being killed, is a difficult period. There is so much suffering on all sides. We are seeing that we have not learned from history. We all need to feel safe, have a roof over our heads, be able to have food to sustain us and be able to sleep in peace. Try to spend time in nature, establish a relationship with God and if you don't believe in God, spend time in nature and reflect on yourself and the positives in your lives. Surround yourself with people who love you and care for you. If you don't have that, join social clubs that enhance positivity. Choose a hobby if you don't have one, or add another. Sing.......dance........listen to music......do something nice for someone, even if it is just a smile. Limit your social media. Turn off notifications each day for at least a half hour....try it and most of all be kind to yourself. You deserve it. For now I wish you a peaceful week. I have lots to share and always feel free to reach out. Next week I shall have more time. Take care. What do you think?

Happy Hallowe'en (We need a laugh. Thank you Florida. Come to my neighbourhood and I shall supply coffee and donuts

For Love Of Country Military Policewoman The Middle East www.silvaredigonda.ca

However, our first day was not pleasant. I had run out of cigarettes and I was irritable. I contributed this to the lack of sleep and food. We could not eat on the flight. I also found our greeting too militant and had expected a more cordial welcome. We were immediately escorted in groups of five to stores to retrieve our desert boots. The smallest size they had for me was 12, instead of the seven I needed to fit me, so I left them there. My second experience was going to the washroom and seeing disturbing and vulgar graffiti on the walls. I was also menstruating and wondered what remnants of that was being left around. I had been unprepared. We had a quick tour of the base and of our barracks adjacent to our club called “Beaver,” representing Canada’s beaver. I had my own room and was happy about that. It also had an air conditioner. As soon as I was free, I went to our club to buy cigarettes, only to be informed that I needed coupons to buy them and I would not get them until 4 PM that day. I was not happy and I just stood there glaring at him. He later attempted to appease me by offering me a cigarette. I responded with a quick “no” and ignored him. I would later come to understand why he would not sell me cigarettes. The RSM who had been a Warrant Officer in my Junior Leader Course lent me three of his coupons so I could buy two packages of cigarettes. I was rescued. Excerpt From: Silva Redigonda. “For love of country : military policewoman.

International Conference on Men and Abuse

I enjoyed the conference. Today I will be sharing about the first speaker, Dr Benjamin Roebuck, Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime, Government of Canada. He stated he has also worked as advisor to the Canadian Armed Forces. He reported that for men violence is often silence and they don’t know where to go for help. Men are worthy of safety too. He provided a case: A man had bought a revolver but decided to get rid of it and informed police because he suspected his wife would accuse him of using the revolver against her. Two years later, she was beating him with a bat in front of their children. Police were called and she said that he had aimed a registered gun at her, which he no longer had. Next week, I shall be very busy. I have selected my lectures to attend in the three day conference with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. Some were very difficult choices because there were more than one, I was interested in attending, during the same time. I am mostly conflicted about Past Betrayals and how it lingers and effects relationships in the future. The other is Mothers who are jealous of their daughters. Such a difficult choice. What should I choose? I also have to see clients on my free days so I may not be able to write here. Just saying. I have enough material from here to Christmas on just these two conferences and yet there is so much more. So have a good week. Feel free to ask questions any time.

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Marijuana - (Told you) - I have cut and pasted the article for you with a reference at the end for further reading. For some reason I couldn't get the link to work.

The commercialization of cannabis that followed its legalization for nonmedical use was associated with an increase in hospitalizations for cannabis-related health problems, including cannabis-induced psychosis, according to new research. In a repeated cross-sectional analysis that included some 26.9 million individuals, researchers found that the rate of hospitalizations due to cannabis increased 1.62 times between 2015 and 2021. The rate of hospitalizations increased most precipitously after commercialization, including a 40% increase in hospitalizations for cannabis-induced psychosis. Dr Daniel T. Myran "There were harms from a public health standpoint, regarding criminal convictions related to cannabis," study author Daniel T. Myran, MD, MPH, a family and public health physician at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and an investigator at the Bruyère Research Institute in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, told Medscape Medical News. "You can have important public health gains from legalization. I think the caution in our study warns that there is a big difference between legalizing or decriminalizing cannabis and commercializing it." The findings were published October 5 in JAMA Network Open. Decline With Legalization Canada has a universal healthcare system, and the researchers accessed health administrative databases that recorded all acute hospitalizations for patients aged 15 to 105 years in the four most populous provinces: Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia. They compared changes in rates of hospitalizations due to cannabis over the following three time periods: prelegalization (January 2015 to September 2018), legalization with product and store restrictions (October 2018 to February 2020), and commercialization (March 2020 to March 2021). There were 105,203 hospitalizations due to cannabis during the study period. Most (65.8%) were in males, and one third were in adolescents and young adults aged 15 to 24 years. The age- and sex-standardized rate of hospitalizations due to cannabis increased 1.62 times: from 3.99 per 100,000 individuals in January 2015 to 6.46 per 100,000 individuals in March 2021. The largest relative increase in hospitalizations was for cannabis-induced psychosis, which rose 40% during the commercialization period, compared with the prelegalization period (rate ratio, 1.40). To read more here is the link.... https://lnkd.in/eDJ2t2nY My view. I have always been opposed to this. It pains me to see cannabis being sold everywhere with children playing outside in their neighbourhoods.

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