Monthly Archives: April 2024

Anita on Accessible Media – Kelly and Ramya Episode on Mental Health Law with Danielle McLaughlin – July 2023

I recently stumbled upon this video on YouTube of my appearance last summer on this special program. Previously I had been aware of an audio podcast but actually NEVER realized there was video available. You can tell how I didn’t … Continue reading

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Anita Participates in Community Health Ambassador Training Session with the South Asian Health Alliance – April 18, 2024

Honoured to Participate in this Important Training at this event – Thank you to the Organizers for including me! I am presenting tips on interacting with People in Crisis and at the intersection of mental health and the law. I’ll … Continue reading

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APRIL IS FOR TEACHING, WRITING, PUBLISHING AND EDITING – ANOTHER FULL TIME JOB

As if lawyering and running a seven person law firm wasn’t enough, I now have two other full time jobs for a total TRIFECTA. Mothering young adults isn’t quite the 24/7 body guard duty of parenting babies and toddlers, but … Continue reading

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A NOTE TO MY STALKERS and ONLINE HARASSERS – Keep on Following me for Updates

I know my stalkers follow this blog and I want them to know that at some point, if the defamatory social media accounts they’ve stopped using but have not removed, remain live, I may well have to commence legal action. … Continue reading

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Women In Law – Trust Yourself, Develop Your Own Style – You Got this! An empowering message to my younger colleagues – April 6, 2024

I’ve been thinking for a long time about how to address my youngest colleagues on a topic that some find very sensitive, but nonetheless merit discussion. How to find your strength and motivation within, without looking to others for approval. … Continue reading

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My Personal Story of being Harassed Online by Colleagues I once Considered my Closest Friends

This is one of those stories that’s probably harder to tell than to hear.  Or, in this case, harder to write than to read. I’ve never spoken publicly about it in any kind of detail, because these things carry a lot of shame. We, as targets of the harassment, are shocked, hurt, scared and feel ashamed. That this is happening to us.

We feel that we must have done something to trigger the behaviour.

We feel like it’s our fault this is happening to us.

And of course that’s not true. The stalker’s personality structure is fractured – it’s all about them, nothing to do with us. But that can be very difficult to appreciate as you are being targeted and stalked. Continue reading

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