Maxine Murphy-Silva

Building Bridges

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In a “Solution-Based Dialogue” discover how people in every walk of life across the globe have gained and maintain a personal inner peace — leading to compassion for others. 

Learn the many ways their “positive” actions and reactions contribute to our longing for a lasting World Peace.

We pose 3 significant questions:

  • 1. Can Peace exist in the absence of Justice?
  • 2. Can Justice exist in the absence of Equality??
  • 3. Can Equality exist in the absence of Understanding???

Broadcast from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, we invite listeners and viewers throughout the Universe to participate. Click HERE to apply to be a guest on the show!

Vishwajeet Ghoshal

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Building Bridges – Discovering Your Paths to Peace

Episode 12 – VISHWAJEET GHOSHAL  – THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

NOT ONE CASE OF COVID 19 SO FAR!!!

Watch Maxine Silva, Host of Building Bridges interview Vishwajeet Ghoshal, Director Projects, PRAYAS Juvenile Aid Centre (JAC) Society   WWW.PRAYASCHILDREN.ORG  in New Delhi, India.

Vishwajeet explains how PRAYAS, since its inception 32 years ago,  restores the lost childhood of thousands of neglected, street & working children in northern India – protecting their rights, providing shelter, education, food, clothing and job training –  treating every child equally and letting boys and girls play, learn, and grow to adulthood in Health, Peace and Dignity.  

Maxine also shares her first-hand experience, serving as a volunteer with PRAYAS from 2013 – 2017.

Prayas’  Holistic  (community-based model) Outreach Operations include:

47 Institutional Care facilities –  Shelter Homes, Children Homes, Observation Homes, Night Shelters and Drop-In-Centres.

200 community based Alternative Education and Child Protection Centres for 50,000 marginalized & at-risk children/youth.

 10,000 out-of-school children annually covered under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in New Delhi alone.

 15,000+ youth and women through 53 Vocational Training Centres

12 Community and project-based Libraries & Study Centres.

15,000 children, women, aged and disabled, victims of earthquake, Tsunami and floods.

Thematic projects in Juvenile Justice & Child Protection, Child Labour & Trafficking, Disasters & Crisis Management.

 Primary Health Centres in Arunachal Pradesh & Bihar, School Health Program in A&N Islands under NRHM, as well as Health Care programs in Project areas.

Water & Sanitation Programs in disaster-affected Gujarat and A & N Islands.

PRAYAS has Chapters & Registered Charities in the UK, USA and Germany.

THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

DONATE YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTION, OR SPONSOR A CHILD NOW, BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW:

http://www.prayaschildren.org/paryas23/www.prayaschildren.org/Donate.html

Don Kane

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Episode 11 – Don Kane – The Halifax Explosion – No Accident?!!

Was the 1917 Halifax Explosion an accident?!!!

Find out…Watch Building Bridges host, Maxine Silva chat with Don Kane, author of SPIES, ESPIONAGE AND EXPLOSIONS…the TRUE story behind the 1917 Halifax Explosion.

Don Kane is an author, researcher, educator and IT professional. As a child, he remembers talking with his father about his role in World War II. His father said, “I was in the Canadian Secret Service, trained at Camp X, and the Halifax Explosion wasn’t an accident!” His father’s revelation, combined with Don’s later position at the National Museums of Canada’s Discovery Train Project, sparked an interest in Canada’s role in World War I.  Kane has extensively researched the Halifax Explosion and the larger political environment of that era, in excess of 41 years.  This provides the backbone for his book.

Kane taught “The Business of Being An Artist” for the Extensions Department of the Nova Scotia College of Art And Design. He was the 2nd Executive Director for Visual Arts Nova Scotia and edited the “Visual Arts News”. He has written articles for Halifax Magazine and his poetry has been published in Redbook Magazine. He is also a Founding Member of both C.F.N.S. (Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia) and S.I.A.N.S. (Software Industry Association of Nova Scotia).

Kane resides with his wife in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where his family has lived since the 1860s.

Web: www.halifaxexplosion.ca

Book Information:

Author: Don Kane

Email: nodenak@gmail.com

ISBN

978-1-5255-2272-7 (Hardcover)

978-1-5255-2273-4 (Paperback)

978-1-5255-2274-1 (eBook)Book is available at the following outlets:

Amazon, FriesenPress Bookstore, Chapters Indigo, Barnes & Noble, Kindle, iTunes, Kobo, Nook, Google Play and other eBook sales. And various private bookstores in Canada.

Get a signed book! nodenak@gmail.com

Martin Rutte

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Episode 10 – Martin Rutte – About Heaven on Earth

In this episode of Building Bridges, watch Building Bridges host, Maxine Silva chat with Martin Rutte, co-author of The New York Times Business Bestseller, ”Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work”. It has achieved sales of over 1.1 million copies globally and been translated into 24 languages.

Martin is President of Livelihood, a management consulting firm, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. He has worked with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Southern California Edison, Virgin Records, Apple Computer, Marion Merrell Dow, the World Bank, Esso Petroleum, London Life Insurance and Labatt Breweries. He has appeared in The New York Times, The Miami Herald, The Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, Personnel Journal, US News and World Report, The Toronto Star and The Boston Globe.

He has addressed the Harvard Business School and the American and Canadian Chambers of Commerce, as well as presenting talks and workshops in Brazil, UK, Canada, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United States.

Martin is also Co-Founder and Chair of the Board of the Centre for Spirituality and the Workplace, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

His newest book is Project Heaven on Earth: The 3 simple questions that will help you change the world … easily. He sees Heaven on Earth as the new story, of what it means to be a human and what it means for all Humanity.

 You can contact Martin:

http://projectheavenonearth.com/homepage

BB – COVID-19

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Episode 9 – COVID-19 Pandemic – with Dr. Christine Sauer

Are you worrying about #COVID-19? 

You are not alone.

This special episode of Building Bridges with host Maxine Silva (https://maxis.place) and Dr. Christine Sauer (https://health-seekers.org) – voices of reason – explains the basics in lay-wo/man’s terms.

What is a virus? What’s the difference between virus and bacterium? 

How does our body react? What’s the real risk?

What’s endemic, epidemic, pandemic? How does it compare with H1N1, the Spanish flu, Ebola, smallpox and pestilence? 

What’s the first line of defence? When do you need to call a doctor? 

Is a fever a bad sign? Are we really grieving???

People who can’t get out of the house are more susceptible to indoor toxins, smoke, mildew, diseases transmitted by pets. In the winter dry air (the heated air in the houses is very dry) dries out the mucous membranes which makes them more susceptible to infections of all kinds. 

People miss intimacy and if feeling isolated and not able to communicate at least on the computer or suffering from social anxiety and afraid to reach out to others, will feel more and more anxious, nervous and eventually depressed. If isolation lasts too long, our mental health system may become overwhelmed by all the affected people…. 

So please, even if you are doing fine, reach out to your neighbour, or just someone you know who doesn’t like to ask for support or help, offer a listening ear and practical help if you can.

Keep up to date and follow the advice and regulations of the government agencies, but don’t watch the news channels 24/7. Do other things, too that lift your spirit.

 f you need a listening ear or a helping hand, please reach out to a friend, neighbour or relative. You can also reach out to Dr. Christine. Her email is christine@docchristine.com and she is there for you..

To Read more about how to create inner peace in scary times and get your FREE workbook  CLICK HERE

But please consider: Please go to your government’s public health website to get the newest information, rules and regulations. Whether you agree with them or not, doesn’t matter. As law-abiding citizens we have to follow them!

Lelly(Lelle) Taffyn

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Episode 8 – Lelly Taffyn – Finding Inner Peace after Cancer

Watch Maxine Silva interview Lelle Taffyn, a walking, talking, living miracle.

Lelle, cervical cancer and twice lung cancer survivor describes her life’s journey through catastrophic illness.

These events and its treatments, changed her forever, filling her with wonder and hope rather than despair. It taught her the meaning of gratitude and service, sharing her path and her light with others through teaching, telling stories and writing.

 She loves art, travel, architecture, and fashion and delights in real connection with others. But most of all, it’s her ability to laugh.

She has been widely described as having an amazingly indomitable spirit. An ageless, sparkling, spinning woman for all time.

Lelle lives in Perth, Australia.

Contact:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mono.lely

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lelle-taffyn-66790012

Tareq Hadhad

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Building Bridges – Discovering Your Paths to Peace

Episode 7 – Peace by Peace – with Tareq Hadhad

Watch Maxine Silva and Tareq Hadhad exploring his journey from war-torn Syria to becoming a Canadian, and building a small business, together with his father.

PEACE BY CHOCOLATE is by now a household name.

Maxine and Tareq are also discussing the whirlwind of support and love he’s experienced from his new home in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.

From family and happiness to war and heartbreak to a second chance – a true Canadian dream!

Once a displaced Syrian refugee, Tareq shares his feelings and fears which gripped his family, as their home city of Damascus – the oldest city in the world – fell into a bitter and lasting conflict. The stress, inhumanity and deep sadness that haunted his family during their three years as refugees is punctuated by moments of despair and unthinkable frustration.

Taraq Hadhad and family – Syrian roses growing strong in Canada! One Peace at a Time!

  • www.tareqhadhad.com 
  • www.peacebychocolate.ca 
  • Twitter: @TareqHadhad
  • Facebook: www.facebook.com/tareqhadhadofficial
  • Instagram: @TareqHadhad
  • LinkedIn: ca.linkedin.com/in/tareqhadhad

Prof. Dr. Ashok Prasad

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Episode 6 – Prof. Dr. Ashok Prasad

Prof. Dr. Ashok Prasad is the great-grandson of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India.

He is a physician/psychiatrist holding doctorates in pharmacology, history and philosophy.

He is also a qualified barrister and geneticist.

He is a regular columnist in several newspapers and has authored over 100 books.

He lives in Gorakhpur, India where he provides free medical services to the poor.

Learn more about him:

https://www.differenttruths.com/author/ashoka-jp

Contact Maxine at: maxinemurphy.silva@gmail.com

Bill Mont

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Episode 5 – Bill Mont – From Grade 6 to Self-Made Millionaire

Bill Mont, a self-made millionaire, grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia dirt poor!

He spent time in a reform school for boys because his family couldn’t afford pencils and school supplies, so he quit going to school.

Ultimately, he made it to the sixth grade, when his stepmother said he had to leave school, to help support the family.

He worked on the railroad and the docks, in Anaheim California, came back to Halifax, started the first flea markets in Nova Scotia, bought 2 castles – one in Ireland, the other, Olsen Castle in Halifax.

At 90 years old, he’s still looking for new ventures!!!

Contact Bill on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/bill.mont.58