
The film begins with two parents divorcing and, oddly, each taking one of the children. Prashant is raised by his mother and Jasbir by the father. However, Jasbir has HUGE troubles adjusting and after years of this, she steals money from her father and step-mother and takes off from their home in Montreal to hang with the hippies in Nepal. Although Prashant hasn't seen his sister in many years, when he learns what's happened with his sister, he heads to Nepal to rescue her from her dirt-bag friends and reunite her with her family. However, Jasbir has renamed herself Janice and is now a drug-addict and terrible person. Prashant's in for a VERY difficult time-and bets beaten up, robbed and framed for a crime all by Janice's 'friends'! Can they rescue her from this crazy subculture? Although I found the story interesting, there were also a lot of problems with it-namely, it just didn't seem worth all the trouble to rescue a lady who is just bad.

You are who you hang out with and so I had a hard time caring about Janice/Jasbir. Additionally, Prashant seemed like an idiot because so many bad things happened to him yet he kept opening himself up for more! This is a great film to demonstrate bizarre co-dependency, that's for sure. T his research is driven by patient- and family-identified needs to support the quality of life and wellbeing of mothers of pediatric heart transplant recipients.Additionally, I really thought Anand did a terrible job playing an action hero. It leverages Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), delivered at an ecological retreat, as an innovative intervention to meaningfully address the complexities of caregiving and caregiver burden. A mixed-methods design will be employed to examine potential changes in maternal coping styles, distress tolerance, quality of life and perceived social support following the intervention – a MBSR retreat. The retreat will be compris ed of mindfulness exercises such as circle sharing, deep relaxation, yoga and walking meditation.

Guided by the experiential expertise of our patient partner, Joanna Mitchell, this research places a strong emphasis on patient- and family-centred care, targeting the intersection of maternal wellbeing and child health outcomes within pediatric transplantation. Joanna Mitchell is the mother to 16-year-old Ryley who received a heart transplant at 7 months of age. Soon after Ryley’s transplant, the Mitchell Family became involved as volunteers with the Trillium Gift of Life Network to encourage others to consider organ donation by sharing Ryley’s story.

Joanna and Ryley were presented with the TGLN Board of Directors Champion Award in 2017 for their contribution to raising awareness for organ donation.

When Ryley was 5, she participated in her first Canadian Transplant Games and the family became involved with the Canadian Transplant Association. With the CTA, Joanna has helped to organize various events to promote both organ donation and healthy active living after transplantation. Joanna has also worked as a parent liaison to bring a pediatric and family perspective to the transplant games. She encourages connections of transplant families by facilitating various social media groups and informal mentorship. Joanna became a patient caregiver partner with Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program more recently with a focus on projects related to pediatrics and the mental health of not only the transplant patient but the family as a whole.ĭr. Anthony is a Health Clinician Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program of the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children.
