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03/31/2026

Insecure attachment from lack of attunement during childhood is a common experience. My latest Dr G's Dandelion Monologues video is about positive self-regard. It is an intentional approach that allows us to focus on our inherent goodness. With that come self-compassion and self-love. Mindful living includes the learned ability to enjoy your own company. Remember, you always have you !

Caroline Giroux reminds us that insecure attachment from lack of attunement during childhood is a common experience. Her Dr G's Dandelion Monologues video is...

03/01/2026

Are you highly sensitive ? Do get easily overwhelmed by other people's emotions and your own ? Do you sometimes feel like a black sheep or scapegoat ? Listen to my newest episode of Dr G's Dandelion Monologues to learn more about how to protect yourself from emotions that do not belong to you. As an example of strategy, I invite you to shift your language to prevent identification with such energetic states.

Are you highly sensitive ? Do get easily overwhelmed by other people's emotions and your own ? Do you sometimes feel like a black sheep or scapegoat ? Listen...

02/08/2026

Do you feel stuck or are you looking for a creating solution to a problem ? A walk might very well be what you need to expand, both mind and body. This video aims to deconstruct some of the benefits of walking.

In this short video for Dr G's Dandelion Monologues, Caroline Giroux deconstructs some of the benefits of walking. Do you feel stuck or are you looking for a...

01/11/2026

Cycles are an important scaffolding to wellness and a harmonious life. In this episode of Dr G's Dandelion Monologues, Caroline Giroux thinks out loud about the benefits of cycles, how they structure our lives and help us stay balanced, focused and effective, and how it becomes crucial to connect with the cycles of nature for instance, especially if we lose cues of internal cycles. Interested in this topic ? Revisit her video ''The Incessant Movement of Life'' posted on April 2025.
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Cycles are an important scaffolding to wellness and a harmonious life. In this episode of Dr G's Dandelion Monologues, Caroline Giroux thinks out loud about ...

01/05/2026

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Are you tired of suffering, of being stuck in the mental prison of how people mistreated you ? What if this is not all there is ? What if our palpable beings...

01/05/2026

Who are you when you’re not your job, your story, or your past?In this episode of The Dandelion Reflections, Dr. Caroline Giroux and Christopher Arthursson e...

01/05/2026

What if peace was never something you had to search for?In this deeply touching episode of The Dandelion Reflections, Caroline and Christopher welcome a very...

01/05/2026

🌱 Challenging the Frameworks That Shape Our Lives | Dr. Caroline Giroux & Christopher ArthurssonWhat happens when we pause, look beyond our habitual thinkin...

01/05/2026

In this heartfelt and eye-opening episode of The Dandelion Reflections, Dr. Caroline Giroux and Christopher Arthursson explore the complex emotions of humili...

12/28/2025

Tears have numerous rebalancing functions: physiological, emotional, social, and spiritual. It is rather unfair that so many people have been shamed for displaying such a normal expression of powerful feelings, whether it is joy, overwhelm, frustration or sadness. As we approach the end of this calendar year, with often a natural desire to shed or purge an overflow of emotions or anything that no longer serves us, Caroline Giroux offers this Dr G's Dandelion Monologue to reframe together the tears, their essential cleansing and connection roles as we learn to finally see them as a precious hyphen between souls.

Tears have numerous rebalancing functions: physiological, emotional, social, and spiritual. It is rather unfair that so many people have been shamed for disp...

12/20/2025

My weekend offering. Happy New Moon and Happy Winter Solstice !

In this 5-min video for the Dr G's Dandelion Monologues, Caroline Giroux emphasizes certain wellness tools to stay grounded and healthy during the colder months of the year with shorter daylight exposure. She also refreshes our memory about applications of mindfulness to fully access our dandelion nature and resilience. Get outside, catch the sun rays, pause, breathe, maintain a regimen of regular physical movement, and accomplish every task with mindfulness. In other words, BE !

In this 5-min video for the Dr G's Dandelion Monologues, Caroline Giroux emphasizes certain wellness tools to stay grounded and healthy during the colder mon...

12/19/2025

This is from my blog for teens, but the topic is also relevant for adults. I work with adult patients who are bullied at work. This is a collective problem that needs to be addressed. A hostile work environment made of harassment, attempts to intimidate or dominate must be exposed and the tyrants and the systems enabling them need to be held accountable !!

When I was a kid in elementary school, the word bullying (or a French translation, such as "harcèlement", "intimidation" or "taxage") was ...