Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy
@shireenj.bsky.social
Writer, artist, blogger, mind explorer. At jeejeebhoy.ca. My #BrainInjury postings at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/concussion-is-brain-injury
📍Toronto, Canada
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Books. Books. Books! Novels and non-fiction since 2007. #PsychologyToday blog and #BrainInjury website. Mind Explorer on Substack and #IndieAuthor publishing. I noodle around with my photography on #Flickr much less than I'd like.
Relaunching Time and Space! books2read.com/b/4NnWeW
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Relaunching Time and Space! books2read.com/b/4NnWeW
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I want us to replicate the Québec model of film and TV and visual arts funding across the country and also to create a new/better marketing organization that markets the hell out of Canadian cultural products internationally.
I even have a tagline.
Canadian 🍁 Cachet: You’ll Just Want More
I even have a tagline.
Canadian 🍁 Cachet: You’ll Just Want More
I want to hear your uncomfortably big ideas for Canada!
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I want us to replicate the Québec model of film and TV and visual arts funding across the country and also to create a new/better marketing organization that markets the hell out of Canadian cultural products internationally.
I even have a tagline.
Canadian 🍁 Cachet: You’ll Just Want More
I even have a tagline.
Canadian 🍁 Cachet: You’ll Just Want More
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Yes. I read a an essay about this by a political scientist 15 years ago and it’s lived rent free in my brain ever since.
In a nutshell, he said, the more unstable and out of control the world seems, the more people are willing to cede power to authoritarian leaders.
In a nutshell, he said, the more unstable and out of control the world seems, the more people are willing to cede power to authoritarian leaders.
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Yes. I read a an essay about this by a political scientist 15 years ago and it’s lived rent free in my brain ever since.
In a nutshell, he said, the more unstable and out of control the world seems, the more people are willing to cede power to authoritarian leaders.
In a nutshell, he said, the more unstable and out of control the world seems, the more people are willing to cede power to authoritarian leaders.
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Stiles is excellent IMHO, esp getting kicked out of the legislature for speaking the truth yesterday. But the Liberals are just AWOL & useless. Crombie could go scorched earth on her way out but nothing. Just total duds. Explains how they picked 2 Ford-lite leaders in a row. Will they do a 3rd?
“What’s disturbing about the scandal though, is how blatant it is. Political appointees are handing out hundreds of millions of dollars from a public slush fund to organizations that are either close to the government or that hire the right political insiders.”
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Star Editorial Board: Doug Ford’s latest scandal is almost too brazen to be believed
It suggests Ford has established a system where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Stiles is excellent IMHO, esp getting kicked out of the legislature for speaking the truth yesterday. But the Liberals are just AWOL & useless. Crombie could go scorched earth on her way out but nothing. Just total duds. Explains how they picked 2 Ford-lite leaders in a row. Will they do a 3rd?
“It’s finding connections between things and pulling up material from your past that you’d forgotten about and just making magic on the page where suddenly the story really does start writing itself.” So true! I’ve completely deviated from my outline. It’s like discovering a new country. #NaNoWriMo
Don't let Week 3 stress you out... because it can really be amazing!
Check out our newest blog post to hear from Jane Rawson on the beauty of letting your story take the reigns in Week 3.
Check out our newest blog post to hear from Jane Rawson on the beauty of letting your story take the reigns in Week 3.
November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“It’s finding connections between things and pulling up material from your past that you’d forgotten about and just making magic on the page where suddenly the story really does start writing itself.” So true! I’ve completely deviated from my outline. It’s like discovering a new country. #NaNoWriMo
Cool. I have to check these out. #NaNoWriMo
Another round of badges and a helpful reminder. Remember to back up your novel!
Make sure your work is saved before going to NaNo2.org to collect your badges.
Make sure your work is saved before going to NaNo2.org to collect your badges.
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Cool. I have to check these out. #NaNoWriMo
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Wondering what some of these terms are that we’ve been using in our sprints? We’ve made a little glossary for you to understand them better!
BSW - Best Sentence Written
FSW - Favorite Sentence Written
LSW - Last Sentence Written
MC - Main Character
WC - Word count
WIP - Work In Progress
BSW - Best Sentence Written
FSW - Favorite Sentence Written
LSW - Last Sentence Written
MC - Main Character
WC - Word count
WIP - Work In Progress
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wondering what some of these terms are that we’ve been using in our sprints? We’ve made a little glossary for you to understand them better!
BSW - Best Sentence Written
FSW - Favorite Sentence Written
LSW - Last Sentence Written
MC - Main Character
WC - Word count
WIP - Work In Progress
BSW - Best Sentence Written
FSW - Favorite Sentence Written
LSW - Last Sentence Written
MC - Main Character
WC - Word count
WIP - Work In Progress
I'm closing in on the home stretch. *stands to stretch* Another 2,362 words for The Soul's Turning, book 3 of The Q'Zam'Ta Trilogy. The award-winning book 1 is out now; book 2 is available for pre-order today!
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books2read.com/b/mgaDaX #NaNoWriMo #SFF #WritingCommunity
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books2read.com/b/mgaDaX #NaNoWriMo #SFF #WritingCommunity
The Soul's Awakening Wins The Word Award - Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy
The Soul's Awakening Wins The Word Award - The Q'Zam'Ta Trilogy - Writer Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy's post on winning The Word Award.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I'm closing in on the home stretch. *stands to stretch* Another 2,362 words for The Soul's Turning, book 3 of The Q'Zam'Ta Trilogy. The award-winning book 1 is out now; book 2 is available for pre-order today!
jeejeebhoy.ca/2025/10/06/t...
books2read.com/b/mgaDaX #NaNoWriMo #SFF #WritingCommunity
jeejeebhoy.ca/2025/10/06/t...
books2read.com/b/mgaDaX #NaNoWriMo #SFF #WritingCommunity
“underlying both the leadership race and the general election was the assumption that there would not be a gutting of the country’s climate plan.” Yeah. @mark-carney.bsky.social has separated ways with the majority of Canadians who want #ClimateAction now and sided with the 7% dismissives.
#Canada Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social U-turn on climate has been noticed and denounced at #COP30.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
✍️ by @jvipondmd.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
✍️ by @jvipondmd.bsky.social
Carney’s calamitous course causes consternation at climate conference
Canada arrived at COP30 with empty hands, expressly moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“underlying both the leadership race and the general election was the assumption that there would not be a gutting of the country’s climate plan.” Yeah. @mark-carney.bsky.social has separated ways with the majority of Canadians who want #ClimateAction now and sided with the 7% dismissives.
People never change, eh. 😂 🧵👇
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
People never change, eh. 😂 🧵👇
Wrote 1,452 words today for book 3 of The Q'Zam'Ta Trilogy. Completely abandoned my outline. So typical of me. 😄 And, as usual, abandonment means better flow, conflict, and I still focused on 2 important threads/themes. Win-win. To celebrate, book 2 is now on pre-order!
#NaNoWriMo #WritingCommunity
#NaNoWriMo #WritingCommunity
Available now at your favorite digital store!
The Soul's Reckoning by Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy and Shireen Jeejeebhoy
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November 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Wrote 1,452 words today for book 3 of The Q'Zam'Ta Trilogy. Completely abandoned my outline. So typical of me. 😄 And, as usual, abandonment means better flow, conflict, and I still focused on 2 important threads/themes. Win-win. To celebrate, book 2 is now on pre-order!
#NaNoWriMo #WritingCommunity
#NaNoWriMo #WritingCommunity
Climate Distress: People with #BrainInjury aren't immune from climate anxiety. The challenge is how to adapt climate-conscious therapy for isolated people with neurophysiological impairments. On @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/conc... #ClimateChange #BlogPost #anxiety
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/conc... #ClimateChange #BlogPost #anxiety
Experiencing Climate Distress on Top of Brain Injury
People with brain injury aren't immune to climate distress. The challenge is how to adapt climate-conscious therapy for isolated people with neurophysiological impairments.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Climate Distress: People with #BrainInjury aren't immune from climate anxiety. The challenge is how to adapt climate-conscious therapy for isolated people with neurophysiological impairments. On @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/conc... #ClimateChange #BlogPost #anxiety
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/conc... #ClimateChange #BlogPost #anxiety
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#ThrowBackThursday
2010 article - Dr. Mark Koharchick using #AudioVisualEntrainment (AVE) to reduce #ChronicPain
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#MindAlive #Pain #Relaxation #WorkLifeBalance #NonPharmaceuticalManagement #Chiropractor #MassageTherapist #SportsPsychology #Dentistry #Psychotherapy
2010 article - Dr. Mark Koharchick using #AudioVisualEntrainment (AVE) to reduce #ChronicPain
mindalive.com/collections/...
#MindAlive #Pain #Relaxation #WorkLifeBalance #NonPharmaceuticalManagement #Chiropractor #MassageTherapist #SportsPsychology #Dentistry #Psychotherapy
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#ThrowBackThursday
2010 article - Dr. Mark Koharchick using #AudioVisualEntrainment (AVE) to reduce #ChronicPain
mindalive.com/collections/...
#MindAlive #Pain #Relaxation #WorkLifeBalance #NonPharmaceuticalManagement #Chiropractor #MassageTherapist #SportsPsychology #Dentistry #Psychotherapy
2010 article - Dr. Mark Koharchick using #AudioVisualEntrainment (AVE) to reduce #ChronicPain
mindalive.com/collections/...
#MindAlive #Pain #Relaxation #WorkLifeBalance #NonPharmaceuticalManagement #Chiropractor #MassageTherapist #SportsPsychology #Dentistry #Psychotherapy
If you’re wondering why you can’t load up library books, it’s because Toronto Public Library signed everybody out of their accounts, and the Kobo eReader won’t tell you that you have to remove your library card and sign back in. 🙄
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you’re wondering why you can’t load up library books, it’s because Toronto Public Library signed everybody out of their accounts, and the Kobo eReader won’t tell you that you have to remove your library card and sign back in. 🙄
Today in novelling, in a rare moment of researching mid-writing, I learnt a Quebec farm grows coffee. "Our Kent coffee trees have survived 25 years of increasingly severe winters on our farm" This nursery sells an outdoor coffee tree and an indoor one.🤯 Kent Coffee began life in India. #NaNoWriMo
COFFEE Trees for Canada
We are selling 2 types of coffee tree this year: 1) KENT (outdoor COFFEE tree) a tough, fast growing tree(gymnocladus dioicus) that adds nitrogen fertilizer to soil. A very beautiful tree with fern-l...
www.greenbarnnursery.ca
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Today in novelling, in a rare moment of researching mid-writing, I learnt a Quebec farm grows coffee. "Our Kent coffee trees have survived 25 years of increasingly severe winters on our farm" This nursery sells an outdoor coffee tree and an indoor one.🤯 Kent Coffee began life in India. #NaNoWriMo
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This Hittite building ritual (which I stress I cannot read in the original language so I apologise for any mistakes) has many symbolic elements that interlace ideas about kingship, divinity, fertility, and nature.
But what struck me is that one does not take without asking and giving back.
But what struck me is that one does not take without asking and giving back.
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This Hittite building ritual (which I stress I cannot read in the original language so I apologise for any mistakes) has many symbolic elements that interlace ideas about kingship, divinity, fertility, and nature.
But what struck me is that one does not take without asking and giving back.
But what struck me is that one does not take without asking and giving back.
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Some days need mucho self-talk to get myself going. Contrary to popular belief, writing doesn't necessarily help. It's just part of endless healing #BrainInjury grief. But after a few nuts (channelling my inner 🐿️), I've sketched out the plot line of novel 3 of The Q'Zam'Ta Trilogy. 😅☕ #NaNoWriMo
Brain Injury Grief Is Extraordinary Grief
Research is beginning to show traditional approaches and positivity are inadequate to heal this profound grief.
www.psychologytoday.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Some days need mucho self-talk to get myself going. Contrary to popular belief, writing doesn't necessarily help. It's just part of endless healing #BrainInjury grief. But after a few nuts (channelling my inner 🐿️), I've sketched out the plot line of novel 3 of The Q'Zam'Ta Trilogy. 😅☕ #NaNoWriMo
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If your human rights can be stripped away by the "notwithstanding clause" then they weren't rights to begin with.
The notwithstanding clause should be dropped or modified so that it cannot be used to suppress human rights.
Electeds should not be able to decide you are less of a person.
The notwithstanding clause should be dropped or modified so that it cannot be used to suppress human rights.
Electeds should not be able to decide you are less of a person.
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
If your human rights can be stripped away by the "notwithstanding clause" then they weren't rights to begin with.
The notwithstanding clause should be dropped or modified so that it cannot be used to suppress human rights.
Electeds should not be able to decide you are less of a person.
The notwithstanding clause should be dropped or modified so that it cannot be used to suppress human rights.
Electeds should not be able to decide you are less of a person.
Character on TV show: work success = building muscles. You tear down fibres, put in effort, they grow. When you work hard, success comes. I wish! A writer can put the effort in, but success--sales--don't happen sans a superfreighter of luck + megacruise ship of word of mouth. #IndieAuthor #kindle
The Soul's Awakening (The Q'Zam'Ta Trilogy Book 1)
The Soul's Awakening (The Q'Zam'Ta Trilogy Book 1) - Kindle edition by Jeejeebhoy, Shireen Anne. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Soul's Awakening (The Q'Zam'Ta Trilogy Book 1).
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November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Character on TV show: work success = building muscles. You tear down fibres, put in effort, they grow. When you work hard, success comes. I wish! A writer can put the effort in, but success--sales--don't happen sans a superfreighter of luck + megacruise ship of word of mouth. #IndieAuthor #kindle
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PSA: me not commenting on something does not mean I am "complicit." First of all, you need to log off and touch grass. Secondly we are total strangers so call your therapist. Thirdly there are 1,000 things happening every day and I am busy. Finally what exactly do you want me to do about it?
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
PSA: me not commenting on something does not mean I am "complicit." First of all, you need to log off and touch grass. Secondly we are total strangers so call your therapist. Thirdly there are 1,000 things happening every day and I am busy. Finally what exactly do you want me to do about it?
Sleeeeppp. I want to sleep not write! 😩 But I’m taking the second path @chrisbaty.bsky.social wrote about in his week 3 #NaNoWriMo pep talk — where everything goes to wayside but the novelling. 🥱 👑☕️👩🏻💻
November 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Sleeeeppp. I want to sleep not write! 😩 But I’m taking the second path @chrisbaty.bsky.social wrote about in his week 3 #NaNoWriMo pep talk — where everything goes to wayside but the novelling. 🥱 👑☕️👩🏻💻
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Always seem to be issues getting the paperback cover finished with errors fixed thru @draft2digital.bsky.social BookCovers.com. It's soooooo late it's missed the launch date. Luckily I still have the original paperback edition of Time and Space available in online bookstores. Do I ask for a refund?
Book review of Time and Space
Time and Space by Shireen Jeejeebhoy tells the story of Time, a forty-year-old woman living an ordinary life in Toronto. One day, she is abducted by youths from the future, forever altering her destin...
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September 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Always seem to be issues getting the paperback cover finished with errors fixed thru @draft2digital.bsky.social BookCovers.com. It's soooooo late it's missed the launch date. Luckily I still have the original paperback edition of Time and Space available in online bookstores. Do I ask for a refund?
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Little White: The Feral Cat Who Found a Home is the beloved #childrensbook that started it all -- the Stray Cat Stories series, which raises funds for non-profit #animalrescue. Based on a true story! Purchase your copy today for a young animal lover in your life. #books #booksky
Little White: The Feral Cat Who Found a Home (Stray Cat Stories)
Little White: The Feral Cat Who Found a Home (Stray Cat Stories) [Despres, Faye Rapoport, Petersen, Laurel McKinstry] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Little White: The Feral Cat Who Found a Home (Stray Cat Stories)
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September 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Little White: The Feral Cat Who Found a Home is the beloved #childrensbook that started it all -- the Stray Cat Stories series, which raises funds for non-profit #animalrescue. Based on a true story! Purchase your copy today for a young animal lover in your life. #books #booksky
Congratulations. Well deserved! Though reading measurements to three decimal places looks so awkward. But that’s Imperial for you. Metric would’ve just been a nice whole number in mm (millimetres). 😁
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Congratulations. Well deserved! Though reading measurements to three decimal places looks so awkward. But that’s Imperial for you. Metric would’ve just been a nice whole number in mm (millimetres). 😁
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Your regular reminder that Pierre Poilievre does not have ANY Security clearance even after the Government said he should.
YET Canada Post mail handlers have to have security clearance for door to door delivery of Passports, cannabis, medication, valuables, and mail-in Election Ballots
#cdnpoli
YET Canada Post mail handlers have to have security clearance for door to door delivery of Passports, cannabis, medication, valuables, and mail-in Election Ballots
#cdnpoli
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Your regular reminder that Pierre Poilievre does not have ANY Security clearance even after the Government said he should.
YET Canada Post mail handlers have to have security clearance for door to door delivery of Passports, cannabis, medication, valuables, and mail-in Election Ballots
#cdnpoli
YET Canada Post mail handlers have to have security clearance for door to door delivery of Passports, cannabis, medication, valuables, and mail-in Election Ballots
#cdnpoli
Out of the blue, one of the novels under my White male pseudonym is selling. No marketing whatsoever. Meanwhile, I'm chucking expertise and money at novels under my own name, and sales chug along like a broken snail dumped at the side of the road. WTF?!!! 😭
books2read.com/u/3LJAOJ?for... #SFF
books2read.com/u/3LJAOJ?for... #SFF
The Soul's Awakening - Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy
The first book in a new trilogy written by Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy, The Soul's Awakening explores what if afterlife is just the beginning.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Out of the blue, one of the novels under my White male pseudonym is selling. No marketing whatsoever. Meanwhile, I'm chucking expertise and money at novels under my own name, and sales chug along like a broken snail dumped at the side of the road. WTF?!!! 😭
books2read.com/u/3LJAOJ?for... #SFF
books2read.com/u/3LJAOJ?for... #SFF