Friends, this is a quick one to let you know I’m taking a quick summer break, and we’ll be back to our regularly programming in September with the launch of Season 5! I’m so excited for what’s ahead — I’ll be bringing you more must-hear expert interviews AND video podcasts. (If you’re not already following the show on YouTube and Spotify , please take a minute to do so now!) And if there are any topics, guests or questions you’d like me to cover in the coming season, I’d really love to hear from...
Jul 09, 2025•2 min•Season 4Ep. 318
If you're confused by nonstop nutrition trends and conflicting health advice online… join the club. In this eye-opening episode, I chat with the internet’s favourite registered dietitian and nutrition expert, Abbey Sharp, to break down balanced nutrition tips, metabolism hacks, and what the latest science says about protein, fibre, gut health, and blood sugar balance . Abbey is a Registered Dietitian (RD), a cookbook author, a TV nutrition expert, a YouTuber, host of the podcast Bite Back, and t...
Jul 02, 2025•47 min•Season 4Ep. 317
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. Summer brings the best of times, but for those struggling with their bodies and self-esteem, it can also bring triggering times. To help us gear up for an unapologetic hot girl summer of self-love, we're throwing it back to this inspiring pep talk from Roxy Earle, where she shares her self-talk mindset shifts, her gratitude practice, and her keys for building con...
Jun 30, 2025•8 min•Season 4Ep. 316
I’ve been thinking a lot about prioritizing lately, mostly because I’ve been shifting the way I prioritize things in my life the last few months. My priorities desperately needed to change so that work wasn’t always #1, and I wasn’t always chasing an endless to-do list of busywork. Because “when you prioritize the important over the urgent, you don’t just get more done, you get the right things done. And that’s the difference between a busy life and a meaningful one.” - Greg McKeown. So today’s ...
Jun 25, 2025•15 min•Season 4Ep. 315
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. How do you know when it's time to hire a team, and how do you decide who that first hire should be? Hiring the right people and spotting red flags in the hiring process can make or break your business, so we're throwing it back to this leadership advice from Kelly Roach on fool-proof tips for hiring and team-building. Kelly is a former Fortune 500 Executive turne...
Jun 23, 2025•6 min•Season 4Ep. 314
Ready to rewire your brain and transform your habits? This re-released (now in video form!) episode features neuroscientist Nicole Vignola, the internet's favorite brain optimization expert, sharing evidence-based strategies for breaking bad habits, building positive routines, and leveraging neuroplasticity for lasting change. Stay tuned for the science behind neuroplasticity and an inspirational look into how your brain's ability to change means you're never stuck in a negative pattern! Nicole ...
Jun 18, 2025•56 min•Season 4Ep. 313
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. Why do some people have anxious or avoidant attachment styles, while others are totally secure? A lot of it comes down to our formative years in childhood, as early as infancy — but we aren't stuck in those patterns forever. If you're working on cultivating a secure attachment style in your relationships, this throwback to our attachment theory episode with exper...
Jun 16, 2025•8 min•Season 4Ep. 312
Hot take: Burnout isn’t always about doing too much… sometimes, it’s about doing too little of what actually matters . This week, we’re diving into a little-known root cause of burnout that can change how we prevent it and recover from it: a lack of meaning, connection, and energizing. While the usual advice focuses on rest and reducing your workload, we’re exploring the lesser-known side of burnout — the one that creeps in when your work lacks purpose, when you feel chronically disengaged, or w...
Jun 11, 2025•18 min•Season 4Ep. 311
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from past episodes that you might have missed. If you're an over-achiever with a strong dose of self-sabotaging tendencies (like perfectionism), your relationship with success is probably complicated. Add in the anxiety that comes with impostor syndrome, and it's a recipe for the never-ending pursuit of more achievement and validation. To help break the cycle, we’re throwing it back to this helpful advice from Le...
Jun 09, 2025•9 min•Season 4Ep. 310
There’s a missing link in our mental health routines, and it has everything to do with our HRV (heart rate variability) and the emotional alignment of our mind and heart. In this week’s quickie, we’re diving into the science of heart coherence — a powerful physiological state that can regulate your nervous system, reduce stress, and help you reconnect to your emotional intuition . This isn’t just a woo-woo idea… it’s backed by decades of research from the HeartMath Institute, and it shifted how ...
Jun 04, 2025•16 min•Season 4Ep. 309
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. What you eat has a huge impact on your mood, energy and hormones. Here to advise on how our nutrition and eating habits affect hormonal imbalances and metabolism, we have Amber Romaniuk. Amber is an Emotional Eating, Digestive and Hormone Expert, with 10 years experience helping women create body confidence, intuition and optimal health through mindset healing, s...
Jun 02, 2025•8 min•Season 4Ep. 308
Feeling isolated in our over-optimized digital world? You're not alone. There’s a loneliness epidemic, so we’re throwing it back to this solo episode that tackles why modern convenience is sabotaging our social connections, meeting off apps and IRL, and how you can create community. We cover evidence-based strategies to overcome loneliness, build meaningful friendships, and create lasting social connections that can improve your mental and physical health. From blue zone wisdom to friend-making ...
May 28, 2025•17 min•Season 4Ep. 307
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. We're throwing it back to helpful advice on healthy living from supplement queen Siff Haider, who reveals her grounding morning routine for peak mental and physical wellness, the supplements that make her feel at her best, and the building blocks of healthy habits that she swears by. Siff is the co-founder of popular natural supplement and wellness brand, Arrae ,...
May 26, 2025•6 min•Season 4Ep. 306
What if we're approaching mental health all wrong? A revolutionary new therapy is debunking popular therapy narratives and changing how we treat anxiety and overthinking. We’re continuing our Mental Health Awareness Month series with this introduction to Metacognitive Therapy (MCT), a groundbreaking new approach to treating anxiety, overthinking, OCD, depression, panic attacks, and more, without the usual coping strategies and trauma processing. Unlike traditional talk therapy, Metacognitive The...
May 21, 2025•58 min•Season 4Ep. 305
The body keeps the score, and after years of cognitive therapy work and intellectualizing, I became totally disconnected from how my body was carrying stress and anxiety. So for Mental Health Awareness Month, we're throwing it back to this deep dive with trauma therapist Simone Saunders on the powerful connection between mind and body healing. We cover how unprocessed trauma physically manifests and evidence-based somatic therapy techniques to release it. Anxiety, depression, and trauma don't ju...
May 14, 2025•48 min•Season 4Ep. 304
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. In honour of Mental Health Awareness Month, we're throwing it back to this helpful advice from Whitney Goodman on how to show up for your friends and loved ones when they are struggling with mental health, grief and loss — without the unhelpful platitudes and empty offers. Whitney is a psychotherapist, author of the book Toxic Positivity, a columnist for Psycholo...
May 12, 2025•6 min•Season 4Ep. 303
One of the most powerful (and underused) tools for emotional healing is creative self-expression . In honour of Mental Health Awareness Month, we're diving into the powerful intersection of creativity, art, relationships, and mindset — and how you can use your unique voice to alchemize pain and struggle. This episode is for anyone looking to improve their emotional resilience, self-awareness, and connection to others through the healing power of creativity. I’m joined by my favourite writer, IN-...
May 07, 2025•51 min•Season 4Ep. 302
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. May is mental health awareness week, so we’re diving into mental wellbeing and anxiety, and how to stop it from holding you back. Tune in as we throw it back to Dr. Lauren Cook’s “anxiety hierarchy” framework that helps you measure your level of anxiety when faced with challenges, so we can face our fears without letting anxiety, avoidance, and control stay in th...
May 05, 2025•6 min•Season 4Ep. 301
Money stress is everywhere right now — rising interest rates, the cost of living crisis, inflation, layoffs, and a looming recession — we’re all feeling it. But the truth is, even in financially prosperous times, money can be a point of shame, anxiety, guilt, and avoidance for a lot of us. Your money history and money story shape your financial security throughout your life — but you can rewrite that story and heal your money mindset. In this episode, we dive deep into the psychology of money an...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 300
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. The majority of our communication is non-verbal... that means our body language is doing all the talking. So we’re throwing it back to some game-changing advice from negotiation expert, Fotini Iconomopoulos, breaking down how you can leverage your body language to influence and negotiate better — at work, and socially. Fotini’s been helping people get what they w...
Apr 28, 2025•7 min•Season 4Ep. 299
This episode is for anyone who's tired of outdated dating “rules” that don’t reflect who they are and how we actually connect in 2025. I’ve recently dipped my toe back into the dating world, and the amount of toxic “rules” and overly-perscriptive advice floating around online is wild. So today, I’m sharing my hot takes and unconventional dating perspectives to prioritize authenticity, connection, and your dating goals — without all the games. Whether you’re dating for fun, looking for your forev...
Apr 23, 2025•25 min•Season 4Ep. 298
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. In honour of earth day, we're taking a look at the cost of fast fashion, our consumption habits, and how we can become more sustainable consumers. We're throwing it back to this perspective-shifting advice on overconsumption with Conni Jespersen, as she explains the impact of overconsumption on our confidence, wallets, and the environment, and how self-accountabi...
Apr 21, 2025•10 min•Season 4Ep. 297
There’s a lot going on in the job market right now, with a looming recession, mass layoffs, and AI changing the way we work. Whether you’re stuck under a micromanaging boss, navigating office drama, dealing with return-to-office mandates, or questioning your entire career path… it’s a lot . But we gotchu. Back by popular demand, we’re joined by Emily Durham —aka Emily the Recruiter —career coach, content creator, and host of The Straight Shooter Recruiter Podcast . With millions of views across ...
Apr 16, 2025•53 min•Season 4Ep. 296
Do you ever feel paralyzed by indecision, stuck in a loop of self-doubt, decision overwhelm, and perfectionism ? Welcome to the club! We know what it’s like, and what it takes to get unstuck. Whether you're facing a career crossroads, struggling to start a creative project, or battling the incessant inner monologue of your monkey mind, this episode is here to help. I’m joined by my friend and brilliant coach, Sasha Patpatia , a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and board-certified career coach f...
Apr 09, 2025•51 min•Season 4Ep. 295
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. In honour of earth month, we're taking a look at our consumption habits and how we can lower our carbon footprint in a way that's actually sustainable. So we're throwing it back to tactical advice on sustainable living, with "accidental environmentalist" Jules Grieve. It's easy to let perfect become the enemy of good (sustainability is a game of progress over per...
Apr 07, 2025•8 min•Season 4Ep. 294
Feeling constantly busy but not actually making progress? Struggling with overwhelm, burnout, and an endless to-do list? Honestly, same. I’ve been stuck in an overwhelming cycle of too much work and not enough impact , so I started experimenting with different productivity hacks—and this week I’m sharing one that’s really helping. We’re diving into the 80/20 Rule —also known as the Pareto Principle —a game-changing productivity method that helps you work smarter, not harder by focusing on the ta...
Apr 02, 2025•15 min•Season 4Ep. 293
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. Your network is everything. The way you establish and nurture your own network and reputation can make all the difference in your career success, so we're throwing it back to this great advice from Maha Abouelenein on how to add value to your unique network. Maha Abouelenein is a strategic communication and personal branding expert who has handled communications ...
Mar 31, 2025•7 min•Season 4Ep. 292
Are you feeling overwhelmed and stressed by the constant flood of negative news? Join the club, friends. News anxiety is at an all-time high as we’re bombarded with breaking headlines and social media coverage of economic instability, political tension, war, tariffs, climate disasters, and more—straight to our phones, 24/7. Washington D.C. therapist Steven Stosny coined the term "headline stress disorder" to describe the huge mental health impact of our nonstop news cycle. We’re all sucked into ...
Mar 26, 2025•18 min•Season 4Ep. 291
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. If you want to rewire your relationship with money and move into an abundant (and informed) financial chapter, we're throwing it back to this helpful reminder from financial coach Nicole Stanley. A healthy money mindset is the missing ingredient for a lot of people's financial security. Nicole reminds us that "Money is just a magnifier of who you already are" - s...
Mar 24, 2025•7 min•Season 4Ep. 290
I saw a TikTok about how your toxic traits can be the exact opposite of your love language, and I CANNOT stop thinking about it. If you’re stuck in a cycle of self-sabotage , your toxic behaviours might be the inverse of your love language — aka your loathe language . 🤯 In today's quickie, we’re diving into the connection between our love languages and self-destructive habits so we can recognize the patterns that hold us back. If you find yourself defaulting to isolation, negative self-talk, av...
Mar 19, 2025•16 min•Season 4Ep. 289
