Renee Reina is the mom friend you've always wanted. She is extremely relatable and finds the humour in everything about being a mom - the good, the bad, and the ugly. She isn't a parenting expert -- she's just a girl with a PhD who had a baby and decided it was time to stir sh*t up in the mom community. Today we sat down and discussed mom stuff, postpartum, sitting with our choices, expectations vs reality, academia vs influencing and what exactly IS a modern day village? Oh, and somehow - we ta...
Sep 13, 2021•49 min•Ep. 116
Anna Mullens is a professional storyteller and brand coach. Her entire business is in teaching others to tell their story, quiet perfection and serve with the very story we yearn to tell. We discuss everything from trauma, boundaries, imposter syndrome and the very roots of language itself for an episode I hope will inspire you to consider, find, express and share your story, too. You can follow Anna @unapologeticanna or visit www.unapologeticstories.com Visit elemis.com and ent er code THEPAPAY...
Sep 06, 2021•55 min•Ep. 115
You might recognize him from a little show called Queer Eye...JVN is here! Yes, Henny! Jonathan takes us through discussions about self love & healing your inner child, mirror thoughts and our mutually fav shark-saving skin care brand, Biossance! For which Jonathan is a global ambassador. We also talk about confidence (and being asked about confidence), pockets of joy and why truly every BODY and every person is just so beautiful. This is the energy we need today and everyday. Follow Jonatha...
Aug 30, 2021•35 min•Ep. 114
With a growing social media page discussing everything from parenthood to gender, exploring masculinity/femininity and labels for things that perhaps have always been there. We discuss Mike’s journey through their experience with gender, as well as how to be a better ally (like what do we do if we mislabel someone with the wrong pronouns?). I appreciate Mike’s openness to explore themselves as well as leaving things open-ended for change. The process of figuring out one’s self is not a destinati...
Aug 23, 2021•47 min•Ep. 113
After her father’s sudden passing, Shannon was left with an inheritance that allowed her to take a community Facebook page into Canada’s first non-profit born and run on social media. Mamas for Mamas is a now a national charitable organization that supports mothers and caregivers (including men, trans, non-binary, and two-spirit clients in crisis) by providing ongoing support to individuals and families facing various poverty-related struggles. This includes emotional poverty. Whether needing su...
Aug 16, 2021•34 min•Ep. 112
Their family has over 200 million followers on TikTok and rising, and today - Heidi D’Amelio joins us! Known simply as “Mom” to Dixie & Charli D’Amelio. It can be easy to hear the names, read the headlines and make the assumptions. But this family, led by parents Marc & Heidi, has a remarkably “normal” feel to them. Well, as normal as can be in their new world and rise to fame in such a short time. Today we hear a bit more about their origin, talk about boundaries, capacity, navigating n...
Aug 09, 2021•43 min•Ep. 111
If you’ve ever felt you need to tell your story, use your voice or find a way to advocate for yourself in the everyday - Jam Gamble is a perfect stop on the path to getting there. Her #SlayTheMic is so much more than taking stages, it’s about your inner voice, learning how to empower yourself, your children and more. As someone who “talks too much” Jam turned it into a career as a “Slayer of the Mic” and teaches others the magic in finding your voice, TRUSTING your voice and using it. Check out ...
Aug 02, 2021•45 min•Ep. 110
Selam Debs is an anti-racist educator as well as the founder of Juici Yoga, a yoga and meditation instructor, a restorative yoga teacher trainer, a holistic life coach, + a reiki master. Today Selam talks with us about the importance of building an anti-racist lens. As a mother, we also discuss raising a black son in today’s world, as well as white friendship and black joy. Selam shares how we are all part of this work, and the importance of changing the lens in which we see the world, an anti-r...
Jul 26, 2021•38 min•Ep. 109
Alyssa Garrison had a life goal and no partner to meet it with, so she took matters into her own hands, armed with a menstrual cup (yes, you read that right). This content creator and single mother by choice is now 3 years down the line from the decision that would change her life forever. With details on how it all happened, the surprises along the way, and why this isn’t quite like the Gilmore Girls. An inspiring episode about owning your story, shaking up the traditional family and just what ...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 108
Leslie Bangamba shares her story with us today about her experiences with a household danger that she was unaware of but would have her racing to save her daughter after she collapsed on the floor without a known cause. Child safety advocacy is now a priority for Leslie, and it’s no wonder why. Hearing her story, and recognizing the dangers that lurk within my own home that I hadn’t even considered, made me thankful for the opportunity to have this conversation. We chat about awareness over fear...
Jul 12, 2021•54 min•Ep. 107
Anxiety Josh was one of my favourite IG accounts for helping me open up my own internal discussion around anxiety. With posts that are aesthetically pleasing and digestible for a topic that is often anything but, I was hooked. Anxiety Josh joins us on the pod today for a closer look at anxiety, its purpose, its roots in our ancestral history and helping us understand our anxiety so that maybe we can not be so consumed by our worries. This conversation, I feel, will leave you feeling calmed and s...
Jul 05, 2021•38 min•Ep. 106
Blogger/Instagrammer/Podcaster Bethanie Garcia documents her life online in a real and raw way alongside her husband and 5 kids, and there’s not much off limits. Creating an environment of healing and growing and learning as a young mom and wife, she opens the doors for others to share their stories, too. Including: Confessions via Instagram stories. One, that led her to buying a grapefruit for a very interesting reason...and we got into it all on the pod today! Follow along with Bethanie and he...
Jun 28, 2021•52 min•Ep. 105
Lesley Hampton is an Anishinaabe Artist and Fashion Designer focused on mental health awareness, body positivity, and authentic representation in fashion, film, and media. She is the Creative Director of LESLEY HAMPTON, an indigenous-owned, size inclusive clothing and accessory brand based in Toronto, ON. She is also a signed curve model, and speaker on Indigenous entrepreneurship. Today Lesley joins us to share about how she got into design, her work process, activism in fashion and seeing her ...
Jun 21, 2021•28 min•Ep. 104
A single mother with a thriving career as a sought after brand collaborator, Sasha Exeter hopes her platform and voice will inspire and motivate people to create positive change both for themselves and the circle that surrounds them. Sasha is also a retired elite athlete, left a high level corporate job to create her own brand, all the while faced with life-threatening chronic illnesses. Today, Sasha joins us to talk about her journey and dishes out some of the best advice I’ve heard in a long t...
Jun 14, 2021•57 min•Ep. 103
After fleeing a relationship, Brandi found herself in a women’s shelter with $15 and a laptop to her name. With that laptop, she would learn how to photoshop and create a dream beauty brand, and sell its products before they even existed. What happened next is nothing short of tenacious and inspiring. That non-existent beauty brand dream just 5 years later became a $15 Million Dollar evaluated beauty company, Evio Beauty. Hiring fellow women from the shelter and creating change as she goes, we l...
Jun 07, 2021•46 min•Ep. 102
Instagram vs reality images: helpful, harmful, fatphobic, privileged? There’s so much to uncover in the rise of these viral images, and holding space and respect for everyone’s valid experiences and feelings around them. Danielle Catton aka @DanielleIsAnxious stands out as someone willing to create representation in a larger body, with those viral images made by those by those in a thinner one (myself included). Head to www.thehydrojug.com to customize your jug and use code papaya for 10% off yo...
May 31, 2021•46 min•Ep. 101
There’s a lot of curiosity when it comes to how we do what we do. From the day to day stuff, taking the plunge from a side gig to a main one, and finding your individual value on social media when NOBODY talks about it. Today, Team Papaya is on the show to share about their roles in The Birds Papaya Inc. Sam, my talent manager, and Haley, my operations manager, come to share their experiences of being a part of such an unconventional job. How it’s been getting taken seriously in an industry that...
May 24, 2021•58 min•Ep. 100
After mentioning to my IG stories that Shane was coming back on the pod and he wanted to do an episode on Spaghetti vs Macaroni, I shot it down and asked my audience to ask him some questions. It was an overwhelming ask for this to be the episode. SO, here we are. Spaghetti vs Macaroni. But, that’s not all. We also discuss his time as a new dad to a baby, postpartum sex, and watching your partner’s body change throughout the years and what his perspective (honestly) is about it all. This convers...
May 17, 2021•57 min•Ep. 99
After discovering Maia on TikTok with a video of her taking her foot on a travel adventure before a planned amputation, I knew I had to ask her onto the podcast to share her outlooks on life and a body after impact. Maia was 19 years old, when a drunk driver hit her and her mom head on, causing Maia major bodily harm, chronic illness and a life completely turned upside down. Now Maia provides the blunt and honest truth of life after impact. Exploring living with injuries, surgery, recovery, medi...
May 10, 2021•44 min•Ep. 98
Content Warning : Discussion of weight Lauryn Evarts Bosstick is the kind of blogger & creator you just don’t forget about. The way she writes and goes in on topics from skin care to the best straw out there, she has been relied upon by millions for her latest and hottest tips and tricks. Her brand is so authentically her, as is everything she does. Throw motherhood into the mix, and well, how is she doing *all that*?? Get your notepads out today babes, because no matter what or where you ar...
May 03, 2021•48 min•Ep. 97
Today we welcome one of my best friends onto the podcast, Ariana! After discovering we were both pregnant and due within months of each other, we had plans, BIG plans, for how this would look and be for each of us. A pandemic... had other plans. For Ariana, this was her first birth, and a birth of twins, who came premature when she went into labour on her birthday. The rollercoaster of emotions, and the reality that was a twin birth, a month in NICU and so much more was something I wanted to sit...
Apr 26, 2021•56 min•Ep. 96
Content warning: Sexual violence (rape), Assault, Drug/Alcohol Use, Eating Disorders & Suicidal Idealation In 2009, at age 20, the unthinkable happened to Brittany Piper when she was attacked by a stranger who was helping her fix her tire. After her assailant was charged and sentenced, Brittany found herself in jail, and there began her work on healing through trauma and contributions towards ending sexual violence. Between how we talk to our kids, how musical lyrics and language around sex ...
Apr 19, 2021•51 min•Ep. 95
Amin Jaswal was in her 20’s when she began to realize something was off and was dismissed by doctors repeatedly. Until one day, in pain and frustration, she took herself to the ER, only to find out she had cancer. Cervical cancer to be exact. This cancer was not detectable by a pap smear and without her own self-advocacy, she may not be here. Passionate to share her story, normalize discussions around discharge, and discomforts, Amin joins us today to share what life looks like when you’re young...
Apr 12, 2021•51 min•Ep. 94
Christa Couture is an award-winning performing and recording artist, non-fiction writer, and broadcaster. She is also proudly Indigenous (mixed Cree and Scandinavian), queer, disabled, and a mom. Christa, through her life experiences from the loss of her leg due to childhood cancer, the tragic death of her infant son, only to lose her second son, as well. Then, divorce, Christa, has undoubtedly become an expert in loss. Now a mother, with a robotic floral leg and a 3-year-old daughter, she’s rel...
Apr 05, 2021•47 min•Ep. 93
Dr. Joshua Wolrich (or as I call him, Dr. Josh) made a name for himself on social media as a doctor willing to speak out on subjects like diet myths (aka “nutribollocks” as he calls them) as well as weight stigma and food insecurities and so much more. After he himself went through a weight loss journey to discover a lot of the deceptions within diet culture, Dr. Josh then took those experiences to lead him into learning more and breaking down a lot of diet myths, like “good” or “bad” foods, sin...
Mar 29, 2021•50 min•Ep. 92
Imagine ordering your Starbucks coffee and not being allowed to say what name to put on the cup? Well, that happened to today's guest. Prominent wedding dress designer _______ ______ (we literally can’t name her) that you may know from a show such as “Say Yes To The Dress'' after a legal battle, lost the rights to her name, her social media (over ONE MILLION FOLLOWERS), her designs and more. Confused? Yeah, us too. So we brought her on to talk about it, use it as a cautionary tale for personal b...
Mar 22, 2021•30 min•Ep. 91
An ever-evolving conversation around periods, Bloody Btches brings menstruation to the forefront of their work. To normalize them, discuss them over social media, share and encourage the sharing of period stories and, finally and most importantly - to create awareness around period poverty. With the current state of the world, period poverty has hit harder than ever, making it super difficult for many people to have access to pads, tampons, cups, etc. Nayanka and Zoe met in college and since the...
Mar 15, 2021•36 min•Ep. 90
Meredith Shaw has a vast career from country music, model, inclusivity style-expert, radio show host and even cook show host! Her story, while ever-evolving, has also brought so many lessons and life tools along with it, which we’re so glad she could share some with us today. Meredith is a shining light, and her career is truly one to watch and be inspired by in all its “scrappy” ways from the get-go, like seeing a lack of representation in inclusive styling...and then doing it herself...on TV! ...
Mar 08, 2021•37 min•Ep. 89
Dr. Edith Eger was just a teenager in 1944 when she experienced one of the worst evils the human race has ever known. As a Jew living in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, she and her family were sent to Auschwitz, the heinous death camp. Her parents were sent to the gas chambers but Edith’s bravery kept her and her sister alive. Toward the end of the war Edith and other prisoners had been moved to Austria. On May 4, 1945 a young American soldier noticed her hand moving slightly amongst a number of d...
Mar 01, 2021•31 min•Ep. 88
Winners of the Gay Travel Awards in 2020, Christine and Kirstie of @OnAirplaneMode__ are here to share with us how they got started, and how a tripod changed their lives. What first began their passion for photography in 2019 with an iPhone capturing pictures of adventures all throughout SouthEast Asia, grew to more with creative photos and videos. Then, they noticed more people (especially within the LGBTQ+ community) began to reach out to them asking for advice on how to travel. So they began ...
Feb 22, 2021•32 min•Ep. 87
