Kait Kenel
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In this episode, I revisit the conversation on abortion, specifically in the United States, given the implementation of the Texas Heartbeat Act, otherwise known as the abortion ban in the State of Texas. In this deep dive I am prioritizing a fa
I invited my friend and previous guest, Taryn Spence, to join me on the podcast once again. This time we opted for a non-structured open discussion and let our interests guide us. We begin by catching up with Taryn about her new blog on Medium.
In this episode I focus on the recent appearance of content on social media that is over sensationalizing the current residential school burial ground investigations. I discuss where I've seen this content, and the process of my own waves of em
In this episode I discuss how our eldest has been experiencing some volatile emotional dysregulation recently, and offer some of the thought I have about why this happens and how I am trying to respond. I admit, I am far from perfect, but I do
In this episode I interviewed my friend Jordan Jamieson who is a Lead Field Liaison Representative (FLR) for the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. I asked him to break down for us where the Duty to Consult originated from, what the FLR r
In this episode I discuss my changing body, my feelings on those changes, and for the first time I outline some of the things I did not "love" about my body when it was objectively the fittest it has ever been. If you have thoughts on this, or
In this episode I discuss the problems I am facing with my work in real time and how I am navigating a difficult financial and career situation. I explore how the cost of childcare can and does negatively impact specifically mothers entering or
In a follow-up to last weeks episode, I reflect on what I've seen go on in the past few days surrounding the Indigenous solidarity movement. There has been a lot of activism taking place, and while I think this is great, I want to offer some ca
In this episode I discuss my own journey of disengaging from Canada Day, offer my views on the cancellation of Canada Day (now and in the future), and discuss the importance of early and routine exposure to Indigenous issues for Canadians. I re
CW: This episode contains a couple of minor but specific details about child sexual abuse.In this episode I do my best to peel back some layers of confusion about this highly controversial topic and disorder. I offer my own insights and reviews
In this episode I outline some of the shifts we have made in our home to prevent some common waste cycles. Some of these changes are more "extreme" than others, but perhaps there are one or two will stand out to you as good options for your own
CW: This episode does at times centre the experiences and feelings of myself, a white woman; it is geared toward and prescriptive to a white audience. This is not to say that anyone from a racialized and/or marginalized group is not welcome to
In this episode, I explore how perfectionism in parenting is making things much harder on us than it need be, and I offer what is hopefully a little helpful pep talk to other parents. I also go into detail about a pretty big (though pointless)
In this episode I describe my own background in Archaeology and offer some context for Archaeology in North America, specifically Canada. I explain a little bit about the colonial roots of the profession, and offer some insights into the ways t
In this episode I discuss feelings of jealousy and envy as they have arisen over the past year and a bit. Specifically, I reveal feelings of jealousy about other women and moms progressing through their careers, while I feel like I lost a year
In this episode, I outline why I chose to begin using different profiles on some social media platforms, like Instagram. After explaining my "why", I deconstruct the concepts I began with and walk through the realization(s) that I was actually
CW: This episode includes explicit discussion about an experience with an online sexual predator as a young teen.In this episode I walk through my experience growing up in a landscaping family, and how my rejection of that life, along with valu
In this episode I explain why I decided to grow out all of my body hair, some of my feelings on being empowered to make decisions about our own bodies, and how I have navigated finding confidence in my body exactly as it is. I discuss what effe
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on here, we have recently been feeling "the pinch" financially, and it got me thinking about how and why this is happening now. In this episode I dive into our experience of government support, job loss, being cau
Two weeks ago I had a topic of discussion in mind, but...then my brain did its thing and the once hot on my mind topic grew cold. In this episode I run through some of the ways my brain functions a bit differently, and illustrate how this can h
I took a poll in my Instagram about the topic for this week and y'all wanted to hear about our wedding! So, here you go! I went through it ALL, at least everything I could think of. What do you think - does our engagement/wedding scream 'unconv
In this episode, I run through an experience I had with our banking institution in which I believe I was subjected to casual sexism. I discuss what this experience was like for me, and us as a family, and then tie this experience into the broad
We all have times we have engaged in a "battle" with our kids and reflected on it wondering how we got there, how it got so bad etc. In this episode I discuss one particular battle we ended up in with our kids around food, and detailing how I a
A friend submitted a request a long time ago to explain how I manage my time/schedule and balance all of the competing components of my life. The bottom line is that I am very very imperfect at it. I fail at it a lot, and in this episode I expl
In this episode, I take a deep dive into how Cancel Culture works (and doesn't), and how I feel about it "running rampant" culturally. The practice seems to be doing more harm than good; in my view, we can and arguably should be using many of t
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