For this episode of Reframeables, we had the opportunity to speak with award-winning poet and novelist Canisia Lubrin about her new book Code Noir. After the interview, she sent the Reframeables duo an email, calling us both badass and tender,

Reframing the Productivity Narrative with the Sneaky Artist Nishant Jain

Mar 20th, 2024 58m 4s

We are reframing the productivity narrative with Instagram and Substack-famous sketch artist Nishant Jain — otherwise known as the Sneaky Artist. Nishant trained as an engineer, almost got his PhD, and then switched tracks to make art in public

Reframing Rage with Kathryn Mockler

Feb 21st, 2024 49m 8s

On this episode of Reframeables, we are reframing rage with author Kathryn Mockler. She spoke with us about the despair of writing and editing climate justice work, and how she’s moved forward from rage and exchanged hurt for the earth for huma

Reframing Truth-Telling Through Fiction with Claudia Dey

Jan 17th, 2024 49m 40s

This week, we are reframing fiction as truth-telling with novelist, playwright, and clothing line creator Claudia Dey. You’ll hear our conversation filled with so many truths born of fiction, creating constraints to create, and the companionshi

Reframing Burnout with Emilie Aries

Dec 20th, 2023 46m 40s

Is reframing burnout even possible? According to Emilie Aries, the founder of Bossed Up, it is — sort of. Emilie is a speaker and author whose company is committed to closing the gender leadership gap. In this episode, you’ll hear our conversat

Reframing Courtney Love: Fighting Gender Bias in Pop Culture with Lisa Whittington-Hill

Nov 15th, 2023 45m 45s

This week on Reframeables, we spoke with author Lisa Whittington-Hill about her new book Girls, Interrupted: How Pop Culture is Failing Women. With Lisa, we jumped right in with a discussion about female rage, considered the failings of media f

Reframing Trauma Through Pop Culture with Jen Sookfong Lee

Oct 18th, 2023 54m 20s

Pop culture is supposed to be light — downright breezy. Or, as we discovered in our conversation with celebrated Canadian author Jen Sookfong Lee, it can be something more: a bridge to navigating the complexities of intergenerational trauma, re

Reframing the Inside Joke with R. Eric Thomas

Sep 20th, 2023 1h 2m

This week we are reframing pop culture as self-care (or reframing the inside joke) with author R. Eric Thomas. In a wonderfully meandering conversation we talked about faith, office cake, gardening, hiking up (and then running down) mountains,

Reframing the Friendship Fail with Shasta Nelson

Aug 23rd, 2023 53m 24s

This week, we are reframing friendship — or more specifically, the friendship fail. To find out how a deep friendship has the potential to be rehabilitated, we talk with friendship expert Shasta Nelson, who has been called the Brené Brown of fr

Reframing Vegetarian Eating with Alicia Kennedy

Jul 26th, 2023 48m 7s

This week, we are reframing vegetarian eating with food writer Alicia Kennedy. We talk all things vegetarian — politics, the meat industry, how food and relationships are connected, and (in Alicia's words) her desire to make vegetarian food bot

Reframing Perfectionism with L'Oreal Thompson Payton

Jun 14th, 2023 43m 27s

We're joined by author L'Oreal Thompson Payton to reframe all things perfectionism — breaking streaks, embracing shitty first drafts, or learning to stop waiting for the right moment. We take a hard look at how our own perfectionist tendencies

Reframing Working on Ourselves with Leah Faye Cooper

May 10th, 2023 47m 35s

This week, we are chatting with Vanity Fair contributing editor Leah Faye Cooper. We met Leah at South by Southwest, where she was facilitating a panel of influencers that went down the road of Botox and fillers and the external work one can do

Reframing Momfluencers with Sara Petersen

Apr 12th, 2023 43m 4s

This week, we are talking all things momfluencers with author Sara Petersen whose new book Momfluenced comes out this month. We reminisce with Sara about some of our favourite momfluencers, and why they also irritate us. We discuss the weight m

Rewind! Reframing Place-Based Memories

Mar 29th, 2023 41m 17s

We’ve gone back to the beginning dear Reframeables! Back to where it all began — because sometimes you have to look back to move forward. In this episode Nat and Bec introduce their “exceptional” details — who, what, where, including the frenem

Rewind! Reframing Trauma with Chef Sang Kim

Mar 22nd, 2023 46m 6s

We joined writer and chef Sang Kim for a conversation around reframing trauma. We were thrilled to get Sang's perspective as one who has lived life from so many different vantage points — there is so much here in this interview! We touch on the

Reframing the Walking Meeting: Flâneurs in Austin

Mar 15th, 2023 15m 27s

While in Austin for South by Southwest, we're reframing the walking meeting. We're taking in the streets of East Austin, and working our way through big feelings (some brought on by messages out of the blue) — all at a brisk pace!Link:The Matin

Reframing Missed Moments (Part 1)

Mar 8th, 2023 31m 41s

This week, we're examining missed moments because we're interested in reframing everything — even moments we've never had! For many of us, there's a temptation to get stuck in the feeling of "what if I had just done that differently..." We brin

Reframing Money Talks with A.J. Schneider

Mar 1st, 2023 47m 6s

We've all heard the adage "money talks." Well, today we're reframing how money talks, and how to change the kinds of conversations we have with it. With A.J. Schneider from Beyond the Green Coaching, we talk strategies, we talk budgeting, we ta

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Rewind: Reframing Community with Ian Williams

Feb 22nd, 2023 34m 52s

This week, in celebration of Black History Month, we are coming back to one of our favourite interviews with poet, essayist, and novelist Ian Williams, whose brain we really connected with. His book of essays, Disorientation: Being Black in the

Reframing Valentine's Day

Feb 15th, 2023 13m 2s

We're here to reframe Valentine's Day with an episode that's short and sweet (because maybe you have chocolate to eat). Some people love the holiday, some folks hate it — we’re not opposed to what Valentine’s Day represents, but are definitely

Reframing "The Sex Talk" with Emily Roach

Feb 8th, 2023 33m 14s

Today we're reframing how we talk about sex with kids with sex-positivity communicator Emily Roach — whose loyal and growing following on TikTok suggest that we're not the only ones looking for this conversation. We talk about creating spaces f

Reframing Hilarious Grief with Jason Roeder

Feb 1st, 2023 34m 37s

Today we are chatting with author Jason Roeder, former senior editor and senior writer at The Onion. We get into his new book Griefstrike!, a hilarious how-to for getting through grief that features Grieving Visualization Power Postures (all be

Reframing Polishing the Stone of our Lives with Heidi Lynch & Perrie Voss

Jan 25th, 2023 35m 42s

This week we feature a vulnerable conversation with actors and creators Heidi Lynch and Perrie Voss, who delve into amplifying underrepresented stories in their new web series Avocado Toast. Perrie shares with us about her mental health struggl

Reframing the Big Leap with Juno Rinaldi and Jenny Young

Jan 18th, 2023 41m 16s

We're kicking off a new year of Reframeables with guests Juno Rinaldi and Jenny Young, who have launched new web series, My Special Guest. You might know them from other roles: Juno played Frankie for five years on the Emmy-nominated Netflix se

Reframing the Holiday List

Dec 14th, 2022 22m 39s

Today we are reframing the holiday list. We're seeing lots of lists out there right now, most of them about getting people the perfect gift for Christmas and other winter holiday celebrations. Since we also like lists (we do biweekly lists for