HELLO EVERYONE! I know it's been a hot sec but what can I say? Mama's on vacay! It's fair to say this one was SO WORTH going back to the keys for. Meet Dallas Barnes, CEO of Reya Health - a digital platform for personalized contraceptive couns

Ep 124: Just a Feeling, with Milica Radak

Jan 30th, 2022 58m 58s

This week let me introduce you to Mili, from @barenaked_me! The forces of nature, otherwise known as Mili's mother, brought us together one fateful morning, over some Kajmak and Jaffa cakes. Today, about a year later, we finally sit down to sha

Ep 123: Being Alone Together, with Kristine Cofsky

Dec 17th, 2021 57m 14s

Hello lovers! Please meet the lovely Kristine. You might know her from @theportraitsessions or @persepective feminine on IG. She is here today to chat with me about definitions of intimacy, of community and of relationship models. Join us on th

Ep 122: Representation Matters, with Janessa St. Pierre

Sep 25th, 2021 57m 28s

Hello everyone! We are closing off September, also known as Alopecia Awareness Month, with this vulnerable and rage-filled episode with Janessa St Pierre! Join us for this tour of the marks as she has experienced them, working in the film indus

Ep 121: Breakups and Backpacks, with Erin E. Davidson

Jun 18th, 2021 49m 28s

Hi everyone! Meet Erin Davidson, sex and relationship therapist from Vancouver, BC, here today to talk about her new book Break Through the Breakup. Join me in discovery Erin's story of the "reformed good girl/people pleaser" as we discover whi

Ep 120: Trials and Tribulations of Mental Health, with Tony Ganton

Jun 11th, 2021 52m 33s

Hello weirdos. Meet my good friend Tony. Tony and I went to university together and have managed to stay in each other's lives in various capacities for the last 8 years. Today, in line with men's health month, we are here to talk about mental

Ep 119: Dissociating & Associating, with Ariel

Jun 4th, 2021 1h 11m

Hi friends, lovers and strangers, meet Ariel. Ariel comes to us this week thanks to Mark, to tell her story of addiction and recovery. Trigger warnings for eating disorders, addiction, mental health and sexual trauma. Please listen at your own

Ep 118: Good Grief, with Oona Krieg

May 21st, 2021 54m 35s

Friends, lovers and strangers - meet my darling dear friend Oona. Oona runs and co-founded a tech co-op called BRAVE, that provides services to prevent overdose deaths. Today, she discusses with me the myriad rabbit holes that brought her to he

Ep 117: Soft And Squishy, with Josh Banday

Apr 30th, 2021 1h 9m

Hello lovers! Meet Josh! You might know him as Ivan in Amazon's comedy series Upload, but Josh is also a writer and hilarious human all around. He takes me down memory lane as we explore his childhood in Baldwin Hills, LA and going to multiple

Ep 116: Post-Covid Dissection, with Mark

Apr 23rd, 2021 54m 51s

Welcome back my lovers. Well, this one is a personal one. My partner Mark recently recovered from COVID 19. We talk about what it was like: from finding out he tested positive, to balancing isolation from each other in a one bedroom apartment.

Ep 115: Filmmaking Today, with Neil Fox

Mar 12th, 2021 54m 9s

It's a warm welcome back to Neil Fox from episode 22!! Over two years later, the host of the Cinematologists podcast is back. The movie he'd just finished is now being distributed globally next month, and we catch up on the movie industry today

Ep 114: Life By Design, with Thomas K Girard

Feb 12th, 2021 50m 10s

Hello friends! Meet Thomas K Girard, an emerging scholar in the Design field. Thomas reached out to me to talk about life and its design. We meander establishing the basics: a Vancouver childhood, playing international strategy card games in hi

Ep 113: Sustaining Happiness in Long-term Relationships, with Andreia Scotto

Jan 29th, 2021 57m 21s

Hi everyone! Welcome back to Andreia from episode 105! She is a Marriage and Family Therapist, based in Denver, Colorado. Today, she wanted to discuss one of the most prevalent topics that she's heard this past year: "My partner doesn't make me

Ep 112: Let's Talk About Sex, with Tatyannah King

Jan 22nd, 2021 49m 48s

Hello lovers! Meet Taty. She's a sex blogger, speaker and educator, currently in grad school at Widener university. Join us on this fun journey of figuring out how to break it to your Southern family that you're moving North to study sex! We ta

Ep 111: Fighting Online Abuse, with Pheebs Jameson

Jan 8th, 2021 59m 26s

Welcome back friends, lovers and strangers. Meet @fatpheebs! She's a superwoman, a kind soul, and a true sunshine. Today, she shares with us her harrowing story with online abuse and mental health. [TW: SI, SH, MH, SA, Violence]Pheebs is a wel

Ep 110: Fixing Ourselves, with Irving Chong

Oct 30th, 2020 1h 6m

Hi Lovers! Meet Irving, the host of Asians in Space, the man behind The Asian Canadian, and one of the participants of @menwhotakebaths. He joins us today to talk the world over. We discuss growing up in Alberta and figuring out how to do this

Ep 109: Body And Soul: Dancing & Disorders, with Sommer from RaiseThatBarre

Oct 3rd, 2020 53m 27s

Hello Lovers! Meet Sommer! She's a dear friend and the bright and compassionate mind behind a new awareness IG account called @raisethatbarre. Her mission is to start a conversation, to shed light on the harsh realities of the dance world, as w

Ep 108: Up in the Air: Reducing Polarization, with Jakub Ferencik

Sep 4th, 2020 51m 2s

Hello friends! Change of pace today! Meet Jakub Ferencik, author of upcoming debut book titled “Up in the Air: Christianity, Atheism, & the Global Problems of the 21st Century”. Jakub just arrived in Slovakia, his homeland, to weather this COVI

Ep 107: Finding & Honouring Your Purpose, with Ericka Gail, M.S.Ed

Aug 28th, 2020 50m 59s

Hello my lovers. Meet Ericka Gail, a non-binary, queer, Black femme [they/them, she/her] trauma therapist, known as @mentalhealthfemme! We start by catching up on the context we find ourselves in this year and the conflicting feelings that 2020

Ep 106: Authenticity and Empowerment, with Victoria Henrietta

Aug 21st, 2020 59m 32s

MY LOVERS. Meet the lovely Victoria. She is the host of The V Word Show on the Applewood channel on Youtube, a badass Mama, actress and former teacher. She made time for us today to discuss her journey, and the state of the world and our place

Ep 105: Finding Your Passion, with Andreia Scotto

Jul 24th, 2020 53m 35s

Hi everyone! Meet Andreia! She is a Marriage and Family Therapy Candidate, based in Denver, Colorado. Andreia joyfully walks me through her Brazilian upbringing, including her progressive Catholic high school, and her journey into American soci

Ep 104: White Supremacy vs. Anti-Oppressive Counselling, with Ji-Youn Kim

Jul 17th, 2020 47m 1s

It's a warm welcome back to our dear Ji-Youn (jee-yan) Kim. If you haven't yet met her in ep 78, Ji-Youn is an anti-oppressive, trauma informed counsellor. She's an advocate for rage as liberation, and facilitates workshops called Processing Ra

Ep 103: Radical Compassion and Vulnerability, with Eman Salem

Jul 10th, 2020 52m 8s

My lovers you are in for a treat today! Meet Eman Salem, our fave badass life coach and CEO of Iron Self! We dive right in, without much intro, into the meat of it. Listen in if you've ever felt unable to be true to yourself, either due to your

Ep 102: Art Around the World, with Kriss Munsya

Jul 3rd, 2020 46m 53s

Welcome to our first guest of Season Three: photographer and visual artist Kriss Munsya. He came over to the podcast to talk about his current project The Eraser, as well as his life more broadly. We discuss his upbringing as an immigrant from

Ep 101: Here Comes Season 3!

Jun 26th, 2020 1h 13m

Welcome back my lovers. How are y'all holding up? Firstly, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. It has been amazing to host the last two seasons and I am beyond ecstatic that we are back for another one. To kick things off, Julia from @soihadanabort