***Trigger warning for this episode - we discuss sensitive topics including sexual assault and violence. In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Molly Boeder Harris about her work and her journey with the Breathe Network and her own experiencing recovering from sexual assault. The Breathe Network connects survivors of sexual trauma with sliding-scale, trauma-informed, holistic healing practitioners across the United States and Canada. We talk about: How understandin...

In this episode, I had the honour of speaking with Rebeckah Price about the powerful work she has been leading for many years to reshape and decolonize wellness. She discusses what it actually means to create real systematic change in the health and wellness community for BIPOC and other marginalized communities, given the inherit inequities that exist in the wellness industrial complex. Rebeckah's deep commitment to liberation is truly inspiring and will move you, as it did me. ...

In this episode, I had the honour to speak with Dr. Jamie Marich about ongoing and ever changing trauma and addiction recovery. Two of the things she said resonates so deeply for me: "When I look at change, so much about it is in the healing power of consistency and I think that's fundamentally good for people who have survived complex trauma." AND "We may have parts and aspects of self but we all represent a working wholeness. What you have is already inside you. It just may take some...

I'm honoured to have shared in this conversation with Prentis Hemphill and to have listened to the wisdom they bring to embodiment and healing justice work. I trust you will feel both inspired and moved as well. They share about what inspired the creation of the Embodiment Institute and how evolving 'somatic practice' is a key to coming into collective healing and dismantling systems of oppression. Prentis Hemphill (They/Them) is a Texas born, embodiment practitioner, therapist, writer and t...

I just can't express enough gratitude to Kevin T. Hobbs for sharing this conversation with me. I have been left changed, moved and inspired by what he shared and I know you will too. We talk about how his participation in a specific theatre production saved his life and his work in bringing the same healing power to people through the D.O.S.E. Foundation. How he went from the throws of homelessness and depression to peace and hope, the focus of his new podcast, Kevin's Way Out as well ...

In this multi-faceted episode, I am so grateful to speak with fellow Jungian Analyst in training and movement magician, Mackenzie Amara, AKA 'THE INKED SHRINK", about the role that culture plays in our minds and in our lives. We go into our mutual love of the intersection of the soma and psyche and how she always includes elements of analytical psychology, myth, alchemy, and shadow work in her teaching and how dance and depth psychology are part and parcel for her and cannot be separated.&nbs...

In this eye-opening episode I talk with a truly inspiring woman, Dee de Lara! We discuss her work with the paradigm shifting movement hub, What Time, co-creating BIPOC-centred online space and disrupting expectations of how and where to find movement. Places to connect with Dee on Instagram: Dee de Lara What Time - Movement Class Hub A few of things our conversation touched upon: Dee's experience coming into a nourishing relationship with her body in a studio environment and how that sparke...

In this episode I speak with the luminous Elke Schroeder about her powerful work inspired by Fighting Monkey and how it dove tails with creating a more robust and adaptable nervous system and to bring us into deeper relationship with self and our environment. Dive in into the philosophy of Fighting Monkey, a movement practice revolutionizing the way we think about our place in space and in connection to fellow humans. Hear about the importance of moving beyond our predictab...

In this enthralling episode, I spoke with Anita Bhardwaj and Raggi Kotak about their work and upcoming six week program, Race Resilience. I was honoured to speak with them about their decades long social justice and somatic healing expertise and the powerful work they do in the UK and beyond. Race Resilience is a professional collaboration that combines their forty years experience of activism, exploring ground-breaking tools and resources to understand and move forward on the issue of ...

We dedicate this podcast to Michael Young. Without his courageous battle with addiction and his passing, Anie and I might never have crossed paths. Join me for a conversation with my dear friend, Anie Boudreau, Addiction Recovery and Chronic Pain Coach and Yoga Therapist. In this conversation we talk about how she supports her clients by: Helping her clients see possibilities and getting back to their spirit and believing that they should be here. Harnessing the container of playfulness, ...

Tune into my conversation available last week with Afeef Nessouli, a journalist, activist and videographer. We discuss his experiences participating in Black Lives Matter protests in New York and his own journey living with a history of trauma and health challenges. Two of my favourite quotes: "I feel so connected to the point of getting on the streets and making change because of my acute pain towards systems. I'm not happy that I have that pain. I'm just not resisting it anymore." "You ge...

Join me for a conversation with Vanessa Scotto that challenges all the self love memes we see every day and takes us into the longer and more winding path to reaching a place of self love. We talk about: Self compassion as a gate way to self love.Cognitive approaches to self love versus self love that happens on a cellular level. How difficult it can be to absorb and accept love from others when we have experienced abuse, trauma and mistreatment.How Vanessa used to believe that if...

In this beautiful and moving conversation with Worthy, I was left with my heart full and my hunger for life affirmed. Worthy's story about her near death experience and her brave heart moved me to tears. I know this episode will help breathe life back into your soul and soma. One of my favourite quotes from Worthy in this episode (so hard to pick just one): "Our bodies and souls are so intelligent that there can be a microscopic spontaneous shift in the fabric at any moment." Worthy...

Finding our passion, wonder and inspiration while living with the effects of trauma in ourselves or someone we love and a candid discussion on the challenges of navigating the mental system to find support for complex PTSD. That's what this episode with Heather Tuba really highlights. How we can both survive some days and thrive other days. We really dig into how much shame is created when mental health services fall short for trauma survivors and their partners and families. Heather i...

Join me for a packed conversation with Kimberly Johnson: Vaginapractor, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Sexological Bodywork and author of The Fourth Trimester. BRAIN JUICE coming your way. We talk about: Her new book that is in the worksHow the trauma recovery world leaves out (re)building healthy sexual expressionHer work in facilitating pelvic mapping sessionsParenting teenagers during COVID19Authenticity in social media Kimberly is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencin...

Join me for a packed and mind blowing conversation with Britt Frank, a leading trauma specialist and mental health thought leader. One of my favourite episodes to date. We cover everything from: Misconceptions in trauma recovery that hold us back Grieving the end of our childhood Narcissism as an addiction, not a personality disorder The overuse and misuse of the phrase “Nervous System Regulation” and the new term Britt coined in our conversation "Toxic Regulation" Britt Frank, MSW, LSCSW,...

Tune into a rich conversation with me and Brooke Thomas where we talk about the embodiment of spirituality and what the crisis is brewing in each of us. Brooke Thomas has been doing embodiment work in private practice for 20 years and is trained as a Rolfer and a Realization Process teacher. Her work sits at the intersection of where the body meets consciousness and how playing with this can shift our way of being in the world. She is the founder of the Liberated Being community, which is de...

Get ready for a powerful episode that will move you from the inside. This episode is all about looking our at pervasive awareness of death during the pandemic, something we normally try to chase away. I speak about my experience with a life threatening illness and how it fuelled my desire to live fully while my work with people living with cancer informed so much of my current work in helping to bring people back to fully living. Then I speak with my friend, Robin Pacific, artist, activist...

I met Marit Stiles, Canadian politician, many years at my last studio and got to know her first as a human being wanting movement coaching, not a politician. I wanted to speak with her and you all to meet her to see she lives and breathes her commitment to social justice to her very core. Marit was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 Ontario general election. She represents the riding of Davenport as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party. She is the Official Op...

Brace your hearts and buckle up for a conversation with Kathy Ramsey, a human who shares honestly about the complexity of both physical and emotional trauma recovery. Kathy was run over by a truck 2.5 years ago which broke her back, pelvis, all her ribs, her left leg and shoulder and had a stroke due to massive internal blood loss. By the time she arrived at the hospital via ambulance, they were unable to get a blood pressure reading as she had so little blood left in her body. ...