Short and shareable conversation starters to support you or your loved ones with a complicated and beautiful brain.
Kitchen Table Conversations
EPISODE #52: A Head Start on FASD Awareness Month
September, which is FASD awareness month, is fast approaching. Let's get a head start!
EPISODE #51: Transitioning Back to School - A Family Affair
Today's episode will touch on how we can make the transition back to school as good as it can be.
EPISODE #50: Normalizing the Benefit of Therapy
In this episode, we aim to normalize the benefit of therapy/counselling and doing our best to provide early access.
EPISODE #49: Supporting Healthy Pregnancies
In this episode, we’re talking about supporting healthy pregnancies and clarifying some language and messaging.
EPISODE #48: World Breastfeeding Week
The theme for this year’s World Breastfeeding Week is “Let’s make breastfeeding and work, work!”
EPISODE #47: Another Positive Look at Anxiety
This is a repeat episode that originally aired as EPISODE #12: A Positive Look at Anxiety. We think it’s worth another listen.
EPISODE #46: Music as a Medium (A Redo of Challenging our Biases)
Using music as a medium. Let’s take another listen to this episode, which originally aired as EPISODE #44, and the song recently released by Dean Brody called Broke.
EPISODE #45: Everything is Temporary… Let's Breathe
The importance of noticing, honouring and learning from our feelings and evaluating if they help or hinder us.
EPISODE #44: Challenging Our Biases Around People Who Don't 'Work'
Using music as a medium, this episode explores the unique challenges that people with hidden disabilities experience.
EPISODE #43: Great News! Canada Now has a Disability Benefit!
Parliament passed Bill C-22; establishing the first ever Canada Disability Benefit.
EPISODE #42: Book Reviews and Spreading the Word
Welcome to summer! In today’s episode, I’m sharing some reviews on my book and the need to raise awareness; all in an effort to help.
EPISODE #41: Breaking Stigma, Supporting Success in a Complex World
Today's episode is highlighting an upcoming FASD Conference scheduled for the Fall which focuses on breaking stigma and supporting success in a complex world.
EPISODE #40: How to Move Forward & Make Peace with our Past
Have a listen to this episode to hear about some of the ways that we can make peace with our past and move towards our values with more wisdom and resilience.
EPISODE #39: Reducing Stigma; Sharing Ideas and Experiences in Newfoundland
In this episode, I will share my experience from the Newfoundland FASD Conference that I was honoured to speak at this past week.
EPISODE #38: Keeping the Conversation Going, all the way to Newfoundland
In this episode, we recognize the impact proper education and awareness can have on prevention when it comes to prenatal alcohol expose.
EPISODE #37: Mental Health and Self Medicating… Why do so many of us do this alone?
Today's episode is focussed on how many people struggle with life's challenges and mental illness alone, and so often their method involves self medicating with substances.
EPISODE #36: Finding Joy in Other Peoples Successes
Can finding joy in other peoples successes be the secret to our own happiness? Let's talk about the mental health benefit of being genuinely happy for others when they experience joy or success.
EPISODE #35: May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
Let's take some time to learn a few facts and stats, and to further understand the ongoing impact of poverty and stigma on overall wellbeing.