Have you ever wondered how to unlock your creative potential and live a more authentic life aligned with your passions? In this episode, Lauren Abøn Pedersen, a Danish-Canadian singer, songwriter, and composer, shared her journey and experiences with following her creativity and living intentionally.

Ever have trouble managing your emotions? Today your host Dr. Rishma Walji is talking with guest Dr. Joan Rosenberg about unpleasant emotions and how to manage them.

In this episode, we dive deep into the physical, emotional and cultural significance of hair and how it shapes our identity. Your host and our guests share their own journeys with their hair, how it looks, how much time they spend on it, what it means for their self-perception and how they are perceived by others. Through this conversation, you'll gain a better understanding of the complex relationship between hair and self-confidence, identity, culture, ancestry, expectations and beauty. ...

In this short, 'quick tip' podcast episode, we explore the importance of curating your friendships and surrounding yourself with people who uplift and support you.

A conversation about finding friendships with Jillian Richardson, author of Unlonely Planet.

If you're trying to manage your social media, or teach your kids how to manage their usage, this is a must listen. It's an interview with guest expert Dr Don Grant on healthy device management.

Do you ever feel like deleting your social media? Or taking a break from it and doing a social media 'detox'? In this episode we look at social media and the love/hate relationship many of us have. How do we navigate a deep, thoughtful life in the presence of social media?

In this quick tip episode we talk about how to turn learning into changing. We have so much access to information and many of us seek information to grow and change. But how can we actually use the knowledge we acquire to make our lives better? This is a technique that has worked well for me, and others, and I hope will help you too.

A discussion with Karen Darke, athlete, adventurer and author of Boundless: An Adventure Beyond Limits. A deeply inspiring episode about the power of the mind.

We often think that can 'do that later', 'call tomorrow'. We think we have more time. In this episode, I'm talking to Dr Jacqueline Hui, a palliative care physician, about her experiences working with patients at the end of life. What she's learned from them, and how we can apply those lessons to our lives today.

This is a Quick Tip Episode on how to move towards your goals faster. A new way to think about not only your goals but the outcome. What are you really trying to achieve?

An inspiring interview with Canadian author and pianist Coco Ma. Coco is a household name for us. She's inspired my daughters in so many ways and has been their favourite author since they started reading her first novel, Shadow Frost. In this episode, I sit down with my daughters to interview Coco. And now, she's our hero! Honestly, this was such a fun episode. We learned a lot, had a great time and I hope you enjoy listening as much we enjoyed recording this.

This is an interview with the lovely, 13 year old author, Kaiya. Here book, The Shifters, is a fantasy fiction novel. She also happens to be my daughter :) We talked about the book, her process writing the book and and she's learned.

In this episode I share personal story about 'failure' and what happened to change my perspective on what constitutes 'success' in my life.

A very special behind the scenes episode all about how we made the podcast, what's coming up for season 2 and much more.

If you want to be more positive and optimistic in life, join your host, Dr. Rishma Walji as she explores strategies on how you can take a more optimistic attitude on life. She discusses negative and positive thought patterns, and actionable strategies that can help you feel more hope for the future, and more control over your circumstances.

If you've ever had a hard time with positive affirmations, and wonder if they actually work, then this episode is for you. Of course it would be nice to have positive, encouraging thoughts that can turn into beliefs and hopefully change our lives but is that too much to ask of a few sentences? We dive in the science around affirmations and a few ways to make them resonate more deeply and more authentically.

Are you a perfectionist? Do you wonder to how to stop being a perfectionist without compromising your work or personality characteristics? In this episode we explore the concept of Good Enough (a concept from parenting) and extrapolate to ask the question, is good enough sometimes good enough? And if not, what can we do to strive to be our best, without feeling the guilt and crippling self-criticism that comes with trying to be perfect.

In this bonus episode, your host Dr Rishma Walji talks with guest Dr Jessie Borelli about the parent-child relationship. They discuss emotional safety, empathy and how to support your child in different stages of emotion and life.

If stress sometimes gets the better of you. If you feel like you're rushing through your day, or trying to juggle it all and as a result, you're not showing up for yourself and your kid(s) in the way you want, this episode is for you. We talk about a practical, memorable and actionable strategy to be more connected as a parent. A way to help us be more patient and more present and more understanding – even when all the other stuff is happening in life. Even when you have a lot of...

Burnout is a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion brought on by prolonged or repeated stress. Many people have experienced some type of burnout symptoms over the years, and look forward to taking time off, or going on vacation to get a break from things and recover. But what if there was more to it than that? What if burnout wasn’t just about being busy, loaded with responsibilities and feeling exhausted. What if there was more to feeling burnout and another factor that could...

Interview with para-athlete Candice Combdon

When we think about living a full life, it's about the things we experience. The people we connect with the memories we make. After all, it's the memories of our lives that make us who we are. There are ways to make those memories more meaningful to you. There are also ways to create and recall happy moments more easily. In this episode, we talk about family bonding, connecting with those you love, and how you can intentionally build a richer 'highlight reel' of your own life.

In this episode we discuss what meditation does in your brain, how it can be helpful, and how you might be able to get similar calming and peaceful effects in other ways.