Among My Sisters

We’re joined by yoga instructor, Beth Davis, for a conversation around creating space as a potential for healing, finding fear in your body and transmuting it to love, and all things yoga.

Beth’s teachings are a culmination of 40 years of study, practice and inner search. Her own teachers stimulated new thought patterns that irreversibly helped her change her perceptions of herself and humanity.  You can find her at www.bethdavisyoga.com

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We’re joined by Alyssa Gilbert for a conversation about her experiences as a woman in STEM in the early 2000s, challenges women face in the world of academia, and how her passion sparked a career shift. 

Alyssa Gilbert has a PhD in Astronomy, and currently a high school science and math teacher in London, Ontario. She’s passionate about creating an inclusive, caring learning environment, and helping all students find their inner STEM nerd.

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Welcome back to our Second Season!  Today we’re having conversations about the continuation of pandemic life in Alberta, impacts of the pandemic for Canadian women, and the book that’s changing our lives. 

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We’re chatting about living the Covid Life, Alberta’s pandemic response, influential women, and our current media consumption of choice.

Our Consumed Media:

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

This Naked Mind by Annie Grace

The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer

Kids These Days by Dr. Jody Carrington

Nice White Parents Podcast

Oprah Conversations - Apple TV

Untethered Soul Lecture Series - Audible

We’re joined by Kira Spence of Peak Academics for a conversation about our different education experiences, the current education system and the proposed curriculum draft, all in the Province of Alberta.

Through her company Peak Academics, www.peakacademics.ca, Kira helps students navigate the world of competitive sport by providing a more holistic approach to education.  She provides educational and emotional support, adapting strategies to accommodate training schedules, competitions, playoffs, travelling schedules and all the glorious times that make up adolescence.

We’re joined by Chef Melissa, owner of Gilded Spoon, for a conversation about life in New York, culinary school, the world of publishing, and of course food.  

As a New York City trained chef and top graduate of her class from one of America’s best ranked culinary schools, Chef Melissa has worked among several award-winning chefs at Michelin star restaurants and developed recipes for major food magazines. Gilded Spoon was created to bring amazing multiple course meal kits to the home cook and their most discerning dinner guests. Learn more at www.gildedspoon.com

Mari-Jane is joined by Sarah-Jane Nelson for a conversation that explores harm reduction advocacy, cannabis stigma, the Opioid Crisis and our consumption of alcohol. 

SJ shares her of knowledge, experience, and empathy as a harm reduction advocate.  She is a community health worker, mother, wife, yogi, and co-founder of Stick and Stone Cannabis Co.

We’re joined by Kyla Hunter from Where is the World and Colette Baser from Basers Abroad for a conversation about long term travel, world adventures with a family in tow, and how we face our fears.  

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We’re sharing the story of our nearly thirty year friendship.  We also answer questions from you and chat about the importance of friendships among women.

Special Thanks to Jennifer Patterson & Colette Baser for being a part of this episode.

We’re joined by Dannielle Moore for a very real conversation about her battle with cancer as a not only a young woman, but also as a young parent.  

Dannielle is the author of the blog SheCancerviveTheFire.com, featured last year on the Canadian Cancer Survivor Network. Through her blog she has created a space where she shares her experience with thyroid cancer in hopes of writing a narrative where cancer is not the only story.  

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