Anyone Soft and Strong Podcast

This week, I invited my friend Jazz Danis to the podcast. I interviewed Jazz on her experience of what means to be  Metis in Canada.  Jazz speaks on her journey reconnecting to her heritage and shares how despite all the challenges that come along, this  process is allowing her to embrace her identity at the same time honouring her ancestors.


Books mentioned in this episode:

I am Woman by Lee Maracle

Midnight to the North by Sheila Nickerson

Rekindling the Sacred Fire by Chantal Fiola

The Right to be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Kuei, My Friend: A Conversation on Racism and Reconciliation by Deni Ellis Bechard and Natasha Kanape Fontaine

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

This week on the podcast to celebrate International Women’s Day, I invited my dear friend Wenlan  for a conversation on all things sex and period. The taboo topics of our lifetime. Wenlan shares memories from her childhood getting her first period. Her journey on becoming empowered, as well as finding the freedom to move beyond shame in embracing her sexuality in a society that would teach her otherwise. 
Happy International Women’s Day 

This week in honour of Black History Month, I invited jasmine Smikle to the podcast. Jasmine shared her experience growing up in Canada as a black woman living in a predominantly white society.  We discuss the need for representation, diversity as well as the pressure black people,  along with other people of colour experience when being  "the only one ". There is silent pressure to show up,  go above and beyond just to prove that they belong in these spaces.

In this episode, I invited Dua Hamed.  Dua recounts her story and experience leaving her native home country Iraq to embark on a journey seeking a new home In Canada.  This is a story of love, resilience and finding one's true self while embracing life's unknown paths.

In this episode, with my guest Jacquie, we have a  conversation on the journey of turning passionate ideas into reality. The fears of stepping outside the comfort zone and the desire to leave something behind to be remembered for.