At Your Best

At Your Best

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At Your Best episodes

  • How does social media affect your mental health?

    On this week's show:

    • How does social media affect your mental health?
    • Is social media affecting your mental health? CHECKLIST!
    • How to use social media so it doesn’t affect your mental health
    • Social media intervention for friends and family
    • Understanding self-esteem and confidence
    • Therapy and tools to improve self-esteem and confidence
    • How to support those with low self-esteem and confidence & Feel Good Story of the Week!
      • 1 hr 18 min
    • How teens get involved in gangs, and how you can start a side hustle!

      On this week's show:

      • How do teens get involved in gangs? What does the legal system look like for underaged offenders?Guest: Dr. Irwin Cohen - Associate Professor & Director, Centre for Public Safety and Criminal Justice Research at the University of the Fraser Valley
      • What is a side hustle and how do you start one?
      • PLUS the feel-good story of the day: Emily O’Brien faced jail time for attempting to smuggle drugs into Canada. But instead of continuing down her dark path that got her there, she decided to turn her passions and skills into a successful business. Emily Taylor with CHCH News in Hamilton has the story.
        • 1 hr 7 min
      • The Great Exhaustion - What is it?

        On this week's show:

        • The Great Exhaustion - What is it?
        • What causes the Great Exhaustion? How to avoid it?
        • GUEST: Howard Levitt - Senior Partner, Levitt LLP, Employment and Labour Lawyers (9:39)
        • Fixes and tips when dealing with the Great Exhaustion (27:26)
        • Overcoming fears and anxiety when meeting new people (36:00)
        • What are the signs of social anxiety?
        • Tips and tricks to overcome social anxiety
        • Helping others get over their social fears and anxiety, as well as our Feel Good Story of the Week!
          • 1 hr 15 min
        • Moving for mental health and overcoming the fear of being new at work

          On this week's show:

          • What does movement for mental health mean?
          • How dancing and movement can help your mental health
          • GUEST: Sabrina Strasser - Professional Dancer
          • Movement from a physiotherapy perspective
          • GUEST: Grant Fedoruk - Physiotherapist & Host of “Life Shouldn’t Hurt” on the Corus Radio Network
          • Ways you can move to help your mental health (45:05)
          • Starting a new job? What does the first day look like as the “new kid on the block” (NKOTB)?
          • Overcoming your fears/anxieties of being the NKOTB
          • How you can embrace the new opportunity for personal growth
          • The role you can play in making the NKOTB feel comfortable on their first day & Feel Good Story of the Week!
            • 1 hr 16 min
          • The do’s and don’ts of caregiving & preparing for a job interview

            On this week's show:

            • What is healthy caregiving? (0:19)
            • Do’s/Don’ts of caregiving & Healthy boundaries for caregivers (8:06)
            • The emotional, familial, and financial cost of caregiving (17:38)
            • Preparing your children to be healthy caregivers & benefit of having a will (your wishes) (27:39)
            • Defining a job interview - what’s good and bad (37:09)
            • How to present yourself in the best way - Virtual and in-person (46:10)
            • Overcoming fear, anxiety, and excitement the day before the interview (54:08)
            • How to close the interview and ask for the job you want & Feel good story of the week! (1:03:45)
              • 1 hr 17 min
            • What is the difference between compulsive behaviour and addiction?

              On this week's show:

              • An estimated 21% of Canadians, about 6 million people, will meet the criteria for addiction in their lifetime (0:00)
              • Self-assessment - which one am I? (7:02)
              • How to use these behaviours for good not evil? (15:57)
              • Tips and tricks on living with those who have compulsive behaviours or addictions (25:32)
              • Differences between healthy and unhealthy retirement (35:13)
              • What do you want out of your retirement and how to make the most of it? (43:48)
                • 56 min
              • The secrets to living a truly happy life

                What is the one goal in life every single one of us should hope to achieve every day? Finding happiness.

                Therapist and performance coach, Yonah Budd offers the secrets to leading a happy life. And it turns out, it's a lot easier than you'd think.

                After getting everyone's pursuit of happiness on track, Yonah helps hybrid workers take control of their work days and set up healthy boundaries for their workplace and homes.

                *In addition to being a podcast, At Your Best is a live show that you can hear every Sunday night on the Corus Radio Network.

                1 hr 10 min
              • Understanding what borderline personality disorder is

                Yonah talks to Miranda Newman, Author of the book "Rough Magic: Living with BPD" about what borderline personality disorder is. He also talks about the importance of setting boundaries and the importance of healthy choices.

                GUEST: Miranda Newman, Author of the book "Rough Magic: Living with BPD"

                1 hr 16 min

              About At Your Best

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              The mission for At Your Best is simple: we want to help every listener become a GYOAT…the Greatest You of All Time.