BETTER presents: Make Food Food Again

The world knows today’s guest from smash songs like “I Would Die For You” and “Insensitive.” She’s a multi-platinum, award-winning singer-songwriter, an actor starring in CTV’S hit show, “JANN,” an author, dedicated animal rights activist, and beloved soul of Canada. Beyond growing up with her music, I also know today’s guest from her sincere support of my work with A Better Life Foundation, where we feed over 1,200 people a day in need of nutrition and the simple love and care that comes from a scratch-made meal. Today, Jann Arden helps us see how she built a BETTER life for herself and so many others. We get to go into her safe space, a place she created growing up in a chaotic childhood home with alcoholism, and a desire to heal through music. You’ll also hear stories about coping with the loss of our pets, learning to ask for help when we need it, and so much more.


WORKS:
- Time for Mercy (1993)
- Living Under June (1994)
- Happy? (1997)
- Blood Red Cherry (2000)
- Love Is the Only Soldier (2003)
- Jann Arden (2005)
- Uncover Me (2007)
- Free (2009)
- Uncover Me 2 (2011)
- Everything Almost (2014)
- A Jann Arden Christmas (2015)
- These Are the Days (2018)
- Descendant (2022)



TOOLS:
- Learning to ask for help
- Accepting your true feelings, and honoring them as they are uniquely yours
- Tools for dealing with loneliness
- Insight on the gift of getting older

Resources:
https://www.jannarden.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jannarden/
https://twitter.com/jannarden

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.
 

BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Dr. Gabor Maté is an internationally renowned speaker known for his expertise on addiction, trauma, and the connection between mind and body. His wisdom comes from decades of lived experience working with homeless patients struggling with drug addiction and severe mental health. With bestsellers like “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts” and “When The Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection," his work is revolutionizing our understanding of self, healing, and, simultaneously, transforming Our human capacity for compassion. 


WORKS:
- "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction” 
- “When The Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection"
- "The Wisdom of Trauma"

TOOLS:
- Compassion inquiry 
- Empathy & understandings for deeper human connection
- Indigenous wisdom from the Lakota people to help you honour your pain & and each other's pain
- Insight into how to turn your passion into support for a cause you care about

Resources:
https://drgabormate.com/
https://compassionateinquiry.com/
Dr. Gabor Maté TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cYcSak6nE

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.
 

BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

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