Bombshell Brunches Podcast

Naturopathic Doctor, Dr. Ashley Margeson kicked it with us in true corky bombshell fashion. We talk naughty drinking, periods, and how hormones are instrumental in helping you maximise your efficiency, productivity and creativity. This episode is jam-packed with the scientifically-backed insights, tips and burnout recovery tools that every badass goal-digger NEEDS TO KNOW. 

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About Dr. Ashley Margeson, ND

Dr. Ashley Margeson is an Impact Entrepreneur, Naturopathic Doctor, and questioner with an unshakeable thirst for diving deep in helping you become the person you were always meant to be. She is obsessed with periods and the role they play in our lives. 

She successfully built a million-dollar business before the age of 30 and is the Founder and Host of the Superwoman Code Podcast - a place for women who want to thrive and live their lives on their terms.

Clinically, she helps women bounce back from burnout, balance their hormones and design a life where their health works for them, not against them. 

She's been named one of Atlantic Canada’s Top 50 under 40-year-olds and is one of the youngest members of the Women’s Presidents’ Organization. 

REFERENCES:

Burnout Blueprint (use promo code Bombshell20 for 40% OFF!!): click HERE

The Superwoman code podcast: click HERE

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Episode 26: Holistic Health! 

From a picture perfect partying life, Gillian Bertram looked like she had it all. One of the directors of a modelling agency in Paris, with all the glamour that goes with the Sex & The City Life, Gilly’s “It Girl” lifestyle started crumbling, and she started paying attention. After a huge family loss, Gilly was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2015. Five years later, Gilly is a Nutritional Therapist, Functional Medicine practitioner and Integrative Cancer Coach, helping others thrive through adversity, providing support to cancer patients as well as those looking to incorporate preventative practices and healthy processes. Gilly’s story is inspiring, informative, and reminds us to listen better to our beautiful bodies. So, get ready to switch your fears into curiosities, as we take on the big C word and crush it. 

About Gillian:

Gillian is a registered Nutritional Therapist, Functional Medicine practitioner and Integrative Cancer Coach, and is passionate about supporting people with cancer integrate nutrition and lifestyle medicine alongside standard cancer care. Gillian was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in 2015 and integrated radical diet and lifestyle change alongside surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Gillian’s personal experience overcoming cancer gives her a unique perspective rooted in experience and practical understanding of life as a long term patient. Her clinical practise recognises the body as an interconnected system and focuses on finding the root cause of illness and disease whilst optimising a person’s health and well-being. The core of Gillian’s approach uses nutrition and lifestyle medicine to identify and remove risk factors for cancer, while creating an inhospitable environment for cancer to grow and ultimately to restore the body’s innate ability to heal.

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Episode Twenty Five: Productivity Hacks! 
Not enough hours in the day? WE GOT YOU, BABES! We jump straight into a long list of productivity tips, tricks and tools that we use to ramp up our efficiency. We talk about digital and analogue timers, diaries, scheduling tools. We share personalised rituals to set up our mind, body and souls, being conscious of your own journey, and developing lasting habits that shape beautiful, productive long-term behaviours.

References

Deep Work (Cal Newport)
Bullet Journal 
Notion 

 
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**TRIGGER WARNING** - This episode talks about death and trauma, and may be jarring in some moments.

The adventure begins… IN YOUR MIND. We sat down with E. Larry Butler, Kristina’s hypnotist and career coach. Hop on board as we make like Dora the Explorer and learn about the inner workings of the unconscious mind; from smoking cessation (Kristina stopped smoking after 18 years with one session) to addressing core belief systems, past life regression to releasing your fears. Sit back and relax as we get deep into identity shifting and setting up for success, with a multitude of energy-centric techniques that will leave you feeling limitless. 

About Larry Butler:

E. Larry Butler founded Trance-formation Centres Inc.  in December of 2006

with one goal in mind: to provide the most powerful and effective solution we

could to allow individuals, who wanted a new life, to become non-smokers for

the rest of their lives.

People wanted more and we realised that the past does not have to define the

future. With this in mind we expanded our services, using hypnosis and other

modalities to enable our clients create new possibilities they had previously

thought impossible.

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Stay Together by Staying Apart! In the midst of a global pandemic, we’re diving in and out of connections, communications, and intentions in the realm of intimate relationships. Tamara Adilman, relationship therapist, joins our brunch for the second time, talking us through some of the biggest challenges in relationships today. The need for space (and connection), setting boundaries, and screen sex (at least it’s safe), Tam spills the tea with the very best resources and insights for you to glow up, whether you’re single or partnered. 

 About Tamara: 

Tamara Adilman has been a therapist in private practice in Vancouver BC for over 25 years. She specializes in relationship and individual therapy .

She has dedicated her working life to help people discover who they are and how to reach their potential . She works with clients who are facing grief, loss anxiety and depression as well as with couples and/or family members who seek to heal their relationships.

She believes deeply that people can and do change and her life's work is to help clients find their path towards personal transformation.

REFERENCES:

Getting the Love You Want, Harville Hendricks, Ph.D, and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D: click HERE

Keeping The Love You Find,  Harville Hendricks, Ph.D, and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D, click HERE 

Mating In Captivity, Esther Perel, click HERE

Attached, Amir Levine, M.D. and Rachel S. F. Heller, M.A., click HERE

Esther Perell TED Talk (The Secret to Desire in a Long Term Relationship), click HERE

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#022 - FULL, UNCUT EPISODE

Episode Twenty Two: The Worst Jobs and Best Lessons

A big part of our OG brunches was about sharing hilarious mishaps and embarrassing moments that we’d never want our future bosses/friends/family to know. 

So naturally, Raquelle and Kristina decide to go down this road for you all, BBs. 

From a conversation that couldn’t be more brunch-esque, we outline our worst jobs. We’ll chat you through the awkward, impressively ignorant, and downright painful career fails that left us flat on our face, and, as a result, more fierce and fabulous than before. Join us for a mimosa-worthy history of how to f**ck up brilliantly, and the true benefit that bad bosses can give you, no matter where you’re at in your career. 

Settle in, take a sip, and enjoy our brunch break!

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Laurinda embodies tomorrow’s best leaders. A female entrepreneur who dropped out of college, suffered extensive mental health issues, Laurinda gives us the inspiration and information to turn your hardships into heartwarming victories. After facing rejection from traditional roles, she created a life of sustainable, empowered social justice business exceptional products that you’re all going to want to wear.

We talk to Laurinda about struggling to find your ‘fit’ in your career, creating a powerful ‘why’, beginning small and investing in your vision, and continuously making sure that your values ARE your company.  If you’re starting a business, going freelance, or even working for a big company, this is a must-listen for how to create a nurturing culture, wherever you are.  

About Laurinda: 

Art has always had a significant impact in Laurinda Lee-Retter’s life and crafting jewellery was a hobby she adopted as a therapeutic pastime when she herself was a youth. Not thinking it was a viable career option, Laurinda attended university as a music major but ended up as an Executive Assistant somewhere down the road where crafting PowerPoint presentations were her main avenue for creativity. Surrounded by entrepreneurs, starting a business had always been a lifelong goal but for her, giving back and ensuring positive community impact were ultimate motivating factors so she adopted the social enterprise model to craft her own form of change. By combining her inherent love for art with the therapeutic elements she experienced personally in the creative process and a structured work environment, she founded Kind Karma to give vulnerable youth an innovative employment opportunity. Today. Kind Karma Company continues to employ at-risk and homeless youth to handcraft fine jewelry with proceeds from sales returned to employees to support their individual goals and aspirations. We hope that as these youth transform into successful adults, they too, will have the ability and motivation to continue to pay kindness forward. 

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Episode  20 - Body Talk!

Today we dig deep into how the body holds trauma. We sit with Ocean Bloom, a one-of-a-kind conscious movement therapist who has managed to intersect a combination of mental, physical and emotional therapies, creating a transformative experience for her clients. From pro-athlete to film star to personal fitness coach, Ocean has studied alternative and traditional healing therapies around the world, uncovering the most effective treatments for clients with extreme PTSD, unaddressed and unknown trauma, and physical and emotional ailments of all kinds. For people who are looking to perform, process and exist at their best level, this is a must-listen episode. 

About Ocean Bloom:

A World Fitness Champion, originally from Vancouver, BC. Ocean travels throughout Canada, Europe and Asia where she offers Conscious Movement Therapy sessions, leads wellness retreats, and teaches fitness and yoga classes. Ocean’s desire to find the balance between physical fitness and nurturing the spirit inspired her to travel to Asia to study Yoga, Ayurveda, Martial Arts, Meditation and Thai Yoga Massage. Her interest in transformational healing through ancient forms of therapeutic yoga massage and meditation brought her to Chiang Mai, Thailand for ongoing studies at the Sunshine Thai Massage School as well as training in the South of Thailand with the Mudita Thai Massage School. 

Ocean’s passion, devotion and inspiration come from 25 years of experience in theatre, film, dance, yoga, gymnastics, martial arts, and over 14 years as a fitness competitor, fitness model, actress, life coach, teacher, international author and speaker.

REFERENCES:

Ocean's Website: Click HERE

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Episode  19: CHINESE NEW YEAR! 

Happy New Year!! We’re celebrating abundance, wealth, good fortune and getting superstitious with you for Chinese New Year. Judy Lam Maxwell is a historian, a connoisseur of dumplings, Chinese history and traditions. For this episode, we dive into the history and lore surrounding the Lunar New Year, celebratory rituals, meanings and honouring our past as we walk into our future. 

Join us for a special celebration of Kristina’s childhood, one of Raquelle’s favourite holidays, and our joint love of food. And money. 

Enjoy! 

**EDIT: Kristina's apologies: in the episode, she says the word for gold is 'BAAT', but it's NOT!! BAAT (the number eight) sounds like the word for prosperity in Cantonese. OOPS! 

About Judy Lam Maxwell

Judy Lam Maxwell specializes in Chinatowns around the world, the history of the Chinese in Canada, and the Chinese Diaspora. Judy is third-generation European Canadian on her dad’s side and first-generation Chinese Canadian on her mother’s side. She has deep roots in the foundation of the city of Vancouver.

She completed an M.A. in History from the University of British Columbia, and a Certificate through the Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness at UBC’s Faculty of Education. She is currently a board member of numerous organizations in Vancouver’s Chinatown: the Vancouver Chinatown Revitalization Committee, the Chinatown Society Heritage Buildings Association, and the Vancouver Chinatown Heritage Committee. She is a past board member of the Organization of Chinese Americans and the BC Historical Federation. Judy enjoys teaching, research and writing, cooking, and people.

In addition to giving tours in Chinatown, Gastown, Granville Island, the University of British Columbia, and Judy also teaches people how to make dumplings and Hakka cooking lessons. Her businesses are Historical Chinatown Tours and Masterclass Dumplings.

RESOURCES

Judy’s Chinatown History and Dumpling Tours: click HERE

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Episode Eighteen - Hindsight is 2020

We’re celebrating surviving, and then thriving, through 2020. When we started this podcast, we agreed that we’d take it easy on ourselves, and enjoy the ride. This was the crux of why we started the Bombshell Brunches in physical form: we wanted to relax, unwind, and reflect on life with a group of like-minded people. Both of us agree that we are better together, and better when we elevate our friends. So, with this in mind, we reflect. 

We talk about some of our first year’s guests, and the lessons we’ve learned. We speak through a lens of our own learning, with the intention that it helps YOU get one step closer to your own personal goals. At the end of the day, babes, we NEVER had the answers. What we’re valuing more and more is that we have the foundation, the platform, and the will to ask questions, and recognise that we are all stepping into the new world. What we make of it, is up to us. 

So, may this episode bring you your own sense of wonder, questioning, reflecting, and intention setting. 

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