Looking for one of the best ways to de-stress during the pandemic?  No, It's not in your fridge, or at the LCBO. On this week's episode of Millennial Balance, Shaliza and Afua will chat with Cathy Nesbitt about why LAUGHTER yoga is the best medicine to help calm your nerves.

This week on Mental Health Moments Phil chats with a member of the Canadian Senate. Denise Batters. Senator Batters opens up about her husband's suicide, the difference in mental health support since his passing. Her advocacy work and where she hopes society goes from here in terms of mental health support.

Joy in the Summer: Alumni UBC Summer Series is a lighthearted, inspiring, three-part podcast that presents a summer of joyfulness and fun as told by UBC alumni; wine, music and geocaching specialists; and stay-in-the-neighborhood athletes, romantics and travelers. A dream surprise

for five UBC students who sing with the UBC A Cappella. Superstar voice and performance coach, Tamara Beatty, who coaches for ‘The Voice,’ ‘My Kind of Country,’ ‘I Can See Your Voice’ and ‘Masked Singer’ offers them a private session. Before the big surprise, Associate Professor of Music Theory, Leigh Van Handel contextualizes three pieces of music presented in the Summer Series, while the podcast listener enters

virtual rooms full of music: a Venetian sitting room for the Classical music; a NYC jazz club for the jazz and the Chan Center for the UBC A Cappella.

Restaurants have reopened to patrons for a while now in Onatrio but on this episode of Millennial Balance, Shaliza and Afua speak with Toronto Star reporter Irelyne Lavery about how Millennials are hesitant to dine indoors and are instead, opting to stick with patios.

Music Director Cristina Lavecchia chats with Kathryn Sinopoli, a songwriter and Billboard charting recording artist based in St. Catharines,

Ontario. Kathryn's debut EP called "Bone Collector" is set to be released on September 16th. In this episode, Kathryn tells us her experience of releasing an EP as an independent artist and gives us an exclusive first listen of a few tracks, including the title track which is set to be released on the same day.

This week on Mental Health Moments, host, Phil speaks to Shayan Yazdanpanah from Kids Help Phone about a new project Kids Help Phone has put on called the Peer-to-Peer Community that allows young people to connect anonymously and securely to other young people and help one another through tough times. Also on the show, Shayan explains that in 2020, the use of Kids Help Phone hit over 4 million connections compared to 1.9 million in 2019.

On this week's episode of Millennial Balance, Shaliza and Afua will chat with Cathy Nesbitt about why LAUGHTER yoga is the best medicine to help calm your nerves.

New Music Podcast – Our Music Director Cristina Lavecchia chats with an alternative pop band from Toronto called "3409". What started as a class project between Humber College Music Business students, quickly turned into an online success; their music has received over 4 million streams on Spotify alone. Band members Danny and Dante share their latest single "Cali Girls" with us.

Mental Health Moments (host: Phil McCabe) – When you think of First Aid, you think of CPR, or defibrillators and so on. But this week on Mental Health Moments, Phil's guest Susan Kagan breaks down an amazing course and program "Mental Health First Aid" Susan talks about the program, how it helps you help others and yourself. She talks about the need to destigmatize mental health and she sheds some light on ALGEES.

Chit Chat (Cal & Co.) – Chit Chat is back with another episode this Saturday on Discovery! Join Nick and Cal in their “Did you know?” segment where they share their most bizarre and interesting facts that are sure to engross and intrigue!

Millennial Balance with Shaliza Bacchus and Afua Baah

Our Music Director Cristina Lavecchia chats with Gold Certified and Billboard charting artist Mat Teofilo a.k.a Songsbury about receiving his first gold record and his experience as a film composer. Mat, who has been in the music industry for 20+ years and has worked with Madonna, Miley Cyrus and Diplo, also reveals that he's opening a recording studio in his hometown of Vaughan!

Mental Health Moments – host Phil McCabe – This week, on a special edition of Discovery, Mental Health Moments takes the full show. Joining Phil this episode is Crime Reporter turned researcher and PR person, Tamara Cherry! After leaving her job in the GTA, Tamara launched a research project into traumatic events and the impact it has on victims, survivors and the media. Phil and Tamara talk about the way forward, a look back at past events and much more.

If you’re itching to travel but you’re not ready to get on a plane just yet, Afua and Shaliza have you covered with this weekend’s edition of Millennial Balance! There are so many beautiful, Instagram-worthy spots just a short drive away from York Region and travel blogger Olivia Rutt AKA mywanderingvoyage joins the show to share some amazing ideas for travelling in Ontario. Tune in to discover some hidden gems in this beautiful province of ours.

Did you know that 46% of Canadians are reporting anxiety over

heading back into the workplace even with vaccines. Phil is joined this week by Michael Cooper from Mental Health Research Canada. Michael breaks down a series of surveys and research data to shed some light on how Canadians are feeling. Michael and Phil talk

about a variety of interesting stats, including a dramatic increase in Canadians accessing Mental Health services like Kids Help Phone etc since the pandemic started.

Our Music Director Cristina Lavecchia chats with Vancouver-based

singer and songwriter Madison Olds about her new EP called "Drowning in My Thoughts". Although she is new to the music scene, Madison has opened stages for Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Neon Dreams and Scott Hellman, and her radio hit “Best Part of Me” reached the top 30 of several charts including Billboard's Canada Emerging Artists Chart.