Don't Mind If We Do

Welcome to Season 2 of Don't Mind If We Do!! Starting the year off with a topic that plaques so many mamas. Guilt. Mom guilt. What is it? How do we deal with it? When is it time to let it go? Luckily we have special guest Alysia Lyons who specializes in coaching women through their own mom guilt!

Also to help with the guilt- we sample California Gallo Family white wine because our guest is in California!!

Thanks for listening and remember, if you are a mom- you are doing an amazing job and try not to compare yourself to anyone else out there! You are unique and special and we love you!!

A little bit about Alysia:

Alysia Lyons is a mom first, life coach and author second. She is passionate about helping moms enjoy every day, love on their kids more and feel freedom with their time. She has her Bachelor of Science in Business Management and is a certified Master Neuro-Transformational Life Coach. Alysia guides her clients through long-lasting neurological shifts to help ease their guilt and increase their emotional freedom. She posts weekly blogs and podcast episodes on her website which focus on relationships, mom guilt, communication and lessons she has learned throughout her daily life. Alysia www.alysialyons.com

The year has almost come to an end and we are SO grateful to have you in our lives and will never take it for granted that out of the millions of different podcasts out there- you chose us to listen to!! We want to wish you all the most happiest of holidays and for our final episode of 2021, we have the most special guest of all........you guessed it! SANTA himself is here to chat with us (Robin and Chelsea) and he shares some SANTA MAGIC with us! Are we on the NAUGHTY or NICE LIST?! Find out! Plus, gather your kids 'round the speakers as Santa reads us a Christmas classic – "Twas the Night Before Christmas."

and of course we sample some festive Rum and eggnog......

Wishing you and your families a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thanks for listening…and DON'T MIND IF WE DO chat with you again next year!

Our favourite GHOST GUY is back with more tales of FESTIVE FRIGHT! Did you know that GHOST STORIES were the ORIGINAL tales of Christmas?! CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED (by us of course) author of Victoria and Vancouver's MOST HAUNTED, Ian Gibbs is back on "Don't Mind If We Do" to scare the Christmas pants off us. And we keep OUR spirits bright by tasting a delicious Eggnog latte!!

Here is where you can find more about Ian himself and all his amazing adventures!

Thanks for listening,

xoxo Chelsea and Robin and Merry Christmas!

https://discoverthepast.com/ghostly-walks/

https://www.ghoststoryguy.com/

https://www.facebook.com/ghoststoryguyauthor

https://www.facebook.com/ghostsnbears

insta: @ghoststoryguy; @ghostsnbears; @discoverthepast

About Ian:

Born in the UK and emigrating to Canada with his family when he was young, Ian carries with him the celtic gifts of his heritage. Always fascinated by story telling, social history, ghosts and hauntings, Ian found himself more and more assisting friends with their ghost problems and learning much more than simply stories along the way.

Ian is very grateful to have an incredible publisher to work with in TouchWood Editions, Ian looks forward to hearing more of your ghost stories and having the chance to share even more stories of the paranormal and things that go bump in the night. When not writing, Ian holds down a regular day job, as well as doing guided Ghostly Walks and producing and co-hosting a podcast in Victoria, BC where he lives with his family. Ian really enjoys hearing from his readers the most.

Women In Trades- Pt 3 we chat with Bella McHenry – Robin's 23-year old badass mechanic. Bella has been working on cars since she was 15 years old and has never let working in a man's world get her down. In this week's episode of "Don't Mind If We Do" Bella tells us what made her passionate about fixing cars, what really GRINDS HER GEARS about being one of the few women in her field, and what EVERY WOMAN should know how to do on her own when it comes to auto mechanics.

Also, we give Bella the gift of Lonetree's Ginger Apple Cider…and then make her open it so we can all drink it. Good.

Need someone to check under your hood? Go see my girl.

https://www.facebook.com/isabella.mchenry

Insta: @bella44151

Thanks for listening! xox Chelsea and Robin

If you were ever attacked…would you know what to do? Would your KIDS know what to do? Do you live alone? Run through the woods by yourself? All great reasons to consider a self-defense course. Today we learn more of how we can empower and protect ourselves and the people we love with Kris Greffard from Sheepdog Self Protection! And we limber up by tasting Merridale Cider! Apple Pie Cider- so delicious!

https://www.sheepdogselfprotection.com/

https://www.facebook.com/sheepdogselfprotectioninc

Insta: @sheepdogselfprotectioninc

BIO: Kris is the owner and lead instructor of Sheepdog Self-Protection Inc. Kris specializes in women's personal safety and reality based training. She is passionate about empowering women with the tools to keep them safe. Kris is a law enforcement professional in the Province of British Columbia. She is a certified law enforcement Use of Force Instructor. Kris has her Bachelor of Arts in Recreation and Health Education as well as an Associate Certificate in Leadership and Conflict Resolution. She has been training in self protection and combatives since 2005. As a mother of 2 employed in a high risk profession, Kris has devoted herself to self protection training, doing everything possible to ensure she kisses her babies goodnight. Kris takes pride in providing the best training possible to ensure you do the same. Kris's motto: Be a girl with a mind, a woman with attitude, and a lady with class… and never forget to be bad ass!

Hope you loved this episode and learned some great tips on how to keep yourself safe!!

Thanks for listening! xoxo Chelsea and Robin

Episode 28 is all about Women In Trades, joined with Ashley Adams who is an electrician and soon to be instructor at Camosun College here in Victoria, BC! We had so much fun for this episode and we were so excited to have Ashley as our very first IN PERSON guest on the show!!

All together, we sampled Elephant Island's Love Child- half cider half wine!! So delicious- make sure to check it out at https://elephantislandwine.com/ in the Naramata Valley! One of Chelsea's favs!

Ashley talks about some of the ups and downs of being a female in a male dominated trade and is all for female empowerment and seeing more ladies in the trades! From following in her dad's footsteps to leading the way for future females in trades- Ashley is a force to be reckoned with. Oh plus she is in a very awesome band! Here is the link to check out one of their songs! https://youtu.be/YruX-G-40Rw

More about Ashley Adams:

Ashley Adams is a Red Seal FSR Master Electrician with well over a decade experience in the trade. She has recently shifted roles in her career moving from a service manager position to becoming an electrical instructor at Camosun College. Inspiring the next generation of men and women to become successful in the trade is aligned with her purpose in the industry. She is a passionate self taught musician currently working on an album with her band 'the happy failure' due for release in early 2022.

Thanks for listening! xoxo Robin and Chelsea

Join us for this amazing episode focused on 2 very talented women in trades! Have you ever wondered what it would look like for women getting into the trades- a typically man dominated field? Our guests Rachel and Brittany share their stories about how it is for them, how they got into it and then of course lots of laughs...because don't mind if we do!

Robin and Chelsea sample Tropical sour craft non alcoholic beer! So delicious and fruity!!

Thanks for listening!!

xoxo Robin and Chelsea

ABOUT RACHEL: Rachel is a Construction Project Manager and Estimator at Kingsview Construction in Victoria, BC. Focused primarily on commercial and institutional construction, Rachel spends her days managing an array of projects of unique scope and design, constructing business's dreams from plans into reality. Rachel's career path from the public sector to high-level construction was not an easy one but she hopes that through her trials and tears, to becoming a known and respected woman in the industry, she can inspire other women to think outside the box when choosing a career path and to never stop pushing through the stigmas of any industry.

Kingsview Website – www.kingsviewconstruction.ca

Linked In - www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-vincent-in-construction

email - [email protected]

ABOUT BRITTANY: Since 2005 Brittany has explored beyond the boarders of Victoria into the Mid-Island, Lower-Mainland, Southern Interior, Saskatchewan, Holland, Indonesia and Northern BC. Through Hospitality, Telecom and Construction she always found a path back to Health & Wellness. In 2009 Brittany received her Diploma as a graduate of the John Casablanca's institute Flagship Body Spa Esthetics Program. In 2016 Britt went on to received her Holistic Health Coaching Certificate from The Institute for Integrated Nutrition.

Brittany returned to the Capitol City in January 2016 with her daughter; since this time she has worked hard to re-establish herself within the community through her involvement in the vibrant restaurant culture Victoria has grown over the past decade.

From 2018-2020 Brittany utilized her administrative, management and interpersonal skills as she worked alongside local and internationally recognized building professionals.

Following her departure from this in early 2020, followed by the global disruption of COVID19, Brittany was handed the opportunity of a lifetime— self employment.

email-[email protected]

IG @hammerandlacecontracting

www.HammerandLaceContracting.com

Join us as we chat with Ian Gibbs from www.ghoststoryguy.com He is now a Critically Acclaimed (thanks to us of course) Author of an amazing book called Victoria's Most Haunted and we fill this spooky Halloween episode with all the Ghost stories! And of course we try some more wine- Elephant Island Blackberry Wine- SO so good even Robin likes it! Make sure to check them out at www.elephantislandwine.com

Thanks for listening and joining our Ghostly adventures!

xoxo Chelsea & Robin

This episode is brought to you by candy, wine and so many laughs. One thing you may have learned about us so far is that we like sweets and wine (well Chelsea more then Robin on the wine...) so for this spooky halloween episode we decided to pair different halloween treats with different wines! What a delicious episode!! Happy Halloween! Hope you laughed at least half as much as we did with this episode! Let us know on our fb page!

Also we hit 5000 downloads! You are all amazing and we value your support!!!

all drinks sampled on this episode were from the amazing Elephant Island Winery in Naramata Valley, British Columbia go check them out at https://elephantislandwine.com/

Thanks for listening,

xoxo Robin and Chelsea

In this crazy world of online dating, have expectations been lowered? Are we as women, lowering our standards because of the mass volume of men and women using the dating apps? What classifies as a too high of an expectation or too low....Robin and Chelsea both are single in a crazy covid dating world and chat about what expectations we have and have had and hope you join us and weigh in as well on our facebook page! This dating world is crazy!! When do you say enough is enough?

Also, of course we need drinks for this episode however this time is a delicious NON alchoholic cider from one of our fav spots- Sea Cider! Go check them out at www.seacider.ca and tell them we say hi!

Thanks for listening!

xoxo Chelsea & Robin