Though often considered a toxic behaviour, comparison is an important brain function that helps us understand the world around us and ourselves.

Maintaining your mental health amongst instinctual comparisons is an essential factor to maintaining a strong sense of self, and in the age of thirst traps and cuffing season, it’s easier said than done.

Today I’m joined by someone with a unique outlook on comparison. As an identical twin, her earliest memories are of people making comparisons between her and her sister. As she grew up, practice made perfect when it came to separating the perceptions of others from how she saw herself.

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When a best friend, a sibling, parent or romantic partner is struggling it can feel impossible. That desire to help, to take their pain away is the most natural thing in the world. But unfortunately, it isn’t usually helpful or possible.

Today we are joined by a friend who has seen his sibling struggle with depression and anxiety for the last eight years. He opens up about how complicated and difficult this has been for him. He explains how his perspective has changed throughout the years and shares many of the lessons he learned simply by trying out every strategy. We also discuss how sometimes acting like we aren't also struggling feels easier but it isn't until we’re honest with ourselves and others that we can also start healing.

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Today, it’s just us.

In my first solo episode since DWIC was born, I’m opening up about why I believe we should all spend more time alone. I’ve always considered myself an extrovert, but after the year we’ve had, I’ve finally learned to love my alone time.

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Home can be a city, a country, a person, a pet, or even a song, but more often than not, “home” is thought of as the building you live in.

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In the pursuit of scratching a creative or entrepreneurial itch, comes the fear of judgement and failure. Starting over is daunting and comes with questions from friends and family like “why?” and “how?” that smells like disapproval, not to mention the imposter syndrome that accompanies a new career.

This week we’re joined by a friend of mine who has time and time again chosen to fare forward despite those challenges, and has started new creative projects. We discuss his journey and the different lessons he’s learned along the way. Our conversation is packed with actionable tips and tricks for those of us who are just getting started on similar journeys, as well as what to avoid. Some of the highlights include getting through creative blocks,managing social comparisons and the importance of understanding the intention behind your passion project to start it all off.

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One thing that doesn’t get easier when you get older? Family drama.

Divorce, cheating, and sibling struggles aren’t the easiest thing to go through, let alone talk about. Unfortunately, as common as they are, they’re often still burdened by shame.

This week’s episode is honest and vulnerable. My guest bravely shares her family’s story from her own perspective along with the things that helped her cope. We discuss naming complicated emotions that come up when navigating family challenges, how acknowledging childhood trauma can be the first step in letting go of unhelpful narratives about ourselves and how boundary building can be a helpful tool in preserving and rebuilding relationships with parents and siblings. As always, we acknowledge how important it is to talk about these things in order to let go of stigmas which can often feel like the worst part.

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Wild nights out, breakups, horrible dates, and falling in love are all fun and games - but they’re also important parts of life that help form our futures.

This week’s episode is all about dating. My guest and I laugh about modern day dating behaviours that would shock our parents’ generation, give unsolicited advice to male listeners, and discuss some of the more thoughtful aspects of dating at our age.

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Why are men’s feelings still taboo?

Today, I’m joined by one of my social worker friends to talk about men’s mental health. We unpack his journey into the field of social work and discuss toxic masculinity, racism, and the gender gap in therapy, in an attempt to destigmatize and normalize a range of emotions in men.

Through sharing his experience with academia, we learn about the labels that limited him, and liberated him. Through his stories about friendship, we learn the differences between male and female friendships, and how gender roles can limit romantic relationships…

And because of his vulnerability, we hope that you will be inspired to validate the feelings of everyone around you, as well as be more open with your own.

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We’re switching things up this week. I'm taking you along one of our road trip chats where we discuss all things friendship. Even though we may talk about these relationships less than others they still have the ability to lift us up and cause us pain. 

Here you’ll get 9 different perspectives on what it means to be a friend, how friendships influence us and how they change as we grow up. We also discuss conflict in friendships and finding friends in new places. As each person answers my questions you’ll notice the overlap in responses as well as the differences. This episode is meant to celebrate friendships and also let us learn from each other so we can find great friends and be great friends.

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The climate crisis is overwhelming, and so is talking about it. We all know we should be doing more to help, but it often feels like too big of a problem to start solving on our own.

In sharing our own approaches to environmentalism, we divulge the things we’ve struggled to give up, the things we’re still hanging onto, and the things we don’t miss at all. Other highlights include the connection between caring about the environment and caring about social justice issues, as well as the connection between doing good for the earth and the positive impact it can have on your mental health.

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