Elephant in the Room

Elephant in the Room

By Wellness Community AmbassadorsHealth & FitnessMental Health
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Elephant in the Room episodes

  • Let's talk about sex with RAISE

    Join Sam and our special guest from the Residence Association Involving Sexual Education (RAISE), Hunter Moffatt, as they tell us about the RAISE council, and spill the tea on fun sex and sex-related topics!

    For more information, follow the raise council on Instagram @raise.ucalgary

    29 min
  • Self-Advocacy

    Thanks to our special guest Kavin Flemmer for inspiring our main topic of the episode: self-advocacy! Alongside Kavin, WCAs Timi, Farah, and Kim share experiences with self-advocacy, offer advice, discuss the importance of setting boundaries and more!

    30 min
  • Failure, Routine, Motivation and Physical Wellness

    This episode is brought to you by your WCA's Sam and Miki featuring Landon and Bailey. Landon is part of the Yamnuska CA team and is also on the Dinos rowing team. Bailey is a Cascade Senior CA and is part of the Dinos synchronized swimming team. This podcast will dive into their lives as student-athletes on how they manage their very busy schedules and how athletics fuel their well being.

    31 min
  • End of the Year Wrap-up: Burnout, Resilience, and Goodbyes

    We wrap up this season by talking about resilience, criticism, burnout, self-compassion, and more. This is the last episode of the podcast for now, and we are not sure what the future holds, but it was fantastic to be your co-hosts and we hope you were able to take something away from this and previous episodes. Thanks for listening <3

    42 min
  • Love๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

    In this episode we talk about that lovely day, February 14th. We discus love in terms of self-love, relationships (romantic and platonic), we also share our love languages and personality types. Make sure to listen to the end to hear a pop culture trivia note as well as some song recommendations!

    46 min
  • It's Mental Illness Innit

    Happy new year and welcome back! This week we take a deeper dive into an array of topics around mental illness like media portrayal of mental illness, self-diagnosis, university/residence policies, and much more with our hosts sharing lots of little anecdotes and personal experiences. Trigger warning: Suicide is mentioned and slightly discussed between 47:10 - 53:55, so feel free to skip ahead if needed. Disclaimer: All thoughts shared in this episode are solely the opinions of the host. Feel free to reach out to us on our website (https://wellnessinres.wixsite.com/uofc) or instagram (@wellnessinres). If this episode causes any distress you are welcome to talk to us or reach out to the distress centre (403-266-4357) or the student wellness centre (403-210-9355).ย 

    1 hr 1 min
  • Mom, Come Pick Me Up I'm Scared

    This episode we dive into our fears, how they are affected by society, and what we can do to overcome them. Also, you get to hear about Maaria's fear of creatures coming up toilets. Enjoy! ย 

    43 min
  • Sharing is Caring: Experiences from the LGBTQ+ Community

    Hi friends! In this episode, we discuss some themes and topics surrounding the LGBTQ+ community. For those of you who may be wondering or questioning your sexuality or sexual orientation or just want to be an ally, below are some resources to help. (*Disclaimer: the attached list is not by any means comprehensive)

    - Q Chat Space: a website (https://www.qchatspace.org/) where teens can join live-chat and share amongst each other

    - It Gets Better Project: a project aiming to inspire people across the globe to share stories and infuse hope for the future

    - UCalgary Q Centre: an on-campus and virtual center

    - Outlink: a community-based not-for-profit organization aimed to provide support, education, outreach and referrals for members of the community

    - The Calgary Sexual Health Centre & The Centre for Sexuality host a yearly summer camp (Camp fyrefly). More details: https://www.centreforsexuality.ca/programs-workshops/lgbtq/camp-fyrefly/)

    - Phone numbers: Distress Centre_403-264-4357, ConnecTeen_403-264-8336, The Alex Youth Health Centre_403-520-6270



    1 hr 1 min

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A podcast created by the Wellness Community Ambassadors of the University of Calgary. Talking about all things wellness to increase awareness and reduce stigma.