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- Stand-up Comedy and Mental Health
In this week's episode, I welcome Skylar Schock. Skylar is a Northern California native about to graduate with her MFA in Performance from UNLV. You may have seen her perform her stand-up comedy at Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club opening for Michael Yo and Matt Iseman. Her recent theatre credits include her one-woman show It's Not My Fault; I'm the Problem at Vegas Theater Company, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Varya in The Cherry Orchard at the Nevada Conservatory Theatre. She was awarded Special Congressional Recognition for her stand-up comedy project "Laugh Until You Cry". She starred in and produced the short film She Had it Coming, directed by Gedde Watanabe, which was a 25X Film Festival selection. She has also received her BA in Communications from The University of California - San Diego in La Jolla, California.
In this episode, Skylar shares her journey of becoming a stand-up comedian and why she has found stand-up to be powerful in mental health. Skylar and I talk about how sometimes the industry can be difficult on the performer's mental health and what are some things the professionals themselves do for their well-being. We touch on the value of laughter and how stand-up comedy can be therapeutic.
Please find Skylar on Instagram: @sschocking
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Disclaimer: The content shared on this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered therapy, counselling, or clinical advice. Listening to this podcast does not establish a therapist–client relationship. The views expressed are my own and are separate from my clinical practice.
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41 min - The Trumpet Guy's Pursuit of SobrietyIn this week's episode, I welcome Jayme Minor. Jayme is the purest definition of Sober Fun in Calgary. He is a part owner of both MAXgreen windows and the endorphin garage, taking sober sales to the next level.
He founded oktSOBERfest, Calgary's first drug and alcohol-free music festival.
He will release his first full music album, “ Phoenix Rising,” a self-help musical guide to addiction struggles and mental health issues this year.
You may have also seen him playing the trumpet at the Calgary Flames games as the official TrumpetGuy
Jayme’s vision is to positively impact as many lives as possible during his time on earth by promoting Sober Fun and Self Love.
In this episode, Jayme shares the incident that led him to rehab. He also walks us through his rehab journey and how he embodied his sober self, including returning to the Calgary Flames hockey games as the Trumpet Guy. Jayme also shares all his work in the community to bring awareness around sobriety and supporting others on their journey.
Please check out Jayme on Instagram @jayme_minz
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Disclaimer: The content shared on this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered therapy, counselling, or clinical advice. Listening to this podcast does not establish a therapist–client relationship. The views expressed are my own and are separate from my clinical practice.
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49 min - Psychometrics and Data Manipulation
In this week's episode, I was excited to welcome Carlos Collares. Carlos is a medical toxicologist and occupational medicine physician who became a psychometrician, educationalist and entrepreneur. He moved from Brazil to the Netherlands to bring computerized adaptive testing to Dutch medical students, to popularize alternatives to multiple choice questions and to explore cognitive diagnostic modelling, a new approach to assessment for learning. Recently, he left his tenured position at Maastricht University to start his online course to help researchers with quantitative data analysis, educational measurement, and psychological assessment.
In this episode, Carlos walks us through his journey and why he was passionate about becoming an educationalist and entrepreneur. Carlos also describes the challenges we often encounter with testing mechanisms in the education system. Carlos also expands on psychometrics and cognitive diagnostic modelling, and we discuss what people need to look for when reviewing the validity and reliability of research findings. Finally, we cap the episode off with a brief discussion about Artificial Intelligence and some things we can be mindful of on the data side.I was excited to speak with Carlos on this episode because of what I got from it and because his passion for his work is obvious. I also wanted to help understand the nuance behind research work that often is not discussed. There are a lot of discussions where people cite research results; however, it is important to review some of these details to truly determine the validity and reliability of these research findings before we can make conclusions.
Please find Carlos online:
Instagram: Psychometricsacademy
TikTok: Pyschometricsacademy
YouTube: Psychometricsacademy
LinkedIn: Psychometricsacademy
Twitter: Pyschometricsa
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Disclaimer: The content shared on this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered therapy, counselling, or clinical advice. Listening to this podcast does not establish a therapist–client relationship. The views expressed are my own and are separate from my clinical practice.
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1 hr 13 min - Unmasking the South African Apartheid: Lessons for Humanity
In this week's episode, I am honoured to welcome Dr. Farid Esack. Dr. Esack is a traditionally trained scholar and a successful academic in modern universities. He has authored many famous written works on Islam and is arguably the world's leading Islamic Liberation theologian. He was appointed as gender equality commissioner by Nelson Mandela. Through the organization, The Call of Islam, Esack played a leading role in the struggle against apartheid. He advocates interreligious solidarity against all forms of injustice and has worked extensively to support Muslims infected with HIV. He is currently Head of the Department of Religion Studies at the University of Johannesburg. In 2018 he was awarded the Order of Luthuli (Silver), South Africa's highest civilian order, for his contribution to scholarship and work for justice.
Dr. Esack has also lectured at many distinguished local and international institutions of higher learning. He is a former Distinguished Mason Professor at the College of William and Mary in Virginia; he also occupied a University Professorship in Ethics, Religion and Society at Xavier University in Ohio. In addition, he served for two years at Harvard University – between the Divinity School and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences – as the William Henry Bloomberg Professor and the Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islam.Dr. Esack is the author of books such as The Struggle, On Being a Muslim, and Qur'an, Liberation and Pluralism: An Islamic Perspective of Interreligious Solidarity Against Oppression.In this episode, Dr. Esack shares his experience in the apartheid. We discuss what he learned from his experiences and how we can use some of the messages from the liberation movement today, where there is so much division. We also talk about how after building a movement against the apartheid, South Africans had to encounter additional challenges with gender inequality and how they navigated that stage.
I wanted to bring Dr. Esack on this podcast to gain some wisdom and hopefully share that with the listeners. We are currently in a time of polarization and an "us" against "them" mentality in many aspects. I wanted to use this dialogue to demonstrate that we are in this together and perhaps find some common ground through the act of love. I also believe that we have lost sight of the wisdom that sits with people who had come before us and encountered similar challenges, even though those challenges may appear different. Dr. Esack is an individual who possesses that wisdom, and I am grateful I was able to speak with him. Finally, I wanted to highlight that the responsibility of change sits with all of us, and it is something we can take on. I hope this conversation gives us something to think about even if we do not agree with everything.
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Disclaimer: The content shared on this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered therapy, counselling, or clinical advice. Listening to this podcast does not establish a therapist–client relationship. The views expressed are my own and are separate from my clinical practice.
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44 min - The Challenges with Public Education
In this week's episode, I was delighted to host Matt Beaudreau. As a Keynote Speaker, Consultant, and Coach to organizations worldwide, Matt's
clients have ranged from Wells Fargo, Honeywell, and Lockheed Martin to American Eagle, Cedars-Sinai and the United States Air Force. Matt has a reputation as a provocative thought leader in educational and personal development practices. He is a two-time featured TEDx speaker, and he was named Corporate Trainer of the Year at Stanford University, having spoken to over 250,000 people across the world.
In 2017, Matt Beaudreau Founded Acton Academy Placer Schools, schools that utilize the Socratic method with an emphasis on self-direction and cultivating confident, independent young people with a strong sense of character and personal responsibility. He has since helped to open multiple campuses
around the world.
Pulling from his experience in the Acton model, in January of 2021, Matt co-founded Apogee Strong with Tim Kennedy, a mentorship program designed for young men from 12 to 22 to take on challenges presented by men who have come before them to learn to lead. Through mentorship, action, and self-discovery, it is a right of passage so young men can become true leaders. This has blossomed into a mission to bring back classic masculinity in the home and fueled the Apogee Strong Dads Program launch in 2023.
His podcast, The Essential 11, is also geared towards emerging leaders, garnering advice from the world's leaders in business, sports, music and entertainment.
Last but certainly not least, Matt is the founder of the Apogee Strong Foundation, a 501(c)3 that provides scholarships for school, experience, camp, and leadership opportunities for young men worldwide.
In this episode, Matt shares his journey through the schooling system and ending up at the White House and what he noticed was wrong with schools. Matt and I talk about some of the challenges in the education system and what parents can do to have more of an influence on their children's education. We also discuss our personal experiences and why speaking up against the system is hard for teachers.
Please find Matt online and on Instagram: @mattbeaudreau and @apogeeprogram
https://apogeestrongdads.com
https://apogeestrong.com
https://apogeestrongfoundation.org
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Disclaimer: The content shared on this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered therapy, counselling, or clinical advice. Listening to this podcast does not establish a therapist–client relationship. The views expressed are my own and are separate from my clinical practice.
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57 min - Group Think Bias and Leadership InfluenceIn this week's episode, I am honoured to welcome David Rast. David is an associate professor of social psychology and leadership at the University of Alberta. David has two primary lines of research drawing extensively on social identity and self-categorization theories and related sub-theories. First, he wants to understand how leaders elicit or incite social and organizational change by going against their group’s norms. Second, he is interested in understanding how leaders can bridge profound intergroup divisions to build a unified no identity and achieve a joint goal.
Other lines of research are related to these two themes, exploring the processes and implications of political identity, minority influence, deviance, intergroup cooperation/conflict, leader rhetoric, and organizational behaviour. David’s work is generously supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). David completed his PhD and Master’s at Claremont Graduate University (USA). He was a Predoctoral Research Fellow for the U.S. Army Research Institute’s Leader Development Research Unit at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas (USA). Before joining the Department of Psychology at the University of Alberta in 2015, he was an assistant professor at the University of Sheffield’s Institute of Work Psychology (UK).
David is the Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Social Psychology and Consulting Editor for Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. He is appointed to the Editorial Boards of Self and Identity and the Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology. In 2018, David was elected a Society for Experimental Social Psychology Fellow.
In this episode, David and I discuss the aspect of groupthink bias and how our choices and decisions are impacted by the groups we often associate with. We also talk about how leaders use certain messaging to influence people or perhaps even use manipulation. David and I also talk about how we can become more aware of these unconscious biases that may be at play and use critical thinking, which the covid-19 lockdowns prevented and forced people to have strong attachments with their ideas and opinions, which led to divisiveness and polarization we are currently experiencing to a larger extent. We also discussed Donald Trump's impact through some of his messaging during his Presidency.
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Disclaimer: The content shared on this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered therapy, counselling, or clinical advice. Listening to this podcast does not establish a therapist–client relationship. The views expressed are my own and are separate from my clinical practice.
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1 hr 3 min - My Ayahuasca Journey
In this week's episode, I am excited to welcome my friend Sohayl Bhatti. Sohayl is an accomplished engineer working on healthcare projects in the construction industry. He is keenly interested in the nature of consciousness and reality and its intersections with mental health and building a meaningful life. Sohayl's approach to spiritual practice comes from self-discovery and exploration, including travel, immersion in nature, and meditation. He is also interested in using psychedelics as a therapeutic tool.
In this episode, Sohayl shares his ayahuasca journey and explains how he prepared for his trip to the Amazon. He initially talks about attending a silent meditation retreat before deciding to travel to Peru for the full ayahuasca experience. Sohayl also shares how the shamans prepared him for the journey and all the little things he had to do to ensure he was ready. We also discussed what Sohayl got from this experience and everything that came up for him. I really enjoyed recording this episode with Sohayl because it was immersive. It gave me a first-hand understanding of what an ayahuasca journey looks like from someone who experienced it.
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Disclaimer: The content shared on this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered therapy, counselling, or clinical advice. Listening to this podcast does not establish a therapist–client relationship. The views expressed are my own and are separate from my clinical practice.
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1 hr 48 min - Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
In this week's episode, I am excited to welcome Rita Bozi. Rita is a multidisciplinary Somatic Relational trauma-informed facilitator and psychedelic therapist, author and podcast co-host. With twenty-eight years’ experience in the healing arts, she is the director of Brilliant Healing Inc. She works with individuals, couples and groups, leading unique, experiential and creative healing retreats. She is training individuals in her 3 Module program: Somatic Relational Trauma-informed Practices for Medicine-Assisted Therapy and was guest faculty at The Synthesis Institute.
Rita is a colleague of Dr. Gabor Maté and studied his "Compassionate Inquiry” model as an advanced student while on retreat in Mexico. She was mentored by the late visionary Carol-Anne Bickerstaff and is an advanced graduate of Sharon Stanley’s Somatic Transformation method. She has a passion for Attachment Theory, Polyvagal Theory, Authentic Movement, Feldenkrais, Craniosacral Therapy, and self-responsible communication. She is a Consultant Facilitator of the One Brain System, a Certified BodyTalk Practitioner, has a Diploma in Shiatsu Therapy and is a former instructor at Mount Royal College in Calgary and Langara College in Vancouver.
Though she is now a retired dancer and actor she will always be a creator and performer. Her first novel, When I Was Better is in the running for the 2022 Goethe Prize for Late Historical Fiction. Her co-hosted podcast, PUNK Therapy: Psychedelic Underground Neural Kindness, draws on her clinical work with psychedelic medicine in combination with somatic relational trauma-informed practices. She is currently working on a new book, PUNK Therapy; in it, she documents the often complex yet always deeply rewarding journey of client and medicine facilitator and their parallel journeys in healing. Born to Hungarian refugees who fled during the 1956 Revolution, Rita honours and remembers the long line of serfs and peasants who are her ancestors. She is devoted to the work it takes to become a kind and wise human, decolonizing the body and cultivating cherished and cooperative communities.
Rita has found her private practice and creative endeavours to be mutually complementary. She brings love, commitment and curiosity to both, inspiring others to live embodied, creative, trans-parent and soulful lives.
In this episode, Rita and I discuss psychedelic assisted therapy and the benefits this form of therapy can offer. Rita and I explored the difference between the notion of drugs and medicine. We walked through the risks associated with psychedelics and how caution must be exercised with doses, setting, environment and ensuring there is someone who can guide an individual embarking on a journey. We also covered the spiritual aspect of psychedelics as a ritual or ceremony.
Rita can be found:
brillianthealingsystems.com
linktr.ee/ritabozi
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Disclaimer: The content shared on this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered therapy, counselling, or clinical advice. Listening to this podcast does not establish a therapist–client relationship. The views expressed are my own and are separate from my clinical practice.
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50 min - Conscious Dying
In this week's episode, I am honoured to welcome Dale Borglum. Dale is the founder and Executive Director of A Living/Dying Project. He is a pioneer in the conscious dying movement and has worked directly with thousands of people with life-threatening illness and their families for over 30 years. In 1981, Dale founded the first residential facility for people who wished to die consciously in the United States, The Dying Center. He has taught and lectured extensively on spiritual support for those with life-threatening illnesses, caregiving as a spiritual practice, and healing at the edge of illness, death, loss, or crisis.
Dale has a BS from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is the co-author of Journey of Awakening: A Meditator’s Guidebook, Bantam Books and has taught meditation for the past 35 years. He has intensively immersed himself in the practices of devotion, meditation, and contemplative prayer for over forty years, studying with many of the greatest masters of the last century, including Neem Karoli Baba, Suzuki Roshi, Ananda Mayee Ma, Kalu Rinpoche, the 16th Karmapa, Dilgo Khyentse, Mahasi Sayadaw, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Trungpa Rinpoche, Goenka, Dudjom Rinpoche and HH the Dalai Lama. Dale has taught with Ram Dass, Stephen Levine, Joan Halifax, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Rev. Wayne Muller, and many others. His life’s work and passion have been and continue to be the healing of our individual and collective relationship with death and using our mortality to inspire spiritual awakening.
In this episode, Dale shares his journey of finding meditation and how he was able to calm his mind and get his ego to be less intrusive. Dale and I also discuss what conscious dying looks like, how people can come to terms with death, and why there is fear when one contemplates death. Dale also explains what the living/dying project is based upon.
Please check out more Dale's work: www.livingdying.org
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43 min - Being a Grief Ally
In this week's episode, I am excited to welcome Aly Bird. Aly and I discussed her new book, Grief Ally, which was released recently. Aly shares why she was motivated to write this book and believes that allies during grief are crucial. Aly and I discuss a couple of chapters in her book and highlight key things to be mindful of when supporting people experiencing grief.
Since her husband’s untimely death, Aly Bird has poured her heart into helping those who feel helpless during an unexpected crisis. Her extensive study of grief psychology and culture, combined with her devastating first-hand knowledge, led her to create a roadmap for the courageous and dedicated individuals willing to show up for the people they love with unconditional love, empowerment, and reverence. A speaker and workshop leader, Aly shows a clear path to those who dare to take on the vital role of being a grief ally.
Recognizing that there must be a change in how our culture handles grief, Aly is committed to building a support and educational network for those who have experienced an earth-shattering loss and the people who are often overlooked: the grievers loved ones and trusted support system. Aiding in her mission, Aly is pursuing a graduate degree in counselling psychology and a career in grief therapy.
Aly Bird is a coach and author with a BA from Carleton University and MSc in Social Planning from the University of Toronto. She is a Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association member and the Bereavement Ontario Network.
Keeping her life in balance, Aly is passionate about taking long walks with her dog, creating art, and singing at the top of her lungs whenever possible.
Learn more at www.alybird.com. Or find her on social media @thealybird.
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Are you ready to embark on a remarkable journey of self-discovery and growth? Welcome to EZ Conversations, a groundbreaking podcast that dives deep into mental health, societal issues, and the incredible human ability to overcome adversity. This captivating podcast is designed to uplift, inspire, and provide practical insights while fostering a sense of community and shared understanding. Hosted by mental health advocate and therapist Furkhan Dandia.
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Disclaimer:
The content shared on this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered therapy, counselling, or clinical advice. Listening to this podcast does not establish a therapist–client relationship. The views expressed are my own and are separate from my clinical practice. If you are experiencing mental health challenges, please seek support from a qualified professional in your area.