Naturally Curious

This episode’s guest is Annamie Paul - Leader of the Green Party of Canada and someone who believes that it’s time to be daring. She’s a lawyer and human rights advocate. She’s also the first Black Canadian and Jewish woman to be elected to lead a federal party with representation in Parliament and in this interview she wonders how Canadians will respond to a different way of doing politics. For more info head to www.brittanygawley.com.

Mario Rigby is an eco-explorer well known for a two year trek across the length of Africa entirely by foot and kayak. In this episode, you’ll hear Britt ask him questions such as where he gets his appetite for life, why he chooses sustainable forms of transportation and why it’s important to amplify diverse voices in the outdoors.

Mario believes his life lessons are worth sharing and hopes to inspire others to have more courage and address global issues that affect us all. For more information, head to natcurio.com

The emotional demand of stress can build up over time and if stressors are always present and you constantly feel under attack, that means your fight or flight reaction stays switched on. The long term activation of that stress response and the overexposure to cortisol and other stress hormones that follows can disrupt almost ALL of our body processes leading to symptoms such as fatigue, weight gain, problems sleeping, depression, anxiety, digestive issues, memory or cognitive impairment, cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases and so much more.

But life doesn’t have to be like this and this episode's guest, Dr. Bal Pawa, an MD and Harvard trained mind-body health expert and author of the best selling book The Mind Body Cure, will share ways for us to shift away from chronic stress and into restful and more resilient states.

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How do you feel when you think about the environment? Fearful? Anxious? Helpless? Hopeless? Totally normal. That’s where Elin Kelsey and hope come in. Elin is an award winning author, educator, and climate scholar who is on a mission to help us feel less hopeless about the state of the planet and inspires us to seek evidence-based hope, not fear, as a tool for change.

This week’s guest is Bruce Heyman, former US Ambassador to Canada. In this episode, you’ll hear names like Obama, Harper and Trudeau and the inspiring story of how the Heymans got involved in the initial Obama campaign for the Presidency, whether Canada and the USA now have a chance to return to their historic relationship (post-Trump), and how impactful the American Voters Abroad initiative may have been in the outcome of the 2020 US election. For more information head to www.natcurio.com.

It’s hard to know what to say to someone who is grieving so how do we avoid saying the wrong thing? In this week’s episode, Britt talks with grief advocate and the creator of Emerging Grief, Annie Horton and they discuss how tough the first year of grieving can be, what shock can physically and mentally feel like, how pondering questions like what do I do next? or am I going to be ok? are totally normal, and more. For more information head to www.natcurio.com

Rhonda Vetere is considered one of the most powerful women in technology today, a two-time author and an active leader. In this episode, Britt and Rhonda discuss is some of Rhonda's guiding principles for leadership, how important mentorship has been for her and why she thinks it’s important to celebrate our successes and put people first. For more info head to www.natcurio.com

Reagan Bradey is a Personal Brand Strategist, Community Builder and Cannabis Enthusiast. In this episode, you’ll hear Reagan and Britt discuss what personal branding is and who it’s for, Reagan’s business journey with Women Who Weed and the stigma that surrounds cannabis use, as well as her outlook on what community building truly is. For more information, check out www.natcurio.com.

Do you struggle telling people what you want or need? Are you people pleasing too often? Well then it might be time to check in with our old friend - boundaries. So many of us aren’t sure of how or where to draw the line or how to have those tough conversations that we NEED to have, and often at our own expense. This week’s guest is Colleen Nelson, a trauma therapist and counsellor based in Colorado who shares some of her boundary setting tips with Britt. For more information, check out www.natcurio.com.

James Glancy is a passionate wildlife conservationist, a presenter on Planet SOS and Shark Week, a fellow with the Royal Geographical Society and a former Officer in the elite British Royal Marines where he was awarded the prestigious Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for leadership and bravery on the frontlines. In this episode, Britt and James cover topics like similarities between life after the military and pro sports, leadership, conservation and what it’s like to spend a good portion of your life in wild in hostile environments. For more info head to www.natcurio.com