It can take a village to make someone feel their best. As we wrap up our 'Get Well' series, meet people tapping into the power of community.

From a group of neighbours who banded together to create a winter wonderland on a frozen prairie river, to an online fan club bonding over a very specific kind of Harlequin romance novel, meet Canadians finding strength in the collective.

On a regular day, joy can be hard to find. Throw in a global pandemic, social injustice, and a country divided by protests, and "finding your joy" can seem downright impossible.

So what do you do when joy seems like a distant memory?

You fight for it.

Today on Now or Never, meet people who are digging deep through grief, loss, illness and uncertainty to find their joy.

A funeral director has just the instrument to cut through the darkness of dealing with death.

An activist for Indigenous rights shares the secret to finding joy and purpose in tragic moments.

And Calling All Joys! People named Joy tell us about the burden and the gift in being named after happiness, including some perspective from 103-year-old Joy Saunders of Lunenberg, Nova Scotia.

The pandemic has required a lot of separation and distance from others. There's been fewer hugs, handshakes, kisses and cuddles.

Touch can have a big impact on your physical and mental well-being: research has linked a lack of touch to weakened immune systems, anxiety, and loneliness.

That's why - for the third part of our 'Get Well' series - we're focusing on people who know the true power of touch.

In part two of our 'Get Well' series, Canadians share how surprising moments of spirituality can lead to a better quality of life: from smudging to singing, forest-bathing to daily affirmations of gratitude.

One third of our lives are spent at work. So why not try to make your workplace better?

In Part 1 of our 'Get Well' series, we shine a light on Canadians who've figured out that elusive work-life balance, and are making work 'work' for them.

Four-day work weeks, five-hour work days, complete financial transparency, and not being afraid to cancel a meeting to go snowshoeing with your kids. It's all part of Alderhill Planning's decolonized workplace. Founders Elaine Alec (Syilx-Secwepemc) and Jessie Hemphill (Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw and Métis) share the secrets to their success.

At 2% Jazz Coffee in Victoria, the drinks are hot and the wages are livable. Owner Sam Jones shares why the pandemic motivated him to make big changes, and barista Hoèlune Hernandez shares what this change has meant for her.

And Now or Never listeners weigh in with surprising tips on how to make working-from-home more joyful.

Your internal voice can be cruel sometimes, convincing you that you aren't good enough. Today we're turning down the volume on our inner saboteurs, and learning the different roads to confidence people are taking.

At any given moment, thousands of 'never or never' moments are unfolding across the country, and today we shine a light on five of them.

First-time dad Jesse Thistle wonders if he can break the cycle of generations of men in his family who haven't been there for their children.

Miali Dimitruk hears the voice of her grandfather for the first time since she was 12.

Clary Chambers attempts to learn how to be a farmer....from her downtown condo.

Viv Ketchum connects with a stranger who responded to her 'postcards for reconciliation'' project.

And Kimberley Chiasson wheels back onto campus at Carleton University for the first time since the pandemic began.

A new year usually begins with a sense of possibility. The chance to change - or maybe even correct past mistakes. And right now, we could all use an extra dose of that.

On this Now or Never, stories of second chances: whether it's finding love again or returning to a career later in life.

Having elders in your life can be such a beautiful gift. So this week, we’re giving you a big dose of that - and hearing from grandparents and grandchildren striving to connect.

Trying to shift dynamics in your family is tricky, but leaving things unaddressed can be the path to growing further apart. On this episode of Now or Never, stories of families trying to make a change.

Sisters Jennifer Eddu and Patricia Eddu are no longer teenagers, but the fight over borrowing clothes is as fierce as ever.

Alvin Singer has a hard time letting go of stuff: he has more than 100, 000 novelty toys, vinyl records, magazines and sports memorabilia currently stuffed into boxes in the family basement. And it's starting to cause tension with his family. His daughter Jessica is determined to help Alvin let go of his past - starting with two ELO ticket stubs from Alvin's first concert in 1978.

Mrey Chrechmes! That is not a typo but a new holiday Sam Rempel-Wry's family invented to bypass the commercial aspects of Christmas...as long as they can get their seven-year-old daughter Ana on board.

For Levi Garber and his father Les Garber, the path to a better father-son relationship starts in the kitchen, and travels deep into their family past.

Karim Gilliland wants things to change in her family and she's starting with herself. This year she's writing a holiday letter that is less family highlights, and more unvarnished truths about her year.