Self-Care Sunday

You might recognize Lauren from her TV days as a former MuchMusic VJ and MTV Canada Host. In 2014, she launched hot for food as a blog to share her vegan lifestyle. hot for food then expanded into a Youtube channel which now has over 450,000 subscribers and over 32 million channel views. She recently debut her first cookbook, Vegan Comfort Classics: 101 Recipes to Feed Your Face, which is now available wherever books are sold.

In this episode, Lauren and I talk about how she transitioned from a TV career to being a Youtuber, her journey with meditation, and how the law attraction has helped her manifest her life.

Melody Godfred is a writer, speaker and entrepreneur. After achieving the “dream life”: great career, husband, kids and a home, she felt disconnected from her true self. And so, she created the very first Self Love Pinky Ring as a symbol and daily reminder of her commitment to herself. Fred & Far was born in 2016 to empower women to choose themselves and practice self love and self care. 

Since then, Fred & Far has been featured in press like Cosmopolitan and Teen Vogue, and her self-love pinky rings have been worn by celebrities like Lucy Hale, Viola Davis, and Rachel Bilson.

LINKS:

Website - fredandfar.com

New Book - https://fredandfar.com/collections/books/products/the-abcs-of-self-love-by-melody-godfred

Allie Beckwith (@alliebeckwith) is a full-time photographer & visual artist. This is her second time on the podcast (listen to Episode #4 to hear her background story).

In this episode, Allie talks about hiring her team, why she hates the word "influencer", and how she feels when people copy her work.

Essie Dennis (@khal_essie) is a British model, academic, body positive influencer and outspoken feminist. In this episode, she shares her mental health journey, we talk about eating disorder recovery (is "full recovery" possible?), and the feminist issues that she's most passionate about right now.

I was broke af straight out of university, and for 3 years as a young adult trying to bootstrap a startup. I don't think we talk about the relationship between financial freedom + mental health as much as we should. My self-care has evolved as my income has changed, and one thing that really altered my self-care in the early days was becoming an "influencer" on Instagram (I use that term lightly).

In this episode, I'm sharing my journey & reflection of self-care at different income levels, and 32 free self-care ideas shared by YOU guys from Instagram. Thanks for everyone who commented on my post (@kayley.e.r) with your suggestions.

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Photoshop and Facetune, curated captions and fake followers. Instagram is becoming increasingly worse for our mental health. But it's also my #1 business tool. So when I got an influx of 7k fake followers in a day - I was stressed to say the least.

In this episode, I share:

- what I actually do as an influencer marketing freelancer and why Instagram is so important to my business

- why fake followers are such a problem for influencers & businesses

- the rundown of my fake follower fiasco

- 4 categories of self-care that are important to fulfil and how I overcame major business stress this week

#BellLetsTalk has been a catalyst in making mental health a visible and mainstream topic in Canada. But within the mental health community, it's being seen as a controversial - and hypocritical - corporate marketing ploy.

Do intentions really matter, if the outcome is net positive?

Jessica Tyler is probably best known for her days on Degrassi as Jenna Middleton. After her character graduated from the show, she was faced with the real life question that all grads hate: "What's next?"

In this episode, we talk about her life post-Degrassi, her journey into self-love, and her advice to twenty-somethings that are still figuring it all out.

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Follow Jessica @jessicatylerofficial

Blog: https://jessicatylerofficial.wordpress.com/

In this episode, Natalie shares how being bullied as a kid and 8 years of competitive dance led her to developing anxiety (and becoming a mental health advocate).

We discuss being liberal vs. the left vs. the right, how to have civil conversations with someone who disagrees with you politically, and the issue of no-platforming right-wing speakers on campus.

Time to wrap up 2018 and manifest a "new normal".

Sharing 10 of my current favorite: podcasts, books, apps, and websites, some of which were recommended by YOU.