In this episode of Sister Science Stories, Jill sits down with skin whisperer Melanie Nelson, founder of U Retreat in Victoria. Together, they explore skin not as something to fix, control, or perfect, but as a messenger, a boundary, and a living reflection of what’s happening inside us.

Melanie shares her philosophy as a holistic aesthetician trained in herbalism, lymphatic drainage, and facial reflexology, and explains why presence - and not just products - is the missing ingredient in modern skincare. From ritual to routine, to how touch resets the nervous system, to why skin issues like acne, eczema, and dryness often mirror stress, hormones, and emotional boundaries, this conversation reframes skincare as a relationship with self.

You’ll hear how simple daily practices - like cleansing your face with intention, choosing products your body actually likes, and using your hands as a listening tool - can reconnect you to your intuition, support your lymph and nervous system, and restore a sense of nourishment that goes far beyond beauty standards.

This episode is for anyone who’s tired of fighting their body, overwhelmed by skincare rules, or quietly longing to feel more at home in their own skin.

In this episode, we explore:

If your skin has been asking for more kindness, more listening, and less fixing, this conversation is for you.

Listen now and let your skin teach you.

You can find Melanie and her amazing team at U Retreat in Victoria, on Instagram at SkinWisdoms

What makes a life stable when everything is changing?

In this deeply honest episode of Sister Science, Jill and Chelsea explore the metaphor of building a solid foundation, in construction terms, and as a way of understanding truth, authenticity, and resilience in real life. Using the elements of water, wind, fire, and seismic pressure, they unpack what actually destabilizes us: emotional overwhelm, external opinions, unexpressed truth, identity loss, and life’s inevitable curveballs. Together, they explore what it means to build a life - and a body - on solid ground rather than constant repair.

This conversation weaves together:

Emotional intelligence and our relationship with feelings

Nervous system regulation and grounding practices

Ayurveda’s wisdom on Vata, Prana, and Agni (fire)

The cost of people-pleasing and performance-based living

Why some things must burn down so something truer can grow

How community, habits, and daily rituals become the “rebar” that helps us flex instead of collapse

This is not about blaming the past or judging old choices. It’s about asking a powerful question: If you were rebuilding your life now - what would you build it on? A conversation for anyone navigating transition, uncertainty, growth, or the quiet knowing that the old foundation no longer fits. Listen in, reflect honestly, and consider what kind of structure you’re ready to build next.

Join us at SisterScience.ca to start your own powerful healing journey. The Year of YOU is our signature year-long self discovery course. You can reach [email protected] with questions, comments, and to share your own healing journey.  Perhaps you are our next guest!

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Tune in and get ready to be inspired!

Feeling stuck isn’t a failure, it is the feedback we need in this human form to choose another path forward. In this episode, Jill Novak and Chelsey Beda explore the physics of stuckness, why force makes it worse, and how gentle intention creates real change. Through metaphor, nervous system wisdom, and lived experience, they offer a grounded approach to getting unstuck without burning out.

To be in touch with Chelsey Beda, follow her on instagram @deconditioningprocess or @chelseybeda.rmt

Join us at SisterScience.ca to start your own powerful healing journey. The Year of YOU is our signature year-long self discovery course, or book a call to bite off just one small first step. You can reach [email protected] with questions, comments, and to share your own healing journey.  Perhaps you are our next guest!

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In this episode of Sister Science Stories, we explore what happens when a seed of inspiration becomes a fully embodied practice. My guest, Lucas Arnatt, is the creator of 7th Breath Yoga - his divinely downloaded, modern system that weaves conscious breath, mantra, sacred geometry, and the mystical power of the number seven into a living, breathing practice where intention meets manifestation. 

Together, we dive into the tension of creation, the sacred space where intuition meets action, and the Feminine flow finds her home within the Masculine container. Lucas shares how this practice has evolved over the past seven years since its conception in 2018 and why structure serves as a necessary container for spirit. We also explore how this approach can offer an antidote to modern society’s challenges. 7th Breath Yoga offers a powerful practice for a world rediscovering the need to slow down and turn inward. 

This conversation is your reminder that the breath itself is the bridge between the masculine and feminine, between the inner and outer realms. 7th Breath Yoga offers a container to reconnect, explore, and amplify the manifestation of your chosen intentions. It does so within a sacred space created by four ancient spiritual principles, yoked together as one uniquely transformative experience.

Download the foundational 7th Breath Yoga program and book your spot at the next session at https://www.7thbreathyoga.com

Join us at SisterScience.ca to start your own powerful healing journey. The Year of YOU is our signature year-long self-discovery course, or book a call to bite off just one small first step. You can reach [email protected] with questions, comments, and to share your own healing journey.  Perhaps you are our next guest! 

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We’ve all heard the language of masculine and feminine energies - but what if those words are stereotyped to much? In this episode of Sister Science Stories, Jill sits down with Andre Benoit, a Registered Psychologist who bridges evidence-based therapy with nature connection, mindfulness, and iRest Yoga Nidra.

Together, they unpack how our culture has distorted the language of masculine and feminine, falling victim to 'bad branding' we may need to return to the language like eeper Yin and Yang that we can define, give meaning to, and allow to guide us back to balance.

Andre shares candid reflections from his clinical work and personal life: how he’s learned to honour intuition as much as intellect, why many men fear their own emotional depth, and what true strength looks like when it’s rooted in gentleness.

This episode invites reflection on how imbalance shows up in our lives - when productivity becomes overdrive, when sensitivity is silenced, when cultural expectations drown out inner truth - and how we might reexamine the lens through which we measure success and strength. If you’ve ever felt the tug between doing more and being more, this conversation offers grounded wisdom, gentle challenge, and a reminder that true power is found in balance. Tune in to hear how both modern psychology and ancient wisdom point us back to the same truth: healing happens in wholeness.

Join us at SisterScience.ca to start your own powerful healing journey. The Year of YOU is our signature year-long self discovery course, or book a call to bite off just one small first step. You can reach [email protected] with questions, comments, and to share your own healing journey.  Perhaps you are our next guest!

If you found this episode interesting, please share it with someone else who needs to believe in their own intuitive wisdom. 

Do you remember those first years after high school? Twelve years of structure behind you - bells, time blocks, assignments, productivity measured and graded. Then suddenly, what now? The system is designed to funnel us neatly into the next institution: university, corporate jobs, more of the same structure. But Noah, at 20 years old, is choosing another way. He’s following an inner calling - one that demands his attention, rewarding him with rich experiences and beautiful music when he follows. At the same time he can feel the flow of creativity needs a container, a, different kind of structure. Not the rigid systems of school or a 9-to-5, but a steady reliable set up, something strong enough to hold the art wanting to flow through him. In this episode, you’ll hear from a young man, still altruistic and deeply tuned to his inner wisdom, navigating the question of how to trust that journey and what he’s building to support it. Listen in, and maybe you’ll recognize parts of your own story in Noah’s. 

This season I decided it was important to start getting some male perspectives on this whole Yin Yang balancing act. Important to reinforce the narrative that is goes well beyond a gender stereotype or issue. That each of us works best when we honour the Yin and the Yang, the Feminine and the Masculine energies, in us. 

Join us at SisterScience.ca to start your own powerful healing journey. The Year of YOU is our signature year-long self discovery course, or book a call to bite off just one small first step. You can reach [email protected] with questions, comments, and to share your own healing journey.  Perhaps you are our next guest!

If you found this episode interesting, please share it with someone else who needs to believe in their own intuitive wisdom. 

A path of self-discovery. A journey of enrichment.

Before we hit record, Dollie shared her advice for anyone navigating change:
Be interested. Pay attention. Explore. And don’t wait—do it now.

In this episode, she shares how she moved from overwhelm after the loss of her father… into the surprising reality of getting exactly what she asked for from life. The catch? She didn’t recognize it right away - and instead found herself cranky and resistant, old patterns  coming in to taunt her, as her far-off dreams landed squarely in the present.

Through amused acceptance, she reflects on how she may have orchestrated the whole thing - step by step - by simply voicing her needs, sharing her vision, and communicating her inner wisdom.

Join us as we laugh at how fickle the universe can be, and explore how sometimes the life you want arrives - whether you are ready and willing or not. 

Come, play with us at SisterScience.ca and keep moving through your own powerful healing journey with our love and support. The Year of YOU is our signature year-long self discovery course, or book a call to bite off just one small first step. You can reach [email protected] with questions, comments, and to share your own healing journey.  Perhaps you are our next guest!

If you found this episode interesting, please share it with someone else who needs to believe in their own intuitive wisdom. 

What happens when migraines, depression, and burnout push you to completely reinvent how you move through life? In this episode of Sister Science Stories, Corinne shares her healing journey; from childhood migraines that worsened in high-stress jobs, to discovering yoga, reiki, and the medicine of movement and music.

At the heart of Corinne’s story is authenticity, resilience, and joy.  Her belief that movement should be medicine, and that classes should leave you feeling alive, not depleted resounds in this conversation. You will be drawn to the joy and optimism in this woman. 

Big gratitude to Corinne for joining us today on the Sister Science Stories podcast. If you loved her energy, go check out her own show Connecting with Corinne where she shares really inspiring conversations.

You can also catch her in person this fall. She’s teaching Friday evenings at Killarney with Dance Yourself Fit, Yoga, and every other week, a Deep Water Workout. Plus, keep an eye on her Instagram for sound bowl sessions, reiki, and other healing offerings. 

The easiest way to find all of Corinne’s work is through her Linktree: linktr.ee/connectingwithcorinne

Today Chelsey and I are having a really honest conversation about something that a lot of people carry heavy on their hearts: What happens when we realize that staying tied to old family patterns - especially with our parents - means staying small, staying stuck, or staying in pain? Our conversation today will focus on Chelsey’s journey and the necessary severing of the relationship with her mother. And I use the word necessary very intentionally here. Because sometimes, preserving your own spirit, your own growth, requires stepping away. We want to explore that tension between honouring where we come from - the lineage, the people who shaped us - and also being brave enough to say: 'I’m not here to protect old beliefs or repeat patterns that hurt me. I’m here to grow, to evolve, and to pave something healthier for the next generation.'

Are we supposed to protect our parents’ beliefs? The blood is thicker than water story line runs deep in us and we can often prioritize affirming and letting our parents be comfortable and safe in story lines that do not allow us to step into our growth, the evolution of our kids. Are we buying into the past, or investing in the future? How do we create boundaries that are both loving and firm enough to hold the growth we need, without staying chained to systems that harm us - even if those systems wear the familiar face of family?

It’s a radical act to build boundaries that protect your present and your becoming, even if it means not honouring traditions that kept generations before you small. Honoring where we come from doesn’t mean we have to repeat it. And maybe that’s the heart of it: we can bless the path that brought us here, without agreeing to walk it forever. If this resonated with you please share.

To be in touch with Chelsey Beda, follow her on instagram @deconditioningprocess or @chelseybeda.rmt

Join us at SisterScience.ca to start your own powerful healing journey. The Year of YOU is our signature year-long self discovery course, or book a call to bite off just one small first step. You can reach [email protected] with questions, comments, and to share your own healing journey.  Perhaps you are our next guest!

If you found this episode interesting, please share it with someone else who needs to believe in their own intuitive wisdom. 

Yoga Teacher Training: A "Beyond the Poses" Invitation to Personal Growth & Community

In this episode, Jill and Jody dive into what truly makes their upcoming Yoga Teacher Training unique. And why this might be the moment for you to step in.

They share how this program has evolved since it first launched in 2019, why they’ve returned to offer it again, and how their own transformations shape the way they teach. From moving beyond studio ownership to stepping back into heartfelt collaboration, they’re committed to creating a safe, trauma-informed space where you can grow.

🌿 What you’ll hear about:

How this training weaves Yoga & Ayurveda for deep self-knowing

The focus on embodiment over exams

Why sharing & community are at the heart of transformation

The 6-month structure: six in-person weekends + weekly online support

The power of investing in yourself - and why it’s hard but necessary

Honest answers to Frequently Asked Questions: I don’t want to teach? I'm not practicing yoga? I am nervous to share.  Perfect. If you’ve felt a pull to deepen your practice, reconnect with your intuition, or simply step into a circle of genuine support this training could be your cocoon.

Spots are limited, and Early Bird Discounts end soon. 

HERE are the details: Sister Science Yoga Teacher Training