Today Jill interviews Jeannette Friend. Jeannette and Jill met through Yoga Therapy initially, and subsequently completed a couple of years in the Sister Science courses as she created a new life in sharp departure from the last. This conversation brings Jeannette's healing story and the blend of both modern and ancient science into the fore front. How she has built the Ojas to bring all her gifts into fruition. She is now operating her own business, living her Dharma. 

Jeannette, opened Liberation Counselling, her own Social Work and Psychotherapy business, giving her her Master in Social Work and over 23 years of experience a new home. working with youth, adults, groups and families in various environments, including clinical, community and education.

Healing is a gift that comes from within: it is a gift we give to ourselves. In this podcast Jeannette uses the term "LOW and SLOW" as way of being grounded, and bringing herself down and out of the spin!!  It is a technique to help all of us build capacity. Build Ojas. 

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In this episode, we delve into the concept of Ahimsa, or non-violence—the first of the Yamas in yoga’s ethical framework. Darlene Ouimet and Jill explore their personal journeys with this principle, discussing how Ahimsa shapes their daily lives and relationships. The Yamas and Niyamas, the foundational guidelines in yoga’s Eight Limbs, offer a path to living in harmony with ourselves and others. These ethical principles teach us how to cultivate non-violence, truth, and integrity, setting the stage for a loving relationship with ourselves that extends into the world.

Jill also introduces Sister Science’s Year of EXPANSION, a 40-week course inspired by Deborah Adele's The Yama & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga’s Ethical Principles. In weekly, small-group calls, participants reflect on each principle, uncovering deeper layers of self-awareness and mutual support. This sacred space, reserved for personal transformation, is where the real work of self-witnessing happens.

Whether you're new to yoga's ethical teachings or seeking to deepen your practice, listen in as we explore Ahimsa and the powerful insights it brings to living a balanced, non-violent life.

If you’re interested in joining a community focused on inner expansion and authentic growth, learn more about The Year of EXPANSION at Sister Science.

In this raw, unfiltered conversation, Jessica Keats and I reconnect to explore the energies of this moment, recorded on November 6, 2024, just a day after the U.S. election. As a Mystic, Energy Healer, and Pattern Changer, Jessica is deeply attuned to the sentience of all life. Our friendship has been anchored in a shared curiosity for following and trusting energy, finding words to describe what we sense in ourselves and each other.

Together, we dive into powerful themes:

Join us as we unpack these topics, weaving our shared insights on the mystic and practical dimensions of being present in the world.

SisterScience.ca offers a safe guided space for your healing journey. The Year of YOU is our signature year-long self discovery course, or if that is too much, 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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Darlene Ouimet is a retired emotional healing coach and published author, happily married 33 years to a lovely man and the mother of 3 amazing adult children. Passionate about family, personal growth, health, relationships and the impact of love, Darlene shares her Healing Story of finally leaning in and listening to herself. 

Auto immune issues made her life smaller and smaller until she began to listen to the messages they were sending. Darlene now has new awareness to these messages, and how they constantly redirect her, again and again, to her own intuitive knowing.  

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, Jill interviews Hayley Oshanek, the new(ish) co-owner of Alchemy Yoga. Their conversation, sparked outside a coffee shop, delves into Hayley’s unique approach to using yoga as a tool to help people connect with their inner power. Jill's gentle, therapeutic approach to yoga, is contrasted by this empowering philosophy and it just goes to show, there is a entry point into Yoga for everyone.

Hayley has been in the fitness industry for 20 years. While yoga was initially part of her physical fitness routine—mainly to prevent injuries and stretch after intense marathon and Ironman triathlon training—it quickly transformed into a way of life. Ten years ago, her running shoes and road bike took a back seat to her yoga mat. Yoga became a powerful vehicle for self-discovery and a deeper connection to the world around her, shifting her entire perspective on well-being.

Today, Hayley believes in yoga’s ability to quiet the mind, foster contentment, embrace truth, and open the heart to greater peace. This belief is now central to her work.

As teachers, we know that what we give to others often heals us as well. At Alchemy Yoga, Hayley taps into this wisdom, helping her students connect with their personal power on the mat, where they can truly feel that strength within.

You can also find Hayley running her other business, Frilly Lilly, here in Cochrane, AB.

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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You know when someone else says the same thing you do, but somehow they say it better? That's always how I feel when Hannah and I sit down to talk.

Hannah Elizabeth Levin is the founder of Heartfelt Wellbeing in Virginia. She is an Ayurveda Practitioner, yoga teacher, and artist, who also holds a master's degree in teaching. Her mission is to alleviate unnecessary suffering in the world. Hannah expertly guides women to regain their optimal health and wellbeing through her online coaching programs and retreats.

The conversation Hannah and I have today revolves around VATA, a term used to describe a set of qualities that can define a person's constitution, the climate during the winter season, and even the stage of life post-menopause. VATA embodies air and ether qualities; they govern movement, and when they become aggravated, we feel specific impacts.

Today, we:

Top Recommendations: Oiling, hydration, warm cooked nourishing food, set meal times, keeping the body warm, and movement.

FURTHER CONVERSATION with Jill&Hannah:

Tongue Scraping Interview: https://youtu.be/zWfmA72py1s?si=WYSTONVKl4NUQo94

Caring for your Five Sense: https://youtu.be/cIRQ2gV3hSg?si=mzG_VZW9AXZRlYaY

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, Jill Novak interviews Laureen McNaughton, a retired teacher, mother, ally, as she shares her personal healing journey. Through embracing the intention to 'be a blessing' in every situation, Laureen reflects on how this shift has transformed her life, improving her physical health and well-being. Together, we explore the balance between tangible work and spiritual growth, self-care, and the power of reframing life’s challenges with purpose.

Laureen would like to acknowledge the beauty and wisdom of the Stoney Nakoda and Ktunaxa People who have cared for the land she calls home for thousands of years.  Laureen is a life-long learner who is dedicated to being an ally to Indigenous people and those who are marginalized. She is retired teacher who loves spending time with her tree and human friends.  She loves to listen to children and loves reading stories and singing with them.  Laureen is walking a path of continuous improvement and embracing the power of “slow” living to become more present and mindful so that she can be a blessing in the world.  Laureen lives, works, plays, writes, knits and loves on the ancient lands of the Stoney Nakoda, Ktunaxa and Sinixt Nations, with her partner John and her two adult sons.

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, Jill interviews Chelsey Beda. Our conversation highlights that sometimes you need to take big radical action to enact the kind of change that heals you. From reconstructing her marriage to hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Chelsey did not tippy toe her way to the life she wanted, she blew it the old one, assuming that she would have to start over. Instead she found speaking her truth was not a bomb but a balm, enabling her to reconnect to love in the life she had, and use that to build the life she has now. This powerhouse is on the other side, looking back with no regrets as she shows us all how healing can happen.

You can find Chelsey at https://www.chelseybeda.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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In this episode of Sister Science Stories, Jill Novak interviews Erin McWhirter. In August of 2018 Erin had a brain hemorrhage while making supper. Two months in the hospital started Erin on the path to her new normal. One year earlier Erin had completed her yoga teacher training at a two week intensive training where I was by far the oldest person.  She fell in love with yoga philosophy, even more than the physical asana practice.  The practices Yoga taught her became the path that led her healing, and cope with this new version of herself.  

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 order to share what Sister Science is, Jill asked Chelsey Beda to interview her. Together we answer the questions:

What is Sister Science?

Thank you to Chelsey Beda for being our interviewer today. Hear Chelsey's own powerful healing story in an upcoming episode. It is a must listen. 

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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