TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart

Traditional gender expectations remain largely unchanged, decades after women entered the workplace in droves, and it’s not fair for anyone. Brigid Schulte, author of Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time, breaks down these unrealistic standards and pushes all of us to have the right conversations to reset our family dynamics.

In this episode, Tamara sits down with Eva Holland, the author of Nerve: A Personal Journey Through the Science of Fear. Eva talks about the lessons she learned from facing her own fears, where phobias come from, why we feel fear in the first place and how it can save us.

In this episode, Tamara sits down with child psychologist and best-selling author, Dr. Ross Greene, to talk about parenting during the pandemic. Dr. Greene explains that even though being a parent while we’re physically isolating is tougher, we need to give ourselves a break. It can be an incredible opportunity to get to know your kids better, recognize their resilience and manage the expectations you set for yourself.

In this episode, Tamara sits down with Dr. Gabor Maté, renowned speaker, best-selling author and retired physician with extensive expertise in addiction, stress and childhood development. Dr. Maté explains the science behind stress and trauma and how the body and mind are connected when we’re doing the work to heal.

In this episode Tamara Taggart sits down with Dr. Elka Walsh, a leader in education and the President & CEO at UDiscover Learning Inc. Dr. Walsh draws on her over 20 years of experience as an educator to talk about the changes our education system has seen in the past few months. She explains why now is the perfect time to rethink our education models, how online learning is helping our kids grow as independent thinkers and what two things parents should be focusing on at home with their child’s schooling.

In this episode, Tamara sits down with Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, authors of the #1 New York Times Best Seller, Designing Your Life. They talk with Tamara about how we can use design thinking principles to thrive at any age and any stage in life, even now. With theories rooted in design thinking and science, they explain how to overcome dysfunctional beliefs, why setting small goals is important and how to make life’s tough questions less daunting.

In this episode, Tamara sits down with Dr. Maryam Zeineddin, a family physician with particular interest in preventative health and lifestyle counselling. Maryam demonstrates the importance of mental health in medicine, explains how we can take ownership of our own well-being and gives tips on how to practice self-care while isolating at home.

The role of virtual healthcare has become increasingly important in recent months and in this episode, Tamara sits down with Juggy Sihota, Vice-president of Consumer Health at TELUS, to talk about how it’s changing the health landscape in Canada. Juggy talks about why digital solutions can be used to complement traditional, face-to-face care and explains how TELUS is helping transform the way Canadians access healthcare.

In this episode, Tamara sits down with Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director at Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS), an organization that educates, advocates and supports people leaving abusive relationships. Angela describes why her team was able to prepare for an increase in calls when COVID-19 hit, how detrimental social isolation can be for those living in vulnerable situations and what we can do to help. BWSS is available at 1-855-687-1868 or bwss.org.

In this episode, Tamara sits down with Dr. Joshua Tepper, family physician, and President and CEO of North York General Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Tepper pulls from his extensive medical background and on-the-ground experience leading a hospital to talk about the weight of the pandemic on the healthcare system. He describes the challenges that still exist and tells us that we don’t yet know what “the new normal” will look like.