The After 30 Podcast

Relationship expert Jelena Vulic returns to the podcast with a deeper dive into our attachment styles, based on The Attachment Theory. We'll discuss the different attachment styles, the most common ones and recognizing our own styles. We'll talk about how we can use these styles as opportunities to become more secure in our relationships with everyone in our lives. Jelena gives dating advice and affirms that there is always great potential in recognizing our styles when dating - and accountability is key. In other words, understanding attachment styles can be liberating!

Show Notes:

Jelena Vulic is a psychotherapist whose practice is located in Toronto, ON. Her clients include individuals and couples, looking to strengthen their relationships. 

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In this ep we’re talking about our relationship with our partners and how they’ve been impacted during the pandemic. The past four months might have been the most challenging time for your relationship, the best time for your relationship, or anywhere in between. As the world starts to ease restrictions and open up, our relationships with our significant other will adjust once again.

Bringing some expertise to the table is Jelena Vulic, a psychotherapist who works with individuals and couples wishing to explore and strengthen their relationships. We’ll discuss how our relationships were challenged or enriched in this time, and how we’re going to emerge into the world to create or sustain connection with our loved ones.

Resources:

Jelena Vulic is a psychotherapist who has experience working with couples and individuals who wish to explore and strengthen their relationships. Her article for the podcast: 3 Tips for More Effective Communication can be found here. 

Burnout is real as hell, and with a pandemic surrounding us, burnout has become even more commonplace with the lines blurred between family and home life, less social engagements and opportunities to do things we enjoy, and having to perform too many jobs at one time (parenting/teaching/working/cooking/cleaning).

With us for this episode is Martha Switzer, co-founder of Sprout, a wellness platform for organisations that establish healthy lifestyle habits. We discuss ways we can identify burnout, the role of digital platforms in the cause and solution to burnout, what we can do about it (ding ding ding), and what organisations are currently doing, and hopefully will continue to do after this pandemic passes, for employee wellbeing.

Additional Resources:

Martha Switzer is the co-founder of Sprout, a wellness platform for organizations to help them embrace wellbeing by identifying & rewarding healthy behaviours. Visit sproutatwork.com to learn more of follow at @sproutatwork.

- A Story of Burnout from Sprout

Burnout is real as hell, and with a pandemic surrounding us, burnout has become even more commonplace with the lines blurred between family and home life, less social engagements and opportunities to do things we enjoy, and having to perform too many jobs at one time (parenting/teaching/working/cooking/cleaning). 

With us for this episode is Martha Switzer, co-founder of Sprout, a wellness platform for organisations that establish healthy lifestyle habits. We discuss ways we can identify burnout, the role of digital platforms in the cause and solution to burnout, what we can do about it (ding ding ding), and what organisations are currently doing, and hopefully will continue to do after this pandemic passes, for employee wellbeing. 

Additional Resources:

Martha Switzer is the co-founder of Sprout, a wellness platform for organizations to help them embrace wellbeing by identifying & rewarding healthy behaviours. Visit sproutatwork.com to learn more of follow at @sproutatwork. 

- A Story of Burnout from Sprout

Loneliness is normal, although it might not feel so. Through changes in career, relationships, starting something new, getting to know your own self and your values, or going through difficult times, we have all experienced it. And yet we run from it because it's uncomfortable. On this episode Bavly Kost, a Spiritual Care Practitioner and Registered Psychotherapist, walks us through signs of loneliness, social pain, and what we can do to work through it. 

Episode Notes:

Bavly is a full-time practitioner at the Scarborough Health Network. He has a degree in History, Religious Studies, a Bachelor of Education, a Masters in Theology, and a Master of Pastoral Studies with a focus in Spiritual Care & Psychotherapy.He provides social, emotional and spiritual health care to facilitate wellbeing for patients, families, and staff. He works to emphasize and promote the importance of spiritual care, and co-chairs the Perinatal Bereavement Committee, which focuses on providing grief and emotional support for mothers, family members and staff.

Resources: 

CNN: 30% of Teens Breakup via Text Message 

Campaign To End Loneliness

Coronavirus: A Loneliness Epidemic?

Dr. Vivek Murthy writes about the importance of human connection in his book: "Together"

In light of recent events over the last week, allyship in relation to race has received increased attention, and although the conversation is difficult, it needs to be had. Even though there’s been criticism about jumping into allyship just because of current events, the truth is, we’re always learning and any time is the right time to ally. We each have an opportunity to engage in the conversation even though it can be filled with fear or be uncomfortable to talk about, so we’re here today to discuss what it means to engage in longterm allyship, and how you can be anti-racist and inclusive.

With us today is Jenna Tenn Yuk - a writer, speaker, facilitator and performer. As a writer for publications like The Huffington Post and Ottawa Citizen, Jenna has been featured on CTV and CBC, and spoken at TEDx and The Walrus Talks. As a leader in conversations on the intersections of sexuality, faith, and race, Jenna specializes in speaking on being LGBTQ+ and Christian, equity and inclusion, and empowering people to express their stories through embracing their multiple identities.

Episode Notes:

** Update on the episode: In the episode we talk about black people being 20 times more likely to be killed by Toronto police than white people. Correction: Black people are 20 times more likely to be involved in a fatal shooting by the police. OHRC findings here.

Jenna is a writer for several publications, including The Huffington Post, Ottawa Citizen, and has been featured on CTV and CBC. Jenna has spoken nationally at the Walrus Talks, TEDx, Parliament Hill and numerous conferences, engaging diverse audiences through personal storytelling and spoken word.

Read more https://www.jennatennyuk.com/

Follow Jenna: @jennatennyuk

RESOURCES:

HBR: Women of Color Get Less Support at Work. Here’s How Managers Can Change That 

YouTube vid on privilege

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Episode art by: @mongequentin

Teaching little ones about stories and dedicated reading time gives children the tools to express themselves, the opportunity to learns things in the world they might not directly experience, and to ideally make them better communicators and ideators. We chat with Nicole de Nobriga, a children's picture book author and mom of two little readers, about how we can approach reading and storytime with our little ones to make it engaging and fun, and why it’s so damn good for all us. 

Show Notes: 

Nicole is a published children’s book author, former Marketing executive, and mother of 2. Her most recent book; Tate's Big Birthday, is part of the Tate's Tales Series that can be dowloaded on: 

https://www.nicoledenobriga.com/

or follow her @nicole_de_nobriga

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We are living in a moment - one that we're never going to forget, one we hope never to experience again in our lifetimes. This period of self-isolation has called on the part of us which has had to adapt and shift our behaviour on a daily basis. It's been full of learning and growth for the entire globe in a variety of ways, and how all our learnings will play out is yet to be seen and known. 

Episode Notes

We check-in on week 10 or 11 of self-isolation and specifically hone in on our learned behaviours during this time. We'll explore what we’ve discovered about ourselves, what we’ve adopted or started to do during the pandemic, and chat about what we want to maintain after this period is over. 

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Our 30's are a time where we become far more interested in learning about ourselves than we did in our 20's. Self -awareness becomes an integral part of our learning. The more we learn about ourselves, the better off we are in our relationships and at work. In other words, self-awareness lends us the opportunity to expand, transform, and grow.

The Enneagram of Personality is a model of the human psyche that’s principally understood and taught as a typology of nine interconnected personality types. It’s become popular among self-help, personal growth movements, therapists, teachers and psychologists. On board with us is Kristi Rowles, an Enneagram expert who will help us to understand more. Kristi has a Masters in Mental Health Therapy and is a Certified Enneagram Coach. Using the Enneagram, she helps individuals and couples discover, understand and transform who they are so they can live their most free and fulfilling lives. She also works with organizations and executive leadership teams to elevate each team member’s gifts and build a culture of innovation, creativity and appreciation.

You can find Kristi Rowles on Instagram @kristirowles & @fullandfreeenneagram, email her at [email protected], or visit her website (kristirowles.com) for incredible resources on finding out more about your Enneagram. She's also just launched  the new membership program theFAM, a coaching platform and community where you can receive additional information about your enneagram, practical growth tips and experiments to try regularly to cultivate more joy. 

As always, follow us along on instagram @theafter30podcast or send us an email at [email protected]