We're Totally (Not) OK

Kristina Virro is a Psychotherapist and Holistic Nutritionist. She sat down with us in between her busy schedule to chat about the type of mental health help she offers others as well as the kind of help she gives herself. She dives into neuroplasticity, describing how we can rewire our brains through action and thought. You can find her book, ‘The Anxious Teen’ via her website: fresh-insight.ca.

ONE COOL THINGS:

Kristina

Morning & evenings texts to partner:

- AM: What are you looking forward to?

- PM: What are you grateful for?


Tanya

Dr. Amen & Tana Amen

Cales

Adobe Capture: Betty Boop (on our insta!)

Flux & other apps for blue light/orange light

It’s cool to know someone miles away has been reading the exact same books as you. It’s super cool to know they’ve also been so moved as to start their own podcast to talk about similar thoughts, journeys and connections. It’s even cooler to hop on the phone with them. In this episode, we share a delightful chat with mother, author, podcaster, entrepreneur, (and so much more, we’re sure,) Crystal Escobar from the Wannabe Balanced Mom podcast. Though we get real deep, it felt like we still only scratched the surface of the million things we’d love to continue chatting about with her — even after learning how she lost her religion, started meditating with crystals, and became the concern of her entire community because of her choice of underwear. After you’re done listening to this episode, go listen to Crystal’s podcast, buy her book, follow her on socials, try to be her friend — SHE IS SUCH A DELIGHT!

CRYSTAL ESCOBAR:

Fb: “Wannabe Balanced”

IG: @wannabebalanced

YouTube: “Wannabe Balanced Mom”

Podcast: “The Wannabe Balanced Mom”

Book: http://bit.ly/wannabebalancedmombook

1 COOL THINGS

Crystal’s:

Wannabe Balanced Elephant Rocks

(http://bit.ly/wannabebalancedelephantrocks) #wannabebalancedrocks

Bitty’s:

LISTS!!!

Cales’:

TRUE CITRINE

(http://bit.ly/citrinevsamethyst)

which I learned about from Crystal Cave

(www.crystalcavecanada.com/)

Have you ever skipped plans to take a “me” day? Do you admit to it? Do you give people a general, “Oh, I’ve got a doctor’s appointment,” when you’re, in fact, getting acupuncture for the fourth time this month? Why do we feel the way we feel about our own mental health and how do we talk about the way we treat ourselves?

This episode’s guest, Torri Shack — Tangible Movement Founder and Executive Director, chats with us about the connotations that rear their weird heads in dialogues about mental health and mental illness, and how she shifts her position within said conversations from one that is affected by them to one that is affecting them.

She speaks about her personal challenges with depression, addiction, suicide, bipolar II, and personal relationships, and how she came to form a movement that supports the education, awareness, recovery and wellness of those dealing with similar matters.

We wish you all acceptance, authenticity, and ultimate self-care! xoxo

TANGIBLE MOVEMENT

tangiblemovement.org

Facebook: tangiblemovement

IG: @tangiblemovement

Twitter: @tangiblemovemnt

Cool Things:

Cales:

http://www.felixblume.com

Tanya:

Meditation Walks

Move over, Stacey’s Mom. It’s your daughter who’s got it goin’ on with STACEYSECRETS.COM. Stacey Russell, creator of Stacey’s Secrets, is a Social Media Curator and all-around magical human. She breaks down what her job title entails, what it’s like to work in a world of likes and follows, and how she empowers other women with their online businesses.

Happy (now belated) birthday to Stacey and now HAPPY BDAY FROM Stacey to ALL OF YOU! Use the special promo code “instabirthday” to get $50 off all of Stacey’s courses on staceysecrets.com!

#FAIRWARNING: Bitty swears more than usual. (See if you can suss out her true feelings over the concept of instagram followers.)

1 Cool Things

Stacey’s

@goddessbosscoven

“The Bill Murray Stories” (Netflix)

Cales’

Witnessing. Be an observer in your own life. Also Tarot. For her and for the characters in her screenplays, because sometimes they get lost, too, and as a writer, YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SAVE (/KILL) THEM. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Tanya’s

“American Meme” (Netflix)

Also rage. Just, like, in general, rage. (Which will lead perfectly into the RAGE YOGA classes Tanya & Cales plan on teaching.)

Wonder how action heroes from movies become action heroes in real life? Curious as to what the difference is between North American actors and British ones? Want to fall in love? Get As to these Qs (and find out what “sexy dots” are) from our interview with Canadian filmmaker & laughologist Albert Nerenberg, whose documentary You Are What You Act hits the Documentary Channel on January 7th.

Experts in the film ask: Will changing your posture make you more confident? Can you fall in love by acting in love?  Can you become brave by acting brave? If you walk around like you are lost, will you become a loser? They may sound crazy but they’re not. They’re from Stanford University, The Washington Post, University of British Columbia, University of California at Berkeley, among other leading institutions.

Find out more (and experience fun “actorcize” exercises) at www.youarewhatyouact.com.

Cool Things

Cales’:

Errrthing John Mulaney

Tanya’s:

Errrthing Nick Kroll

Netflix. Heard of it? After you’ve checked out errrthing Albert, support all these no-namers. They need love, too.

Yes, this interview is still 90% poop jokes. You’re welcome. We also get even deeper into both real talk as well as what turn out to be our own individual bottles of wine. Cool question Kristian and Cales disagree on: what if we let our brains run with our biggest fears instead of rationalizing them to keep from going insane? Guess which person’s most likely to live in a constant state of wide-awake nightmares of conflicting emotions! LOTS of ghost talk - the military kind, the kind Cales dated in grade six, and the ghost of Larry David that lives in the basement. Aaaaaaaand special prize goes to closest guess for how many times Tanya poops in total during this interview.

Disclaimer: We do not apologize for the clinking of glasses and bouncing around of bottles or the fact that we just stopped trying to edit them out 5 min into the episode, and we definitely do not promise to stop drinking while conducting our v professional interviews.

One Cool Thing

Kris’:

Gratitude Journal

Cales’ 1 Cool Thing:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3111147/

Bitty’s:

MEW TUBE. Google it.

Mario Andretti Quotes

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

Everything comes to those who wait... except a cat.

Yo, our guest Kristian Bruun is one of the BEST HUMANS ON EARTH. He's ours, don't forget it -- he was born in Toronto General Hospital. So, just because he moved to LA don't mean he's anyone else's. We still get to be his best friend first. (It does, however, mean we all get to hear about differences between the 6 and la la land of dreams.) Also, this kid is dope smart, hella talented, and gets super weird with us, which is why we fucking love him. Here's part 1 of 2 in your dreams coming true.

1 Cool Things:

Kristian's 1 Cool Thing:

You're gonna have to tune into poop 2.

Tanya's 1 Cool Thing:

Still pooping.

Cales' 1 Poo Thing:

Fucking listen to numero deuce.

kthxbyeeeeeeee

First off, find us a home. #realtalk Tanya and Cales are trying to find the new perfectest place to live. We want all the space, with the most beautiful hardwood floors, lots of natural light, 10-foot ceilings and parking. Not too much to ask, right? #SOS

Also, our incredible guest, Sarah Davis — a project manager with Toronto marketing agency Innovate By Day — joins us to talk about the effort that goes into understanding audiences for film and television media campaigns; her first-hand experience learning William Shatner get what he wants, like catching his good side on camera; and how being the most passionate 14-year-old Due South fan landed her the job she still enjoys today.

Also, in this ep, we say fucko a lot. There’s your warning.

Sarah’s Cool Thing:

Gratefulness, in the workplace, at home, for all of life’s things.

Tanya’s Cool Thing:

“The Healing Power of the Breath” by Richard P. Brown, MD

Cales’ Cool Thing #1:

http://ggapps.net/

Cales’ Cool Thing #1.5:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks

Cales’ Cool Thing #2.5:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MEScGjsUCQ

Cales’ (sneakily added) Cool Thing #3.5:

Rob Lowe is the everyman. That’s it, that’s all.

We sat down with fellow dumb-dumb comedy genius, Filipe Dimas, who also learned how to clone himself into being in 18 places at one time - he’s a writer, producer, improviser, actor, mostly just a dumb-dumb. Stick your stupid earbuds in your stupid earholes and try to keep up with his pace, producing live improv shows, writing for Canada’s satirical hit The Beaverton, and making dumb-dumbs look fucking OK. He’s also OK with cats. Just listen. We’re busy with wine. Byeeeeeeeeee.

Filipe Dimas:

Twitter

@filipedimas

IG

@dimasfilipe

Filipe's 1 Cool Thing:

24-Hours of Improv

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/bad-dog-theatre-company/p2p/24-hours-of-improv-2018/team/filipe-dimas/captain/filipe/

Cales’ 1 Cool Thing:

https://wherethefuckshouldigoforcoffee.com/

Bitty’s 1 Cool Thing:

MEOW

OUTREACH:

“Is there a support group for people who wake up on time but lay in bed until it’s late? Because that’s me.” - Tanya

ATTN: THIS FRIDAY is our very first #BABETRAIN interview series at an incredible event: the B.A.B.E. Toronto’s One Year Anniversary Party, brought to you by the one and only, humble and unwittingly hard-working Macy Cheng, founder of B.A.B.E. Toronto and Fashment.com.

We’ll be hosting a SIT & REPEAT — much like the step and repeat of a red carpet, we’ll have wonderful guests but they’ll actually take a hot second to answer some of our questions and introduce themselves to you via our insta live feed (@wtn_ok) from the event.

More importantly (and coming at you RIGHT MEOW), we sat down with the wondrous Miss Macy Cheng to chat about her growth, both IRL & in the digi-world; how she keeps her cool under fire; and the friendships she’s made that she never expected. (Also, how she’s essentially a professional friend, Tanya makes physical gestures you can hear over the pod-waves, and I analogously equate almost everything to superheroes).

If you want to be a real cool venue that hosts an even cooler event, get at this B.A.B.E. for her next shindig!

And if you wanna catch some live footage of our hot, hot action, tap dat heart & follow on Insta: @wtn_ok

Chirp @ us on Twitter: @@WTnotOK

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Macy Cheng

Fashment.com

B.A.B.E. Toronto

Facebook.com/BABE.Toronto

@macycheng.styles

Cales’ Cool Thing

Newdirectionsaromatics.com

Bitty’s Cool Thing

Morning Mindfulness

Macy’s Cool Thing

WTNOK!

@WTN_OK

@WTnotOK

#wtnok

#WHATtheNOTok

#BABETRAIN