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We’re all trapped in a wasteful convenience-based cycle, but my next guest offers an alternative: an approach to reducing waste that emphasizes progress over perfection. TARA McKENNA is passionate about sustainability and created The Zero Waste Collective lifestyle blog and community to inspire people from all walks of life to live with less waste and more joy. In here new book, DON’T BE TRASHY, Tara walks you through a year of reducing your waste month by month, including a No Buy Month, an #OutfitRepeater Month devoted to developing a sustainable capsule wardrobe, and a month devoted to decluttering and minimalism at home. She joins me now to discuss.

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Commissioner Kadie Ward from Ontario’s Pay Equity Office. Over the next three months Kadie will be joining me to share information women need in today’s workplace on everything from ensuring equitable pay to developing new skills. Today we kick things off by taking a closer look at a woman’s worth.

Clare Kumar is a bright, happy, light in a very cold world, both literally and figuratively right now. Clare joins me to share some information on beating burnout for good by conducting Productivity CPR on every aspect of your life, so you can show up with intention personally and professionally.

Anne Brodie delivers in a big week this way with so much stellar entertainment we can’t fit it all in. You will definitely want to stick around though to hear about Scarborough, a film Anne believes is going to sweep awards seasons, plus Pam & Tommy on Disney+ which is a combination we can barely wrap our heads around, plus Kirsten Bell’s latest on Netflix, and a four part series on Bill Cosby.

Sarah McVie plays the hilarious Val Szalinsky in the CBC/Netflix hit comedy series Workin’ Moms. A fan favourite, Sarah joins me to share a bit on the success of Workin’ moms, and on a more personal note, her struggles with endometriosis and why we need more research into this painful condition.

Jerisha Grant-Hall is an innovative and strategic thinker who is committed to moving her community forward through collaboration and conversation. Founder of the Newmarket African Caribbean Canadian Association known also as NACCA, Jerisha joins me to share why she started her non-profit and how she’s moving the needle.

Finally, supply chain issues are on everyone’s mind, including Sheena Russell, Founder & CEO of Made with Local, a Halifax-based company with a mission to inspire mindfulness & conscious. Despite using only Canadian ingredients, Sheena is quickly adapting her Bcorp business to deal with short supplies on everything from packaging to ingredients.

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Kadie Ward

Website: https://levelthepayingfield.ca/

https://www.payequity.gov.on.ca/

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Clare Kumar

Website: https://clarekumar.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/clarekumar

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clarekumar/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClareKumarProductivityCatalyst/

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Sarah McVie

Website: www.sarahmcvie.com

Twitter @sarahmcvie

Instagram: @sarahmcvie

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Jerisha Grant-Hall

Website: www.naccacommunity.ca

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaccaNewmarket

Instagram: https://instagram.com/nacca_newmarket

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Nacca-Newmarket-340977166637182/

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/nacca-newmarket-377805202

Sheena Russell

Website: www.madewithlocal.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/madewithlocal

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madewithlocal/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madewithlocal

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Clare Kumar is a bright, happy, light in a very cold world, both literally and figuratively right now. Clare loves inspiring massive shifts by inviting people to pay attention to the little things that make a big difference in their life. In this podcast, Clare shares her Productivity CPR and her 8 productivity table stakes with us all, and before you run away screaming, we are not propping up hustle culture, but rather sharing an exercise in intention, slowing down and embracing the joy of missing out. Over the next half hour or so, Clare and I explore playing offense in your life that starts with a simple question you can ask yourself daily, are you spiralling up or down?

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First up, The Honourable Jean Augustine joins me to share details from her appearance this week at The Canadian Congress on Inclusive Diversity and Workplace Equity and with information about the Jean Augustine Centre for Young Women’s Empowerment.

Rishma Govani is passionate about creating real positive change especially in areas of diversity, equity and inclusion. She joins me to share the inspiration for her children’s book Sushi &Samosas - a trip of tasty transformations that helps kids break down barriers by the spoon and learn more about the world around them.

Things in entertainment are looking up with The Gilded Age from Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes premiering on HBO. With Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon in lead roles, this series doesn’t pull any punches and is definitely not Downton Abbey light. Also up this week is Jodie Comer in Britbox’s Help, and Fraggle Rock which brings much needed joy to kids of all ages.

Lisa Baker is a transplanted Newfoundlander living in Alberta who brings her razor sharp sense of humour to Canadians on tour, and through TikTok. Lisa joins me to share some challenges she’s faced as a woman in a still largely male-dominated space, and with some advice for all of us when the going gets tough.

Pandemic stress has caused a surge in eating disorders particularly amongst adolescents and teens. Lianne Phillipson is a registered nutritionist, bestselling author, podcast and radio host of EAT THIS with Lianne, and also the mother of a teen who was diagnosed with an eating disorder this year. Lianne joins me with some advice for parents going through this with their children right now.

Finally, we are all feeling the pinch at the grocery checkout. That doesn’t mean we have to let go of healthy choices though. Denise Lalonde is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and joins me with some tips to eat healthy on a budget.

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Jean Augustine

Website: www.canadiancongressondiversity.ca

Twitter: www.twitter.com/ccidwe

https://twitter.com/jeanaugustine07

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Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadiancongressondiversity

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Rishma Govani

Twitter: Rishma Govani

Instagram: @sushiandsamosas

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Leanne Phillipson

Website: www.sproutright.com www.liannephillipson.com

Twitter: @sproutright

Instagram: @sproutright @liannephillipson

Facebook: @sproutright @liannephillipsonnutrition

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Jean Augustine

Website www.canadiancongressondiversity.ca

Twitter www.twitter.com/ccidwe

https://twitter.com/jeanaugustine07

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ccidwe/

https://www.instagram.com/honjeanaugustine/

Facebook www.facebook.com/canadiancongressondiversity

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Denise Lalonde

Website www.deniselalonde.com

Twitter @denisemlalonde

Instagram @denisemlalonde

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/deniselalondeRHN

LinkTree https://linktr.ee/DeniseLalonde

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I rarely get nervous interviewing someone but when you speak with a Canadian broadcast legend, you can’t help but get a little bit flustered. Valerie Pringle, the former host of Canada AM is now working tirelessly behind the scenes to raise awareness for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation, and candidly shares some details of her own experience helping her three children with their mental health struggles, PLUS some tips for parents going through the same in their homes.

Anne Brodie is back with more entertainment this week as Omicron leaves us few options outside the home. You will definitely want to sink your teeth into Shonda Rhimes latest on Netflix called Inventing Anna. This 10 part mini-series stars the incredible Julia Garner from Ozark in the lead as Anna Delvey, who committed massive fraud pretending to be a mysterious German "heiress”. This based on a true story series is just the escape we all need right now.

The need for women in politics is clear, but the barriers to entry are high as Glynis Ratcliffe found out when she considered throwing her hat in the ring for the upcoming provincial election in Ontario. Glynis shares some of the hurdles she faced, why she had to pause, and some thoughts on making a path into politics more equitable.

After almost two years in isolation together, couples are noticing a lot of things about each other, including the division of labour in the house. So when is it problematic? When it’s weaponized incompetence. Lisa Sonni, a life and relationship coach who helps clients of all walks of life overcome challenges stemming from traumatic and or abusive partnerships joins me to help us define the term, recognize it and get it out of your life.

Are you looking to upgrade your skills for the job market? Then you will definitely want to stick around to listen to my interview with Nancy Baker from Fort Erie International Academy, who has details to share on ten courses being offered to the public absolutely free to help upgrade technology skills.

Finally, Ontario has passed right to disconnect legislation that takes effect June 2 this year. While it’s most certainly welcome, especially for those seeking work-life balance after two years in in a pandemic, my final guest says that so far it appears to be largely a political move, that doesn’t carry a lot of substance or direction with it. Deborah Hudson, an employment lawyer from Hudson Sinclair LLP joins me to share what employers and employees need to know right now about Right to Disconnect.

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Valerie Pringle

Website: https://www.camh.ca/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CentreforAddictionandMentalHealth

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camhnews/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CAMHnews

Glynis Ratcliffe

Website: glynisratcliffe.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/glynisratcliffe

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glynis/

Lisa Sonni

Website: https://strongerthanbefore.ca/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stronger_than_before_coach/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StrongerThanBeforeCoaching

TikTok @_stronger_than_before

Nancy Baker

Website: https://feia.ca/tech101/

Deborah Hudson

Website: https://hudsonsinclair.com

Instagram @hudsonsinclairllp

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HudsonSinclairLLP

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COVID-19 has led to the largest mass disruption of education in modern human history. Ontario, in particular, has suffered the longest school closures in Canada, and amongst the highest in North America and Europe comparing regional averages. Protecting education as an essential service is a policy choice says my first guest today, Dr. Prachi Srivastava. Prachi will be joining What She Said from now until June every month to arm you with information and questions to ask policy makers and politicians as we approach the June provincial election in Ontario.

Anne Brodie had to dig deep this week to find the best of the best in entertainment, with new theatrical releases in short supply. She delivers though with some can’t miss movies and shows to catch at home right now to beat the Omicron blues.

Whether by circumstance or choice, many women have found themselves stuck in a rut as of late. This year, What She Said in partnership with The Sacred Space is going to help you get unstuck. Denise Chand & Jennifer John, are Certified Cognitive Behavioural and Relationship Coaches, Unstuck Experts, Authors, and Founders of The Sacred Space Coaching. In 2022, they will be joining me every month with tips and tools to get us back on a path that empowers us to chase our dreams.

What’s the cost of love? Haley McGee, interviewed her exes and enlisted the help of a mathmetician to create a formula - with eighty seven variables - to find the true cost of love in her upcoming book, The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale. Haley joins me today to discuss how her attempt to turn sentimental value into cold, hard cash, became a much bigger lesson in the value of failed relationships.

Finally, If current conditions in Ontario, or even the ongoing pandemic have you questioning your commitment to Dry January, I’d like you to pause before you uncork that bottle of wine and listen Nadine Araksi. A Dry January MVP, Nadine joins me today to share some tips for making it through January without alcohol and possibly beyond.

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Dr. Prachi Srivastava

Website: https://www.edu.uwo.ca/faculty-profiles/prachi-srivastava.html

Twitter: @PrachiSrivas

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Sacred Space

Website: www.the-sacredspace.com/getunstuck

Twitter: https://twitter.com/chand_denise https://twitter.com/JenniferJohn

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisechand_clc/ https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjohn_clc/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSacredSpaceCoaching

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Haley McGee

Website: www.haleymcgee.ca

Twitter: https://twitter.com/yeshaleymcgee

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yeshaleymcgee/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yeshaleymcgee

Nadine Araksi

Website: https://www.kickstartology.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kickstart.community.women/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kickstartologycoaching/

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Prior to March of 2020, many of us were on our "game", working within a system that we thought we understood. Then everything we knew came tumbling down, and it wasn’t long before we started to see that the system was largely an illusion. On everything from work to home management, women learned that many of the choices we had were not really choices at all. Crushed under the weight of home learning, working at home, losing our jobs, and isolation, we fell into a rut. And ruts, as you know, are notoriously hard to get out of if you’ve ever seen a car spinning its wheels in one. That’s why in 2022, I am so pleased to introduce you to Jennifer John and Denise Chand from The Sacred Space. These two ladies are here to get us unstuck, and get back on the road at whatever speed we choose thank you very much. Together we will imagine and action a new path forward, each creating our own impenetrable sacred space. In today’s podcast we have an overview of some of the topics we’ll be exploring over the next year and some steps you can take today to get unstuck. Welcome to 2022 ladies.

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Instagram Jennifer: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjohn_clc/

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Dilys D’Cruz joins me to wrap up for the Meridian Credit Union masterclass on personal finance we ran all year plus results from a recent consumer insights survey that found that most Canadians have money hang ups from childhood that still affect them today.

We all know that first responders and those who serve in our military cope with a tremendous amount of stress and mental health issues. The very nature of their jobs makes it so. But what of those closest to them, their families? Heidi Cramm is an occupational therapist and associate professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen’s University who leads the Families Matter Research Group. She joins me to share some of the research on mental health and trauma that first responder families are going through.

Yollanda Zhang wants your whole family to get the most out of 2022. She joins me to share details about her upcoming workshop for the whole family that will help you hone in on what is most important so that everyone can move forward with purpose and peace in the new year.

Anne Brodie and I have a little fun this week as we share our top 3 Christmas movies with each other, and it’s clear that we have different tastes. You won’t want to miss Anne’s picks because I bet most haven’t seen them.

Finally, JENNA Nation is a Canadian R&B/Pop singer and songwriter who is quickly gaining momentum on the international music scene. Considered by many as an outstanding vocalist with a charismatic stage presence, Jenna has released a new single for the holidays called “My Christmas Wish” which will be the closing song of this show, and of What She Said’s broadcast year.

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No matter where you fall on the financial spectrum my first guest is here to help us all prepare for 2024 when women in Canada will control just over half the wealth in this country to the tune of #3 trillion dollars. Kelley’s new book Rich Girl, Broke Girl hits bookshelves December 14th and she joins me today to share some of the topics she covers from discussing finances with your partner, to negotiating the salary you deserve, to controlling your financial destiny. You definitely do not want to miss this one.

In RBC’s She’s the Boss this Week, I speak with Chantal Carter. Chantal’s passion to uplift women of colour through fashion caused her to develop a diverse skin tone intimates line called Love & Nudes. This brand is more than just fashion, it's a social movement connecting women and celebrating the beauty of difference.

Anne Brodie joins for a quick Saturday Night at the Movies round up which includes the much anticipated Don’t Look Up on Netflix with a stellar cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, and the gut-wrenching The Unforgivable with Sandra Bullock. She also shares parts of an interview she did with Gemma Whelan who plays Detective Sargeant Sarah Collins in The Tower playing now on Britbox.

The cannabis industry is continues to grow in Canada and 34% of graduating university students are interested in pursuing a career in this still new field. Becky Griffin never imagined she’d end up working in cannabis when she was pursuing her degree, but now finds herself shattering glass ceilings and stereotypes working for Molecule Inc., a up and coming cannabis beverage company in Eastern Ontario.

We are all feeling the strain on our wallets these days and there is a return to good old fashioned couponing. Kathleen Cassidy is An extreme couponer, freebie lover and a financial friend who runs @livingonaloonie on social media. Every week she takes her followers through tips and tricks of how to save money in Canada and even get stuff for free. She joins me this week with some easy to follow tips for getting the best deal at the check out.

Finally, with Canadian women living longer and longer, the question is how to ensure we have the quality of life we want to accompany the quantity of time we’re getting. Chloé Richardson is a health enthusiast focused on whole body preventative aging, working with Jevitty Life Science & Bodycomp Imaging to enable the public to feel supported and empowered in living their best life for many years to come. She joins me to share why Health is our true wealth.

It’s another full week at What She Said with interviews that empower, educate, and entertain , so let’s jump in right now on 105.9 The Region.

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Kelley Keehn

Website www.kelleykeehn.com

Twitter KelleyKeehn

Instagram Kelleykeehnbiz

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Chantal Carter

Website www.loveandnudes.com

Twitter : @loveandnudes

Instagram: @loveandnudes

Facebook: @loveandnudes

Becky Griffin

Website: https://www.molecule.ca/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/molecule_ca

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/molecule.ca/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/molecule.ca

Kathleen Cassidy

Instagram: @livingonaloonie

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingonaloonie

TikTok: @livingonaloonie

Youtube: @livingonaloonie

Chloé Richardson

Website: www.jevitty.com www.bodycomp.ca

Instagram: @bodycompimaging

Facebook: @bodycompimaging

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Vaccines are the topic of my first interview. Few issues in our society are more divisive right now than vaccinations and sadly things may only get worse now that vaccines have been approved for children. Cathryn Carruthers is a double vaxxed mom in Calgary, who along with her husband will soon face the decision to vaccinate her children. She is the founder of Families for Choice, a group comprised of vaccinated and unvaccinated families that are united on one goal, they are against vaccine mandates for children. Cathryn joins me to share the reason behind her forming this group.

It’s time to change out of our regular everyday stress and slip into our glittery holiday stress. With the holiday season in full swing, adding to our everyday stressors, as well as our pandemic stress, it’s a good time for our latest interview on, you guessed it, stress. This week we are joined by Dr. Juliana Rosario Yeung who joins me to discuss ways to manage the stressful environment that we find ourselves in now so that it doesn’t wreak havoc on our bodies later. Big thanks to New Roots Herbal for helping to keep our health top of mind in their ongoing series with What She Said.

Anne Brodie has entertainment for days which includes Paolo Sorrentino's epic family saga Hand of God set in his hometown of Naples, Flee, the excellent and profound animated story of Amin, an Afghani refugee who escaped his homeland when the Mujahadeen murdered his family and HBO's original four-episode limited series Landscapers, starring Emmy-winner Olivia Colman and David Thewlis is a fascinating surrealist journey, based on a true story.

On RBC’s She’s the Boss this week, I speak with Joella Hogan from Yukon Soaps Company. Joella joins me today to share how when you support her business, you are supporting her mission to empower and nurture an indigenous community in the Yukon, in Canada’s north.

Finally, If there’s one thing we know for sure, it’s that science and medicine are always evolving. Unfortunately, policy doesn’t always keep up at the same speed. Dr. Paula Gordon, one of the world’s leading and highly respected experts and advocates for breast cancer screening is joining me today to share some important new information about a decades-old Canadian study that formed the basis for mammography recommendations for women in their forties around the world.

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New Roots Herbal

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newrootsherbal

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Families for Choice

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Twitter @families4choice

Facebook facebook.com/groups/families4choice

Yukon Soaps Company

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Instagram @yukonsoapscompany

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Paula Gordon

Website: https://densebreastscanada.ca/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/densebreastscanada/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/densebreastscanada/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/densebreastscdn

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