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Episode 35: Challenging current narratives with guest Dr. Barry Cooper

In this episode, I am joined by special guest Dr. Barry Cooper. Barry is a fourth generation Albertan who was educated at Shawnigan Lake School, the University of British Columbia, and Duke University. He has taught at several Laurentian Canadian universities before coming to the University of Calgary in 1981.

For the past 35 years he has studied western political philosophy, both classical and contemporary. He has published around 200 articles and over 35 books, most recently Paleolithic Politics: The Human Community in Early Art (2020). Earlier this year he and Marco Navarro-Génie published COVID-19: The Politics of a Pandemic Moral Panic. He has received numerous grants from private and public granting agencies in Canada, the United States, France, and Germany including a Konrad Adenauer (ad-en-our) Award and a Killam Research Fellowship and has spent considerable amounts of time in France and Germany teaching and doing research.

For many years, he published a regular column in several Canadian newspapers and has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 1993.

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Episode 33: Being your own health advocate with guest Angela Kadin

In today’s episode, I am joined by guest Angela Kadin who is an absolute wealth of knowledge in the areas of mindset and nutrition. We talk about changes you can make in both your thought life and nutritionally so you can live your best life. Angela has changed the lives of so many people (including my own) and stresses the importance of being your own health advocate. I know you are going to get so much out of this episode.

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Episode 32: Building a healthy mindset with guest Jesse Boldt

January 2021 is all about building a healthy mindset and I couldn't think of a better guest to have on the show, for a second time, to talk about how to build a healthy mindset than Jesse Boldt. Jesse is a professional MMA fighter, Bang Muay Thai instructor, vanlifer, and an online morning routine coach. Jesse is a personal friend of mine and one of the most inspirational people I know. In this episode Jesse talks about the toxic mindsets so many of us have and what we can do to develop a more resilient mind. I know that no matter what you are going through, you will get so much out of this episode.

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Episode 31: The most important New Year's resolution to have

Going into 2021, I'm sure you have goals and resolutions you'd like to achieve. While setting goals is great to do, we need to make sure that we set the most important goal first, so that we can actually achieve the other goals we have. In this episode, I talk about the number one goal you need to make to truly find success in all other areas!

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Episode 30: How believing in natural ability is hindering your performance

So many of us are operating out of a fixed mindset-where we believe our abilities and qualities are unchangeable. We operate in this thinking without even noticing how detrimental it can be to our performance and motivation. In this podcast, I discuss what a fixed mindset is versus a growth mindset, and why praising people (especially children) for their ability hinders their performance and sets them up for failure down the road. I draw on concepts from Carol Dweck's book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. I hope you enjoy this episode and that it gives you some serious food for thought!

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Episode 29: Why you failed at your goals and what to do about it

No matter how hard you try, you will always fail when it comes to certain goals. While we need to go into our goal setting with an optimistic attitude, we also have to be realistic about the obstacles we will potentially face, and what we are going to do when we fail to reach our goal. In this episode, I discuss some of the ways we sabotage our goals and some of the factors that make it more likely for us to fail. Most importantly, I share what you can do about it so you are better equipped when you get back on the horse, or move towards another goal!

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Episode 28: Overcoming Adversity w/ guest Amanda Bergen

In Today's episode, I have Amanda Bergen on to talk about overcoming adversity. Amanda works with Toronto's homeless community, and through overcoming many of her own challenges, she has so much insight and encouragement for how others can overcome adversity when all odds seem stacked against them. We also talk about some of the factors that drive homelessness, what kind of programs are out there, and some possible solutions for what we can do as a society to help those in need.

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Episode 27: Motivation and Setting Goals for Success

What are the things that motivate us?

How do we stay motivated?

What do we do to increase motivation?

What can we do when we lack motivation?

These are questions psychologists have asked for many years. Today we discuss some of the answers to these questions about motivation and how you can set goals that will lead to success depending on the type of goal it is.

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Episode 26: The link between Instagram and Body Image

In this episode, I discuss the link between Instagram use and body image issues, as well as disordered eating behaviours. I go over published journals looking at these topics, and give you some tips on what you can do to protect your emotional well-being when it comes to social media use.

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Episode 25: How to begin your journey with intuitive eating w/ Sumner Brooks

Sumner is a registered dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating counselor, Body Trust provider and certified eating disorder specialist who has been working as an outpatient counselor with clients on all levels of the disordered eating spectrum for over 12 years. In partnership with her clients, Sumner helps people to identify how you can heal your relationship with food and your body.

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Episode 24: Intuitive eating when you have a medical condition, ditching food rules, and living your healthiest life w/ registered dietician Megan Miller

You all know how much I love to talk about intuitive eating, but what about when you have a medical condition? Joining me on the podcast is registered dietician nutritionist Megan Miller to talk about intuitive eating alongside a medical condition. She also explains what PCOS is and different strategies to manage it, as well as ditching food rules so you can live your best life!

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Episode 23: How to be healthy without being obsessed w/ guest Victoria Myers

In this episode, I am joined by Victoria Myers. Victoria Myers is the dietitian and owner of the virtual private practice and online education centre Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Victoria and her staff specialize in empowering women to ditch diets, regulate hormones, heal digestion and learn to practice wellness without obsession. She is also the host of the popular intuitive eating and wellness podcast, the Nourishing Women Podcast. Her mission for her community is to help them let go of the unhealthy obsession with eating healthy, make peace with their body and live their lives to the fullest.

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Episode 22: How we try to reduce uncertainty, coping mechanisms for stress, and body neutrality

It's no surprise that we're all experiencing extreme amounts of stress at a time like this. Human beings don't like uncertainty, in fact, we do everything we can to reduce uncertainty as much as we can through various strategies. But what happens when we don't have the strategies we need to succeed at reducing uncertainty? We turn to coping mechanisms. In this episode, I discuss why uncertainty causes so much stress and different ways we try to reduce it. I also talk about using exercise and nutrition as a coping mechanism, and put an emphasis on body neutrality over body positivity.

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Episode 21: Finding your purpose w/ guest Jesse Boldt

We live in such a strange time right now with coronavirus drastically changing the way our lives are organized. It can be easy to lose hope or become negative, but no matter what, there are positive things that can and will come out of this. Joining me to talk about navigating through trials, finding purpose, and learning to live with simplicity is guest speak and dear friend Jesse Boldt who is a full-time van lifer, Muay Thai Coach, and dog dad.

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Episode 20: Stress: What is stress and what can we do to manage ourselves when we're in it?

We can't stop stress from happening, but we can control certain variables when we're in a stress response. In this episode, I discuss what stress is and what happens when we stay in stress for short periods of time compared to long periods of time. I also talk about research from neuro-ophthalmologist Dr. Mithu Stornoi on tips to get our brains out of "high alert" after we've encountered an acute bout of stress so we can think clearly and rationally later on. To finish, I discuss what I think the worst kind of stress is and what we can do about it!

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Episode 19: Exercise smarter not harder

Not everyone is motivated to exercise, and then some people are highly motivated and over exercise. In either case, it's about the quality of movement we engage in, not the amount. In this episode, I discuss strategies for either building exercise into your life, or scaling back when you're over doing it. I also discuss intuitive exercise and why it's a method that works for some people but not for others. Thanks so much for listening!

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Episode 18: Strive to make peace with your body

We strive for a lot of things in life; money, performance, a better body, good grades, but we aren't striving for one of the most important aspects of health. If we want to be healthy mentally, and have a good relationship with our body, we need to strive for peace within ourselves, not external aspects. This is a "catch up" episode where I go over where I'm at in my HA recovery and why striving to make peace with your body should be your top priority.

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Episode 17: Against the Odds: Apps, Artificial Intelligence, and Anxiety

In a society where we are more connected than we've ever been before, we are facing both the benefits and consequences that come from our use of social media. While there are so many positives to be connected, we also face challenges with our ability to see life for what it truly is, our attention and self-awareness is being affected, and we seem to be losing touch with what's going on around us. Joining me is Dr. James Cresswell to talk about the impact that social media has on our mental health and what we can do to navigate our way through this digital world.

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Episode 16: Cellulite, Thigh Gaps, and Six Pack Abs

With working in the fitness industry for nearly a decade, I have been asked countless questions on how to address things like cellulite, thigh gaps, and how to get a six pack. As a woman who is focused first and foremost on being healthy, truly healthy, it’s important to address these topics and bust some myths when it comes to our bodies. If you have concerns about your body and want to change it because you think it will make you happier, then listen to this episode! Changing our body to fit an unrealistic mold isn’t going to make us happier, but changing our mentality and relationship with our body and with exercise, will make us happier.

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