Existential Relish
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Existential Relish
In every conversation, stories, insights and perspectives finding joy and purpose in the human experience.
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She Who Dares Wins: Meet the Dynamic Dr. Rhonda McEwen
This episode reveals not only the details about a world-renown researcher, who is a scholar in emerging tech and the first Black woman to be President...
Encounters with a Superhero: In Conversation with Batman
The episode starts out as a story about a broken down vintage Austin-Healey and a chance encounter with a real life superhero. It evolves into stories...
Predators and Partners: Tales from a Falconer
It’s the stuff of movies, mystery and faraway places. Records show that as early as 2,000 BC falcons were used to hunt and feed communities, for sport...
Interviewing the Interviewer with Steve Paikin
C-A speaks to Steve Paikin, journalist, author, documentary producer, podcast co-host and host of TVO’s flagship current affairs program, The Agenda w...
Resale therapy - Sustainable Fashion is all the rage
Fashion rentals, refurbishment and resale is just about the easiest and most enjoyable way to support local businesses, save money, reduce the carbon...
Building trust and human connection through LEGO
This conversation with Dr. Kasra (Kas) Khorasani is about a unique approach that he developed for his inpatient psychotherapy groups using LEGO Seriou...
Out of the goodness of my liver: A story of living organ donation
In March 2021, Glenna Gosewich became an non-directed living organ donor.
62% of her liver went to a stranger who was in need of a vital transpl...
Teenage musings on sustainability, getting published and having a boss mentality
Just when you think all teenagers spend every waking moment on TikTok, there’s Naila Moloo. At 15 years old, this STEM researcher's drive to contribut...
Close to home Part 2 - Stories of neighbourhood businesses in the COVID economy
Close to home: Stories of neighbourhood businesses in the COVID economy are conversations with six business owners in the St. Clair West community, in...
Get in the garden - With Ed Lawrence
Ed Lawrence is THE Gardening expert. He was the Chief Horticulturalist for six consecutive Governors General and has been a regular on CBC's Ontario T...
Desk Stress, Inactivity and the Joy of Movement
The activity level of humans is generally at an all time low as people work from home, spend countless hours on devices and endure waves of lockdowns....
Happily ever after: Embracing the romance novel
Smut, trash, beach read. All terms used to describe the romance novel. This genre often gets a bad rap despite it being a massive industry. C-A speaks...
The dog is your guru: Become the peaceful alpha your dog needs and respects
Dog loves you. Dog wants to teach you about love and presence and patience and forgiveness and gentleness and benevolence. Dog wants to cherish you, w...
Chicken Soup 101 - Cooking up elixirs during lockdown
Just in time for winter, second waves and lockdowns, C-A learns how to make chicken soup, also known as “Jewish Penicillin”, with help from her mother...
SHOW NOTES: Ep 27 - Chicken Soup 101
Here's the recipe C-A and her mother used during this episode:
2 packages of chicken bones and 1 package of thighs
OR
1 x 3-4 lb. c...
Get out of my head - Zooming with Mysterion the Mentalist
C-A is ready to forget about what's happening in the world and wonders if it's possible for a mentalist to do a show over Zoom. Mysterion the Mindrea...
Kids Help Phone: Game changer life saver - With CEO Kathy Hay
C-A speaks to Kathy Hay, President and CEO of Kids Help Phone, Canada’s only 24/7, national support service that offers professional counselling, info...
Lilies of the alley - an urban gardening story
In this episode, C-A talks to Sandy Carlton, owner of Arcadian Daylilies, an urban farmer in midtown Toronto in his backyard garden, where he grows ab...
Close to home: Stories of neighbourhood businesses in the COVID economy
Six entrepreneurs from the St. Clair West neighbourhood in midtown Toronto talk candidly about running their businesses over the past nine weeks since...
My childhood friend is a hero - With Dr. Daniel Labow
C-A talks to her childhood friend, Dr. Daniel Labow, Chief of the Surgical Oncology Division and Vice Chair of Outpatient Services for the Department...
Loving Kindness during COVID: Metta Meditation
C-A turns to Wendy Lund from Ep. 2, Has Mindfulness Lost its Meaning to see if there is a meditation that could help cultivate a sense of peace in thi...
Physical Intelligence during COVID-19 - With Dr. Waj Hoda
Dr. Waj Hoda, chiropractor extraordinaire from episode 15 - Your body knows, listen to it talks about how he’s helping clients virtually during the CO...
Musings of a Musicologist during a global pandemic - with Alan Cross
C-A checks in to see how Alan's doing during the Covid-19 pandemic and how the music industry is faring. Alan's of course got a few band recos plus so...
Unstuck: Midlife career moves
Change is hard, but is it more difficult than waking up every day with a feeling that you're living the wrong life?
From ad guy to futurist, eth...
Glass half full: A user's guide to thriving in adversity
“I knew coming to an oncologist, I wasn’t here for hemorrhoids,” is just one of the many Warrenisms in this episode about gratitude, whack-a-mole and...
W that's the way it begins: With Elaine Cole
Camp Walden in Palmer Rapids Ontario is a very special place. Built by some very special people in 1970 it has impacted the lives of tens of thousands...
Your body knows. Listen to it: With Dr. Waj Hoda
This episode with Dr. Waj Hoda gets into the many different ways the body signals what's really going on with you if you listen, what happens if you r...
Is spiritual astrology the new Myers-Briggs?
There are life coaches, psychologists, astrologists and family counsellors.
What if there was a way to draw on all of these disciplines to help...
SHOW NOTES: Is spiritual astrology the new Myers-Briggs?
Jane Fonda's Ted Talk: The three phases of life
The big holy s**t around the age of 50 aka The Chiron Return
To reach Spiritual Astrologi...
I am woman, let me sleep: A conversation about menopause and sleep
This episode is for people out there who are experiencing poor quality sleep because they are women, women who are in that life stage leading up menop...
SHOW NOTES: I am woman, let me sleep
Here is a list of the resources mentioned in the episode:
Angela Lachowski, PhD | Danielle Schwartz, PhD
https://www.theclinicondupont.c...
Why's a nice girl like you shooting guns?
Scientist, Psychiatrist and hunter Dr. Albert Wong provides the rational approach on the topic of why shooting guns and hunting is a mental holiday mu...
Insomnia, sleep apnea and getting the winks you need
There are so many things that affect the quality and quantity of our sleep and many ways people go about to try and improve their sleep, from THC and...
SHOW NOTES - Insomnia, sleep apnea and getting the winks you need
When you have enough of it life is grand. If you're not getting enough of it, so much can suffer including your health, your decision making and your...
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Parents helping other parents cope - Show Notes
No matter where you are in the parenting journey, there are going to be bumps. The band-aid kind and the kind that keep you up many a night wondering...
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Parents helping other parents cope
Dealing with a troubled teenage or adult child can be overwhelming. The kids need help and resist any interference in their lives. Parents feel like t...
Got a life? Get a will - with lawyer Caroline Abela
What makes more sense? Doing a bit of paperwork or letting your family duke it out with each other for decades, spending ridiculous amounts of money o...
Midlife Playlist with Alan Cross
Music journalist and industry veteran Alan Cross talks about the stickiness of the music we attach ourselves to, his own music journey, breakup tunes,...
Midlife Playlist with Alan Cross
Why can't you and your friends move on from the tunes you listened to in high school?
Music journalist and industry veteran Alan Cross talks abo...
Going Grey - A social experiment about hair and aging
Going Grey author Anne Kreamer talks about dating, the corporate experience and personal transformation as she embraced and documented the journey of...