Short and shareable conversation starters to support you or your loved ones with a complicated and beautiful brain.
Kitchen Table Conversations
EPISODE #23: Informed Decision Making and Teachable Moments
This episode focuses on the benefit of learning new information, from the new drinking guidelines to developmental screens.
EPISODE #22: Simple Tips to Support Your Mental Health
Listen in for a discussion around sitting with our emotions and challenging our self talk and our thoughts if they are no longer serving us well.
EPISODE #21: BELL Let’s Talk Day
Let’s talk about mental health conditions of all kinds; some of the contributing factors; why the problems are becoming worse and opportunity for some rather straightforward prevention opportunities.
EPISODE #20: Balancing Blended Families
This episode was a special request, and one that I feel is so important. I appreciate the requests for kitchen table conversation starters, and this one impacts so many.
EPISODE #19: Finding Our Purpose
Following up from last week's episode where we spoke of personal growth and NY resolutions, we thought we would focus on how much easier these things can be accomplished when we connect with our values and really understand our purpose.
EPISODE #18: Wishing You Hope and Positive Opportunities for 2023
This episode will focus on the importance of learning new things, challenging ourselves to live our healthiest of lives, and things we can do to make it most likely that we will stick to our goals and resolutions.
EPISODE #17: Preparing for the Holiday Season
Today's episode will centre around the holiday season as we explore all the 'feels' and consider the needs of people who may find the season particularly stressful.
EPISODE #16: Parenting Complex Kids with Safety and Dignity
We are talking about parenting kids, youth and adults with complicated and beautiful brains, and our need for safety planning.
EPISODE #15: Keeping the Prevention Conversation Going
Everyday I am reminded of how important my work is, and how we need to keep prevention conversations going.
EPISODE #14: Keeping Our Brains Healthy
In today's episode, let's keep the conversation going around wellness and what we can do personally to keep us (specifically our brains) as healthy as possible.
EPISODE #13: Keeping It Simple
This episode is a follow up to our last conversation which focused on the positive attributes of people who are experiencing anxiety or would consider themselves to be anxious people.
EPISODE #12: A Positive Look at Anxiety
In this episode, we’ll take a look at some of the really positive qualities and characteristics for anxious people in the spirit of a strength based and hopeful approach to treatment and support!
EPISODE #11: Remembering and Honouring our Canadian Veterans
In this episode, we will take some time to acknowledge the contributions of our Military Veteran’s and their role in all conflicts, as well as those who have made sacrifices on the home-front.
EPISODE #10: Right Here, Right Now
Happiness or contentment, can in many cases be a choice. Today's episode is focussing on ways to keep things a little 'lighter'.
EPISODE #9: The World Begins at the Kitchen Table
Inspired by a poem written by Joy Harjo, The World Begins at the Kitchen Table, which was recently shared with me, I reflect personally with gratitude at the many days spent at my kitchen table.
EPISODE #8: Exploring Neurodiversity
In this episode, we'll explore what it means and who qualifies as neurodiverse, and the need, ironically, to be more inclusive of FASD when discussing neurodivergent conditions.
EPISODE #7: Global Mental Health Awareness Day
Global Mental Health Awareness Day was on October 10, 2022, so was Canadian Thanksgiving Day.
EPISODE #6: The Epidemic Nobody Wants to Talk About
In this episode, we are discussing The Social Determinants of Health and the impact of alcohol in marginalized communities.