We are in the middle of neurodiversity celebration week which is a worldwide initiative aimed to challenge some of our biases and our misconceptions around neurological conditions.

Today we are celebrating International Women's Day. In this episode, I would like to acknowledge what this day means, focusing on equal opportunity and inclusion all the while celebrating freedom of choice.

In this episode, we will discuss the role Social Workers play in our communities. As a social worker, I work for the people that I support; I have always been a ‘helper’ and explore creative ways to make things happen.

Listen in to this episode about the focus on making connections, the need for helpers, and where we discussed the importance of accurate diagnosis.

In this episode, a special guest with FASD walks us through what impulse control issues looks like from her perspective.

This episode focuses on the benefit of learning new information, from the new drinking guidelines to developmental screens.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We are talking about parenting kids, youth and adults with complicated and beautiful brains, and our need for safety planning.

Everyday I am reminded of how important my work is, and how we need to keep prevention conversations going.

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.

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.

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!

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.