All Episodes

Episode 174: My 70/30 Rule: How I Decide When AI Is Worth It

Episode 173 Is Guilt Driving the AI Gender Gap?

Episode 172: Scared and Curious: What Even Is AI and Why I Can't Look Away

Episode 171: I Have No Idea What I'm Doing But I'm Here Anyway

Episode 170: Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel - An Almost-Spring Check-in

Episode 169: Tiny Experiments for March - The Tally Project

Episode 168: The Micro Rituals Saving Me This Winter

Episode 167: Why Women Admit Their Burnout in the Winter

Episode 166: Happy In the Winter (Especially When the World is On Fire)

[BONUS]: I’m Not Waiting Anymore: A Quiet Reflection for 2026

Episode 165 Walking Away from the Myth of the Superwoman with guest Dr. Nikia Smith

Episode 164: Living the Life You Worked Hard to Build - Wrapping Phone Free Fall and Reflections on Winter Solstice

Episode 163: When Phone Boundaries Bring Up Feelings (And What to Do About It)

Episode 162: Your Brain is Full - Why You Can't Put Your Phone Down but It's Not Your Fault

Episode 161: Who Knew Quitting My Phone Would Be This Hard! Here's What No One Tells you...

Episode 160: From Caregiver to Creator: The Restorative Power of Art with guest Jaime Townzen

Episode 159: Put Your Phone in Landline Mode: A New Way to Rest with guest Kassadi Gabriel

Episode 158 The Fire and the Quiet: Poetry, Grief, and Real Rest with Anna Jollymore

[REPOST] Episode 109: Medium Lady Unfiltered - Three Truths About Motherhood Content on TikTok and Instagram

Episode 157: The Scroll Reflex: Finding Sensory Rest in a Noisy World

Episode 156: Welcome to Phone Free Fall

Episode 155: Start Small When You Don't Know How to REst

Episode 154: The Restful Reset: Using the Fall Equinox to Welcome What's Next

Episode 153: What Can You Put Down (For Now)?

Episode 152: Managing End of Summer Grief - How to Find Rest in Transitions

Episode 151: Embracing the Season Your Life Has to Offer with guest Ashley Gibson

Episode 150: Mothering Yourself, Recovery and Sobriety with Sober Coach and Author Amy C. Willis

Episode 149: Give Your Heart a Break with Some Emotional Rest

Episode 148: You're Closer to Rest Than You Think: How I Found Rest in the Middle of a Stressful Work Day

Episode 147: The Toxic To-Do List ... Why You’re Mentally Fried and How to Rest

Episode 146: "When My Eye Stops Twitching" And Other Ways You Know You're Rested

Episode 145: Are you Proud of How Tired You Are? When Fatigue Becomes a Badge of Honour

Episode 144: What Type of Rest Have You Been Missing? A Deep Dive Book Review of "Sacred Rest" by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith

Episode 143: The Soft Work of Healing – Why Feeling Good Is Part of the Process

Episode 142: Welcome to the Summer of REAL Rest (this might hurt your feelings...)

Episode 141: Listen to Your Body - How to Take Care of Yourself Insight #10 with Menopause Educator Lisa Boate

Episode 140: Take the Selfie - How To Take Care of Yourself Insight #9 with guest Kalee Isbell

Episode 139: Protect Your Dreams - How To Take Care of Yourself Insight #8 with guest Jennifer Lasachuk

Episode 138: Move Through Your Outrage - How To Take Care of Yourself Insight #7 with Guest Cecelia Baum Mandryk

Episode 137: How to Take Care of Yourself - Make Time For Art Insight #6 with Guest Devon Bennett

[REPOST] Episode 98: Is Your Burnout Preventable?

Episode 136: Take Your Meds (and Maybe Go To Therapy too) - How to Take Care of Yourself Insight #5 with my BFFs Emily and Sarah

Episode 135: Celebrate Yourself - How To Take Care of Yourself Insight #4

Episode 134: Stay Curious - How To Take Care of Yourself Insight #3

Episode 133: Name Your Needs - How To Take Care of Yourself Insight #2

Episode 132: Say YES to Help - How To Take Care Of Yourself Insight #1

Episode 131: Why is Taking Care of Yourself So Hard?

[REPOST] Episode 97: Are You Ready to Go Out of Your Way to Make Life More Enjoyable?

Episode 130: When the Cheerleader Needs a Pep Talk: Navigating Depression & Identity with podcast host Ashlie Daigle

Episode 129: You Better Keep It Up Cutie with guest Anna Przy

Episode 128: How to Bring Your Authentic Self To Your Friendships - With Helene and Christina from the It's Your Birth Day podcast

Episode 127: What Five Years as a Content Creator Taught Me About Mindfulness and Motherhood

Episode 126: Hear Me Out: Choose a "Need of the Year" Instead of a "Word of the Year"

Episode 125: Five (and a Half) Things Saving The Season

Episode 124: Reclaiming Fun - Dozens of Free Ways to Enjoy Yourself (with insight from the Medium Kids!))

[BONUS] MLR Episode 33 Cozy Christmas Reads 2024

[REPOST] Episode 82: The Identity Revolution: Why I plan my free time each month, and you should too

Episode 123: Are you Guilty? Or Did You Just Make A Decision? One Final Word on Guilt (until 2025).)

Episode 122: Making the Holidays Meaningful - Keep the Joy and Ditch the Guilt

Episode 121: Mindful Content Creators and the Quest to Curate A Perfect Childhood with guest Stephanie Cunningham

Episode 120: 9 Small Things My Husband Never Feels Guilty About with guest Handsome Face

Episode 119: Nine Small Things I'm No Longer Feeling Guilty About

[REPOST] Episode 28: How to Take Care while Sick

Episode 118: More Medium Effort Advice: "Past Me Had it All Figured Out..."

Episode 117: Medium Effort Advice - "Help I'm doing too much, and none of it well!"

Episode 116: Medium Lady Unfiltered - Imposter Syndrome Is the Worst

Episode 115: Five Things You Can Do Right Now to Survive September

Episode 114: The Difference Between Guilt And Shame when it comes to Self-Care with guest Tami Hackbarth

Episode 113: Playing the Long Game in your Freedom from the Domestic Struggle with author and speaker Tami Hackbarth

Episode 112: Everyday Gratitude - How to Move from Extreme to Routine with your Gratitude Practice

[REPOST] Episode 89: Everyday Manifesting with guest Diana Alexander Rane

[REPOST] Episode 83: Is Your Self Care Helpful or Harmful? A Book Review of ”Real Self Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness” By Pooja Lakshmin M.D.

Episode 111: The Perfect Summer Doesn’t Exist: Overcome your Limiting Beliefs and My Free Monthly Planner

Episode 110: Feeling Lonely? A Book Review of The Art and Science of Connection: Why Social Health is the Missing Key to Living Longer Healthier and Happier by Kasley Killiam

Episode 108: From Self-Neglect to Self-Care: Prioritizing Your Needs with guest and coach Madeline Farquarson

Episode 107: From Anxiety to Action: How to Reclaim Your Mental Headspace with guest and coach Madeline Farquharson from Knomii

Episode 106: Six Things Saving My Summer

Episode 105: Five things I Learned Behind the Scenes of My First Event

[BONUS] Medium Lady Reads Ep. 22 The BIPOC Reading Challenge with guest host Alesia Galati

Episode 104: Four Questions to Manage Your Summer Stress Part 2

Episode 103: 4 Questions to Free Yourself from Summer Stress Part 1

[REPOST] Episode 70: My Life Changing Perspective on Having your ”Best Summer Ever”

Episode 102: Can You Change What You Want?

Episode 101: Do You Have Something to Say? with guest Megan Hamilton

Episode 100: Can You Make a Big Career Change? with guest and photographer Pamela Chriton

Episode 99: Can A Personality Quiz Make Your Life Easier? with guest Tracy Stanger

[BONUS SERIES] Part 9: "S is for Sustainability" with Dr. Ellen Wong

[BONUS SERIES] Part 8: "S is for Social Connection" with Dr. Ellen Wong

[BONUS EPISODE] Part 7 "E is for Emotional Elasticity"

[BONUS SERIES] Part 6: "N is for Nature" with Dr. Ellen Wong

[BONUS SERIES] Part 5: "I is for Inner Peace" with Dr. Ellen Wong

[BONUS SERIES] Part 4: "P is for Productivity: with Dr. Ellen Wong

[BONUS SERIES] Part 3 "P is for Purpose" with Dr. Ellen Wong

[BONUS SERIES] Part 2 "A Is for Authenticity" with Dr. Ellen Wong

[BONUS SERIES} Part 1 "H is for Health" with Dr. Ellen Wong

[BONUS SERIES] Prologue: Who is Ellen Wong and How Did She Become the CEO of Happiness?

Episode 96: The Winter Whimsy Workshop

Episode 95: Five Things I’m Bringing With Me From 2023 Into 2024

Episode 94: PART TWO 12 Questions to Help You Get Out of Your Own Way in 2024

Episode 94: PART ONE 12 Questions to Help You Get Out of Your Own Way in 2024

[BONUS] Medium Lady Reads Episode 12 Cozy Christmas Reads 2023

Episode 93: Let Good Enough be Good Enough with author Danielle Hines

Episode 92: The Art of Gathering Without Losing Yourself with Special Guest Carrie-Ann Kloda

Episode 91: Expression and Identity: Rediscovering What You Like Through Personal Style with Hanna Donnelly

Episode 90 Finding Calm in the Life you Already Have with High Achiever Coach Cecelia Mandryk

Episode 88: 40 for 40 in Less than 40 (A 6-month Review of my Birthday List)

Episode 87: Cultivating your Aspirations - the Power of the To-Do List with guest Stephanie Cunningham

Episode 86: When Kids’ Sports become a Family Commitment with guest Handsome Face

Episode 85: Five Ways I’m Living my Favourite Life this Fall

Episode 84: September Reflections and October Intentions: A Monthly Planning Guide

Episode 81: September Self-Care Guide: Overcoming Resistance to Change

Episode 80: Diving Deeper - Exploring Menstrual Health Part Two with guest and BFF Sarah Rich

Episode 79: Beyond Your Period: Exploring Menstrual Health Part One with guest and BFF Sarah Rich

Episode 78: Unraveling the World of Reading - Part Two with Brianna Guild Speech Language Pathologist

Episode 77: Unlocking Literacy: Speech Language Pathologist Brianna Guild on Building the SLP Literacy Corner

Episode 76: Deconstructing Pop Culture Icks with guest Julia Washington (Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous)

[BONUS] Medium Lady Reads Episode 3 Our Last Three Books: Reviews and Recommendations

Episode 75: Mindfulness in Action: the Five Things Saving My Summer and other insights a long the way

[BONUS] Medium Lady Reads Episode 2: Author we Love - TJ Klune

Episode 74: How to Be a Human with a Voice with guest Jam Gamble

Episode 73: Does your Identity need to go to Summer Camp? with guest Bridget Baker

[BONUS] Medium Lady Reads Episode 1: The Books that Made us Readers

Episode 72: Seven Cringeworthy Steps to Start your Healing Journey

Episode 71: Healing, Burnout Recovery and the Cringe Factor

[REPOST] Medium Lady Talks about Doing Less with Tracy Stanger

Episode 69: Unlocking the Simple Secrets of Goal Setting with Guest Jillian O’Keefe

Episode 68: Is Friendship aType of Self Care? With Roz and Erin in the Valley

Episode 67: Why We Get In the Way of Our Creativity and Self Care with Maggie Frank Hsu

Episode 66: What’s Getting in the Way of Your Goals? (PS It’s Not What You Think) with Alex Gustafson

[Mindful Monday] April 10 Grateful for a Growing Season

Episode 65: Should you make a 40 for 40 list? My Birthday Milestone with BFFs Sarah and Em

[Mindful Monday] April 3 Grateful For a Life Milestone

Episode 64: My Reading Life: Three Loves, Two Likes, One Current Hit and a Must-Read from the Back List

[Mindful Monday] Mar 27 Grateful for One Last Snow Storm

Episode 63: Storytelling, Conscious Parenting and the Myth of Balance with Katy-Robin Garton

[Mindful Monday] March 20 Grateful For the Pandemic

Episode 62: Gentle Goal Setting for Burnt Out Millennials and Mothers

Episode 61: Four Steps You Can Take Now to Have a Better Weekend

[Mindful Monday] March 6 Grateful for a Decision

Episode 60: 8 Ways to Make Better Decisions as a Couple

[Mindful Monday] Feb 20 Grateful for my Internet Friends

Episode 59: Navigate a Reading Rut: Four Ways to Get Back to Reading with Momentum and Joy

[Mindful Monday] Feb 13 Grateful for my Partner

How I Plan My Month - An Example of Thoughtful and Personalized Monthly Planning

[Mindful Monday] Feb 6 Grateful for Gratitude

How to Plan a New Month: Guided Journal Practice for a Month of Self-Discovery

Winter Reading 2022: Three Loves, Two Likes, One Bummer and a Wildcard

Cozy Christmas Reads 2022

Baking and Beginner’s Mindset with ShaniWhisonant

Finiancial Self Care with Lianne Hannaway

No Boss of Me with Lianne Hannaway

Tired Parents are Tired with guest Handsome Face

Medium Effort, Mindful Fun and my Origin Story

[REPOST] Lowering the Bar with Emily Gibson

Effort, Energy, and Connection with Dr. Siobhan France

Finding Focus through your Feelings with Dr. Siobhan France

Building a Business Around You with Dana Castro

Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth and Controlled Discomfort with Dana Castro

Five Things Saving My Life Fall 2022

Medium Lady Reviews Books Summer 2022

Parenting Yourself Through A Bad Day

Video Games, Hot Takes and Story Time with Handsome Face

[REPOST] Medium Lady Talks about September

Medium Lady Reads Pt. 4 Red Flag Reads

Medium Lady Reads Pt. 3 Matchmaking Books with your Summer Profile

Medium Lady Reads Pt. 2 Extending the love of your book after reading the last page

Medium Lady Reads Pt.1 Sure-Fire Summer Reading Recommendations

[REPOST] Medium Lady Talks about Doing Hard Things

Doing What Works (when it works for you) with Jennifer Locke

Imposter Syndrome, Self Care and High School Crushes with BFFs Sarah and Em

Five Things to Try in your Creative Life

Five Things I Learned after One Year Podcasting

How to Podcast for Beginners

Books I Read Winter 2022

Music and Playlists

Introverts and Extroverts with Handsome Face

Aspirational Clutter with Bridget Baker

How to Take Care While Sick

Medium Lady Would Rather Be Reading - Fall/Winter Books 2021

Medium Lady Talks about Cozy Christmas Reading with Ali and Jillian

Medium Lady Talks about Five Things to Try in December 2021

Medium Lady Talks about Friendship in 2021

Medium Lady Talks about Internet Realness with Stephanie Cunningham

Medium Lady Talks with Author Jayne Allen

Medium Lady Talks to Handsome Face

Medium Lady Talks about September

Medium Lady Talks about Books Summer 2021

Medium Lady Talks about Skin Care Olympics with Sarah Rich

Medium Lady Talks about a Monthly Wish List

Medium Lady Talks about Five Things to Try Right Now - July 2021

Medium Lady Talks with Ali Oppenlaender about your Summer Reading Pile

Medium Lady Talks about Minimalism with Bridget Baker

Medium Lady Talks about Growth Mindset

Medium Lady Talks about Nail Polish

Medium Lady Talks about Books Spring 2021

Medium Lady Talks about Lowering the Bar with guest Emily Gibson

Medium Lady Talks about Parenting on a Bad Day

Medium Lady Talks about How to Connect to Your Intuition

Medium Lady Talks about Intuition

Medium Lady Talks about FiveTips for Right Now

Medium Lady Talks about Doing Hard Things

Medium Lady Talks to her Mama