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Middle Fingers Up — 169 episodes

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EP.165 - Patty-"Nobody Talks About The Joy"

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EP.164 - Mohini - "Are You Really 'Fine' Though?"

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EP.163 - Sarah Akinterinwa-"My Identity Will Never Be Straightforward - & That's Okay"

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EP.162 - Harleen Randhawa - "My Existence Is Resistance"

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EP.161 - Nikki Roy - "Teach Yourself How To Feel In Your Body"

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EP.160 - Ali - "You Can't Separate Pop Culture & Politics"

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EP.159 - It's Good To Gup Shup - "What Stories Is My Body Holding?"

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EP.158 - It's Good To Gup Shup - "Safety Isn't Declared. It's Practiced"

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EP.157 - Rama Swami - "Silence & Stigma Have No Place In The Room"

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EP.156 - Farida D - "Stop Letting The Bar End For Men, The Exact Point it Begins For Women"

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EP.155 - Kam Bassier - "It Is A Priveledge To Be A Cycle Breaker"

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EP.154 - Moses Farrow - "The Human Trafficking Industry Uses Adoption As Propaganda"

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EP.153 - Shawn Ahmed - "If It Makes Me Laugh, That's Good Enough"

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EP.152 - Arunie Saldhi - "I'm Very Careful Now, To Not Breach My Own Boundaries"

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EP.151 - Reshma Kearney - "It's In The Transitions That We're Able To Heal"

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EP.150 - Rahell Seddek - "Whiteness Moves In A Funny Way"

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EP.149 - Nisha Mody "Cultivate Your Safety (it's never too late to turn towards yourself"

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EP.148 - Kelly Kaur - "Be A Tiger"

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EP.147 - Grief Coach Shri-"Getting Support Isn't a Weakness, It's Wisdom"

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EP.146 - It's Good To Gup Shup - "My Body Is Changing. My Relationship With Myself Has To Change Too.”

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EP.145 - Christian Ortiz - "We Are All Imprisoned By This Damn System"

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EP.144 - Shagun Sharma - "Gift Your Presence, Not Just Presents”

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EP.143 - Jeff D'Silva - "You Have Skin In The Game"

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EP.142 - It's Good To Gup Shup - "“Assimilation, Love, and What I’m Unpacking Now”

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EP.141 - It's Good To Gup Shup With Dr.Anne Recorded LIVE - "It's Not A Flaw, It's a Flow"

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EP.140 - Shuraya Akhter Bhatti - "Confidence Really Comes When You Sit w/ Your Weakness"

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EP.139 - Mano Mishra - "Respect Your Body"

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EP.138 - Niké Aurea - "We All Deserve Safe Spaces"

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EP.137 - Shagun Sharma - "Dismantling the Stigmas That Keep Us From Seeking Support"

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EP.136 - Kam Bassier - "You're Not Lazy, You're Burnt Out"

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EP.135 - Kalyani Pardeshi - “Self-doubt doesn’t come from failure—it comes from negating how someone feels.”

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EP.134 - Shuraya Akhter Bhatti - "What’s in Your Tiffin? Feeding the Inner Child and Finding Balance in Parenting"

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EP.133 - It's Good To Gup Shup - "Well At Least It's Not ..."

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EP.132 - It's Good To Gup Shup - "Why Am I So Tired? (The Hidden Cost of Carrying Everyone's Emotions)"

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EP.131 - It's Good To Gup Shup - Dear Mental Health System: It’s Not Us, It’s You

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EP.130 - It's Good To Gup Shup - " TV Raised Us, But Now We Are Finally Seeing Us"

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EP.129 - Dr. Ami - "Periods Are A Beautiful Thing"

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EP.128 - Reshma Kearney - "Give Yourself Grace"

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EP.127 - Salima Saxton - "Come Back to You"

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EP.126 - Alvina Nadeem - "Your Job Isn't To Question The Storm, Your Job Is To Make It Through It"

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EP.125 - Palak Dadwal - "You Do Not Have To Erase Your Past"

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EP.124 - Aninda Sidhana - "Men of Quality Are Not Afraid of Gender Equality"

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EP.123 - Tony Nabors - "We Gotta Bust Our Ass To Do This Unlearning"

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EP.122 - Mohini Gima - "There Is A Fire In All Of Us"

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EP.121 - Astha Soni - "You Can Always Bring Back Your Culture"

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EP.120 - Latoya Elle - "Press Play"

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EP.119 - Carine Abou Dahab - "A Human With No Tribe Will Not Survive"

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EP.118 - Palak Dhorajiya - "I Never Thought Canada Was Going To Give Me So Much"

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EP.117 - Ishaa Chopra - "Let Ishaa Help Ishaa"

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EP.116.5 - It's Good To Gup Shup - The Sick Day - "I Passed A Kidney Stone At Work"

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EP.116 - Dr. Anne Hussain - "PCOS Comes In All Shapes And Sizes"

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EP.115 - Vishal Aheer - "Who's Going To Do This For You?"

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EP.114 - It's Good To Gup Shup - The Reference Check

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EP.113 - It's Good To Gup Shup - The Onboarding

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EP.112 - It's Good To Gup Shup - The Interview

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EP.111 - It's Good To Gup Shup - The Review

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EP.110 - It's Good To Gup Shup - My Application to the Angry Brown Girl Club

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EP.109 - Simrit & Harjot - PART III - "Marriage Is Not Easy, But It Should Not Be Painful"

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EP.108 - It's Good To Gup Shup With T - My Son’s Hope: Confronting Racism and Building Awareness

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EP. HOLIDAY SPECIAL - Nevena Kalajdzic - "Holding Space for Ourselves"

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EP.107 - It's Good To Gup Shup With Dr. Anne Hussain - Weight Stigma In The Medical Field

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EP.106 - Kevin Bhawan - "Sometimes We Can Be Judgmental F*@%$"

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EP.105 - SkyeBlu Cutchie - "You're Not A Man Until You F@$#"

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EP.104 - Dr. Jennifer Noble - "Finding Belonging In Group Membership"

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EP.103 - It's Good To Gup Shup With Madison and Kiran - "To Be That Person In The Room"

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EP.102 - Jeevan Gill - "I’m Just Here For The Giggles”

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EP.101 - "Self Doubt Is A True Crime Story"

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EP.100 - JRDN - "Hip Hop Raised Me, But R&B Saved Me"

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EP.99 - Neha of Ninja Nari - "You're The Best When Serving Your Community"

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EP.98 - DJ KAV - "I'm Living My Dream"

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EP.97 - Talk South Asian To Me - Accomplice vs Ally? Navigating Interracial Relationships

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EP.96 - Christina Flach - "Love Your Life, And If You Don't Love It, Change It."

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EP.95 - It's Good To Gup Shup With Urmi and Kiran - "The White Girl Complex"

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EP.94 - Urmi Hossain - "Don't Let People's Opinions Dictate Your Life"

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EP.93 - Dr. Anne Hussain - "What Does A Normal Period Actually Look Like?"

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EP. 92 - Kiran Randhawa - "The One Where We Flip The Script"

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EP.91 - Madiswan - "Almost Nothing In This Society Is Coincidental"

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EP.90 - Sonya Pittalwala - "Don’t Just Watch The Movie, Be A Part Of The Screenplay"

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EP.89 - Anusha - "Happiness Is Just Another Emotion"

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EP.88 - Simrit & Harjot - PART II - "You're A Team & This Is Your Home"

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EP.87 - Dr. Shazma Mithani - If Something Sounds Too Good To Be True It Probably Is"

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EP.86 - Alfred Kainga - "I'm A Kid From Zimbabwe"

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EP.85 - Neha - Ninja Nari - "I Am Meant To Empower, Share Stories Of Other Women"

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EP.84 - Varinder (Papa) - "You Cannot Change The Other Person, You Have To Make A Change Yourself"

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EP.83 - Doreen Chin - "We Don't Have To Accept: That's Just The Way It Is."

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EP.82 - Grand Komanda "As A Comedian You Are A Social Commentator"

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EP.81 - Sunny Chopra - "I Don't Know What Kind Of Sunny I Would Be If I Didn't Go To Therapy"

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EP.80 - Harjeet Kaur - "Cancer Doesn’t Happen To You, It Happens To Your Family"

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EP.79 - Hira - "Does Dirt Smell The Same Here When It Rains?"

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EP.78 - Meg Khan - "The Magic Of Being Seen"

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EP.77: Jeeti Pooni - "The Healing Has To Start Within You"

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EP.76 - Poonam Toor - "Be Considerate To Everybody"

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EP.75 - "Thanks For Being In Real Time With Us"

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EP.73 - Kien - "Be The Person That You Needed When You Were A Kid"

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EP.72 - "It's About Moving Forward and Not Sitting In It"

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EP.71 - Angela Hick - "The Blind Spots Are Blind Until You Shed Light On Them"

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EP.70 - Chris Strikes - "Find Interesting Ways To Tell Interesting Stories"

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EP.69 - Jia Rizvi - "Whatever Your Strengths Are, Use Those"

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EP.68 - "J" - "We All Have Different Finger Prints"

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EP.67 - Dr Shafeena Premji - "We Just Need Somebody To Write Out A Midlife Care Plan"

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EP.66 - Meena Natt - "Birth Is Not A Medical Event"

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EP.65 - Kajal - "This Isn’t Something You Can Go And Tell Your Grandma"

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EP.64 - Ishita Singla - "I'd Rather Be A Pioneer, Than Following What Everyone Else Is Doing"

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EP.63 - David Brunning - "Be Present, Be Yourself, Be Honest "

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EP.62 - Mike Seibel - "I'm Standing On The Shoulders Of A Lot Of My Community Who Came Before Me."

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EP.61 - Heidi Dinning - "They Are Still In the Nest, It’s Just Wider"

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EP.60 - Simrit & Harjot - "You Need To Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable"

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EP.59 - Glen Davies - "We Have To Move to Feel Good"

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EP.58 - Bree & Charles - "It's Uncomfortable To Have To Answer The Questions When You're Not Going To Understand Anyway"

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EP.57 - "B" - "A Lot Of Teenagers Feel Like We Have To Grow Up Too Fast"

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EP.56 - Prav -"If You're Still Surrounding Yourself With The Same People, You're Going To Go Back To That Eventually."

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EP.55 - Mike Seibel - "You Don't Remember What People Say, But You Remember How They Made You Feel"

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EP. Repost - Holiday Bonus - Nevena Kalajdzic - "It's Not All Rainbows And Butterflies"

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EP.54 - Heidi Dinning, Divorce Coach - "Divorce Doesn't Break The Family, It Actually Can Shift The Family"

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EP.53 - Nisha Sidhu - "Whatever Goes On In Your Head, Don't Always Believe It"

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EP.52 - Cody Demerais - "Once You Believe You Have The Ability And Capacity To Do Great Things That Is When Life Truly Becomes Limitless"

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EP.51 - Amy Wang - "Push The Boundaries And Don't Fall Victim To The Expectations That Are Set On You"

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EP.50 - Thank YOU - "A Place For Our Community To Come Out And Talk More"

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EP.49 - Richard Ashman - "The Small Stuff Is Going To Be The Big Stuff If You Don't Take Care Of It"

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EP.48 - Meena Natt - "You Can Show Love In So Many Different Ways"

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EP.47 - "You Need To Give Yourself Time To Be Able To Give Others Time"

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EP.46 - Priya Ramesh, Bump YYC - "The City Is The Gallery"

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EP.45 - Cassandra Omeasoo & Sajan Sandhu - "There Is Beauty In The Struggle"

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EP.44 - Bruvcast with Raj and Mik - "Share The Struggle, Find The Funny"

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EP.43 - Nevena Kalajdzic - "What Happens When I Do It Differently?"

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EP.42 - Brenda and Aman Randhawa - "Teamwork Makes The Dream Work"

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EP.41 - Angela Hick - “Your Biggest Tool Is Curiosity”

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EP.40 - Sumit Ahuja - " I Had A Moment Of Clarity Within The Insanity"

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EP.39 - Bhavin Bhadresa - "Tara Baap Nu Ghar Che?"

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EP.38 - Ashley Jones - "Don't Judge A Fish By It's Ability To Climb A Tree"

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EP.37 - Juggy Bajwa, Musician - "Seeing The World Through Music"

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EP.36 - lnterracial Marriage " You Need To Know If You Are Better Together, Or Better Apart"

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EP.35 - Brent Dodginghorse - "Having The Courage Just to Be Who You Are"

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EP.34 - Tara Linsley & Evan Dewald - Unpacked Pod - "We Are Made For Growth"

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EP.33 - Amanda Ballas & Catherine Leyshon - "Don't Get Bangs!"

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EP.32 - Kien - "Detach From The Outcome"

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EP.31 - Zak Hussein - "Men Helping Men Survive Themselves"

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EP.30 - Melissa Johnston - "Be Gentle With Yourself"

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EP.29 - Regan Bourassa - "There's Freedom In Knowing Your Life Is Not Guaranteed"

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EP.28 - David McPhee - "The More You Understand Something, The Less You Are Afraid Of It"

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EP.27 - Anjali 'Aunty' Singh - "You Completely Have a Choice Not To Drink"

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EP.26 - Sarah Howe McKenna, Registered Dietitian - "Working Against Diets"

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EP.25 - The One Where We Remix - 25th Episode!

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EP.24 - Mikayla Barrie, Paramedic - "I Knew I Needed Help, But To Know And To Do Something About It Were Two Different Stories"

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EP.23 - Harpreet Pandher - Hockey Night In Canada Punjabi

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EP.22 - Simran Sachar - "You Need My Permission To Define It For Me"

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EP.21 - Meg Lindemulder and Nevena Kalajdzic - "If We Can Be Compassionately Curious About Our Selves It Is Amazing What We Can Discover"

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EP.20 - Amy Sanche - "I'm Ready To Do Whatever It Takes To Do This For Myself"

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EP.19 - Danielé V - "Enjoy Everything You Have And Put Your Time To Use"

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EP.18 - Jeewan Gill, Comedian - "Middle Fingers Up To Not Trying"

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EP.17 - Doreen Chin - "I Have To Stop Punishing My Body When I Want It To Do So Much For Me"

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EP.16 - Simren Jhuty Registered Psychologist - " What Variables Can I Manipulate in Order to Live a Healthy Life?"

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EP.15 - Jennifer Hoy Registered Psychologist - "You're Not Broken If You Have Experienced Trauma"

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EP.14 - Andrew Uyeno - "Konnichiwa"

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EP.13 - Anna Levy - "Invest In Yourself, You’re Worth It"

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EP.12 - Dr. Ryan Emmons - “We Have To Stop Chasing The Symptoms.”

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EP.11 - SkyeBlu Cutchie Sex Therapist - "What Is It That I Want For My Sexual Self?"

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EP.10 - Laurie Brown Photographer - “Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway”

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EP.09 - Angela Hick Registered Clinical Social Worker - "What Would Your Mother Think?"

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EP.08 - Stephanie-Kay Hadden - "If I Had a Dollar Anytime Someone Commented On My Weight”

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EP.07 - "The Cool Guy In The Back Alley"

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EP.06 - Meena Natt - "The Day I Befriended My Anxiety"

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EP.HOLIDAY BONUS.1 - Nevena Kalajdzic Provisional Psychologist - "It's Not All Rainbows and Butterflies"

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EP.05 - Angela Hick Registered Clinical Social Worker - "I Am Taking Care of My Son's Mother"

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EP.04 - "Suck it Up Princess"

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EP.03 - "Do The F*cking Nudes"

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EP.02 - "Today I Would Have Taken a Pregnancy Test"

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EP.01 - "You People Don't Tip"

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EP.00 - No Edits