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Cynthia is a meditation enthusiast and an advocate for total mind-body wellness. She is a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Facilitator and a teacher of mindfulness for kids and teens. Goldminds Canada is a mindfulness for kids organization that creates a safe space for kids to talk about their emotions and participate in fun exercises that introduce them to deep breathing, gratitude and self-love. 💕

Cynthia believes in the power of teaching mindfulness to children at a young age to equip them with the tools they need to be resilient, self-regulate, and build self-confidence. Her goal is to support the next generation of leaders who will change the world and to help them recognize the joy that is already waiting inside of them. 💪

We learn all about her journey and how she got into what she is doing today, her experience with teaching kids mindfulness techniques, and a few book reco's for fun! ✨

This work is so incredible and important, especially in the kind of world we live in today. 🌎

Connect with Cynthia:

Golminds Instagram: @goldmindsca

Goldminds website: www.goldmindscanada.ca

Cynthia's Instagram: @cynthiaastirling

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Monica Gold is a FIERY, energetic Canadian dancer, choreographer, content creator and the Founder of Find Your Fierce (FYF). FYF is a dance & fitness company known for its empowering dance choreography and signature Cardio Party classes best described as Zumba meets Beyonce on a Triple Shot Espresso. That means RIDICULOUS ENERGY, and a heck of a lot of sweat! The power of social media brought Monica a dedicated following of fans and participants leading Monica to become a major force in the dance world. If you scroll her feed of endless videos you'll get lost in a sea of good vibes and girl power, characteristics which brought on collaborations with record labels Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and Universal Music Group. Her classes and influence have also led to partnerships with fitness giants Asics, Skechers, Reebok and Canadian retailer Urban Planet. Beyond that she has lent her voice and talents to numerous non-profit female focused groups across the city advocating the mental health benefits associated with dance. She looks forward to continuing to use her content, influence and voice to positively impact all the people, and specifically the women and young girls it reaches.

Connect with Monica:

- Donate to Stella's Place: https://stellasplace.ca/

- Personal Instagram: @monicagold1

- FYF Instagram: @find.your.fierce 

- FYFTV: https://findyourfierce.tv/catalog

- Website: https://findyourfierce.ca/

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Resolve was founded in November 2018, and today offers 10 unique CBD products across 5 product lines with varying applications.

"We believe in creating and offering the highest quality CBD products to provide natural relief and wellness, as well as taking the responsibility to effectively engage our community as a brand to educate and raise awareness around health and wellness topics as well as social issues and causes".

In this episode we chat with JP & Mike about their own backgrounds and what brought them and third founder JT together to create Resolve. They help to define CBD and talk about all the amazing benefits. We also chat about branding and marketing, specifically in the cannabis industry as well as how COVID has impacted the business. Of course we also chat about wellness and appreciating the little wins in every day,

We know you are going to love this episode! Tag us @teamwellnesssto and @resolvecbd on instagram with your thoughts :)

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Saran James- Vaughan is a Holistic Nutritionist and Women’s Wellness Coach. She integrates a variety of modalities including Holistic Nutrition, Herbal Medicine and strategies for personal alchemy. Her focus is on helping individuals determine the root cause of their health concerns, whether it is a result of exposure to toxic elements in their physical, mental or emotional environments. She considers herself a facilitator of healing, teaching individuals how to tap into their own innate ability to heal and move through debilitating illness to wellness.

We had an extremely powerful conversation with Saran, starting with her own journey from having nocturnal seizures to discovering nutrition and wellness. We chat about all of her services and experiences, including reproduce health. Additionally, we chat about the need for wellness to become more accessible, and how BIPOC communities have different experiences when it comes to wellness, and specifically birth experiences. You’re going to want to grab your notebook and get ready to learn and absorb all of what this episode has to offer! 

Topics Covered:

• Nocturnal seizures
• Discovering a Naturopathic Dr. and a different approach to health
• Saran's experience in the food service industry and it sparking an interest in Nutrition
• Saturn returns
• Discovering Holistic Nutrition
• A passion for Herbal Medicine
• Personal Alchemy & Spiritual Transformation 
• Wellness accessibility
• The challenging intersection of wellness and business
• Sliding scales and payment plans
• Putting yourself first
• How stigmas placed on BIPOC effect wellness experience
• Black women's differing treatment in birth experiences with a personal example
• How doulas can support and advocate for clients 

CONNECT WITH SARAN:

https://www.wellnessbysaran.com/

https://www.instagram.com/wellness_by_saran/

Blog Post Referenced:

https://www.wellnessbysaran.com/internalized-racism-its-effects-on-wellness-sexual-reproductive-health/

Wellness Survey:

 https://www.wellnessbysaran.com/reproductive-wellness-survey/

SPONSORS:

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Chloe emerged in 2013 as the winner of the MUCH VJ Search and has since brought her fresh perspective and outgoing personality to her role as ETALK Reporter. Chloe brings viewers into the heart of events such as TIFF, Toronto Fashion Week, and THE IHEARTRADIO MMVAs. She has also interviewed some of the biggest names in entertainment, including Julianne Moore, Daniel Radcliffe, Robert Downey Jr., Kate Winslet, Meryl Streep, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kings of Leon, Zac Efron, Joan Rivers, David Foster, and Tori Kelly. Following her MUCH VJ Search win, Chloe became the host of E! before arriving at Canada’s #1 Entertainment Show ETALK as a Reporter. 🔥

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On top of all of this, Chloe is such a huge advocate for health and wellness and launched her own online community, @healthyishot in 2018. Healthy Is Hot creates a real, raw and supportive space for open conversations on difficult health-related topics and tips and tricks for living one’s best life. Healthy is hot started as a hashtag, moved onto and continues to be a blog, podcast and now a TV show on Crave! 📺

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In today's episode we talk about:

✅Burnout

✅Gratitude towards her burnout and how the learnings helped shape her life today

✅How a commercial changed her life

✅Facing our fears

✅A day in the life of Chloe

✅Her newest health venture

✅and so much more!

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Her story and lessons as an entrepreneur are so inspiring and we hope you enjoy! ✨

Chloe's Insta: @thechloewilde

Healthy is Hot Insta: @healthyishot 

Healthy is Hot website: https://www.healthyishott.com/

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TeamWellnessTO:

Your one stop shop for information about the entrepreneurs that work to build a healthier Toronto everyday.

Connect with us:

Instagram: @teamwellnessto 

Website: https://www.teamwellnessto.com/

In the past few weeks, we have felt more anger, outrage and sadness than perhaps ever before. And that is the problem we want to address today. As two white females, we feel shame and guilt over not leaning into our privilege, and using our voices before. We realized that if we are going to be true allies we need to PUT IN THE WORK ourselves, and speak up using our voice and privilege.

In today's episode we address the actions we have taken so far, and the actions we plan to take as individuals and on this platform, moving forward.

We will also address some learnings around the disparities black communities face when it comes to health.

First, we define and talk through a few definitions that will be the anchor for our conversation. Then, we chat about the connection between racism and health, resources we have discovered lately and our action plan moving forward. Throughout we will discuss our own personal experiences of white privilege, and other thoughts along the way.

To find all of the resources and links we mention in this episode, please check out the description under the podcast episode itself. Link is in our bio as always.

We realize even though we're learning, we are going to make mistakes along the way, and acknowledge and apologize for any mistakes that have been made previously. Please feel free to reach out to us. We want to keep an open dialogue. This fight isn't over until all humans are treated equally. Keep working team. ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿✊🏽

RESOURCES:

https://blacklivesmatter.com/

http://blackhealthalliance.ca/

Sociology of Racism Paper (Clair, Matthew, and Jeffrey S. Denis. 2015): https://scholar.harvard.edu/matthewclair/publications/sociology-racism

Cineplex movies, free to rent: https://store.cineplex.com/promo/understandingblackstories

What is White Privilege Article: https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2018/what-is-white-privilege-really

Anti-Black Racism & Mental Health: https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/community/toronto-for-all/anti-black-racism-mental-health/

Map of Toronto - Covid cases & Black Communities: https://globalnews.ca/news/7015522/black-neighbourhoods-toronto-coronavirus-racism/

Article on reallocating police funds in Toronto: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/what-defunding-the-police-could-look-like-in-canada-s-largest-city-1.4977969#:~:text=In%20Toronto%2C%20the%20police%20service,city%20that%20were%20previously%20defunded

Toronto Mississauga sociology professor we referenced: Akwasi Owusu-Bempah

1619 Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1619/id1476928106

Code Switch Pod: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch

Brene Brown Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bren%C3%A9-with-ibram-x-kendi-on-how-to-be-an-antiracist/id1494350511?i=1000476611079

*Trigger warning* We talk about disordered eating and body image issues in this episode. Please seek professional help if you are struggling with an eating disorder. 

In today's episode we sat down with one of our besties, Marlie Goddard! 

Marlie is a positive spirit and energizer bunny! She is a professional dancer and fitness instructor from Toronto, with a background in business and marketing. 

In this episode she speaks about body image, disordered eating and amenorrhea and how those things have affected Marlie's life. She speaks on how she has persevered and coped with these issues. We hope this episode can help some people out there who may be experiencing this kinds of issues. ♥️

Marlie’s biggest passion is dance and she has been training in many styles (hiphop, jazz, jazz funk, heels, tap, ballet, and more) since age 12, including international training experiences in LA, New York, and Brazil! 💃Some career highlights so far have been dancing for two seasons as a Toronto Argonauts Cheerleader, performing at the Grey Cup, backup dancing for Karl Wolf, and appearing on CBC’s Canada’s A Drag as a backup dancer for Tynomi Banks. Her career is just getting started and she aims to be a backup dancer for major recording artists.👯🎤 Marlie is also hugely passionate about fitness and health, and is a personal trainer and instructor at Fit Factory Fitness (@fitfactoryto) in Toronto. 💪Her fitness philosophy is that you must exercise to FEEL good, not to look a certain way. Only then will it become a lasting part of your lifestyle, thus bringing those mental and physical results we all of course want! ✨ 

We also touch on:

- Career jump from 9-5 to full time dance and fitness professional

- How her business degree positively affects her dance career

- Calorie counting since the age of 12

- Importance of talking about disordered eating, especially with women

- The importance of learning about nutrition

- Resources and tips from marlie what she used to help her with disordered eating and amenorrhea

- How dance and fitness has had a positive impact on her body image

- Tips for artists during quarantine

- And more!

Connect with Marlie:

Instagram: @marliegoddard 

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We are so excited and grateful to share our conversation with the amazing Léa Peterson. 

Léa is a life enthusiast who loves love and is sweat obsessed. She is a registered nurse, Barre Belle Toronto’s Master Trainer and Assistant Manager, and most recently, the founder of Shmood - a wellness movement and creative digital platform dedicated to long lasting health and wellbeing. Exhausted by the notion that health can only be achieved through radical change, Shmood is Léa’s way of sharing good vibes, love, great smelling things (hint hint) and movement for any mood. Through Shmood, Léa will soon be launching her Eléavated line of wellness investments, to help you help yourself. Her goal? She wants you to find your own version of well being, whatever that might look like for you, and eternally bask in glory of it.

In this episode we chat about: 

- Léa as a kid - from circus school, to dance & baking dreams

- Moving to Calgary and pursing a nursing degree 

- Experiencing burn out after her education, and entering the fitness world 

- Moving to Toronto to become the Master Trainer and Assistant Manager at Barre Belle YYZ

- Going back to her nursing career amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

- Her day to day life in her current role

- Tips & Insights for how we can all help and stay educated during the pandemic

- PPE

- Her personal health journey and various moods (aka shmood)

- Finally, the  launch of her brand SHMOOD and whats it's all about

Thanks for listening, TEAM!

Connect with Léa:

ELEAVATED: https://www.instagram.com/eleavated/?hl=en

LEA's PERSONAL INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/leapeterson_/?hl=en

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https://www.mondaygirl.ca/

TeamWellness TO:

Your one stop shop for information about the entrepreneurs that work to build a healthier Toronto everyday. 

Connect with us: 

Instagram: @teamwellnessto 

Website: https://www.teamwellnessto.com/

Welcome back! We have an amazing episode for you today! We had to record on Zoom so apologies for the slightly altered audio. We had to do our best during this time of self-isolation.

Natalie Kehren is the founder of Holistic World, co-founder and creator of The Wellness Market, the creator and mentor of the 8-week program Healing to Begin: Breaking Through to Rise, and a leader in the wellness community.

As humans, she believes we have the ability to reach our highest potential possible and from there, honour ourselves by creating a life we truly wish to live. No gimmicks. No illusions. Just living in our authenticity.

With a background in Holistic Health and certification as a C.N.H.P, a Creatrix of Sacred Women’s Circles and as a Spiritual Director, her personal and professional journey led to focus on energetics.

Through this episode we touch on: 

• Her early psychic beginnings as a kid, being very sensitive to the energies of others 
• Sensitivity is a strength
• How she went from PR and Marketing to Spiritual Entrepreneur 
• How she helps people step into their own spiritual power
• The difficulty of absorbing the energies of those around her/how she learned to create psychic barriers 
• Creating our own realities
• How tapping into spirituality can help us reach our highest potential
• Scattered energy
• Covid-19 and her mindset surrounding the pandemic while being pregnant/changing her birth plan 
• The beauty amid chaos 
• Collective consciousness
• Surrendering
• Tips on how to stay mentally healthy during this time
• Plus much, much more! 

Stay safe and healthy everyone! Sending love!  

Follow Natalie here: @natalie.kehren

Natalie's Website: http://www.holisticworldhealing.com/

The Wellness Market: @thewellnessmrkt

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Today we have quite a different episode for you... Due to COVID-19 we are all experiencing shifts and changes in our lives. We have seen devastating health effects world wide, and in Canada of course we’ve been told the precautions we all need to take which include Social Distancing.  Due to these safety precautions and returning from travel, our normal in person recording isn’t possible right now.  Therefore,  Kyra and I decided to each record our thoughts and experiences we’ve been having during our self isolations with you. Keeping our theme going, March is still our MINDSET month, so today, we’ll be focused on how we can reset, reframe and adjust our Mindset during times of stress and uncertainty. Sara Chats about:  - Coping with Anxiety in Quarantine and in General  - Finding peace and calm in a stressful sitiuation - The power of community  - Going from being on vacation to coming home to zero income - Fixed vs. Growth Mindset Kyra Chats about (14:30 +):  - How to stay connected - Making lifestyle adjustments - Nutrition and at home work out strategies - Working from home  - How she is staying positive and busy  We are sending you so much love, and hope you and your loved ones stay safe and healthy. We hope you can find something that resonates with you in this episode, and that we have some helpful tips and takeaways.  Make sure your subscribe and share with a friend! Tell us what you think of this weeks episode by tagging us at @teamwellnessto on Instagram. Ps. Calii Love is still open for delivery and pick up. If you order on Uber Easts, the delivery fee is waived and you can get a free coffee with an $8 purchase. Also, stay tuned for some at home workout content coming soon on @caliilove.