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The Afterglow Podcast

The Afterglow Podcast
Author: Julie Watson, Liz Doyle Harmer
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The Afterglow Podcast gives women the permission and tools to live life according to their own rules.
The Afterglow Podcast is a platform to educate and empower women through conversations with courageous Canadian women, breaking down limiting beliefs and outdated rules.
The Afterglow is your second act. It’s what came after you did what you were told, and instead decided to do what was in your heart. It’s how you have reinvented yourself. It’s your vision for the next 40-50 years.It’s when you took your power back.
We call that The Afterglow.
The Afterglow Podcast is a platform to educate and empower women through conversations with courageous Canadian women, breaking down limiting beliefs and outdated rules.
The Afterglow is your second act. It’s what came after you did what you were told, and instead decided to do what was in your heart. It’s how you have reinvented yourself. It’s your vision for the next 40-50 years.It’s when you took your power back.
We call that The Afterglow.
31 Episodes
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Show Notes:
3:23 Overview of "Flip The Script with EAAA"(TM) Program originally designed for women in university
7:25 We are socialized as girls to prioritize others needs before ourselves
10:00 Rates of sexual violence went down 46% in those who took the Flip The Script Program
11:15: The idea for Flip the Script came from Charlene Sen
16:16: The pleasure gap
20:00 How Kelloggs affected our sexual desires
25:00 What are the changes being made to adapt this program for younger girls ages 14-17 years old?
29:00: The roll-out of the program for younger girls
32:00 Sexual Violence is on a continuum
38:25 Programs for Men and Boys to take on responsibility and gain knowledge. Coaching Boys into men.
43:00 Being a good bystander.
51:00 Being a disrupter is a shared responsibility
52:35 Is it possible top have a world without sexual violence
More information on Flip The Script:
www.sarecentre.org (Sexual Assault Resistance Education)
www.charlenesen.ca
Show Notes:
4:08 Jennifer tells us how Covid affected her
6:30 How George Floyd changed Jennifers self-expression
10:00 Jennifers insecurities moving to Canada from Jamaica
18:00 Jennifer's purpose for creating her documentary on black beauty
24:00 Jennifer's works are purposeful and intense topics, find out why
30:00 Was there time where Jennifer's race or sex was limiting?
35:00 What's it like working with her husband?
38:00 Sudz, Jennifer's husband says "this is a peer marriage"
43:00 How it feels to Jennifer to be recognized by awards in her work
47:00 Jennifer's view on the arts- Art is everything
50:00 What is Black History month to Jennifer?
56:00 What would you say to your 15 year old self?
Find Jennifer Holness at:
www.hungreyeyes.ca
IG: @hungryeyesmediainc @jenniferjholness
Show Notes:
2:40 Websters definition of RESILIENCE
3:00 Komal shares here own definition of resilience
5:40 Komal explains why her grandmother and mother are both her role models
10:00 Komal fells a sense of responsibility to being a South Asian Canadian
12:30 The importance of looking back as well as forward, being a part of a bigger purpose
15:15 How Komal keeps from BURNOUT
23:30 What programs Komal is running right now
34:45 Audacity: Komal tells her Michelle Obama story
41:15 Interview tips from Komal
44:45 Where did the name for her podcast come from
47:23 What lessons did Komal learn in 2020
50:00 What's one thing she wants all women to know
Find Komal Minhas at I.G: @komalminhas
www.komalminhas.com
Podcast: Lessons Learned with Komal
Julie interviews Liz to find out if she managed to survive 2020. Good needs. She did.
We talk diversity, complexity, money, sex and more.
In this episode, Liz interviews Julie as they look back on lessons learned in 2020.
We talk vulnerability, self-worth, somatic healing, and astrology.
Julie + Liz return for a second season with more focus, more clarity and more inspiration.
They are excited about the line-up of upcoming guests and reach out to you to help achieve the goal of getting other guests to join in the fun.
Stick around as Season 2 evolves, and we hear from more Canadian Womxn providing inspiration and tools to live life according to your own rules.
SHOW NOTES:
2:15: The big compelling question The Afterglow Podcast seeks to answer
3:22 What is The Afterglow, anyway?
4:45 How do we get conditioned away from who we truly are and how can we come back.
7:00 It's never too late. What does living in your own agency mean?
10:00 What can we learn from our guests. Who is coming up and what to expect!
13:50 How can you overcome the obstacles on the way to your Afterglow
14:30 Our proud Canadian perspective.
16:00 Our Season 2 themes!
16:30 Our Season 2 guest wish list!
In this episode Julie + Liz discuss the last 24 episodes, the lessons learned, and what impacted them the most from interviewing incredible Canadian women. They celebrate their own accomplishment of starting The Afterglow and being badass women getting shit done!
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3:40 Elaine shares her early upbringing as an Indigenous woman in Canada
6:50 Intergenerational trauma - Elaine's family's experiences with residential schools in Canada
7:50 Elaine's struggle with alcoholism, addition and self-harming
8:58 Elaine reflects on the wisdom and safety of her grandmother
14:40 How did Elaine find her way back to healing through Indigenous wisdom
20:40 The inspiration behind Calling My Spirit Back
23:45 What Elaine's culture believes about alcohol - worth a listen!!
24:00 Elaine's profound experience of finding love
32:00 Why anxiety can often be unprocessed emotions
35:42 Elaine shares her experience working to end and heal the ongoing trauma of Missing + Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada
LEARN MORE ABOUT ELAINE AND HER AMAZING BOOK HERE
https://www.instagram.com/elaine_alec_writer_speaker/
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1:30 How small-town upbringing shaped Jeni B
7:00 Losing parents. Jeni B beautifully describes how our parents are so closely woven into our personal stories.
9:50 What Jeni B learned from her hardworking mom
13:30 Jeni B and mindful awareness
15:40 The inspiration for Jeni's gorgeous podcast This is It Actually
16:30 Jeni's experience with divorce
19:00 The power of forgiveness
22:00 Modelling healthy relationships to kids post divorce
25:00 The hidden wisdom of Gilmour Girls!
28:30 Stepping outside of the "wife" role
31:30 What motivates Jeni B to push through the boundaries
34:30 The 40s are where it's at baby!
38:30 What would Jeni B say to her 15-year-old self
42:15 Body acceptance + gratitude
44:40 What is Jeni's afterglow
47:00 Jeni B's practices to cultivate mindful awareness. Yoga!
Learn more about Jeni here!
https://www.instagram.com/thisisitactually/
https://www.instagram.com/jenibesworth/
2:00 What was it like for Paulette to immigrate to Canada at age 11
4:20 Did Paulette feel different/othered growing up in Canada
6:10 How Paulette overcame being streamed into a lower level at school - an experience not atypical for black children in Canada
10:20 What about the kids that get lost and Paulette's experience raising her son in the same anti-black system
15:10 What drives Paulette to stand up for herself and who she truly is
19:15 What motivates Paulette to work towards the empowerment of girls, women and minorities
22:30 The four pillars of the Canadian Women's Foundation (CWF)
23:00 How the CWF supports girls
27: 45 How can we support girls in our local neighbourhoods
31:00 How can we support women towards leadership roles
35:50 It's never too late for women to transition into greater leadership. Paulette shares stories of her inspiring friends and network
40:28 What is Paulette's Afterglow? It's a good one!
42:50 Paulette has won numerous awards. What do they mean to her
46:00 What would Paulette say to her 15-year-old self
47:05 What is resilience for Paulette and why people of colour need even more resilience.
LEARN MORE ABOUT PAULETTE HERE
https://canadianwomen.org/staff/paulette-senior/
https://twitter.com/paulettesenior1?lang=en
2:00 Leisse's child hood was perfect on the outside and incredibly painful on the inside
4:30 Leisse tells her origin story of waking up
7:25 Steps Leisse took to recover from people pleasing
11:25 Leisse shares her story likening it to the book Gotta Go about a butterfly
14:25 Leisse has zero tolerance for BS
19:00 Leisse shares how she overcame the trauma, and how she works with clients
23:14 Divorce was the worst experience of her life
26:25 The C word. Leisse talks about what getting breast cancer meant for her
29:40 Leisse reads the poem To Call Myself Beloved
34:50 What does Leisse mean by WE are the media
37:20 Leisse talks financial literacy
41:50 What's the story Leisse tells herself around wealth and success
46:00 Leisse has doubt and fear that still lingers, there's always work to do
50:00 How Covid has been a gift
55:50 What would Leisse say to her 15 year old self
SHOW NOTES
2:40 How did Kim become a sexpert!
4:15 What does sex positive mean?
5:55 Female masturbation - why is it taboo and how can it empower women?
8:45 What is the link between sexual empowerment and life empowerment
10:37 A really big takeaway. Kim’s major philosophy
11:24 Julie shares her changing views around sex
12:35 What does pleasure offer us
15:20 What are the brakes and the accelerators when it comes to sex
19:30 How do we baby step our way into sexual empowerment
24:30 The g-spot orgasm
30:17 Can things we practice in the bedroom become things that change ourselves? our world?
32:50 How can we teach sex positivity to the next gen
36:50 Quick blow job tips
44:00 Who inspires Kim
45:28 What would Kim say to her 15 year old self
49:10 A quick awesome recap
52:00 The highs + lows of relationships
LEARN MORE ABOUT KIM
https://www.redtentsisters.com/
1:55 Does trusting herself come easy to Dr. Mary Choi
2:45 How Mary’s mom has shaped her into confidence and leadership
4:10 What does courage mean to Mary
6:10 How to feel the fear and do it anyway
7:30 How does perimenopause affect women
9:20 Why the 40s are a beautiful time for women
10:30 Is there an overlap between perimenopause and the mental, emotional shifts many people experience in midlife
12:05 The energetics of PMS – what can we learn about ourselves during this period.
14:45 What’s the link between anxiety and hormones?
17:00 What hormonal shifts happen in perimenopause
20:00 Why we have irregular periods during perimenopause? Mary shares a really fun and memorable visual
24:24 How can we support ourselves during perimenopause
26:30 Weight gain during perimenopause
29:30 Top tips for managing perimonopause
35:33 What inspires Mary
37:15 What is Mary’s afterglow
LEARN MORE ABOUT MARY
https://somaandsoul.ca/mary-choi/
SHOW NOTES
3:30 What was it like for the Francisco sisters growing up in a white, privileged neighbourhood
8:10 How were the Francisco sisters shaped by their heritage/ancestry.
11:50 Celebrating the pride in black history
12:50 Has female gender conditioning affected the Francisco sisters?
16:20 How has intersectionality between race and gender affected the Francisco sisters?
18:30 Quinn speaks about historical differences between white women and black women
19:49 What are we willing to do to make an equitable society for all? And what's needed.
22:45 Recognizing the privilege within a minority group and why all of us we need more awareness
25:15 How wealthy countries are oppressive on a global scale
25:58 Covert vs overt racism, and overcoming micro-aggressions
28:55 The role of white allies
30:55 The insidious nature of micro-aggression
32:45 Parenting + race - great tips on speaking to your kids
40:30 The need to elevating and give voice to positive black stories, heroes, leaders
42:00 The importance of being allowed to fail. The impossible standard of perfection black people are held to
45:45 Tokenism and the changes need to hire equitably
48:48 The importance of living consciously and cooperating together to make changes
50:00 What is the afterglow for each of the Francisco sisters?
Learn about the Francisco Sisters!
Afiya
http://www.thestylehouse.ca/
https://www.instagram.com/afiya.francisco/?hl=en
Alia
https://www.instagram.com/molobaby.ca/
http://molobaby.ca/
Janelle
https://www.linkedin.com/in/janelle-francisco-4a8b6873/?originalSubdomain=ca
www.hanleymortgagegroup.com
https://www.instagram.com/mrsfranciscoborden/
Quinn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/quinn-samardzic-94a32727/
https://www.instagram.com/quinn_stagramm_/
2:30 We go way back with Pattie. What were her childhood dreams?
4:30 Pattie reflects on not going to university
6:30 What does it mean to be on the authenticity track?
7:50 Has gender conditioning affected Pattie and Pattie's favourite quote
9:45 Pattie shares some money tips
11:45 Julie shares her money mindset challenges and triumphs
3:00 Pattie shares what’s important in your relationship with your financial advisor
15:00 Pattie shares the elements of a financial plan
17:15 Some key financial takeaways!!
18:00 Why we shouldn’t compare our finances to others
19:15 We all need emergency funds and why investing is important
20:00 Why is money so challenging!?
22:30 Some tips for planning during the pandemic
24:00 One silver lining to covid-19
25:40 What motivated Pattie to master finances
28:00 Tips to develop a healthy mindset around money
31:00 The link between physical and financial health
32:00 Tips for teaching kids about money
34:15 Tips for managing money with your spouse/partner
37:03 How does Pattie trust herself?
39:30 Pattie's four guiding principles for life
40:20 What's Pattie's afterglow?
41:30 Teeny tiny and powerful ways to save
46:10 Pattie's wise advice about money and freedom
LEARN MORE ABOUT PATTI HERE
https://www.instagram.com/pattie_lovettreid/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/PattieCTV
https://www.ctvnews.ca/more/ctv-national-news-team/patricia-lovett-reid-1.816681
0:55 How Natasha found the courage to walk away from a 6-figure corporate job
3:00 How Natasha dealt with the discomfort of career transition
6:20 How did Natasha learn to listen to herself
8:00 What drew Natasha to psychology
10:05 What Natasha has learned from providing relationship counseling
11:30 What is important about relationships
13:50 Do you really need to have a relationship? Does that solve everything? Natasha weighs in
15:00 Do women receive different messages when it comes to relationships?
16:45 Is it possible to have equality in male/female relationships?
23:00 Why both men and women are from planet earth! How we can value diversity between us in relationships
29:00 What are the keys to success in a romantic relationship
30:20 Natasha shares s deeply profound mindset shift to support healthy romantic relationships
31:30 Do we have unrealistic expectations for our romantic relationships
35:00 How we know when it’s time to end a relationship?
37:15 What are things we should stop doing in our relationships?
40:08 Julie + Liz share one mistake they have been making in relationships
44:00 Who inspires Natasha
48:30 What is Natasha’s afterglow?
52:00 Natasha's wise words on how to live
LEARN MORE ABOUT NATASHA HERE
https://www.natashasharma.com/
https://www.instagram.com/dr_natashasharma/
Dive deep into nervous system regulation with Nicole Lohse. We cover how to get past your blocks and into bliss!
SHOW NOTES
1:52 What is Feldenkrais
3:02 What gets stuck in the body
3:43 What is somatic experiencing
4:02 What is trauma.
4:42 What does it mean to live in survival
5:37 How yoga helps
6:52 What do we lose in survival
7:52 What takes us away from ourselves
9:52 How women can move past social conditioning
10:37 What is the autonomous nervous system and why is it important
11:40 How trauma affects our nervous system
13:22 What is nervous system regulation and dysregulation
15:22 What is the shutdown response. Are we in shutdown when we’re using our phones?
18:22 How awareness and curiosity can help us learn about our nervous system responses
20:12 Julie shares what she’s learning about her nervous system responses
21:52 How does trauma show up in our bodies
24:22 How does bottling up emotions relate to our nervous systems
25:22 One thing you may not have known about the cry response
26:22 Nicole’s longing for our world
28:22 What brought Nicole to this work
31:52 Do we all have some form of trauma?
32:22 The difference between happiness and regulation
37:22 How to digest stress
39:52 What inspires Nicole
40:22 How Nicole knows her inner truth and what supported her
41:52 Differentiating between our truth and our trauma. Both live in the body
43:22 How to recognize your deeper knowing
44:52 What is Nicole’s Afterglow
46:05 One thing Nicole wants our listeners to know
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH NICOLE’S FREE WEBINAR
https://nicolelohse.mykajabi.com/free-survival-guide
LEARN MORE ABOUT NICOLE
https://www.nicolelohse.com/
2:15 Kate’s inspiring tweet on resiliency and overcoming resistance. Words you need to hear if you’re thinking of giving up.
4:30 Kate shares her courageous transition from school teacher in Ottawa to actor in Toronto.
5:40 When you have everything but something’s still missing
6:15 What Kate lost when she sacrificed her longing for the need to belong
8:30 Kate’s earliest supporters
9:30 How Kate found her authentic self
10:40 Kate shares how she knew it was time to shift
11:00 How Kate found the courage to listen to her inner wisdom
14:20 Kate is beautifully honest! Listening to your inner wisdom is not always easy
16:00 Kate shares how she used to hide the things she thought were once ugly
19:00 The strength of compassion and Kate’s wise words to her younger self
20:00 Kate shares how beauty can be both a help and a hindrance in acting
23:30 The freedom that comes in life after 40
25:00 Kate reveals one of her mentors
26:00 Acting and aging and what inspires Kate to be an actor
29:00 As women we often apologize for wanting more or for putting ourselves first. Kate’s inspiring words on how we work together to support women’s dreams
34:00 Why it’s ok to not always fit in
35:45 Where Kate finds inspiration
37:00 Kate’s charity work and love for animals
42:00 Kate reveals her afterglow. It’s a good one!! We want this for you Kate!
45:00 Kate’s final and super wise words of encouragement!
LEARN MORE ABOUT KATE BELOW
https://twitter.com/KateDrummond
https://www.katedrummond.com/