As a parent does it feel like you have been through one of the longest, most unpredictable storms of your life?

On any given day parenting can invite some of the most complex, messy, and beautiful moments of our lives. When you are tired and doing your best to steer the ship of family life, it can be comforting to know you are not alone.

When Carmel became a single parent with a one-year-old son, it was as if her world came crashing down. Figuring out what to do next felt daunting—impossible, even.

What she didn’t know then is how much her divorce would catalyze growth and shape a beautiful new future. And as she gradually rebuilt her life, taking one small action at a time, Carmel’s true purpose emerged.

Surviving sexual assault, attempted suicide, financial loss, and a failed arranged marriage is one thing. Actively processing all that pain is another.

Poonam Bhuchar is the first to admit the healing journey isn’t always easy. But for her, it’s been revolutionary in reclaiming her power and living a fully connected life filled with joy, even in the wake of trauma.

Taking a deep breath. Naming your feelings. Reframing failure as feedback. As simple as these practices may sound, look out! They might just change your life.

In this episode, Dr. Kelly Kent and Hayden Lee offer us transformative, neuroscience-backed tools to manage our emotions, hack our brains, and build our resilience.

Growing up in small town on Vancouver Island, all Melanie wanted to do was play soccer. She had the skill, the passion, the tenacity. There was only one problem—she wasn’t allowed to play on the boys’ soccer team.

By the age of 10, Melanie became an advocate for equal opportunity in soccer. She fought hard to play the sport she loved—and won.

Early on in his psychology career, Dr. Raphael Rose learned that over 90% of people who experience trauma don’t develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. This discovery prompted a lifelong curiosity: what can be learned from these trauma survivors?

Today, Dr. Rose continues his journey as a clinical psychologist and researcher based in Los Angeles, specializing in anxiety, mood disorders, and stress resilience training.

Nobody wants to live in fear. But for Rosie, it was the only way she knew how to survive after enduring the hardest year of her life.

First came her cancer diagnosis. Then, her mom’s dementia worsened to the point that Rosie needed to immediately transition her into an assisted living facility. And just as life seemed like it would start to settle, Rosie’s healthy 58-year-old brother was suddenly killed in an accident.

As a child, the odds of doing something extraordinary with his life weren’t in Kenneth’s favour.

Born out of wedlock, Kenneth grew up without a father in an impoverished, segregated southern US community. As a child from a single-parent household, he was immediately type casted as “at-risk” once he started school.

When Christina graduated from college with high honours, she had even higher hopes about her future. Equipped with multiple degrees, Christina set out to launch a promising career in New York City—and then everything fell apart.

After spending the first six months out of college unemployed, Christina’s hope started running out. By 23, she was burned out and disillusioned by how different the “real world” was from the one she imagined.

Sometimes, our lives change gradually. At other times, they can take a 180 within seconds.

For Jessie, that life-altering moment came in the form of a car accident, which resulted in a Traumatic Brain Injury. This is something she has now lived with for nearly a decade.