Better Me

Heather Ross
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Better Me

The Better Me Podcast delves into how people navigate through life’s challenges and live as the best people they can be. Writer and educator Heather M. Ross chats with guests about issues affecting mental health, and how they’ve gotten past life’s bumps in the road, from potholes to sinkholes. She also shares her own stories of living with a mental illness while striving to pursue her dreams. Visit Heather's website at http://betterme.ca

  1. 2024-12-23

    EP 165 Caring For Yourself During the Holidays

    This is the final episode of 2024. In it, I shared some of the things I’m trying to keep in mind to care for myself and things I’m hoping you will take to heart as well.

    14 min
  2. EP 164 Why is Change So Hard (with guest Najwa Zebian)

    2024-12-16

    EP 164 Why is Change So Hard (with guest Najwa Zebian)

    Dr. Najwa Zebian, my guest for episode 64, joins me 100 episodes later to talk about her latest book The Only Constant and to talk about why change can be so challenging for people.

    39 min
  3. EP 163 Choice, Consequences, and Comfort Zones (with guest Oliver Burkeman)

    2024-11-27

    EP 163 Choice, Consequences, and Comfort Zones (with guest Oliver Burkeman)

    Best-selling author Oliver Burkeman and I discussed the fact that we all have choices in life as long as we’re willing to deal with the consequences and that what is often called our "comfort zone” may not be all that comfortable.

    23 min
  4. EP 162 What She Said- Conversations About Equality (with guest Elizabeth Renzetti)

    2024-11-11

    EP 162 What She Said- Conversations About Equality (with guest Elizabeth Renzetti)

    Bestselling Canadian author and journalist Elizabeth Renzetti joined me to discuss her new book What She Said: Conversations About Equality. We talked about the way victims of intimate partner violence and sexual assault are treated and about the shifting attitudes of young men toward the gains women and members of marginalized groups have made.

    25 min
  5. EP 161 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (with guest Michelle Hébert)

    2024-11-04

    EP 161 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (with guest Michelle Hébert)

    Author Michelle Hébert joins me to discuss her debut novel Every Little Thing She Does is Magic, which is a story of a quirky and intriguing family in Nova Scotia dealing with grief and ghosts. It’s also filled with lots of fun 80s references.

    23 min
  6. EP 160 Telling the Story of Jack Whalen

    2024-10-21

    EP 160 Telling the Story of Jack Whalen

    Bestselling author Lisa Moore joined me to discuss her latest book, Invisible Prisons: Jack Whalen’s Tireless Fight For Justice. Moore co-authored the book with Whalen, who spent four years in the Whitbourne Training School for Boys in Newfoundland, half of which he spent in solitary confinement.

    28 min
  7. EP 159 Why Trees Could Save Humanity (with guest Diana Beresford-Kroeger)

    2024-10-07

    EP 159 Why Trees Could Save Humanity (with guest Diana Beresford-Kroeger)

    Best-selling author and award-winning scientist Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger joined me to talk about her latest book Our Green Heart: The Soul and Science of Forests, the benefits of forest bathing, and why we should all be planting more trees (and what kinds we should plant).

    35 min
  8. EP 158 Privilege and Productivity

    2024-09-23

    EP 158 Privilege and Productivity

    Loleen Berdahl joined me again, and we talked about how so much of the productivity advice out there is by and for people in positions of privilege for whom saying “no” and setting their own schedule can be much easier than it is for others.

    28 min
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About

The Better Me Podcast delves into how people navigate through life’s challenges and live as the best people they can be. Writer and educator Heather M. Ross chats with guests about issues affecting mental health, and how they’ve gotten past life’s bumps in the road, from potholes to sinkholes. She also shares her own stories of living with a mental illness while striving to pursue her dreams. Visit Heather's website at http://betterme.ca

Information

  • Creator
    Heather Ross
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    165
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Heather Ross
  • Show Website
    Better Me

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