This Could Work Mary Young and Mallika Viegas

Are we practicing what we preach? In our final episode, Mallika and Mary face the ultimate challenge... figuring out what is and isn’t working for us right now. Join us in our farewell episode as we discuss big life changes and the ways in which we want to continue being intentional with our self-care.

Today we’re joined by Dr. Hayley Brooks. Hayley specializes in the areas of media and cultural literacy, transnational feminist pedagogy and gender-based violence prevention in public education. Hayley is someone we’re both so honored to know and admire. Beyond her impressive professional accolades Hayley is someone who has figured out that fine line between being passionate and involved while also saving your sanity. This is obviously something that isn’t easy and we talk about the ways in which family, friends and community play into her self-care toolkit, along with a healthy dose of reality tv of course.

Today we’re scouring the internet and online communities to discuss some of the more popular takes and commentaries around self care. From Life Hacks to self-care-you-wish-you-knew-before-you-turned-30, we explore these popular threads to see if they align with our own self care knowledge. And let me tell you, we learned more than a few new things today. Join us!

This week, we’re thrilled to have Yasmine with us. Yasmine Mathurin is a Haitian-Canadian award-winning writer and director (+ occasional producer). Her first feature documentary film, ONE OF OURS, won the Hot Docs Special Jury Prize in 2021 and was nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for best writing, best directing, and best feature documentary. Yasmine is an incredibly driven and celebrated creative, who seemingly never stops. But what we’ve learned is that on top of building a creative career, Yasmine lives with and manages a chronic autoimmune disease. She shares with us ways in which self-care is not only needed but essential.

We’re back! And we’re ready to jump into September strong — or at least we’re feeling this energetic shift in a big way. We’re so happy to be reunited with you and here we’re catching up on our summers: how we drew boundaries left, right and center, our skin care routines, and all the ways in which our bodies ached in the past 2 months — we’re so fun! and of course, we’re excited to share what Season 3 will bring! Welcome back!

We all face curveballs in life but for this weeks guest, Delia, her curveball arrived as the Big C, aka Cancer, not once, but twice in the past decade. Delia shares her journey with diagnosis, processing, prioritizing her health and how her perspective on life has changed. From ignoring signs her body was telling her to ignoring calls from the hospital – both she does not recommend – to deciding a career in law is not all she imagined it to be and learning how to stop being a people pleaser and doing what's right for her, Delia gives us the advice and wisdom we all need to hear. 
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