30 episodes

Welcome to Tardigrade Talks!

This is a podcast for anyone interested in cultivating greater psychological health, wellness & resilience. In each episode, I’ll share authentic and thought-provoking conversations with inspiring guests along with evidence-based skills, strategies and approaches you can use to cope with the stresses of life and enhance your personal and workplace resilience.

Do you want to find out more about Mental Health? Subscribe and follow us on social media to access a breadth of free resources designed to help you enhance your psychological health and wellness.

Tardigrade Talks Dr. Joti Samra

    • Health & Fitness

Welcome to Tardigrade Talks!

This is a podcast for anyone interested in cultivating greater psychological health, wellness & resilience. In each episode, I’ll share authentic and thought-provoking conversations with inspiring guests along with evidence-based skills, strategies and approaches you can use to cope with the stresses of life and enhance your personal and workplace resilience.

Do you want to find out more about Mental Health? Subscribe and follow us on social media to access a breadth of free resources designed to help you enhance your psychological health and wellness.

    Mike Harnett - Like a Girl: Fighting fatigue (& the boys) for a safer workplace

    Mike Harnett - Like a Girl: Fighting fatigue (& the boys) for a safer workplace

    In this episode, Mike Harnett, an international expert and award-winning keynote speaker on the science of fatigue who has consulted for numerous organizations including GM and NASA, talks to Dr. Joti Samra about growing up as a tomboy and working in a male-dominated field. She also shares her own family’s struggles with mental health and how that brought a passion for optimizing worker health, safety, and performance.
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    • 55 min
    Karen Lee - Caring is the New Cool: Overcoming Disaster & Understanding Good Business

    Karen Lee - Caring is the New Cool: Overcoming Disaster & Understanding Good Business

    In this episode, Karen Lee, entrepreneur, and co-founder of LEZÉ The Label, talks to Dr. Joti Samra about finding the courage to leave a salaried job to start a business and all the fights, fires, failures (and even typhoons) that came with entrepreneurship. She also shares how open communication, honesty, sustainability, and inclusion have formed the basis for her clothing brand.
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    • 55 min
    Dr. Vanessa Lapointe - “Growing Up” in a Pandemic: How to Raise Healthy & Resilient Kid

    Dr. Vanessa Lapointe - “Growing Up” in a Pandemic: How to Raise Healthy & Resilient Kid

    In this episode, the founder and director of The Wishing Star Lapointe Developmental Clinic and author of two best-selling parenting books, Vanessa Lapointe talks with Dr. Joti Samra about child mental health and parenting during the era of Covid-19. She explains the power of connection and the importance of “growing yourself up before you can grow your kids up.” She also breaks down a big source of parenting angst…discipline!
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    • 1 hr 10 min
    Mandy Gill - Healthy Habits: Staying Strong & Resilient During the Bad & Busy Days

    Mandy Gill - Healthy Habits: Staying Strong & Resilient During the Bad & Busy Days

    In this episode, health and wellness advocate, athlete, entrepreneur, and media personality, Mandy Gill chats with Dr. Joti Samra about her work and mental health journey. She recalls her struggles with an eating disorder and the lessons she’s learned from her constantly evolving career. She shares how she deals with her own bad days and the pressures of a social media persona, and breaks down her habits for emotional and physical well-being.
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    •YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MyWorkplaceHealth

    www.TardigradeTalks.com

    • 1 hr 6 min
    William Higginson - Painting to Survive: Art Therapy & Creative Resilience

    William Higginson - Painting to Survive: Art Therapy & Creative Resilience

    In this episode, award-winning surrealist artist and entrepreneur William Higginson speaks with Dr. Joti Samra about how early life challenges brought him to where he is today. He recalls that as a child dealing with serious health issues, art became a coping mechanism. Later, when he came to Canada and sold pieces in the park, it helped him survive. He shares how his passion and creativity have since become a therapy through many other struggles, which in turn have inspired the many layers and nuances of his work.
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    •Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tardigrade_talks/

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    •YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MyWorkplaceHealth

    www.TardigradeTalks.com

    • 57 min
    Susi Bolender: Overcoming Shame & the Power of Vulnerability

    Susi Bolender: Overcoming Shame & the Power of Vulnerability

    In this episode, registered clinical counsellor Susi Bolender chats with Dr. Joti Samra about a career in counselling, the role of humour in therapy, her personal strategies for self-care, and her passionate involvement in the Deaf community. She shares her therapeutic approach to helping clients navigate their emotions, build resilience against the impacts of shame, and use their vulnerability.
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    •YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MyWorkplaceHealth

    www.TardigradeTalks.com

    • 1 hr 2 min

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