Body Positivity, My Inner Critic & My Inner Bestfriend

In this episode I speak with Founder of Cheekbone Beauty, Jenn Harper about the brand, campaigns, where you can find the products, her favs and so much more!

We jump right into the deep stuff sharing stories about family trauma, suicide, mental health, alcoholism and so much more!

Cheekbone Beauty products will be available in 50 out of 100 Sephora locations as of March 10th 2023 and they will be in 600 JC Penny stores! This brand has done some incredible things and is led by an amazing individual who truly cares about the Earth, uplifting Indigenous peoples, mental health and the list goes on.

Check out Cheekbone beauty here https://www.cheekbonebeauty.com

In this episode I share some honest truths about my grief. On my moms Birthday this year I was blind sided by the grief of her not being here. And to be honest, when I'm uploading this, almost 2 days later I am still feeling the impact of her loss. 

I share the ugly and the beautiful surrounding my grief and hope. 

In this episode I speak to Jeffrey Deskovic about his personal journey of being wrongfully imprisoned at the age of 17 for the rape and murder of a 15 year old classmate. We talk about what his experience was like as a 16 year old being questioned by the police, being coerced into giving a false confession, what spending the next 16 years of life in a maximum security prision and what it was like getting exonerated and life after jail. We talk about the work he is doing now and what he hopes for the future. 

This is an incredibly moving episode. 

A little bit more about Jeffrey. 

Jeffrey Deskovic, Esq., M.A., is the founder of The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice, which has freed 11 people and helped pass 3 laws aimed at preventing wrongful conviction. As part of the national coalition It Could Happen To You, which Jeff is an advisory board member of, an additional 6 laws were passed. Jeff's motivation is that he spent 16 years in prison-from age 17 to 32- for a murder and rape he did not commit, prior to being exonerated by DNA Testing. A documentary short about his advocacy and life post-exoneration, "Conviction", is available on Amazon Prime.

Deskovic Foundation Patreon page: The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice is creating criminal justice reform & exonerating those wrongfully convicted | Patreon

Deskovic Foundation website: Deskovic Foundation https://www.deskovicfoundation.org/

Conviction (Documentary short about Jeff): Watch Conviction | Prime Video (amazon.com) 

Innocence Project https://innocenceproject.org/

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3171

News Articles
https://www.fastcompany.com/3042322/becoming-a-social-entrepreneur-isnt-easy-when-youve-wrongfully-spent-16-years-in-jail

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/exonerated-free-toll-varied-justice-system-wrongfully-convicted

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/exonerated-after-23-years_b_2725484

In this episode I share briefly some deep feelings that I have been sitting with. I have a deep knowing that I am meant to do more, be more. I started my Cree Language courses and am starting to recognize some words.

I share about my desire to belong and how I have never felt a sense of belonging, how I have struggled to connect and belong. I talk about this feeling that I have about needing to travel out west, a experience that I need....although I do not know what that is.

If you are Indigenous or self identify as Indigenous I would love to connect with you, to learn from you, to share your story on the Podcast, to support you in any way I can. Please feel free to reach out to me at any time.

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I was recently a guest on the School of Healing Podcast hosted by Dominiece Clifton where we had an honest, vulnerable conversation about many difficult topics. We discuss suicide, grief, vulnerability, mental health, therapy, shadow work and more.

I wanted to share the podcast here so you can all hear it because it is in my opinion invaluable. I hope that you will follow along and listen to Dom's Podcast because there are so many great lessons to be learnt from her many guests and herself. 


Podcast on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0a5TbO05jO7j8i6MCFbNSF?si=90cb915d6322457c
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theschoolofhealingpodcast/
Website https://linktr.ee/movexstill

In this episode I speak with Emily who isn't just a Psychotherapist she's also my Therapist! 

Emily Ameara Mclennan is a Registered Psychotherapist, with the College of Psychotherapy in Ontario Canada and the Canadian Art Therapy Association. She has a Graduate certification in Art Therapy from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. With previous education in Art and Psychology.

 Emily aims to be able to reflect and mirror those around her- to allow people to see themselves in a different light. Meeting every person with empathy, compassion and understanding that their reality is real to them and treating everyone with dignity and respect no matter their mental state.

 She has been in private practice for  over 2.5 years, with 10 years of experience in the mental health field. Specializing in treating trauma, anxiety and depression in both youth and adults. 

Contact Emily

Instagram @ameara 

Website www.ameara.ca 

Psychology Today : https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/therapists/emily-ameara-mclennan-toronto-on/490524

Healing collective : 

https://www.healingcollective.ca/collective-members/emily-ameara-mclennan/

In this episode I share about some things I am currently moving through, some heavy and some fun. I also talk about how I think about life and explain it as Dominos. There is so much beauty all around us its sometimes just difficult to see or experience. 

If you want to join the Healing Circle on May 11th 2022 from 7pm-9pm EST here is the link to join!

Amy Silva is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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n this short episode I share where I've been, what I've been doing and how I'm feeling. I'll give you a hint, I smile, I laugh, I cry and I am so freaking Happy!

In Grief we aren't always aware of ourselves, our bodies, our feelings, our emotions.

In this short meditation I help you do this.

Please enjoy & share it with a friend! <3

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We're all doing our best...I truly believe that.

Whether its parenting, dealing with our mental health or just trying to get through the day, we are all doing our best. We wont always get it right, in fact we will fail over and over again but as long as we keep doing our best we can't really fail. 

This past weekend I had the really hard and honest conversation with me kids about suicide. We talked about what suicide is, some reasons someone may choose it, their part in helping to prevent it by not bullying people and standing up and saying something if they see something.

We also spoke honestly about my moms suicide, there were lots of tears and just as many questions. I may fail as a mom sometimes but I will continue to make sure my kids know they can always speak to me, that no matter what I am a safe place for them.