Club Therapy

in this very bittersweet solo episode, i reflect on the past few months of podcasting and talk about what i loved and hated! i also go through my service industry timeline from start to finish and rank each place i worked at + talk about 2025 being the worst year of my life lol. sadly, this episode concludes season 1 of club therapy although season 2 is coming soon :) Although this is not the end,...

In this episode I am joined by my sweet friend Julia (@juliaabarbs)! Julia is one of Torontos iconic bottle service girls, and has worked at a plethora of popular Toronto clubs (lost and found, Efs, future, ultraviolet etc) while balancing a career as a medical esthetician. We get into all things bottle service, balancing our day jobs with our night jobs, the pressure to be social, establishing em...

In this episode I am joined by a rising star in the Toronto scene, Mr. Daniel Star (@dvnielstar)! Daniel is one of Toronto’s hottest DJs and has a residency at popular Toronto clubs like ampm, dnd and lost and found. We talk about his humble origins, taking a gap year, being humble in the industry, hate comments, drinking while djing, our relationships, the importance of sacrifice, building trust...

In this episode I am joined by my Lizzie Lou (or Liz Coren to all the strangers out there)! Lizzie is truly a jack of all trades and has dabbled a bit in the service industry, but currently works in the film industry and is a stylist and dare I say the blueprint for hot girls in Toronto. Her and I chat about going out in Toronto, ADHD, borderline personality disorder, executive functioning skills,...

In this episode, I am joined by the chillest guy in Toronto Mr. Leebs (Liben Bihon or @libenator on IG ) who is the general manager and part-owner of Susies Toronto! Leebs started his service industry experience as a barback at Cactus Club in Vancouver and through a lot of time, hard work and passion, has opened up Susies diner with some of his closest and oldest friends. We talk about doing what...

This is an extra special episode because my beautiful, sweet, smart best friend Kiera Liu is on it! Kiera is AMPM's longest standing employee and currently studying to become torontos next top jeweler :) We talk about how we became best friends, some stories from our early party days, celebrity encounters (hype house mentioned), pros and cons of bottle service, the spectrum of sex work, relat...

In this episode, I chat with the infamous Chef Ben (Benedict Lim or cooking withben_)! Ben has been working in kitchens and restaurants for over a decade now, and his generative expertise has led to the birth of hot spot restaurants like Lunch Lady (Toronto and Vancouver) and Nomo Nomo (Vancouver). We talk about his humble origins from working at Fantasy Garden in Richmond to opening up the Lunch...

In this episode, I am joined by my girl and one of Toronto's OG it girls: Ajuki! Ajuki is a multifaceted gem, she is an artist, tumblr icon, creative, the founder of FOMO (a queer event collective) and the founder of Northound (a platform that showcases emerging Canadian artists). We chat about BPD + anxiety, being an angsty teenager on tumblr, sobriety, the Citizen (iykyk), mental health adv...

In this episode, I am joined by a Toronto legend Photo Will (William Nguyen). Will has an exceptionally diverse portfolio but is most known for his club photography and blog (Lost in the Wilderness) and for being a prolific host/promoter in the King West and Queen West scenes. We talk about his come up, how he went from a photographer to an artist manager, being a dad and having a family while wor...

In this episode, I sit down and chat with the sweet and brutally honest Mike Roc, a popular Toronto dj on Queen West and Dundas West. We get into how Toronto has changed from 2016- now, how COVID shaped the service industry, transitioning into DJing, maintaining his mental health while djing, being friends with the people who hire him, and finding his footing in the Toronto scene! I share a few pe...

This episode gives you a little intro into the life of our host, Emily Chan, and about who she is and why she started Club Therapy! She is currently working as a bottle service girl at AMPM and has her own private therapy practice. After the worst year of her life, she has decided to start a podcast as a way to reconnect with herself and have meaningful conversations with familiar faces in the Tor...