Freedom To Know Wellness

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 10 of F reedom To Know Wellness ! In today's episode of our ongoing Healing Stories Series—captured in collaboration with the 2026 Festival of Literary Diversity  @TheFOLDCanada  , we sit down with author , psychotherapist , and activist Farzana Doctor to explore the complexities of trauma response in caregivers and 'overgivers,' and dive into the intersect...

In the first interview from "Disabilities & Healing Stories", Freedom To Know Wellness (@FTKWellness) sits down with celebrated Canadian author and disability activist Amanda Leduc at the 2025 The FOLD (Festival of Literary Diversity) (@TheFOLDCanada).♿️ Accessibility Note: Closed Captions (CC) enabled. Episode Transcription In Part 1, Amanda reflects on the challenges of navigating...

FTKWellness celebrated Black Mental Health Week (March 2 - 9, 2026) with author and sports journalist Morgan Campbell. In this clip, Morgan discusses his memoir, "My Fighting Family," and how uncovering uncomfortable truths can lead to profound family healing. 🎙️Watch the Full Episode here on Spotify or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2hEmsXAc4Rk🎧 Listen to the full episode on the " D...

Freedom To Know Wellness is honoured to partner with The FOLD  @TheFOLDCanada  (Festival of Literary Diversity) to present this special 4-part series, Disabilities & Healing Stories. In May 2025, FTKWellness had the privilege of attending the FOLD at the Rose Theatre in Brampton, Ontario. As a disability social enterprise, FTKWellness explores how literature serves as a powerful modality for p...

Can "Love and Kindness" unlock the hidden door to healing chronic pain? In this episode, FTKWellness speaks with Rachel Donen  @racheldonen  about how the meditation practice of "Loving Kindness" can support healing from chronic pain. Drawing from teachings by Buddhist monk and author Thich Nhat Hanh , as well as the Tibetan practice of Tonglen meditation, Rachel shares insight...

⚠️ Viewer Discretion Advised: Episode discussion contains sensitive topics, including physical and sexual trauma. FTKWellness launches the first episode of its Healers Series with wellness and herbalist practitioner, yoga and Pilates instructor Miró Kali Shakti . In this episode, we explore Miró’s personal journey to wellness after living with Fibromyalgia and PTSD for several years — and how reco...

Join the conversation with Freedom To Know Wellness in Season 2, Episode 1—an episode honouring Black Maternal Health Week, April 11–17. Hear one Black woman's powerful journey navigating chronic pain and maternal care within the Canadian healthcare system. She represents many Black women and Women of Colour who face a system often marked by neglect and medical gaslighting . A system built on...

This title may seem sombre— “Alive Traumatic Births…” Urgh, depressing! But don't fear. My guest, Allison Wylie, will inform and expand your understanding of their birth trauma, infertility and IVF journey while giving you some humour within their traumatic and extensive experience of obtaining their two children. Allison and her partner's experience with losses during their IVF led to the inspira...

*Viewer Discretion is Advised* Aisha shares her journey managing Pelvic Reproductive pain, enduring medical gaslighting and her struggle in search of a gynecologist and pelvic floor therapist to treat her. Aisha's chronic pain began as a teenager-- impacting her quality of life. Despite living with chronic- even debilitating pain, she went on to be a professional dancer and a Reiki Master using th...

*VIEWERS' DISCRETION IS ADVISED* This is the final episode from our highlight series Seniors Voices, 2024 year. Join FTKWellness as we discuss the benefits of Medical Cannabis for PTSD and seniors' health with the owner of Bayview Concierge- an online health, home, legal and finances resource for seniors, and the podcast, Let’s Talk Cannabis , Sherry Bennet. Sherry shares her journey to using cann...

Welcome to Freedom To Know Wellness’s, Seniors Voices, episode 3 with guest Linda. We continue this series with Linda, a retired Production Manager from the Canadian theatre company Famous People Players #disabilityinarts, as she shares about her disability due to a car accident that caused a spinal injury and her life now as a disabled senior using an accessible wheelchair managing post-injury co...

Welcome to Freedom To Know Wellness’s “Seniors Voices” episode 2 with guest, Robert. In episode 2, Robert shares his life as a senior using accessibility devices due to conditions like COPD and diabetes- to name a few, and his activism to make the Canadian government aware of the needs of seniors and people with disability. Seniors Voices is an FTKWellness highlight series featuring seniors with d...

Freedom To Know Wellness's “Seniors Voices” are stories, shared without being interviewed - by individuals managing various disabilities and medical conditions , telling the difficulties they faced transitioning from government disability to Canadian pension, the frustration and financial hardship they encounter now without disability support- yet the various great support they discovered duri...

The Freedom To Know Wellness podcast interviewed Meghan French @thefaithfulfibromyalgiawarrior  last year, discussing her healing journey from debilitating Fibromyalgia pain using the controversial Carnivore Diet. It's been 6 months since that interview to this recording, and to see her improvement and mobility are beyond remarkable. Watch this episode to catch all the details on how Meghan ac...

Risa Corbett battled lung failure caused by a life-threatening rare ARDS Lung condition due to Streptococcus pneumonia. An experience that caused a Near Death Experience ( NDE ) and created debilitating Fibromyalgia . Risa shares how she advocated, fought for and spearheaded an unheard-of surgery that healed her conditions, giving her a new view and lease on life. Risa is eager to help others goin...

Managing multiple sclerosis alone is difficult enough, with its vast debilitating symptoms. But when this condition is compounded with other chronic pain and/or complex medical conditions like Fibromyalgia, it makes the wellness journey even more difficult. Watch on Freedom To Know Wellness to Dale's inspirational journey of perseverance in managing severe MS with Fibromyalgia. 🥼 Clinics Ment...

Meghan French  @thefaithfulfibromyalgiawarrior  is a Canadian living in England, she is a wife and mother living with severe Fibromyalgia -- an arthritic and autoimmune condition that affects her mobility and especially her cognitive function, causing extreme brain fog a.k.a Fibro-Fog . In this episode, Meghan will share how she used the Carnivore Diet along with her faith to relieve the majority...

October is  Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month . In recognition, this podcast will be a  Freedom To Know Wellness Highlight Episode,  featuring the charity organization,   Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network   part of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s  DAN Women and Babies Program . I spoke with program manager, Michelle LaFontaine about the PAIL Network’s history, advocacy work thro...

⚠️ Please advise TRIGGER WARNING Episode 4 podcast covers the sensitive topic of miscarriages. ⚠️ 0:00 Introduction 2:50 Interview 1:00.49 Fletcher's Backstory Welcome to Freedom To Know Wellness Season 1 Episode 4. Today’s podcast concludes this series on uterine fibroids under our female reproductive category. But this is not the last on this topic for this season. Our guest Michelle Kershaw...

0:00 Introduction 6:07 Interview 49:46 Conclusion In this episode of Freedom To Know Wellness, the podcast discusses a woman’s journey with uterine fibroids and her mandatory emergency hysterectomy surgery- originally a cancer scare- to manage her health. The subtitle, “When Not A Choice” is stated, because a hysterectomy can be an elective surgery for women for different reasons, but the majority...

**Graphic Images. Viewers' Discretion is Advised** Welcome back to Freedom to Know Wellness Part 2 Q&A with patient and advocate, Dr. Nkem Kalu. If you missed Part 1 of the full interview with Nkem, click the link here . Episode Transcription Just a reminder Dr. Nkem Kalu is not a medical doctor but her advocacy and lived experience will benefit our listeners both patient and medical alike...

Welcome to Freedom To Know Wellness podcast, Episode 2 Part 1 of "Uterine Fibroids: Endemic Disease on Women of Colour" with Dr. Nkem Kalu . Find the link above for Part 2 Q&A with Dr. Nkem Kalu. In this episode, we discuss Uterine Fibroids and their effects on women's health- especially in women of colour. There is a high racial disparity of fibroid cases in women of the African...

Welcome to Freedom To Know Wellness ( FTKW ), the podcast (video included). Where we hear from both the lived experiences of actual patients and the professional perspectives of practitioners- supporting or opposing. Our discussion today is on the skin condition Eczema, a common yet often underrated complex medical condition.  Today's interview will feature Darnell Samuels', known for his pod...