Mind The Gaps

Welcome to Episode #32: Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? featuring Dr. Robert Smith, award-winning educator and author. In this eye-opening conversation, Dr. Smith joins Kirsten to uncover how medicine has lost touch with the mind-body connection and how a path to repair is right at our fingertips. They explore the realities of outdated training, misdiagnosis, and fragmented care, whilst highlighting h...

Welcome to Episode #31: Kobe & MJ's Mindfulness Coach, starring George Mumford, world-renowned mindfulness coach, psychologist, speaker, and author of Unlocked: Embrace Your Greatness, Find the Flow, Discover Success and The Mindful Athlete.  In this soulful conversation, George joins Kirsten to explore what it truly means to be unlocked—awakening the divine spark within, cultivating presence,...

Welcome to Episode #30: The Equilibrium of Food & Fitness, where Kirsten is joined by Shauna Wallace, Registered Psychotherapist, Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor, and Group Fitness Instructor. Together, they discuss how trauma, shame, and societal pressures affect eating behaviours and body image. Shauna explains returning “home” to your body with compassion, using somatic therapy and yo...

Welcome to Episode #29: Crowning The King Within. In this episode, Kirsten sits down with Mike Elliott, an evolutionary relationship coach helping high-achieving men shed societal armour and embrace deeper emotional work. Together, they explore redefining masculinity through vulnerability, inner child work, and the archetypes of the lover, warrior, magician, and king. Mike shares how balancing mas...

Welcome to Episode 28: ‘DiagNOsis’ Reawakened. In this episode, Kirsten re-releases her take on traditional medical models of mental health, featuring insights from Gabor Mate’s recent talk on Trauma, Illness, and Healing, in a Toxic Culture. Kirsten exposes the limitations of mental disorder diagnostics and inspiring us to transcend these labels. Embracing a holistic approach to wellness, she inv...

Welcome to Episode 27: Ancient Healing in the Modern World. In this episode, Kirsten sits down with Dr. Kevin Preston, a trailblazer in Traditional Chinese Medicine, to explore the body’s innate wisdom as a guide to healing in 2025. Dr. Preston delves into the profound connections between emotions and the body, explaining how organs such as the liver, kidneys, spleen, lungs, and heart reflect and...

Welcome to Episode 26: Beyond a Couch and a Cardigan. In this episode, Kirsten demystifies the therapy experience—breaking down common stereotypes to reveal its true purpose. She discusses why therapy is more than just venting, the key differences between types of therapists, and why confronting pain is the best way through it. Kirsten also provides guidance on finding the right therapist, getting...

Welcome to Episode 25: Peaceful Prosperity. In this episode, Kirsten is joined by Oliver Manalese, a transformation coach, spiritual guide, business owner, and author of The Daily Prosperity Method. Together, they explore what it means to align your work with your gifts, diving into themes of fixing energy leaks, ending the war within, and transmuting into our highest selves. Oliver also shares in...

Welcome to Episode 24: Psychological Wealth. In this thought-provoking episode, Kirsten introduces the concept of filling our ‘mental piggy banks’ to create richer, more fulfilling lives. Drawing from her background in existential psychotherapy, Kirsten examines how the four ultimate concerns of life—meaning, isolation, freedom, and death—can serve as currencies for psychological wealth. Tune in t...

Welcome to Episode 23: Music to My Heart. In this episode, Kirsten sits down with the talented indie-pop artist goodheart, a singer, songwriter, and producer who has been making music and transforming her world into sound since childhood. Together, they delve into the profound connections between music and the mind, exploring themes including emotions, creativity, flow state, and vulnerability. go...

Welcome to Episode 22: Love is a Verb. In this heartfelt episode, Kirsten delves into the beauty and complexity of the 5 Love Languages—quality time, physical touch, words of affirmation, acts of service, and receiving gifts. She reveals how understanding your preferred love languages, and others’, can transform the way you navigate both dating and relationships. Kirsten also reminds us that authe...

Welcome to Episode 21: From Gaps to Growth in 2024. In this year’s final episode, Kirsten brings together her 2024 podcast guests to share how they stepped out of their comfort zones and embraced their growth zones. By 'Minding Their Gaps', Kirsten and 11 guests openly reflect on pivotal growth moments that shaped their year, and will inspire their journey into 2025.

Welcome to Episode 20: Quantum Healing, where Kirsten is joined by Dr. Tracey Clark, owner, director, and master practitioner at Quantum Physician. Dr. Clark, an advanced certified BodyTalk practitioner with a Doctorate in Integrative Medicine and a diploma in manual osteopathy, integrates quantum principles into a holistic model of medicine that bridges Eastern and Western traditions. In this epi...

Welcome to Episode 19: How to ‘Thrise’ where Kirsten is joined by Kasia Sitarz, creator of the term blending 'thriving' and 'rising above'. Owner of The Clinic Health and Wellness, and host of the Thrise Podcast, Kasia brings her expertise as a Heart Coherence Coach, Intuitive Healer, and Fitness Ambassador to the conversation. In this episode, Kasia shares her inspiring journey of letting go of p...

Welcome to Episode 18: Travel as Our Greatest Teacher, where Kirsten is joined by Melanie Caines, an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT-500), Yoga Medicine Therapeutic Specialist, and Neurogenic Yoga & TRE provider. As a lover of travel, Melanie has been leading vibrant international yoga retreats in Costa Rica (where Kirsten first met her), Cuba, Mexico, Indonesia, Morocco, and across...

Welcome to Episode 17: Therapist Remix. In this exclusive episode, Kirsten switches things up by interviewing her Psychotherapist, Daniel Farb, who also writes and records rap music under the stage name, MC FÜBB. Merging his musical talent with his expertise in mental health, Daniel brings us behind the scenes of his song lyrics and personal experiences related to addiction, perfectionism, and the...

Welcome to Episode 16: When Psychology Meets Philosophy, where Kirsten is joined by philosopher and bestselling author, Jonny Thomson. Well known for his books Mini Philosophy, Mini Big Ideas, and Mini Psychology, Jonny also runs the Mini Philosophy instagram account @philosophyminis. In this episode, Jonny shares his philosophical insights on meaning, free will, ethics, consciousness, and how not...

Welcome to Episode #15: Long for Nothing. In this episode, Kirsten brings us on a journey into the gap between ‘longing’ and ‘looking forward’ to things in life. As we learn how to overcome pain from the past, feel grateful for the present, and excitedly anticipate the future, we’ll find ourselves longing for nothing. Kirsten endorses that when we feel whole, we get to look forward to life instead...

Welcome to Episode 14: Word To The Wise, where Kirsten is joined by retired Registered Psychotherapist and Registered Marriage and Family Therapist, Dr. Susan Dafoe. Susan specialized in gerontology, health education, relationships, parenting, neurofeedback, and continues to lead classes on yoga and mindfulness. In this episode, Susan’s shares her wisdom on wisdom itself through her professional a...

Welcome to Episode #13: Taking Back The Morning. In this episode, Kirsten delves into the whole-body benefits of slowing down our mornings to engage in self-care practices. As we get up close and personal with our host, Kirsten shares the 6 habits that make up her ‘slow morning’ routine. By minding the gap between rushing and re-charging in the morning, we’ll discover how the latter can lead to a...

Welcome to Episode 12: Olympic State of Mind, where Kirsten is joined by Professional Athlete, Austin Smeenk. Austin has represented Team Canada in wheelchair racing at the two most recent Paralympic Games and in 5 World Championships. In this episode, we’ll get a look inside the mind of an elite athlete during peak performance whilst training for the 2024 Paralympic Games held in Paris, France. W...

Welcome to Episode 11: Love vs. Fear. In this episode, Kirsten reveals how everything we think, feel, and do is rooted in one of two states: love or fear. On this deep dive into into the roles of our emotions, Kirsten uses a variety of metaphors to explain why acceptance equals love and resistance equals fear. As we mind this gap between love and fear, we’ll discover our potential for limitless gr...

Welcome to Episode 10: Ever-Evolving, where Kirsten is joined by Professor of Psychology, Dr. Pat Barclay. Dr. Barclay is cross-appointed to the Department of Psychology and the Bachelor of Arts & Science program at the University of Guelph, where he conducts research on the evolution of human cooperation. In this episode, we’ll learn the ins and outs of evolutionary psychology; discovering ho...

Welcome to Episode 9: DiagNOsis. In this episode, Kirsten challenges traditional medical models of mental health by revealing the limitations of mental disorder diagnostics and inspiring us to transcend these labels. Embracing a holistic approach to wellness, Kirsten invites us to think of one another’s emotional states in the context of our unique life journeys, rather than simply categorizing th...

Welcome to Episode 8: Mind-Body Fusion, where Kirsten is joined by Naturopathic Doctor, Dr. Curtis Baker. Dr. Baker is a co-founder and co-owner of Simcoe Naturopathic Clinic in Ontario. In this episode, we’ll discover that there is no ‘gap’ between mind and body, as they are inextricably fused. Dr. Baker shares his insights on this mind-body fusion through research-based evidence, professional pr...