Flipflops Podcast

It's time to gab with my creative soul mates about the plague of shame, using fear as a guide, the importance of respecting your own boundaries and defining success for yourself. It's also about how exploring questions can sometimes be more important than having definitive answers. This episode is therapeutic and liberating.  40% Facts is comprised of four women and we each bring 10% to the t...

I am honored to be chatting with Documentary Producer Jyoti Sarda who conceived of and produced “And She Could Be Next” with Ava DuVernay. The New York Times describes the film as a “two-part documentary, which follows the campaigns of several female politicians of color (including Stacey Abrams) and the communities that rally with them”. The film “shows what a systemic shift actually looks like.”...

As soon as I saw Liz Plank and the jewelry brand Litzi share their collaboration on Instagram, I wanted to have them on this podcast. Liz Plank is a huge inspiration to me as a journalist, as a writer and as a human being. I love the two women behind the jewelry brand Litzi. Lynda Guy and Alice Usiskin celebrate feminism, their lineage and create androgynous, emblematic pieces that suit everyone....

Recording this episode was a pinch-me moment. I discovered writer Thao Thai through one of my favorite blogs called Cupcakes & Cashmere . Her writing is exquisite. Thao also works part-time for Cubby , a weekly newsletter for busy parents at home with their kids from the editors of Apartment Therapy & Kitchn.  Thao shares her first memory, how she gets unstuck, and her biggest takeawa...

Brooklynite Shani Silver has become the authority on changing the conversation around singlehood. She asks: Why are single men called "playboys" and single women labelled "pathetic"?  We talk about how she is using self-forgiveness as a balm during the pandemic, and how she got unstuck and finally embraced her authentic career. She shares how she uses her anger towards injustice to fuel her c...

Welcome to a new series called 40% Facts. Born on a girl's road trip from Montreal to New York, this idea for a show has been in my head for years. It wasn't my idea, but once I heard it, I vowed to make it happen.  Annabelle Agnew, Emeline Villedary, Suzanne Bateman and myself have been friends for many years. Today we talk about our relationship history with creativity, we redefine "failure", an...

This is a very personal episode where I get vulnerable  - so be warned! I chat with life coach Yan Martin about self-imposed pressures, reframing "weakness" and demystifying meditation. Yan shares his experience with depression and anxiety.   Yan Martin jumped from the top of the corporate ladder over to running his own business as a wellness ambassador two years ago, and he has bee...

I reach out to healer and joyful full-time mother Oana Silaghi-Bedikyan. We talk about the surprising tools she is using to cope during the pandemic, how to reframe boredom, and the unimaginable gifts we could receive as a species if we opened ourselves up. RESOURCES: BOOK: The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential Walt Whitman on Democracy and Optimism as a Mighty Form of Resistance...

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