Episode 37 - When Life Comes At You Fast

Episode 37 - When Life Comes At You Fast

When life comes at you fast, what do you do? Marci Warhaft has had to live the answer to that question her whole life. In her book “The Good Stripper,” she rips off the covering that she wore so long to reveal her true self and in the process found and fell in love with who was revealed as well.

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Episode 26 - Have Kids, Will Travel

Episode 26 - Have Kids, Will Travel

Natalie Preddie-Zamojc regularly travels with her family as a result of growing up with adventurous parents. It was the norm for her to visit many countries and locales as a child, and her love of exploring new cultures has carried over to her career as a travel writer and journalist.

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Episode 23 - The Culture of Community Parenting

Episode 23 - The Culture of Community Parenting

Growing up in Trinidad until the age of 18, Renee-Sylvestre Williams had a solid grounding and appreciation for family. She revelled in the company of her various “aunties,” her uncles, her cousins and her neighbours, who lived in her community and who would keep an eye out on her and the other kids – whether they liked it or not.

 

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Episode 21 - The Hot Young Widow's Club

Episode 21 - The Hot Young Widow's Club

Nora McInerny is not afraid of loss. After all, she’s experienced it - and then some. The creator and host of the Terrible, Thanks For Asking podcast and the Hot Young Widow’s club sits down with Sam for an intimate and revealing discussion about love, life, death, loss and parenting.

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Episode 20 - Family Ties

Episode 20 - Family Ties

Raised in the 70's and 80's, this mother of six who has taken the wise words and advice of her Irish Catholic grandmother and used this knowledge to become the amazing parent that she is today.

Julie's childhood was largely influenced by not only her grandmother, but her parents, her siblings and her close-knit family structure that informed how she would one day become Superwoman extraordinaire.

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Episode 14 - Don't be a Dope! Talk to Your Kids About Drugs

Episode 14 - Don't be a Dope! Talk to Your Kids About Drugs

Precious Chong knows all about how to talk to kids about drugs. After all, her dad - famous cannabis-culture hero Tommy Chong - was a leader and supporter of legalization and use of marijuana before it became cool to do so.

With pot becoming legal in Canada in 2018, and many U.S. states considering the prospect of doing so as well, many parents are stressed about how to broach this sensitive subject with their kids. Precious breaks it down and speaks to Sam about her own experiences growing up with her dad, and what it taught her about being open to discussions about this and other topics.

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