It’s episode #144 and I’m chatting with Celia McBride, a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist originally from the Yukon, now living in Port Hope.

As a playwright, Celia’s work was developed by numerous theatre companies in Canada (infinitheatre, Nightwood, Factory), and produced internationally by Red Kettle Theatre (Ireland) and Looking Glass Theatre (New York).

She was commissioned by the Stratford Festival of Canada for the Studio Theatre’s inaugural season, and Walk Right Up premiered there in 2002.

From 2005-2011, Celia was the Co-Artistic Director of Sour Brides Theatre, touring her play So Many Doors (Playwrights Canada Press) across Canada.

In 2015, she released a feature film, Last Stop for Miles, adapted from one of her first plays.

Since 2014, Celia has been working as a spiritual director and providing spiritual care in long-term care homes.

She published O My God: An Un-Becoming Journey, a memoir, in 2022.

It was so lovely to connect with Celia, and I’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy listening in.

Website: celiamcbride.com

It’s episode #143 and I’m chatting with Victoria Albina, Nurse Practitioner with a Master’s Degree in Public Health.

This was such a great conversation! Victoria is intelligent, deep, knowledgeable and wise. 

We talked about how to identify when you’re defaulting to perfectionism and people-pleasing, what the term ‘somatics’ means to her, what tipping points are like (the shift from thinking your feelings to feeling your feelings) and got into the fun stuff - all the ‘nerditry and all the woo’.

More about Victoria: she coaches codependent folks socialized as women to stop feeling anxious, exhausted and overwhelmed, so they can have better relationships with their partners, parents, and themselves.

She does this because she knows this - she spent the first 30 years of her life stuck in codependent and perfectionist thinking.

Being mean to herself, often without even realizing it.

Demanding "perfection" from herself, not knowing that she was already perfect and worthy of love (just like you).
Victoria is also a Master Certified Life Coach, and trained with The Life Coach School, the best boutique program in the country.

She’s a certified Breathwork Journey Meditation Facilitator, and she’s experienced, having worked in health and wellness internationally as well as in the US, for 20 years.

It was so lovely to connect with Victoria, and I’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy listening in.

Website:  Victoria Albina

Take in the exploration, then set a timer and flow write for somewhere between 5 and 20 minutes. See what arises. Enjoy! 

And, for more offerings like this, including my transformational, body-centric memoir-writing course, The Art of Personal Mythmaking, go to my website, janellehardy.com.