The Rebel Mama Podcast

What’s Up With Everything? 2023 Grievances Comin’ in Hot!

The Season 3 Finale has us airing out all our grievances (and yours!) for some laughs and catharsis.

We discuss our season 3 takeaways and bitch about: the push for consumerism as the earth burns to death, the cost of groceries right now, social media trolls, the hellscape that is dating as a single mom, homework, and so much more!

We’ll catch you back here in a couple weeks when we launch Season 4!

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The Rebel Mama Hotline is produced by Space Money inside the Soda Studio.

What’s Up With Adolescent Mental Health?

Our guest, Myra Fahim, has worked in the field of mental health and addictions for 13 years and is currently a Manager in a mental health and addictions hospital.  She holds a Masters of Science in Psychology and a Masters of Social Work along with a Bachelors of Education and is registered with both the Ontario College of Teachers and the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. She has additional certificates in Trauma Counselling, Child and Youth Mental Health, Smoking Cessation Interventions, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), and Adult Online Learning.

In today's episode we ask her all of our (and our community’s) burning questions about adolescent mental health - from social media, to school lock-downs, disordered eating, and so much more.

Relevant links from Myra:

https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/behavior-and-development/social_media

https://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ 

Recommended book for adults:
- How to Talk so Kids will Listen and How to Listen so Kids will Talk - Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

 

Recommended books for young kids:
- Breathing makes it better - Christopher Willard and Wendy O'Leary
- In my heart: A book of feelings - Christin Roussey
- The boy with big, big feelings - Britney Winn Lee

Finding resources in your community:

https://www.ontario.ca/page/mental-health-services-children-and-youth

 

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The Rebel Mama Hotline is produced by Space Money inside the Soda Studio.

What’s Up With Menopause (from a Medical Standpoint)?

Our guest Dr. Nese Yuksel is a Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Alberta and the President of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Menopause Society. In this episode we delve into the biological side of menopause: defining terms, identifying symptoms, and discussing the treatment options available.

 

Resources:

Canadian Resources:

Canadian Menopause Society (CMS) - https://www.sigmamenopause.com/consumers/publications

(The CMS has a number of pamphlets and guidebooks to help consumers as well as patients. The Menopause Pocket Guide, which was just updated this year, is directed at health care professionals but it has tables on all the menopausal hormone therapy products which may be helpful)

Menopause Foundation of Canada - https://menopausefoundationcanada.ca/

MQ6 website - https://mq6.ca/

(very useful information including algorithm and treatment options)

SOGC menopauseandu - https://www.menopauseandu.ca/

Osteoporosis Canada - https://osteoporosis.ca/

(for information on osteoporosis and bone health)

North American Resources:

The Menopause Society (formerly NAMS) - https://www.menopause.org/

International Resources:

International Menopause Society - https://www.imsociety.org/

 

This episode is brought to you by Women’s Health Collective Canada. WHCC brings resources, fundraising, and some of the brightest minds in science and healthcare together to address the gaps in women’s health research. Follow them on socials @whccanada or visit whcc.ca to learn more.

The Rebel Mama Hotline is produced by Space Money inside the Soda Studio.

What’s Up With Perimenopause?

Knix founder Joanna Griffiths joins us for a very special LIVE episode wherein we discuss perimenopause, talking to kids about periods, entrepreneurship and so much more! Keep up with Joanna on Instagram @joannaknix

 

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What’s Up With Sex Toys, Post-Pandemic Style, Only Kids & Screen Time?

It’s a mystery mailbag episode!  You submitted the questions, we delivered the answers.

 

This time you asked:

• Drop the adult toy faves list!

• New mama followed by a pandemic. Help!

• What are we wearing these days?

• Are one-and-done families becoming more common and any advice to those still deciding?

• Curious about how much screen time you allow your kids and what your rules are around it?

 

*This episode contains coarse language and mature subject matter and may not be suitable for younger audiences. Listener discretion is advised.*

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The Rebel Mama Hotline is produced by Space Monkey inside the Soda Studio.

What’s Up With Feeding Kids & Why Does it Suck?

Our guest Stacey Green is one funny foodie. She lives outside of Toronto with her incredible wife, and two wonderful boys, and spends most of her days convincing them that she’s super cool (they don’t agree yet, but it’s only a matter of time). Today she joins us to discuss her new cookbook(!!), "You'll Eat It and You'll Like It" as well as feeding kids (that don't want to be fed), social media (as a force of both good and evil), baking (and why we all hate it), pickleball (and the fact that Aleks has never heard of it) and so much more!

 

Keep up with Stacey Green on Instagram and TikTok at @staceygreenliving and grab a copy of her cookbook at https://www.staceygreenliving.com/shop

 

This episode is brought to you by Knix. Use code rebel10 when you shop online at knix.ca for 10% off your order!

 

The Rebel Mama Hotline is produced by Space Monkey inside the Soda Studio.

What’s Up With Genetics & Health?

Our guest, Dr Joanne Kotsopolous, is a Scientist with the Familial Breast Cancer Research Unit at the Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital and an Associate Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. On today’s episode, we discuss genetic mutations and cancer development, new approaches to disease prevention, the role of hormones in cancer susceptibility, and more!

 

Pertinent links:

https://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/care-programs/peter-gilgan-centre-for-womens-cancers/

https://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/join-our-virtual-hereditary-cancer-webinar-series/#

https://www.womensresearch.ca/active-studies/the-screen-project-study/

 

This episode is brought to you by Women’s Health Collective Canada. WHCC brings resources, fundraising, and some of the brightest minds in science and healthcare together to address the gaps in women’s health research. Follow them on socials @whccanada or visit whcc.ca to sign up to receive their newsletter.

 

The Rebel Mama Hotline is produced by Space Monkey inside the Soda Studio.

What’s Up With Toronto Real Estate?

Our guest Mariana Iordanova a.k.a. The Wolf of King Street is an ex-banker turned realtor, mom of 2 kids (& one very spoiled dog), and one of our dearest friends. On today’s episode, we chat about how she managed to sell Nikita’s home during a market downturn this summer, the current status of the Toronto real estate market, how she finds balance between work and life, having babies in her 40s and so much more!

Keep up with Mariana’s adventures in real estate on Instagram at @thewolfofkingst

This episode is brought to you by Knix. Use code rebel10 when you shop online at knix.ca for 10% off your order!

The Rebel Mama Hotline is produced by Space Monkey inside the Soda Studio.

What’s Up With Women’s Heart Health?

Our guest, Dr Colleen Norris is the Cavarzan Chair in Mature Women’s Health Research at Alberta's Lois Hole Hospital for Women. Dr Norris is a professor and associate dean of research with the Faculty of Nursing and holds appointments with the Division of Cardiology, the Department of Obstetrics; Gynecology and Medicine, and School of Public Health. She is the past Chair of the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance, Health Policy and Services Working Group. Dr. Norris is internationally recognized for her leadership in sex and gender science and in developing and sharing evidence-informed strategies to transform clinical practice and impact public policy related to women’s health. 

In today’s episode, we sat down with Dr Norris to discuss the symptoms and causes of women’s heart disease (spoiler alert: they’re totally different to men’s) as well as the effect of gender (as opposed to biological sex) on our chances of developing heart related health issues. 

 

To stay up to date with the latest Heart Health Research and other issues affecting women’s health, visit www.whcc.ca and follow @whccanada on Instagram, FB and X. You can also follow Coleen Norris on X at @womenshearts2.

 

This episode is brought to you by Women's Health Collective of Canada (WHCC). WHCC was created by three of Canada’s leading women’s health and hospital foundations to break the barriers holding us back from providing women with the knowledge and care they deserve through research. Learn more about who they are and what they do at www.whcc.ca

 

The Rebel Mama Hotline is produced by Space Monkey inside the Soda Studio.

What’s Up With Canadian Health Food Regulation?

With special guest Aaron Skelton, CEO of The Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA). The #RMhealthkick crosses over into podcast territory. In this episode we discuss: What qualifies as a Natural Health Product, the benefits and importance of Health Canada Regulation and the newly proposed regulations that CHFA is currently pushing back against.

 

For more information, visit:

www.chfa.ca

www.saveoursupplements.ca

 

The Rebel Mama Hotline is produced by Space Monkey inside the Soda Studio.

 

Please note that in this episode we talk a lot about the importance of being vocal with local politicians so that they can take your concerns to the Prime Minister on your behalf. We want to remind you that this applies to many issues - some happening locally - like the one we discuss in this episode, and some happening internationally.

If you feel passionately, for example, about a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, you can write to your MPs about that. If you'd like to see your tax dollars go to a specific cause, you can write to your MPs about that too.

We are lucky to live in a democracy. Let's not forget that it's our responsibility and our civic duty to communicate our desires and concerns to the people we elected.