The Other Side

Content warning: infant loss Part 2 of 2 with the wonderful Emma Mitchell. If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, start there first. We pick up right where we left off, inside the NICU, where Emma spent every single day with her daughter Evie, who was born at 23 weeks and 6 days. We talk about the moment everything shifted, the decision she and Devin made together, and the 43 minutes they'll carry with them forever. We also talk about her brother Gord meeting Evie, the Ottawa Senators showing...

Mom and sis are back, and this week we asked mom how she managed to stay in love with the same person for over 50 years - our dad <3 Though she says there's no magic formula, she tells us of the importance of trust, mutual respect, being in-tune with one another, and having a deep love that supersedes those days when you don't like each other very much. As mom reflects on the reality of raising kids and working - the exhaustion, the uneven load mothers can carry, the moments of resen...

Erin is back! If you haven't listened to Erin's first TOS podcast, TOS of a Cancer Diagnosis, go have a listen to episode #2 and prepare to fall in love with her. She's incredibly special, and smart, and interesting, and here to tell us how's she doing and to talk all things Tarot. The first 15 minutes-ish of this episode I check in and get an update on all things Erin, which she so generously shares, before we delve into the mystical, magical world of Tarot. How do we transition from stage...

Mom & sis are back for a light-hearted discussion about our own personal fitness stories, sharing how different forms of movement like running, Pilates, and dance classes impact our lives. In a world where everything feels quite heavy, and at a time when the most awful humans are getting a lot of attention, we felt a need to remind ourselves of the good people around us and the importance of social connections and community. While we also explore the pressures of diet culture and ...

In this week's episode of The Other Side Pod, Karla Briones hops on to chat about the side of entrepreneurship that isn't so pretty. The burnout. The decisions we make when we lose connection with ourselves. The challenges that immigrant entrepreneurs face. The guilt that can be easily felt when juggling motherhood, and the directions we go when we've lost our purpose and how to come to the decision to change course. Karla has started multiple businesses over her extensive career, and shares ...

Happy New Year's Eve from mom, sis and I! Join us for this special holiday episode to hear our thoughts and expectations for this coming New Year, as well as anecdotes about past resolutions, generational differences in goal setting, and personal shifts in mindset. Of course we also offer tips on surviving the winter in Newfoundland (and Canada in general!), touching on the importance of connection and community. @the_otherside_pod

Mandie Vossenberg is back on the pod to talk about dead parents, but make it festive?! The holidays bring about a lot of feelings, especially if you've lost someone, so Nadine and Mandie wanted to share how they've been feeling in hopes that if you can relate, you won't feel so alone in it. In this heartfelt episode, they share a candid conversation about dealing with grief during the holiday season, recounting personal experiences, from the sadness and tears to the unexpected moments o...

Meet Jess Packman, hair enthusiast and stylist at JetBlack Hair Studio, who also happens to no longer suffer wildly every month since having a hysterectomy! Nadine and Jess, like many people who happen to have uteruses, have had a complicated relationship with them and hopped on the podcast to talk about their decisions to have them removed due to severe endometriosis and adenomyosis. Listen in as both women share their own personal stories, which are very different from each other but so sim...