The dating world in this day and age can feel overwhelming with access to different apps and hundreds and hundreds of people. If you’re in the same boat, don’t worry…you’re not alone. How can I find the right partner? How do I know if I like this person enough to pursue something serious? There are sooo maaany questions we have around this topic and lots of information – and misinformation online and offline, so to make it less overwhelming for you, Lauren Cowley, Canadian certified counsellor, yoga Warrior, heart opener and gypsy soul, joins Project 25 to tackle all these questions and give us some strategies on how to survive (AND THRIVE!) in the dating world.

Follow Lauren’s work on:

💻 Website: https://www.laurencowley.com/

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__laurencowley__

Resources mentioned on this episode:

❤️ Gottman Method: https://gottmanconnect.com/site/method

💥 Love Bombing: https://www.nominahealth.ca/post/love-bombing-psychology-1 & https://health.clevelandclinic.org/love-bombing

🧪 Chemistry: https://tinybuddha.com/blog/strong-chemistry-doesnt-always-lead-strong-relationship/

📐 #30 Rules for Softened Startup: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVfUGrGy_hJJvmvlYZLnpY_9iB292_ps/view?usp=sharing

🐎 The Four Horsemen & Their Antidotes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r-GO-gVCES22ohVdrxSN1lK0X0j7IYmO/view?usp=sharing

💬 The Imago Dialogue | The Sender: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sl3Wfuy5L-RsVBvUxxDNZzeEtK1Maxqh/view?usp=sharing

📃 Personal Bill of Rights: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DoRs0rfMOVBDerN0E-zwvSuGE6ime-rQ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101851688191933401428&rtpof=true&sd=true

🟩 Relationship Green Flags: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-P_iRObRnhS0JIAPs_nUwXSIElIN_d7b/view?usp=sharing

Check out the Being Human Club!

💻 Website: https://beinghumanclub.com/

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beinghuman.club

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Shivani Saini is a strategic consultant, social impact producer, creative and founder of Atelier Culturati. With over 30 years of professional and award-winning film, tv, media and arts experience, she helps people empower inclusion in arts and culture through strategic consulting, communications and creating social impact. Her passion and mandate is to create and support works that positively transform the human condition.

Shivani was also the first South Asian Canadian woman to be on-air during prime time television as a co-host and producer of Access Television’s HelpTV in Edmonton from 2001-2006.

She is also one of the co-founders of Creatives Empowered, a non-profit collective of artists + creatives. The collective is made up of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour empowering each other as an allied community. They are film, tv, media & arts professionals – from emerging to established – based in western Canada. Creatives Empowered is the first and only organization of its kind in Alberta.

💻 Website: https://atelierculturati.com/

📝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivani-saini-73259029/

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AtelierCulturati/

📲 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtelierCulturati

💻 Website: https://creativesempowered.ca/

📲 Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/creativesempowered

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creativesempowered/

✨Twitter:https://twitter.com/IBPOCempowered

📝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/creatives-empowered

✨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzsm_D746H7feUTpemgz6Hg

📷 INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/project25.podcast

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Tom Acton, 36, is a film director, producer, and entrepreneur. At 25, he founded his own production company, New Path Influence, after jumping from psychology to filmmaking.

With more than eleven years in the filmmaking industry, Tom has won several awards, such as Best Director and Best corporate Production from the Alberta Media Production Industries Association.

On this episode, Tom discusses the importance of taking risks in one's twenties, overcoming failures, and embracing creativity.

Also, Tom shared with us some updates about his newest documentary film, 'Close the Divide,' which premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival.

On this documentary film, Tom bridges the gap on climate change by uniting diverse perspectives to addressing complex, heated issues.

Close the Divide is now available for streaming, and you can learn more about the film at: www.closethedivide.com & watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PtjdCPTWQI

(...You can also catch me doing some acting work there! )

Follow Tom’s work on

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newpath.influence/

💻 LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tom-acton-34a94b25

🎥 Watch Close the Divide on 🎥

• Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/ca/movie/close-the-divide/umc.cmc.643obpo1b86zxxya6tyjhyinp
• YouTube movies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PtjdCPTWQI

Book recommendations

· The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Height

· Cultish by Amanda Montell

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Born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico and raised along the Texas border, Tanya Saracho is an award-winning playwright and television writer who serves as a creator, showrunner and executive producer of the critically-acclaimed series, Vida, which earned 100% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes for both its first and second seasons.

Before marrying the world of television, in her 20’s, Tanya co-founded Teatro Luna in 2000 and was its co-artistic director for ten years. She also co-founded the Alliance of Latinx Theater Artists (ALTA) of Chicago and is particularly known for centering the "Latina gaze".

Stay here, because in this bright conversation, Tanya spoke about

• her transition from theatre to television
• the struggles with ageism and challenges of the industry
• personal beliefs in curanderismo , brujeria and santeria
• queer content creation
• …and the importance of intuition and self-preservation in navigating the creative world (and the world in general).

🔮Follow Tanya’s work on 🔮

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tanyasaracho/

💻 Web: https://www.ojalaproductions.com/

🎥 Watch Vida on STARZ 🎥

https://www.starz.com/us/en/series/vida/37707

➡️ Tanya’s recommendations

Podcast: Witch by BBC

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At 25, Priscilla Cherry thought she had all the answers. Ten years later, she doesn’t want to, because who has time for that? After experiencing a lot of confusion in her twenties about her purpose in this life and some self-reflection and care, Priscilla found that she’s here to build bridges between art and people, as well as help and support those who are struggling with their mental health.

Now a social artist and peer support worker, Priscilla also emphasizes how important it is to reframe failure, the role of spirituality, and the value of community.

We also explored other themes such as

· Curiosity

· Personal growth

· Mental health themes

· Self-reflection

· Living in the present

· … and self-care practices.

➡️ Follow Priscilla on:

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/priscillathecherry/

💻 Web: https://www.priscillacherry.com/

➡️ Follow The Oratory:

https://www.instagram.com/theoratoryshow/

➡️ Check out Humainologie:

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humainologie/?hl=en

💻 Web: https://humainologie.com/

🎟️ Get your tickets for SHADES Season Two Film Premiere on May 16! OR

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/shades-season-two-film-premiere-tickets-883660521407?aff=oddtdtcreator

🎟️ The SHADES Season Two Matinee Screening on May 25!

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/shades-season-two-matinee-screening-tickets-884977430317?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Desde pequeña, Mara Katherina siempre tuvo su pasión clara – el baile. A sus 25 años, se mudó a Calgary desde Cuba con su esposo para comenzar una nueva vida. Sin embargo, esto no detuvo su motor, y fue en esta nueva ciudad donde su pasión por el baile ha seguido creciendo y la ha reconectado con sus raíces a través del jazz. 🎵✨

En este episodio, Mara habla sobre:

- Ser flexibles al seguir nuestras metas y objetivos

- Shocks culturales

- Poner limites

- La sensibilidad

- Salud mental

- Conectar con tus raíces a través del arte

¡Y Mucho más!

➡️ Sigue a Mara en:

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chinitakatherina

🎺 Boletos para ver a Mara en el show de Party Time, de Decidedly Jazz Danceworks 🎵

https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/experience/performances/party-time/

🎞️ Boletos para la premiere de SHADES Segunda Temporada 🎞️

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/shades-season-two-film-premiere-tickets-883660521407?aff=oddtdtcreator

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This Earth Month 🌱, join us as we delve into the topic of eco-anxiety among young adults. In this episode, we explore what is eco-anxiety, its impacts, coping strategies, and its intersection with climate activism.

🍃 Don't miss this episode as we also chat about:

• The importance of community support
• Individual self-care
• Decolonizing discussions around eco grief
• The roles of media, climate action, and nature connection in alleviating eco anxiety.

↪️ Learn more about Refugia Retreats at: https://www.refugiaretreats.com/

↪️ Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Active Hope by Joanna Macy (Revisted 2022 edition + Free online course)
• Youth Support Space
• Unthinkable Earth: Resource Hub
• Practicing Rest, Recovery & Resilience: An Interactive Dreaming Jouranl by Shake Up the Establishment
• Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change and Shaping Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown
• A Gratitude Spell, poem by Adrienne Maree Brown
• Podcast: Facing It by Dr. Jennifer Atkinson
• Podcast: For the Wild
• Refugia Retreat : Wild Tending the Future: Seeding Grief, Joy & Endurance, May 3-5, 2024
• Indigenous Climate Action based in Alberta
• Book: Generation Dread By Britt Wray
• Book: A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety by Sarah Ray Jaquette
• Book: Eco Art Therapy Dr. Theresa Sweeney

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Cece is a transwoman, parent, model, filmmaker, photographer, advocate, business owner, and storyteller.

At 25, Cece Chow lived in self-denial. Many years after, she experienced a panic attack that came as a sign to tell her she couldn't keep living as someone she wasn't. In this episode, Cece discusses:

🌸 The evolution from self-denial to finally becoming her true self

🌸 Loss of community family support

🌸 Advocating for marginalized communities

🌸 The continuous fight for trans rights, representation, and access.

And much more!

↪️ Follow Cece on:

📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetransplanter

🎞️TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thetransplanter

📝 LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/cecechow

↪️ You can also support her Mutual Aid at:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/y6773a-help-cece-with-postsurgical-financial-needs

↪️ Get tickets to the SHADES Season Two Film Premiere:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/shades-season-two-film-premiere-tickets-883660521407?aff=oddtdtcreator

↪️ Learn more about Humainologie at:

⚡️https://humainologie.com/

⚡️https://www.instagram.com/humainologie/

↪️ Sign Trans Action Alberta's petition here: https://transactionalberta.ca/

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