In this episode of I Have My Reasons Deandra Dey sits down with Tamara Lich. Tamara is a Metis grandmother, musician, author and activist. Tamara is well known for her involvement with the Freedom Convoy Protest, a massive national protest movement that took place in February 2022 calling for the end to vaccine and lockdown mandates imposed during the COVID 19 pandemic.
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I HAVE MY REASONS S04EP03 - with BevRita Jones
In this episode of I Have My Reasons, Deandra sits down with Anishinabe Elder Bev Rita Jones. Bev is a non traditionalist Elder who is from Keeseekoowenin First Nation in Manitoba Canada. Deandra and Bev discuss Bev's documentary "Policy Baby" where is which she shares her remarkable journey growing up in- between two worlds deeply impacted by colonial policy.
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I HAVE MY REASONS S04EP02 - with Martin Comtois
In this episode of I Have My Reasons Deandra sits down for the second time with Astrologer and Jungian dream analyst Martin Comtois. Martin was visiting Manitoba on his journey across Canada to care for his mother during the last weeks of her life. Deandra and Martin recorded this podcast during the April solar eclipse, an auspicious time! In this conversation, they are talking specifically about Dreamwork!
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I HAVE MY REASONS S04EP01 - with Cara Luft
In this episode of I Have My Reasons Deandra sits down with Juno nominated singer- songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire Cara Luft. As a Folk heroine Luft deserves her solid reputation as one of Canada’s finest live performers whose engaging, down-home style comes wrapped in a warm and delicious sense of humor.
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I HAVE MY REASONS S03EP03 - with Sarah Salter Kelly
Sarah is a talented writer, healer and speaker. Her wisdom is authentic, embodied and hard won – generated through years of integrating the tragic homicide of her mother and learning to forgive the perpetrator – alongside 30 years of studying personal growth, mysticism, restorative justice, and earth-based healing traditions.
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I HAVE MY REASONS S03EP02 - with Alana Levandoski
Deandra sits down with singer song-writer Alana Levandoski, who has a remarkable way of transforming complex concepts and experiences into songs that speak to your heart and bones.
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I HAVE MY REASONS S03EP01 - with Karli Brodeur
Deandra is sitting down with her best friend and business partner, Karli Brodeur for their first-ever podcast episode together.
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I HAVE MY REASONS S02EP09 - with Kate Joyner
Deandra sits down with Kate Joyner who is an artist, an activist, and an alchemist of eros.
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I HAVE MY REASONS S02EP08 - with Gord Oaks
Deandra sits down with a Musician and Certified Shiatsu Acupressure Therapist Gord Oaks.
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I HAVE MY REASONS S02EP07- with Annie Brees
Deandra sits down with women’s health coach and co-founder of Balance 365 and Raise The Bar Initiative Annie Brees.
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I HAVE MY REASONS S02 EP06 with Martin Comtois
Deandra sits down with Astrologer and Jungian dream analyst Martin Comtois. They discuss Car Jung and Jungian Psychology, The Unconscious and the collective unconscious, and more!
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Guided Meditation for Expanding Awareness
Guided Meditation for Expanding Awareness
Staying connected to our inner experience or our outer experience is difficult at the best of times, but when we get into social situations or in a chaotic environment, it can be even more difficult to connect with what's happening for us (how we feel, what we need, what we want to say etc.) and what's happening around us.
This meditation is a practise that helps to strengthen the ability to have awareness of what's happening in yourself and your environment.
I HAVE MY REASONS S02 EP03 with Lee Janzen
Season Two, Episode Three
In this episode of I Have My Reasons, Deandra Dey sits down with midwife Lee Janzen. Lee is a midwife with Sage Hill Community Midwives in Kamloops, British Columbia. Deandra had the experience of working with Lee in her first pregnancy and it was in her care that Deandra learned what it was like to be supported through pregnancy and birth from a model that values relationship, education, and empowerment.
In this episode you will hear about:
Lee’s personal journey into midwifery
The midwifery care model, history and stigma
Homebirth and hospital birth with a midwife
Birth Trauma and the importance of support in labor
Challenges that midwifery is currently facing
And more!
I HAVE MY REASONS S02 EP04 with Julie McCoppen
Season Two, Episode Four
The new episode of I Have My Reasons is with entrepreneur, photographer, birth educator, mother, doula (and honestly so much more) , Julie McCoppen.
Julie is an advocate and absolute powerhouse when it comes to supporting women and birth. Her company, Moga Moms, trains yoga instructors in pre and post natal yoga making yoga more accessible to the mothering community.
This is Julie’s second time on I Have My Reasons but his time she is accompanying Deandra in sharing her two birth stories, both of which Julie attended as a Doula. In addition to sharing the birth stories this episode covers:
The transition into second time motherhood
Motherhood
Homebirth
Hypnobirthing
Doulas and more
Resources:
Moga Moms @mogayogatrainings
I HAVE MY REASONS S02 EP05 with Cecile Tucker
Season Two, Episode Five
Deandra Dey sits down with Clinical Counsellor, Cecile Tucker. Deandra and Cecile worked together at a practise in Kamloops BC. Both Deandra and Cecile are passionate about trauma therapy and this episode covers all things trauma therapy.
More specifically they discuss:
Trauma
Complex Post Traumatic Stress Versus Post Traumatic Stress
The impacts of trauma on identity and personality
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
and more!
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