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INSIDE STORIES exists to foster connection in a world suffering and dying from disconnectivity. It seeks to examine the stories we tell and don’t tell and how that impacts us. The INSIDE STORIES People in Places Podcast examines specifically our relationship with Place and its influence on our ways of existing, our beliefs about ourselves and others, and our sense of belonging…or not.
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Connecting with people in places. Because when we connect we care and, when we care, we take better care... of ourselves and one another. Stories save lives. Tell me your inside story. “I love your guts!” -elemem
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017 | The People of Reset Series: SUNSHINE
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Send us a Text Message. Kiona Mercer-Tremblay (AKA Sunshine) talks about her life growing up in Canada's foster care system, how that experience shaped her and still informs her experiences and interactions to this day. She also talks about what a gift meditation has been and shares the legacies of her parents, Maurice and Bernadette. Have your tis…
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016 | The People of Reset Series: PLAY WRITE
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Send us a Text Message. David Jerome (AKA Play Write) talks about his "loss of faith" moment, the impact it had upon his sense of belonging, and how it led him to truth-seeking in all contexts. We discuss the moral moment the world is having, cancel culture, and the downside of inclusion. David casts his light on the concept of grace and the nature…
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Send us a Text Message. Yucca talks about life growing up in Toronto's Little Jamaica, her soul-connection to nature and her Nahuat roots, and how her insatiable curiosity was born. She shares ideas for decolonizing finance and the ways each of us can benefit from adopting and integrating an Indigenous worldview into our daily lives. GUEST BIO: Yuc…
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Send us a Text Message. Photo Credit: Cherie Wai Christie Wong (AKA Pom) weaves together the fabric of her Self and brings us an episode that is contemplative and meditative while simultaneously challenging the status quo with each new thread revealed. She talks about what it means to her to find belonging in third culture, how integral art and cre…
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Send us a Text Message. Darius Bashar (AKA Wolfee) gets right to the heart of the human condition in sharing what he sees when looking through the lens of his camera, and how he helps his subjects see what he sees (leaving this podcast host momentarily breathless in the process). He discusses the impact growing up with seven fierce women had on his…
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012 | The People of Reset Series: SPECIAL GUEST, RESET CO-FOUNDER AUNTY AWAKE
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Send us a Text Message. Hima Batavia (AKA Aunty Awake) discusses her current works, exploring the ancestral stories we hold in our hair. She shares her deeply personal (and ongoing) journey into self-acceptance, and how the co-founding of Reset (yes, THIS Reset) came to pass. This is a very special episode with a truly remarkable woman. If you're c…
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011 | The People of Reset Series: UNLEARN
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Send us a Text Message. Photo Credit: Zahra Siddiqui Dean Lobo (AKA Unlearn) shares his brilliant perspective on what it means to be queer, the importance of grace, and how play and rest are radical acts in a world bent on transactional productivity. This conversation is as warm and wonderful as Dean himself. It's a treasure of an episode and could…
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Send us a Text Message. Jeff Harry (AKA Uche) and I discuss the epidemic of loneliness, key contributors and potential solutions, the essential nature of play, and how it once stopped a war for a day. This episode is high energy and a bit of an intense ride. Buckle up! And stick around until the end, when Jeff shares two of his tried and true metho…
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009 | The People of Reset Series: PARADISE
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is dedicated to the family and friends of Michael Murray in his memory. Nikola Steer (AKA Paradise) talks about her roots in the Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood of Toronto, her passion for weaving together contrasting and complimentary aspects of art and the architecture of life, and her passion for play and wond…
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008 | The People of Reset Series: REEF
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Send us a Text Message. Bobby Beckett [AKA Bobby Valen] (AKA Reef) explores the question, "Who are you?", the critical need for a reexamination of how public spaces are designed and used, and lessons gleaned from observing life under water. GUEST BIO: Bobby Beckett is Queer, Trans, born and raised in Toronto, a creative producer, production manager…
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Send us a Text Message. Annisha Lashand (AKA Bliss) talks about sacred internal places and her relationship with trees, her struggle with integrating dualistic aspects of Self, and the moment she knew the People of Reset were her people. GUEST BIO: Annisha Lashand is a writer, artist, and healer. She's served as the Director of Marketing for two (g…
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Send us a Text Message. Danila Stone (AKA Cloud) talks about their place of origin, trusting their instincts in their journey to Selfhood, and how they navigated the expectations of others while drawing their own roadmap. This conversation is, like Cloud, raw and real and at times hilarious. GUEST BIO: Danila Stone (they/them) is a multifaceted cre…
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005 | The People of Reset Series: PLANTAIN
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Send us a Text Message. Monika (AKA Plantain) discusses her lived experience as a third-culture kid—the daughter of a Russian mother and Nigerian father—the gift of belonging everywhere and nowhere, how seeing her multi-faceted self in the faces of Reset is what drew her in, and the way the Reset community helps fulfill her need for "Vitamin I". GU…
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Send us a Text Message. Russell Winkelaar (AKA Spiff) discusses accessibility and the lack of it at all levels of society, simple solutions that could be immediately implemented, and the cost to society as a whole when the right voices are absent from the rooms in which accessibility decisions are made. In his gentle manner Russell offers perspecti…
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Send us a Text Message. Arwyn Carpenter (AKA Gorge) talks about how he figured out he was Trans, the challenges and liberation of living into his true identity, the joy derived from his recent foray into the art of Burlesque (Stage Name: Gorge Michael), the fluidity of gender, and breaking down the colonization of bodies. GUEST BIO: Arwyn is a Quee…
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Send us a Text Message. Genevieve Melito (AKA Rain) talks about her journey of self-discovery after some major life changes, the perils of conflating productivity with self-worth, why a fellow Resetter (Mars) likens her to a cartoon character, and how she (Rain) believes Reset is bound by magic. GUEST BIO: Genevieve Melito is currently on a search …
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Send us a Text Message. Cover Photo Credit: Zahra Siddiqui, @the_invisiblemajority e.m.lourde (AKA Duke) talks about music, courage, his connection to his faith and family, and his commitment to changing the collective narrative. You can find him on socials @e.m.lourde and on his YouTube channel: EMLOURDE. GUEST BIO: E.M. Lourde is a hip-hop musici…
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Lara Margaret Marjerrison talks about finding herself in the aftermath of her sister’s suicide.
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