Life is full of challenges, including global crises, political divisions, and personal struggles. It can leave you feeling drained, anxious, and burnt out, especially when there seems to be no end in sight. Join Matthew Makak and Tanuja Ramchal as they explore how to navigate difficult times with compassion, resourcefulness, and agency and without sugarcoating your experiences.

Here's what's covered:

• Embracing joy, imagination, and childlike wonder as acts of self-care
• How "safe spaces" can sometimes keep us feeling stuck and what can help us to move forward
• When "holding it together" becomes another form of suffering
• Why liberation requires empathy and allowing yourself to be changed by your experiences
• Finding community & belonging in unexpected places and fleeting moments

Improv isn’t just theater or comedy—it offers practical tools for handling uncertainty, building relationships, and staying adaptable in your career. In this episode, Christine Browne-Munz and Tanuja Ramchal share improv principles which have helped them to take risks and embrace possibilities outside of the status quo.

Whether you’re interviewing, delivering presentations, or working with others on projects, the skills discussed in this episode can help you form deeper connections, respond to unexpected situations with presence, and bring a sense of play, creativity, and innovation to your work

Here's what's covered:

• How improv helped Christine deal with performance anxiety and embrace the unknown
• How the principle of "Yes, AND" fosters collaboration—even when you don’t agree with others
• Why inclusive workplaces feel like an improv stage: psychological safety, trust, and room to take risks
• The reason Christine celebrates getting turned down for jobs instead of fearing rejection
• Why authenticity isn’t a one-time choice but a daily practice that requires reading the room

Menstruation is often viewed as an inconvenience and seen as a taboo topic when it comes to career, even though it's a reality for all women. In this episode, Michelle Wolter and Tanuja Ramchal, explore the power of menstrual cycle awareness (MCA) and why women tracking and honoring their cycle is a radical act of self-care and a form of activism.

Here's what's covered:

• Going Beyond the Bleed: why menstrual cycle awareness is about more than just having a period and understanding the four phases of a woman's monthly cycle
• Reframing PMS: embracing the “falling apart” and "emotional" phase of the cycle and what it looks like to meet the needs of your body during this time
• Listening to Your Body: learning to trust internal cues over external pressures and how to deal with your inner critic
• Confidence vs. Conformity – how forcing yourself to operate outside your natural cycle and fitting into patriarchal norms is often mistaken for confidence
• Standing in Your Truth – what it takes to go against the grain, align with your body’s wisdom in your career, and live cyclically