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This week we speak with Jenna Holz - Orthotist and owner of Brackish Bracing! She takes us on a deep dive into life as an orthotist. Basically she has the dream job of a host on Mythbusters mixed with changing people's lives with custom made orthoses. From Forest Gump leather and metal knee braces to high-tech killer robot mech warrior exoskeleton suits! There is nothing Jenna won't tackle.

Meet Jeremie, Brian and Taylor. Three best friends who understand that sometimes the best way to deal with illness, disease and life is simply to laugh. Laughter is the best medicine, right?

Dr. Graham Dellaire is BACK but this time we aren't touching CRISPR. Instead we dive into the sad reality that is COVID being transferred to marine mammals through our waste water! Doc breaks down the findings from the study titled "Pandemic danger to the deep: the risk of marine mammals contracting SARS-CoV-2 from wastewater" and it's fascinating but also a huge bummer. But hey, FGF wouldn't be what it is without a bit of real talk, right?

Cristina is a dietitian who lives with rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren’s syndrome! She told us muchachos how she manages her pain with nutrition and lives a full life being a mom, dancing and sharing her optimism with the world.

This week we bypass the silly willy preamble with the gang and jump straight into the world of mental health through the use of tech! Dr. Sandra Meier, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Dal, takes us through the upsides and downsides to using our phones throughout the day. We talk about the latest app she has developed meant to track your mental health and provide more insight into our own emotional well being!

Kristi is an emotional behavioural therapist and mom of three. She is also the caretaker to her son Ben who has a SUPER RARE brain condition called Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia Type 3. We're talking really, really, really rare. Like... only 6 people in the world with this particular type kinda rare! Kristi takes us through a day in the life of a mother caring for a child with special needs all while rocking a grade A Sickboy sense of humour. Mom of the year contender for sure.

This week the gang flow right into a phenomenal conversation with Melanie from One Love Foundation! We explore how love is a learned skill and how to spot the 10 Signs of Healthy & Unhealthy relationships. Furthermore, we dive into how COVID has had an impact on our relationships and things we can do to be better, friends, partners, and people in general. We love love. And we love you. Thanks for listening to our podcast.

Aaliyah is no stranger to tough times. A young woman who ran up against a Lupus diagnosis that only got worse during her pregnancy. From seizures to coma, to an infection that resulted in the loss of her leg, Aaliyah has seen some hardships. But with will strong like Ox she continues to push forward. All in the name of finding happiness and in providing her daughter with a wonderful life.

The team drops a mega huge announcement! Sickboy Podcast is officially the newest member of the CBC Podcast family. They immediately follow this announcement with a story of a man who poops through hammocks and wore a thong as PPE. Brian would like to profusely apologize for this episode. Jeremie can not contain his excitement for this episode. We speak with the one, the only, Dr. John Love. The man who performed an autopsy on a Fatberg that was longer than the leaning tower of Pisa. Get ready to suppress your gag reflex while we talk all things sewer waste and the importance of not flushing stuff down the sh*tter that isn't meant to go down there... like a set of false teeth.

Shelley Wiart is Métis and a member of the North Slave Métis Alliance, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. She is currently enrolled full-time at Athabasca University in her fourth year of a four-year B.A degree – Concentration: Sociology, Minor: Women & Gender Studies. She is the proud mother to three girls and has a passion for running and fitness. Shelley is the co-founder of an Indigenous-focused holistic health program, Women Warriors aimed at improving Indigenous women’s health outcomes. She facilitated this health promotions program from 2015-2018 and co-authored the 8 Weeks to Healthy Living manual. She trained Women Warriors facilitators for programs at Onion Lake Cree Nation (2018-2019) and through the City of Calgary (2018-2019). Shelley is now focused on the impact of digital storytelling in healthcare with her research project, Digital Storytelling as an Indigenous Women’s Health Advocacy Tool: Empowering Indigenous Women to Frame Their Health Stories Visit WomenWarriors.club to learn more.