Julie Trites

On this week’s episode Julie talks to Lisa Staples, a former professional accountant turned health coach and wellness advocate who says she spent three decades feeling fat, sick and depressed. Teased about her weight as a child, Lisa spent years obsessively dieting and exercising because she believed the only way to be happy was to…

In honour of Mother’s Day Julie and Michelle focus their conversation on topics related to maternal mental health. They reflect on their own first-time experiences of becoming moms and discuss the challenges they faced including postpartum depression and anxiety, the shame of not being able to breastfeed, guilt about going back to work and the…

On this week’s episode Julie talks to Kay Richardson, a successful business mentor, author and speaker from Miami, Florida. Shortly after having her second child seventeen years ago she began having intrusive, scary thoughts about harming her baby – a common symptom of postpartum depression. But because she was so ashamed and frightened, she never…

On this episode Julie and Michelle tackle self-care – from beauty products and bra fittings to working out and winding down – they discuss what self-care means to them, the things they do to stay mentally healthy and the things they need to work on. Spoiler alert: there’s plenty of room for improvement. Listen to…

On this episode Julie talks to her friend Allison Garber who was diagnosed in her early 20s with generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Listen to the episode here. Allison struggled her entire life, but didn’t appreciate the severity of her issues until she began an internship in Toronto and her symptoms began to rapidly…

On this episode Michelle joins Julie to chat about how they’re feeling now that the podcast is officially out in the world for all to hear. They also discuss several big news events of the week related to mental health including the Humboldt Broncos tragedy and Mariah Carey’s public announcement at she has Bipolar Disorder.…

Having a baby and becoming a mother is supposed to be joyful – but what if it’s not? On this episode Julie talks to Kristina Cowan about her experience with postpartum depression which was triggered by a traumatic birth experience. Listen to the episode here. Kristina is a journalist and her brush with postpartum depression…

Michelle Tadique is back to chat with Julie about staying mentally healthy and happy on social media. They tackle the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of using Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and they consider some tips for cutting down on mindless scrolling and avoiding the content that tends to trigger their anxiety. Listen…

On today’s episode Julie talks to Kendra Fisher. In the summer of 1999, Kendra was on the brink of achieving her dream of becoming a goaltender for Canada’s national women’s ice hockey team. She was invited to tryout camp, but didn’t get far before suffering a mental breakdown that would change everything. Listen to the…

On this episode Julie welcomes Michelle Tadique to the show to talk about anxiety, aging and whether or not she’s going through a mental health mid-life crisis. Listen to this episode. Michelle joins Julie every other week for a very honest and real conversation about how women’s mental health issues play out in the media,…