Running Wild With Christine

Alright Lovers! Let's steer away from all this seriousness in the air. Naomi Loud and I decided to take you on a little ride through our weird little brains. We talk about our personal approaches to social media and grappling with the fact that total strangers know some of the most secret parts of us. We talk about memoir writing, painting, curating your creative process, doing drugs (and not doing them) as an intro! We then focus on Astrology! Naomi introduces me to definitions of psychic, clairvoyance and weird empath things that happen. Our dear darlings, listen to yourselves! Lots of easy self-care and therapy advice in here, in a very personal way, to deal with anxiety and feelings. For more on Naomi, follow her Instas @naomi.loud or @witchywaters and don't forget to check out her youtube page https://buff.ly/2QyK2f1 and her Medium page: medium.com/@naomiloud Thanks again for listening! Please, please, please share, subscribe, favorite and all the clicks. Love you! (Sorry about my hangover voice...

Lutze Segu, PhD student at the Social Justice Institute at UBC, is my guest for this riveting episode - the Fourth instalment on Feminism. She's been a social justice organizer and social worker for over 6 years, and took the time to speak to me about all things critical race theory, intersectionality, #metoo, patriarchy and consent! I want to thank her for taking the time and emotional labour to teach me about my privilege (time and time again), radical inclusion, #blacklivesmatter and social justice. Bottom line: Empathy is good - but we got work to do. Check out Lutze's Twitter @FeministGriote References: Kimberlé Crenshaw, American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory: @sandylocks on Twitter Debby Irving, "Waking Up White": www.debbyirving.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

Brooke Takhar, from MissTeenUssr.com, came over to chat about life with me. This incredibly open conversation made me feel so good about sharing feelings, stories and connecting with people on a deeper level. Topics covered: Motherhood, Writing, Sexual Awakening, Contraception, Periods and Miscarriages, via bitching about random life inconveniences. Trust Brooke to make you laugh through some of the cringey-est of experiences! Listen in for your daily dose of belly laughter and vulnerability! Check out her FB page @missteenussr for more! :) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

Bryce, a dear friend of mine, is now one of Canada's most successful Powerlifters! He will be the subject of an upcoming documentary and his willingness to be vulnerable obviously hit all of my nerd spots. Listen in on his personal journey from a scrawny, metal band frontman/bartender, to setting two world records, winning three medals at world championships and being a successful entrepreneur! We discuss how life changes in tiny little increments, and how eventually life takes you to the unexpected. I couldn't help but think: where are my small choices taking me? Food for thought y'all, food for thought! Please subscribe to this podcast for more random and vulnerable content! Check out Calgary Barbell's youtube channel below, and @calgarybarbell on Instagram! https://www.youtube.com/calgarybarbell For more about powerlifting and apparel head to: www.calgarybarbell.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

This week Rebekah, film producer extraordinaire & marketing PM, shares her journey with me from turning 30 (and understanding what not giving a fuck means) to starting Fired Up, her own production company, detouring via the role dedication and passion have played in her creative successes. Honesty, respect and vulnerability are discussed as they relate to leadership, career transitioning and working for free sometimes! (Ooh controversy.) Listen to this very exciting, fun and bubbly episode if you've ever felt stuck, like time was running away from you and like everyone else was achieving their goals except you... because we have! This can be your pep talk (weird choice for a pep talk surely, but if you're here, we already know you're a bit weird!). You can check out Rebekah's films on her website: rebekahrenford.com and check her out on twitter @b3kah! Check out "I Want To Make You Happy" for her latest project! twitter.com/@IWTMYHfilm As always, please please please SUBSCRIBE! --- Support this p

Nell from woman-on-top.co.uk came over to my virtual living room to talk about her goals, normalising sex (!), our books and general misdemeanour. Nell and I have lots in common, so sorry if we just agree a lot, but listen in if you still wonder what the benefits of being open about sex are! She also gives you a bit of courage to say what you mean in certain circumstances (awkward families for example), cause we all need a little push! (Intersectional feminism also discussed, because duh.) Sorry about some of the feedback at some points, tech can be tricky! Check out Nell's instagram because it's amazing: instagram.com/womanontop_nell Thanks for listening my darlings! As always, favourite, follow, subscribe, like... all that jazz. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

Dr Neil Fox from the cinematologists.com podcast comes to speak to me about his film Wilderness (baracoapictures.com/wilderness) and relationships in general. We ramble on about loving ideas, living in confusion, privilege, and unlearning destructive habits & assumptions. Listen in if you want to share some deep dark thoughts about creativity, voices that need/needn’t be heard and unsure answers. For more about Neil and all of his projects head to drneilfox.com ! Please follow, subscribe, rate and review this podcast if you like it! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

Well, well. Steph and I had a great time recording this one! She was gracious enough to send me a galley of her book "A Dirty Word" to read, and boy do we get into some serious topics. Ranging from body and soul, to pathologizing women's sexuality, to non-consensual, coercive sex, to the lack of desire or orgasms, to making family members super awkward, we cover it all! In the name of helping us all be more comfortable with the uncomfortable, and hopefully paving the way to a better sex ed system, and a healthier and safer sex-positive future. We are not broken, nor deficient. We are all in this together. For more on Steph and her amazing list of resources: www.stephauteri.com Don't forget to pre-order her book! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

Hello lovers! We are back!! Let me introduce you to one of my oldest and dearest friends, Sophie. She's a Human Rights professional, a intelligent, purposeful feminist and a kick-ass wife. She and I take twists and turns trying to redefine relationships, communication channels, values and self-confidence for ourselves. What does a contemporary feminist marriage look like for her today? What do her and I have in common? What can we do to set ourselves free of society's pretty little boxes and live without the weight of labels? Tune in for more. (Also, sorry about the rambling at some point, we had to do this one twice due to equipment failure. Humans are imperfect, we did our best! Also thankfully Sophie got us back on topic!) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

OK! Disclaimer: suicide and depression discussed in depth. My lovely friend Devon S. was gracious enough to let me into his head, his battle against depression and our common difficulty staying on topic. We do go down a few rabbit holes: Are creatives more prone to depression? Why can’t people just listen? How are European universities free? But in between random celebrity and film trivia, Devon tells me about his experience calling a Suicide Hotline. Anyhow: this is a good episode if you want to know more about what it might feel like to be depressed and how to potentially speak to a loved one who might be/is depressed. Random thing I said I would put in the bio: “White Cat, Black Cat,” by Emir Kusturica For help and support in the UK: www.samaritans.org  For the US lifeline: suicidepreventionlifeline.org  In Canada, www.crisisservicescanada.ca --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

James Gates, writer for Culture Trip, and I discuss today’s topic: Toxic Masculinity. After reading “The Descent of Man” by Grayson Perry (https://buff.ly/2L1HhDI), James had a pivotal moment of understanding his own consciousness of gender stereotypes. The book is a great read, but according to James, recognising how detrimental to society as a whole it is, creating awareness is not enough. Creating dialogues about toxic masculinity is where it needs to start. Therefore, we go into our individual experiences, into the toxicity of labels and the changes we try to make every day. Most importantly, we address the reality that change is hard. Challenging norms is hard work and vulnerability really should become the basis of human interactions. For more on James: https://theculturetrip.com/authors/james-gates/ @jamespetergates on Twitter & Insta Shout outs & References: Jo on Twitter! @Jowebber1981 Satan’s Whiskers, https://buff.ly/2LAvWHG On Eurydice Dixon, https://nyp.st/2HRSbX4 --- Support this

Adam Lannon and I discuss his experience being a feminist from a male perspective, in a Post-Me Too world. We talk about meeting at the Cannes Film Festival, the changes we've seen, and most importantly the differences we can make as individuals. Part of the problem with this challenging topic is that it’s really hard to speak about it. Whatever we say will be wrong for somebody. So indulge us. We really did our best, from our limited individual experiences. To know more about Adam, you can find him on Insta @iamadamlannon, on twitter @adamlannon and here https://buff.ly/2KNbCXg Please rate, review and subscribe! Shout outs to: Frank Mannion! You rockstar. Alix Wilton Regan: https://buff.ly/2N40bHz and Twitter @AlixWiltonRegan Young Hot Bloods, at the Long Sight Theatre: https://www.longsighttheatre.com/young-hot-bloods Dr Neil Fox @drneilfox Ashes, by Sophie Black: https://buff.ly/2m5yF0T @sophieblackfilm Video version of this podcast to come @RealTimeRadical on Youtube & Facebook --- Support this

Welcome back to #RWWC! Today, you meet Léa, one of the women behind femmedufutur.wordpress.com Through her blog, she advocates for a whole new brand of feminism, open conversations with a healthy dose of self-awareness and doing whatever the f*$k you want in the end! Dudes, this is an episode that you will like, because we are genders at peace! Enough pitting people against people: let's love and support each other. Léa is a kick-ass French friend of mine, who, like me, has been a single gal in her twenties for a little while.. and so naturally we decided to talk about Commitment! Woop! There's so much to say about this feared topic and we must never ignore the systemic factors of individualism and cultural background, gender implications and relationship expectations. Yet again, communication and consciousness are the tools we need. It's not easy, but it's so evident: become aware of what you want and need, and make compromises! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/suppo

In this funny yet insightful episode, Paulie and I discuss life in all its glory, messiness and difficulty. Starting off with the drunken debauchery of how we met, we move on to travel and being a chef, and cannot go on without addressing the news of Anthony Bourdain's suicide. We do our best to discuss depression, seeking help, our personal experiences with mental health and the extraordinary effects of speaking out. If you are struggling, we see you, we love you and we need you. If you are not able to reach out, we will. You can reach Paulie @pauliechef84 on Instagram, and as for me, it's still @christinewild_ on both Twitter and Insta! Thank you for listening, be gentle with yourself and remember we are all doing the best we can. For help and support in the UK: www.samaritans.org For the US lifeline: suicidepreventionlifeline.org In Canada, www.crisisservicescanada.ca --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

Anita Cassidy is back! We know how much you loved Episode 6, so we are back for another round of deep questions on social standards in our relationships. We all prefer to feel good, don't we? But what happens when we experience "negative" feelings within relationships? How do we discuss them in relationships that do or don't have solid communication tools in place? We give you our best advice and share some personal stories of our recent struggles. For you London folk, Anita and I will be in London on July 5th at her social on Extraordinary Conscious Relationships. Meet us between 6-10pm at Black & Blue, across from Waterloo station. More info on Anita's site nomoradicalrelationships.club Let's take this conversation IRL and have some drinks! As always, please rate, review and subscribe so I can keep doing this awesome work. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

Hello lovers! Meet Sunny. Sunny is my wicked smart friend. She's drop dead gorgeous and a solid gal. Together, we decided to discuss the challenges we face when dating, when choosing jobs, or merely being ourselves. If you too face the problem of being called "intimidating" or "scary", this one is for you. We also discuss privilege, unconventional career paths, relationships as they evolve through your twenties and the hard task of letting yourself be vulnerable. I thank her for speaking from the heart, because this one was super real. Join the #vulnerability and #honesty revolution. Subscribe and rate this podcast for more awesome content. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

Well, this week, we decided to give your brain a bit of break. So have a glass of wine and talk nonsense with Amy and I. We catch up post-Cannes (still sorry about my voice) and tell you about the weird instances when acupuncturists knew us better than we know ourselves. There are also some Book Two scoops in here, never before told stories of mine. Are you open to the universe? Please, subscribe rate and review this podcast on iTunes so we can start trending, y'all. And do tell us what you want to hear! @christinewild_ are my insta and twitter handles. In the meantime, enjoy your weekends. As Amy would say, coeur coeur love. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

Well, ladies and gents, it was my pleasure and privilege to chat with Dr. Shannon Chavez about masturbation, Body Sex workshops, mediation, Mind/Body approaches to sexual health and fulfilment and so much more! Shannon has so much positive energy radiating out of her and I hope you can all feel it through your headphones. This is your time to think about your orgasms, your me time, the place you allow pleasure to take in your life! I'm so sorry about my voice - I had just come back from the Cannes Film Festival, and let's just say it was taxing! Her website is a phenomenal source of information, so please go check it out: www.drshannonchavez.com You can also find out more about Betty Dodson here: www.dodsonandross.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

Episode Ten has my friend Kelly S. and I chatting about feeling like we don't ever fit in. From travelling to unlikely careers, we share our experiences. We also discuss some of our crazier drunken black outs, and life's crazy rollercoasters. Never before divulged stories inside! To all my "outsider" friends, we're here, and we love you just as you are. For more about her businesses in Geneva, check out: www.hashtagpopup.ch and these two handles on Instagram: @creativenomad_ and @kelloushka. Mine is @christinewild_ on both Twitter and Instagram, if you somehow didn't already know! Please subscribe, rate and review so we can get more content out to your ears! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

You're in for a treat! Chris Erickson, professor of Political Science at UBC, and as off recently Certified Tantric Practitioner with the Institute of Authentic Tantra Education, in Vancouver, BC, chats with me about Sex and Politics. What could the two have in common? Way more than you think! In this episode, Chris and I unpack our understanding that the approach to healthy societies is in many ways the same as the approach to a healthy sex life. The most helpful tools seem to be honesty, mindfulness, compassion, and my personal favorite, empathy. Tell us what you think about our analysis! Check out www.authentictantra.com for more information on Chris' Wife Devi's institute, and if you're at #UBC, take his classes. I'm serious, do it. It changed my life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support