Another great episode and guest for you to listen to folks! Before we jump into that we wanted to give you a content warning that this episode does discuss how trauma affects people but TW: SA does come up. We wanted you to know so you're up to speed before diving into this engaging episode.

Our guest is Melissa Sorokolit (she, they), she's the owner of Subflume, a small business dedicated to her art practice and services. She also owns and operates her other small business Sustainable Passion which is a zero waste store and offers Earth-based spiritual readings. Mel focuses her studies and energy on promoting sustainability and healing of the Earth and the self. Mel is the author of Getting Out of Bed: A Zine About Healing from Trauma.

On this heavy hitting episode we attempted to sort through the complexities topics. We talk about defining values and our life's calling, the pursuit of our passions and how that translates to quality of life, and how what we do, defines us, to ourselves and others.

On this amazing episode we welcome our friend Anna who has a tons to share on her journey to define and accept who she is. She's a white pansexual cis gendered female and she talks about what that identity means to her.

In this episode we welcome our guest Maaz Yasin to talk about his immigrant experience and his journey to find his Canadian identity. We go from our parents pressure on us to have successful careers to how our values affect our ability to feel at home and everything in between.

In this episode we welcome our guest Evan Murray to talk about investments and everything side hustle to build your personal financial portfolio. We go from our failures in math and how you can feel like just another employee, to what we want our lives to look like in 20 years.

In this episode we go from discussing how writing and listening to music helps us cope with all things life and emotions to the challenges of moving to a new country as a PoC and adapting to a very different culture. We talk about what human connection means and how important it is to find "your" community.

Want to grab a drink with us? Or any of our season 1 guests? Do you like appetizers? Find out how you can do all of these things in this episode!

Well that's a wrap folks! We're closing out Season 1 of F*** Small Talk with a send of from your hosts! Stay tuned to our Instagram, @fsmalltalk, for updates and teasers for season 2!

In this episode we welcome our guest Shinjini Sur to talk about unlearning in order to open your mind to new experiences. We go from the improv and how to get comfortable to with being uncomfortable, to how our biases shape the relationships in our lives and everything in between.

Another Off Topic - we're going back to back like our boy Drake! Join us as we review a new beer and talk about putting down roots, leaving your hometown, and coming up with a new sign off phrase (spoiler: we cut out like 30 horrible ones).

This edition of Off Topic features a new beer, some iconic childhood throwbacks, and Nick Cannon (disclaimer: he does not personally make an appearance on the pod). Join us as we attempt to review a beer while talking about women in leadership and how to define success.