Caitlin Plant

Episode 273: On Spring Cleaning and mental health

April 6th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  22 mins 55 secs

mental health, spring cleaning

This week Caitlin Plant, Program Manager, and Katelyn Doyle, Marketing and Communications Manager, talk about using spring cleaning as a form of self-care. They pull from two articles, (linked below), and discuss their own challenges and thoughts on spring cleaning.

Episode 272: Archive Episode: On a 7th Grader's View of Gender Roles and Bodily Autonomy

April 1st, 2024  |  Season 2  |  12 mins 23 secs

body autonomy, gender roles

In this archived episode, Caitlin sits down with her daughter, now a 7th grader, to gain her perspective once again on some current events. Together, they discuss gender roles, bodily autonomy, and the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade making the criminalization of abortion a reality in some states. If you would like more information or potential tips for managing stress related to these events.

Episode 271: On Gender-based Violence

March 25th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  23 mins 15 secs

gender-based violence, women

This week Caitlin Plant, Program Manager at DCO and Katelyn Doyle, Communications and Marketing Manager at DCO are talking about gender-based violence in Canada, and how we can best support those calling about gender-based violence.

Episode 270: On Womanhood

March 18th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  34 mins 12 secs

international women's day, womanhood, women

This week, Caitlin Plant, DCO Program Manager; Katelyn Doyle, DCO Communications and Marketing Manager; and Sabrina Popernitsch, a registered psychotherapist, have joined together to talk about their experiences with womanhood. They reflect on International Women's Day, motherhood, sisterhood, and their personal experiences with being a woman.

Episode 269: On Earth Hour

March 11th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  18 mins 2 secs

climate change, earth hour, environmentalism

This week Katelyn Doyle, Communications and Marketing Manager at DCO, is in conversation with DCO's Program Manager, Caitlin Plant about Earth Hour. This year, we are going lights out on Saturday Mar 23 from 8:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. According to EarthHour.org, “Last year, over 410,000 hours were given to our planet by supporters in over 190 countries and territories.” Let's do even better this year!

Episode 267: On Acting Intimacy Coordination pt 1

February 25th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  37 mins 42 secs

This week Katelyn Doyle, Communications and Marketing Manager at DCO, is in conversation with Rebecca Lashmar about intimacy coordination. Intimacy on stage can be a powerful tool for storytelling, but it also raises important questions about consent, boundaries, and safety. Rebecca Lashmar, is an actor, creator and intimacy professional.

Episode 266: On Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness

February 19th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  24 mins 56 secs

reproductive health, sexual

This week Katelyn Doyle, Communications and Marketing Manager, and Caitlin Plant, Program Manager, talk about sexual and reproductive health awareness! Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day falls on February 12th every year, which aims to educate individuals on sexual health issues and reduce the spread of STIs. Last week was also Sexual Health Week, running from February 12-16th. This year the message is “Sexual Health is for Everyone.”

Episode 265: Archived Episode - A Professional Approach to Report Writing for Clients

February 12th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  20 mins 27 secs

call report, professionalism

In this archived episode, we are revisiting a presentation by Lynn Brewin, Learning and Development Coordinator for Distress Centres Ontario, you will learn strategies to keep in mind when writing a call report. She will review the difference between subjective and objective writing and how to write without making judgmental statements. Quality report writing reflects your level of professionalism; it is testament of how well you perform as a call responder.

Episode 263: End of January Mental Health Check-in with Sabrina

January 29th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  20 mins 46 secs

mental health check-in, new years resolutions

This week Caitlin Plant, program manager at Distress and Crisis Ontario, and Sabrina Popernitsch, a registered psychotherapist, ground us with an end-of-January mental health check-in. They also discuss revisiting New Years Resolutions and being gentle with ourselves if we aren’t meeting the goals we set out to complete.

Episode 262: On the “Winter Blues”

January 22nd, 2024  |  Season 2  |  21 mins 12 secs

post-holiday letdown, sad, winter blues

This week Katelyn Doyle, Communications and Marketing Manager at Distress and Crisis Ontario, and Caitlin Plant, Program Manager at DCO, talk about Post-holiday Letdown and the "Winter Blues". This is an excerpt from the Spirit of Volunteerism webinar, a webinar hosted every third Wednesday of the month for DCO members. If you'd like to learn more about anything discussed in the podcast, these articles are linked below:

Episode 261: On Parasocial Relationships

January 15th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  29 mins 24 secs

parasocial interactions, parasocial relationships

This week Katelyn Doyle, Communications and Marketing Manager at Distress and Crisis Ontario, and Caitlin Plant, Program Manager at DCO, talk about parasocial relationships. Parasocial, as defined by Oxford Dictionary, is "Designating a relationship characterized by the one-sided, unreciprocated sense of intimacy felt by a viewer, fan, or follower for a well-known or prominent figure (typically a media celebrity), in which the follower or fan comes to feel (falsely) that they know the celebrity as a friend."

Episode 259: On New Year's Resolutions

January 1st, 2024  |  Season 2  |  20 mins 22 secs

on new year's resolutions

This week, Caitlin Plant, Program Manager at Distress and Crisis Ontario, and Katelyn Doyle, Communications and Marketing Manager at Distress and Crisis Ontario, have a conversation about New Year's resolutions, its history, the pressures of a resolution and how to reshape how you think of the New Year.

Episode 258: On Dealing with Grief Over the Holidays

December 25th, 2023  |  Season 2  |  22 mins 35 secs

on dealing with grief over the holidays

How to survive the holidays when grieving

Episode 255: On the Holiday Season with Sabrina

December 4th, 2023  |  Season 2  |  25 mins 43 secs

on the holiday season with sabrina

This week, Caitlin Plant, Program Manager at Distress and Crisis Ontario, and Sabrina Popernitsch, a qualifying registered psychotherapist, discuss the winter holidays and preparing for the stress of the season. They explore navigating family relationships, how to set boundaries, what the holiday season may be like for those who don’t celebrate this time of year, and more.

Episode 254: On Food Insecurity Pt 4

November 27th, 2023  |  Season 2  |  20 mins 21 secs

on food insecurity pt 4

Katelyn Doyle continues with part 4 of our series on Food Insecurity. This week she interviews host of the podcast Caitlin Plant, Program Manager, at Distress and Crisis Ontario, talking about food security and holiday preparedness. Together, they discuss more general food security resources for those who are struggling and how to support one another as we approach colder months and the holiday season.

Episode 250: Archive Episode: On Accessing Emergency Services

October 30th, 2023  |  Season 2  |  35 mins 30 secs

archive episode: on accessing emergency services

In this archive episode, Caitlin sat down with Benni, a Director on DCO’s governing board and a police officer in York Region, to talk about when and how to access emergency services in relation to a mental health and/or substance misuse crisis.