From the office to the kitchen table - real conversations that connect the dots between health, finances, relationships, and parenting, helping you live a better life. Each week, A Better Life with Jenn Dean explores the challenges and choices that shape our lives. Through expert interviews, thoughtful listener questions, and Jenn's experience as a Certified Parenting, Life, Health, and Nutrition Coach, the show offers practical insights and concrete guidance for navigating modern family life. Whether it's finding balance at work, improving communication at home, or building healthier habits, A Better Life brings honest, down-to-earth conversations to help you thrive.
Latest episodes
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36 min
The Mind-Body Connection: Pain, Marriage and Communication
SEGMENT 1 Lisa Markham Chronic Pain Counsellor | HAAS Health Understanding chronic pain Lisa explores the experience of living with chronic pain, including its emotional and everyd…
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35 min
Survival, Staying Grounded, and Finding Connection
Jeremy Evans on surviving a grizzly attack and rebuilding his life; Aly Knoll on emotional regulation; Jenn on loneliness and building stronger friendships.
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35 min
Finding Support, Gratitude, Happiness & Courage
This Thanksgiving weekend, Jenn Dean explores what it means to build a better life—not just for ourselves, But for the people around us. From knowing when to seek mental health sup…
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36 min
Getting Ahead at Work Without Burning Out
This week on A Better Life, Jenn looks at how to get ahead at work without burning yourself out, why we need to talk to kids about mental health before they hit crisis, what ancien…
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35 min
Truth and Reconciliation: The Stories We Carry
SEGMENT 1 Cherie DuBois — Owner, Pass the Message Custom Designs & Apparel Overcoming & Breaking Cycles Cherie shares her personal story of overcoming trauma and substance use, bui…
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36 min
Communication, Assertiveness and Advocating
SEGMENT 1: After Kinsley’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis, Jennifer suddenly found herself learning how to advocate for her daughter while navigating significant challenges around the s…
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36 min
What Are You Carrying?
Segment 1 — Narcissism: What Is It Really? - Counsellor Sophia Wolsfeld helps separate narcissistic traits from narcissistic personality disorder, explains the patterns to watch fo…
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36 min
Calmer Parents, Stronger Families
Segment 1 — Dr. Kristin Cook Pediatrician and mom Dr. Kristin Cook explains why parents yell and shares a practical way to stay calm when stress takes over. Segment 2 — Coaching An…
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35 min
Rethinking School, Rethinking Stress
SEGMENT 1 Homeschooling: What It Really Looks Like Veteran homeschool mom Charity Mile busts common myths about homeschooling and shares what 24 years of teaching her children has…
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35 min
Stop feeling stuck and do the work without lying to yourself.
Segment 1: We are sitting down with business owner Maxine Paterson from Little Pillars Learning to explore how to help our tiny humans with literacy. Segment 2: Jenn answers an ema…
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35 min
Keeping Kids Safe - and Making Life Cost Less
Segment 1: Karla Sastaunik from CUPE Saskatchewan explains how education assistants are increasingly being asked to perform medical procedures such as tube feeding, wound care and…
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36 min
Finding Your Voice: Leadership, Resilience and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Segment 1 Regina’s first female police chief, Chief Lorilee Davies, shares what it was like building a career in a male-dominated profession, learning to trust her voice, and bring…
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36 min
Small Habits, the Odyssey Movie, Losing a child, Amber’s Law
Segment 1 – Desire Beats Discipline Summer is the perfect time to step away from our screens—but what actually helps us make lasting change? Jenn is joined by Regina naturopath Dr.…
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35 min
Facing Cancer with Mandy Kasper & Jody Carrington on Calming Overwhelm
From the office to the kitchen table - real conversations that connect the dots between health, finances, relationships, and parenting, helping you live a better life. Each week, A…
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36 min
Corliss Rassyle, Motivational Speaker and Leadership Coach & Farm Family Coach Elaine Froese
From the office to the kitchen table - real conversations that connect the dots between health, finances, relationships, and parenting, helping you live a better life. Each week, A…
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36 min
Fidget games teaching reading & holiday frustration
From the office to the kitchen table - real conversations that connect the dots between health, finances, relationships, and parenting, helping you live a better life. Each week, A…
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36 min
Raising Kids Safely With Technology
From the office to the kitchen table - real conversations that connect the dots between health, finances, relationships, and parenting, helping you live a better life. Each week, A…
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36 min
Fathers Day & Group Therapy
From the office to the kitchen table - real conversations that connect the dots between health, finances, relationships, and parenting, helping you live a better life. Each week, A…
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35 min
Mandy Kasper & Jody Carrington
From the office to the kitchen table - real conversations that connect the dots between health, finances, relationships, and parenting, helping you live a better life. Each week, A…
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36 min
Farmers Mental Health
From the office to the kitchen table - real conversations that connect the dots between health, finances, relationships, and parenting, helping you live a better life. Each week, A…