How Lack of Pay Transparency is Screwing You, Resilience 101, and Canadian News Crisis

Allison Venditti from Moms at Work joins me to discuss pay transparency. If you’ve never heard of pay transparency before, but you’re one of the 1.5 million women who have recently lost their job and you’re now actively seeking employment, you’ll definitely want to know about the tactic used to pay women and people of colour less. Anne Brodie continues to round up the best of the best to keep us busy at home with entertainment and this week she has a round up of films from around the globe including one from France called Lupin available on Netflix. Plus she shares her thoughts on Our Friends starring Jason Segal, Dakota Johnson and Casey Affleck. Not gonna lie, the trailer for this one had me crying the big ugly tears, you’ll want to stock up on tissue before watching. The hottest buzzword we’re all throwing about in 2021 is resilience, but what is it and how do we get our hands on some of that. Komal Minhas, an internationally known resilience expert joins me to share how you can become more resilient in 2021 with five simple steps. Where are you getting your news from? Chances are you find headlines through Google or Facebook. The problem is that 80% of Advertising revenue that used to go to Canadian media is now being funnelled to tech giants outside our country and that puts the squeeze on news organizations who pay journalists for investigative reporting. That’s bad news for Canadian content, and equally as bad news for democracy. I share 10 minutes of my interview with Heather Bakken from ipolitics in today’s show, but it’s such an important topic, you can catch the extended interview on podcast. From headlines to waistlines. How many times have you started a new fitness routine and then quickly forgot about it? Sharon DeVellis feels your pain, and joins me to discuss ways to simply get more movement into your life, without signing up for expensive programs and unattainable fitness goals. Finally, we’re digging for goals not gold around here at What She Said and Justine McDonald is here to help. A mom of two, entrepreneur and coach dedicated to helping career- driven moms maximize their work and home life through online courses, events, coaching & the Mama's Got Goals Planner, Justine is here to give us a nudge in the direction of our dreams.

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