More Human, Together

More Human, Together Podcast With David Irvine & Hayley Irvine - Episode 79

Episode 78 - Resiliency, Ownership, Purpose, and Countering Loneliness: Lessons From a High School Musical Production

Episode 77 - Mental Toughness, Emotional Resilience, and Growing Together

Episode 76 - Connecting to your emotions, talking to your kids about the hard stuff, and bringing light to the world’s darkness

Episode 75 - Raising Resilient and Compassionate Kids: The New Toughness for a Changing World

Episode 74 - Embracing Uncertainty And The Hero’s Journey
Marin McCue, a former nationally ranked basketball star who had a full-ride basketball scholarship at a Division 1 University in California, shares her journey to realize that happiness and well-being cannot be fulfilled by external accomplishments. Thrust into the cauldron of existential terror, dissociation, and dangerous compulsions, Marin shares how she used the breakdown as an opportunity to rebuild her foundation, discover her buried authentic self, and find purpose and meaning in her life.

Episode 73 - Remembering Your Why, Deferring Ego and Responsibility, and Accepting Good Enough

Episode 72 - Embracing The Darkness, The Three Aspects of Life, and Listening to the Unwelcome; with Dr. Allan Donsky
A former Pediatrician and now retired child and adolescent psychiatrist,  Allan Donsky is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary. He is a consultant psychiatrist developing mental health programs at The Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine (Cinim.org) where he is also Board Chair. He also sat on the Core Committee of the Alberta Health Services Addiction and Mental Health Strategic Clinical Network (SCN).   Allan dedicates himself to community outreach and capacity building, facilitating workshops in academic settings, international conferences, not-for-profit agencies, and leading community groups. Allan addresses mental health challenges and languishing by encouraging deep inner transformative change to promote. His current research interests lie at the interface of psychiatry, contemplative practices, and secular spirituality. He says there is no mental health or wellbeing without spiritual health. Allan is finishing up a book about inside conversations he had with his patients and how we can all bring heart and soul to life.