In This New Season
Episodes
Is Control Keeping Me Safe— or Keeping Me Stuck?
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do we do when everything that used to make us feel capable—high achievement, tight control, pushing harder—suddenly stops working? In this co...
How Do I Make My Kids Feel Safe When I Never Did?
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we’re parenting our children while still healing the little one inside us? In this episode, I sit with a mother and survivor of ch...
How Do I Know If I’m Using My Time Well?
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to feel good about how you’re spending your time — especially when no one is watching, and you’re the one in charge? Julie A...
What Becomes Possible Without the Mask
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s conversation with Aaron took my breath away. It’s one of those episodes that doesn’t just talk about transformation — it embodies it...
When the Story You Didn’t Choose Becomes Your Life
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when your life changes in ways you never imagined—or agreed to? In this deeply moving conversation, our guest shares the unthinkable ...
How Do I Find Me Again?
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the guilt you feel about resting isn’t a flaw—but a reflection of a culture that never modeled anything else? In this live coaching sessio...
I Built a Life I Love — So Why Can’t I Rest?
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this live coaching-style episode, I sit down with Patrick—a wildly talented artist, parent, and self-employed creative—who’s built a life wit...
How To Listen To Your Body When It’s Unreliable?
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your body can’t keep up anymore—and the world doesn’t wait? In this conversation, I sat down with Meaghan, whose experience wi...
Krista Doyle: Not A Cookie Cutter Person
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Krista Doyle is the creator of Beast-Mode Mommas Female Fitness and Wellness on PEI. Krista is masterful at creating community and unabashedly express...
What Is a Successful Life? With Heather Gunn McQuillan
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Gunn McQuillan is the co-owner of Nature Space Resort in beautiful St. Peter’s Harbour, PEI. Heather massively redefined her understanding o...
Out of Your Head and Into Your Breath with Jenn Mansell
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you curious about breathwork? If you feel overwhelmed or have a highly stressed nervous system, or if you want to deepen your healing and get out ...
CBC Q’s Tom Power: Living with Anxiety
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kailea talks with Tom Power, the award-winning host of CBC’s Q. Originally from NFLD, Tom has a disarming charm and a great sense of humour. He is c...
Sensitive Hearts Road Trip with Mary Clements
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Clements is a counselling therapist from PEI who now lives in B.C. Mary specializes in anxiety and trauma healing. She loves to work with introve...
Sarah Beaton: Talking With Kailea’s Mentor
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Beaton is an intuitive coach and sound healer, and she is one of Kailea’s most cherished mentors. In this episode Kailea and Sarah talk about:...
Tara MacLean: Creating Your Own Medicine
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tara MacLean is an internationally renowned and award-winning singer/songwriter originally from PEI. Tara has written and recorded eight solo albums a...
Sheena Russell: Can I Handle It?
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sheena Russell is the Founder and CEO of Made With Local. Originally from PEI, she is now based in Nova Scotia. Sheena started her business at local f...
Rich Knox: Creating a Self-Caring Life
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rich Knox is a professional musician who lives on PEI. He is the drummer for the band Danko Jones, and also offers wellness coaching through his comp...
Megan Sant PART 2: Motherhood and Creatively Reimagining What Freedom Means
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kailea and Megan continue their deep dive into her identity as an artist and a mother. In this episode, they explore fears and insecurities that accum...
Megan Sant PART 1: Can I Be a Mother AND a REAL Artist?
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Sant is a friend of Kailea’s from Los Angeles (and she is married to Jack Shih, another podcast guest from this season). Megan is a trained fi...
Redhead Roamer: The Grief and Love We Carry
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie McQuaid, also known as PEI’s “Redhead Roamer,” shares her personal experience with grief. Stephanie lost her mom 11 years ago, as well...
Jack Shih PART 2: Caught in the Draft (Avoiding Embarrassment)
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Shih is a friend of Kailea’s that she met while living in LA, teaching his daughter kindergarten. Jack is an Emmy Award-winning Animation Dire...
Jack Shih PART 1: Do I Like My Own Brain?
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Shih is a friend of Kailea’s that she met while living in LA, teaching his daughter kindergarten. Jack is an Emmy Award-winning Animation Dire...
Paige Martin: What’s (Painful) Sex Got to Do With It?
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paige Martin is a pelvic floor physiotherapist and the owner of PEI Pelvic and Breast Health. Paige and Kailea talk openly about common issues that m...
Emily Howard: Strength in the Softer Side
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Howard is an island-based visual artist who creates soothing art often inspired by Island landscapes. In this conversation, Emily and Kailea con...
The Art of Becoming Ourselves with Greg Alsop
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Alsop is the producer of In This New Season (and Kailea’s husband!). He has been the drummer of Tokyo Police Club since the band was formed ...
Gratitude Coloured Glasses with Julia Campbell
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alyssa and Kailea have the pleasure of sitting down with Julia Campbell, a remarkable individual who is deeply involved in her family...
Burnout: Why Does This Keep Happening to Me?
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Britt Gaudio repeatedly finds herself in high-intensity roles where she feels overworked, unsafe, and ultimately burns out. With an incredible capacit...
Self-Acceptance and Authentic Living with Alicia Toner
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Alyssa and Kailea as they have a heartfelt conversation with Alicia Toner, the talented Canadian Folk Music Award Winner / Solo Artist Of The Yea...
Closing the Millennial Child and Boomer Parent Gap with Bonny Scott
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bonny Scott is an Adult Child Relationship Coach. She specializes in working with moms to create a healthy, meaningful connection with their adult ch...
Human Design with Steff Sullivan
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steff Sullivan's deep insights and expertise in human design shine through in her discussion with Kailea and Alyssa. From her upbringing in a smal...
When Work Comes First with Claire Seaborn
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kailea sits down with her friend Claire to talk all things prioritization. Claire enjoys many things in life to the complete fullest, but what do you ...
Motherhood, Living Publicly and Designing a Life that Works for your Brain with Dr. Lauren Holden of Lau’s Healthy Life
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alyssa and Kailea sit down with Dr. Lauren Holden from East ND and Lau’s Healthy Life. This conversation covers many topics, but a few things focuse...
Things Are Changing
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 4 of the Podcast - some changes are taking place, but beautiful heart opening conversations will continue. After a lot of thought, A...
Our First Live Episode
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Alyssa and Kailea for their first live podcast recording with 50 of their dear friends and listeners in the audience at Upstreet Craft Brewing in...
Kate Beaton: How Home Shapes Our Imagination
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Beaton, New York Times Bestselling author and winner of Canada Reads 2023, chats with Alyssa and Kailea. They talk about the pull of heartache an...
Embodying Self-Love with Blake Caissie
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kailea and Alyssa sit down with Blake Caissie aka Zsa Zsa Zhoosh to discuss self-love, self-compassion, boundaries, and living authentically. In thi...
The Difference Between Healthy Pride and Arrogance?
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alyssa and Kailea sit down to discuss pride, arrogance, and so much more. A subject they didn’t know was so loaded…. listen as they unpack their d...
The Art of Style with Natalie Owens
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie Owens is the powerhouse entrepreneur behind Stil James Styling and Stil James Interiors. A friend of Kailea’s since their university days, t...
The Vulnerability of Being a Dad with Nick Gaudio
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alyssa and Kailea chat with Nick Gaudio about the often-unspoken vulnerability that can come along with adjusting to fatherhood, how to navigate ...
The Complexities of Friendships Part 2: We had our first fight
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alyssa and Kailea sit down to unpack the first challenge in their friendship. A fun trip took a turn when emotional resources were low and defensivene...
"Just Live" with Incurable Cancer Thriver Michelle Hughes
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Hughes joins Kailea and Alyssa for a conversation about life, love, loss and living with stage 4 incurable cancer. Michelle is a 36 year old ...
Inside Therapy: A Look Inside Kailea’s World
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode of the season, Kailea is answering all your questions about therapy. In this episode Kailea talks about: Why she became a t...
Money Shame: Healing our Relationship with our Finances with @MyMoneyFriend
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kailea and Alyssa welcome Ashley MacPherson of @mymoneyfriend to talk about a subject that many people feel a lot of shame around - money. In this epi...
Rebuilding a Life That Feels True with Meaghan Blanchard
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alyssa and Kailea sit down with their good friend and international singer songwriter turned marketing expert, Meaghan Blanchard. Meaghan explain...
Moving: Do We Regret It?
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kailea and Alyssa explore what they’ve learned from their various moves (NB, Toronto, Victoria, Boston and LA) and how they feel about coming back t...
What a Naturopathic Doctor Really Wants you to Focus on this Year
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kailea and Alyssa welcome their first (ever!) guest on the podcast with Dr. Céline Leduc from EASTND Naturopathic Centre & IV Lounge. In this epi...
Approaching the New Year Without Guilt or Pressure
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the Season 2 premiere, Alyssa and Kailea discuss how they approach the new year. They share some gentle rituals that help them set the year (or mon...
The Pain of Perfectionism
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When referencing perfectionism, Alyssa and Kailea aren’t talking about ‘the desire to do things perfectly’ but rather t...
The Comparison Trap
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kailea and Alyssa take on a listener request episode all about comparison, as they discuss some of the ways that they fall into the comparison trap. D...
Quitting Doesn't Mean Failing
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The word quitting can bring up so many emotions. Quitting can be hard to do but it can also be a decision that will bring you forward in life and in h...
5 Books that Changed our Lives
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Books can bring you into worlds you never knew existed, help you articulate what you were never able to put into words and make you feel more understo...
The Complexities of Friendships
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Friendships are one of the toughest types of relationship. The highs can feel larger than life and the heartbreaks can feel worse than imaginable. So ...
The Tidal Wave of Parenthood
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Parenthood is one of the most monumental shifts that people experience. Alyssa and Kailea definitely felt this way. In this episode they discuss how p...
In This New Season - Trailer
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In This New Season Podcast Learning This Life. Again and again. With your hosts Kailea Switzer & Alyssa Johnston One’s a counselling therapist a...