Latest Lisa bush Podcast Episodes
How to be a lifelong artist with Micheline Maylor
Stories Within Us - April 20, 2023 04:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPoet, acquisitions editor, and award winning professor, Micheline Maylor examines the craft of being a lifelong artist. Micheline discusses the importance of paying attention to what we are feeling, cross pollination of ideas, and breaking patterns. We also discuss being brave in your writing. M...
Changing the world with better stories with Natalie Meisner
Stories Within Us - March 22, 2023 11:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWhen Natalie Meisner started her career in theatre, she was cast for roles that didn't represent the women she knew or the women she wanted to become. So Natalie started writing her own plays. In today's episode, poet, playwright, and professor Natalie Meisner discusses the importance of LGBTQ2S...
Parenting in the age of AI with Leslie Salgado
Stories Within Us - March 08, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn the second episode of our two-part series, journalist, photographer, and AI researcher Leslie Salgado guides me step by step through AI ethics, ChatGPT, and parenting in the age of AI. Leslie explains, "Their world is going to be heavily influenced by AI… For me it's not about prohibiting or ...
Healthy expression of emotions with Leslie Salgado
Stories Within Us - February 22, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn the first episode of our two-part series, journalist, photographer, and AI researcher Leslie Salgado and I dive deep into the world of emotions. Leslie shares the importance of releasing our emotions and trusting what our emotions tell us. Leslie speaks to her solo exhibit, Emotions Allowed, ...
The art of living wild with Heidi Barr
Stories Within Us - February 08, 2023 05:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAuthor Heidi Barr shares how to live with intention and the importance of ceremony, rewilding spirituality, and contemplating the wild silence. Heidi explains, "Being in relationship with the outdoor world is the foundation of my writing." We discuss her newly published book, Collisions of Eart...
Writing and healing with with Wakefield Brewster
Stories Within Us - January 25, 2023 06:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCalgary's Poet Laureate, Wakefield Brewster, explains the intersection of art and healing. Wakefield and I discuss unlearning, why communication is essential, and how art has the potential to soften the blow of heavy messages. Wakefield speaks about getting our thoughts out on paper—even the dar...
This year's takeaways: relationships, rest, and being illogical
Stories Within Us - December 28, 2022 06:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this solo episode, I look back at the year and share my thoughts on parenting (one might think I have it figured out by now, however, that's not the case), rest, and embracing the illogical. Today's episode is full of resources for those who might be in the midst of parenting chaos, yearning...
Education as a human right with Dr. Wing Kar Li
Stories Within Us - December 07, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsNeuroscientist and public school advocate Dr. Wing Kar Li examines the current state of Alberta's public education and explains what we should be paying attention to right now. Wing discusses how current policy is moving Alberta public education backwards & why education should be a top priority...
Comprehensive school health with Dr. Angela Grace
Stories Within Us - November 16, 2022 06:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe health of our kids in schools is vital, and currently in Alberta, devastatingly precarious. This is such a timely conversation with Dr. Angela Grace on the importance of comprehensive school health. Dr. Angela Grace discusses how body image is a social justice issue, how consent is far more...
Body image, health, and consent with Dr. Angela Grace
Stories Within Us - November 16, 2022 06:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDr. Angela Grace discusses how body image is a social justice issue, how consent is far more complex than saying yes or no, and how our current health curriculum has the potential to cause harm, "Once you start treating the body as an object rather than an experience, the significant problems st...
ADHD in women and girls with Shannon Smith
Stories Within Us - October 26, 2022 18:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn the second episode of our two-part series, photographer Shannon Smith and I dive into our lives with ADHD. We discuss how ADHD presents as parents, as creatives, as women. How we, as neurodivergent folks, tend to mask and the repercussions of masking. Finally we explore the beauty of being ne...
Breaking toxic parenting cycles with Shannon Smith
Stories Within Us - October 12, 2022 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsArtist Shannon Smith and I discuss how parenting patterns run deep and stopping toxic cycles is sometimes like looking off a cliff into the abyss. How certain environments can cause us, and our kids, to mask. How Shannon and I both are unlearning relationship patterns and learning how to re-pare...
Nurturing our Gender Diverse Kids with Anna Murphy
Stories Within Us - September 28, 2022 20:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPolitical-minded powerhouse for 2SLGBTQIA+ and women’s issues Anna Murphy shares how parents & educators can create spaces our gender diverse kids need. She speaks to what needs to be done for gender diverse kids in Alberta's schools, communities, and beyond. And provides us with next steps to f...
Healing and Music with D'orjay
Stories Within Us - July 13, 2022 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCountry music artist, healer, and author D’orjay speaks to us about healing, music, and her book, SHIT MY SHAMAN SAYS. D'orjay shares her healing journey and how it led to her work as a Shaman and Pranic Healer. Dorjay explains that a shaman is, "Someone who sees light in the darkness." In tod...
Motherhood Tax with Dr. Maki Motapanyane
Stories Within Us - June 22, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDr. Maki Motapanyane explores the ongoing, unceasing tension that exists for women navigating motherhood and careers. I found this conversation refreshingly validating; Maki doesn't downplay the challenges mothers in the twenty-first century face. I think that Maki says it best with this line ...
Radical Self-care and Communal Self-care with Dr. Bri Wiens
Stories Within Us - May 25, 2022 04:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this podcast episode, I speak with activist-scholar Dr. Bri Wiens on radical self-care and communal self-care . Bri and I discuss the invisible labour that women are currently expected to do in the academy and in other places of work. Bri shares her research on feminist shadow networks, exp...
Radical Self-care with Dr. Bri Wiens
Stories Within Us - May 25, 2022 04:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsI speak with activist-scholar Dr. Bri Wiens on radical self-care and communal self-care. Bri and I discuss the invisible labour that women are currently expected to do in the academy and in other places of work. Bri shares her research on feminist shadow networks, explaining, "They are quiet w...
Treating Stories With Care with Tomi Ajele
Stories Within Us - April 27, 2022 04:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday's episode is with Calgary writer, journalist and truth teller Tomi Ajele. Tomi shares with us the importance of slow journalism, creating your own blueprint and treating stories with care. Tomi speaks to the intent behind the media collective, Afros In Tha City, saying, "We don't want to...
The Importance of Empathy, Conversation, and Action with Nagwan Al-Guneid
Stories Within Us - April 20, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSustainability Leader, mother, and activist Nagwan Al-Guneid explains explains how the climate crisis is not gender equal or gender neutral. Nagwan discusses her vision for the future of energy and the importance of empathy, conversations, and coming together to create a just energy plan. Nagwan...
Getting Unstuck with Miche Priest
Stories Within Us - April 11, 2022 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsRecovering hustle culture disciple Miche Priest walks us through the process of getting unstuck. She provides three steps we can take to finding solutions: widening the lens (not hyper focusing on two binaries), getting missing data, addressing the risks/fears holding us back. Miche also speak...
Have the audacity to dream
Stories Within Us - April 06, 2022 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWhy we need to dream—and dream big—especially during challenging times. I share my thoughts on why we must dream our own dreams and not what society expects us to dream. I tell a story involving a spreadsheet (because spreadsheets are beautiful) about how taking ownership of my dreams is somethi...
Modern Sexism and Anger
Stories Within Us - March 30, 2022 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings"Modern Sexism simply denies that sexism exists. This is the most insidious form because it doesn't argue that men and women should be treated differently, but rather claims men and women are already treated the same." - Dr. Kristin Neff In today's episode, I discuss something that has been on ...
Finding the helpers amongst the chaos with Crystal Reynolds
Stories Within Us - March 23, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis conversation with designer, observer, and fellow creative Crystal Reynolds was sparked from a recent post where Crystal wrote, "...I’m on the lookout to find the helpers amongst the chaos." I was intrigued. In this episode, Crystal and I discuss her journey as a creative, her design work w...
Home, Identity, and Nationalism with Mifrah Abid
Stories Within Us - March 09, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsActivist and Advocate of Racial Equity, Mifrah Abid explains the meaning of home. Mifrah challenges my beliefs on home and identity—and if there is one thing I love, it's a conversation that expands my thinking! We discuss our thoughts on nationalism and Mirfah explains the concept of jingoism ...
S5E2 Home, Identity, and Nationalism with Mifrah Abid
Stories Within Us - March 09, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday I speak with an individual that I have been listening to and learning from for a while now, Mifrah Abid. Mifrah is an activist, advocate of racial equity, and the creator, producer and host of Across Her Table Podcast. In this episode, Mifrah challenges my beliefs on home and identity (a...
Unapologetically Taking Up Space with Shahzia Noorally
Stories Within Us - March 02, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday, I speak with proud introvert and gentle disrupter, Shahzia Noorally. Shahzia shares her story of showing up authentically in her career and unapologetically taking up space. Shahzia is the host of the Colour Gap Podcast, which I listen to and love, and speaks to how this has been an outle...
Advice to Our Younger Selves with Kate Cordell
Stories Within Us - December 29, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis episode with educator, mother and one of my favourite people in the world, Kate Cordell. In this episode Kate and I reflect back on our 20's when we first met each other and give our younger selves advice. This is a conversation about forgiveness, self compassion—and most of all—laughter an...
Asking Your Partner for Help Part II: Primary Contact, Me vs. We Problems, Micromanaging
Stories Within Us - December 20, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this two-part holiday series, I take on my first ever solo podcast to discuss a few practices for moms looking to lighten their workload. These are five simple practices that you can use year-round but are especially helpful over the holidays. To the moms who are feeling overloaded or like yo...
Asking Your Partner for Help Part II
Stories Within Us - December 20, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this two-part series, I take on my first ever solo podcast to discuss a few practices for moms looking to lighten their workload. These are five simple practices that you can use year-round but are especially helpful over the holidays. To the moms who are feeling overloaded or like you are dr...
Asking Your Partner For Help Part I: Recognize, Ask Questions
Stories Within Us - December 15, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this two-part holiday series, I take on my first solo podcast to discuss a few practices for moms looking to lighten their workload. These are five simple practices that you can use year-round but are especially helpful over the holidays. To the moms who are feeling overloaded or like you a...
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