This week, Mikaela Brewer reads a poem about someone who has recently experienced sexual assault or violence. When they encounter a kind person in a coffee shop the morning after—who treats them very differently—they wrestle with the many emotions, feelings, and memories that arise.

Here's an excerpt of the poem (the full written & visually formatted versions can now be found & read at mikbrew.substack.com!):

But the boy brought my coffee and held it out with both hands until I took it with both hands And he spoke, “You’re b…” He looked down, breathed out, and said, “I love your style” with the kindest furrowed brow smile I’d felt loved by in a long while.

Listen to this week's episode to hear the full poem! If you’d like to share your moment or memory on the podcast, please head to tinyurl.com/bravingthewaves.

Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve.

Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resolvve.ca to get the support you need.

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This week's blog post discusses what you can do to make the most out of therapy.

Read here: www.resolvve.ca/blog/6-tips-to-get-the-most-out-of-therapy

Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve.

Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resolvve.ca to get the support you need.

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This week's poem and episode use a Tanka, a Japanese form of poetry usually a single unbroken sentence with 31 syllables. The number of lines (when these poems are translated into English) is typically 3-5 to spotlight the twist or turn in the last third or so of the poem. With the beginning of a new school year and the approach of fall, I wanted to create an episode that can serve as a sort of reminder/mantra to love and fill ourselves abundantly from the inside out, which, of course, allows us to offer rich and colourful love to others.

Here's an excerpt of the poem (the full written & visually formatted versions can now be found & read at mikbrew.substack.com!):

I offer you as many arms as a tree and I pray you believe in enough to fill them with your leaves instead of paper…

Listen to this week's episode to hear the full poem! If you’d like to share your moment or memory on the podcast, please head to tinyurl.com/bravingthewaves.

Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve.

Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resolvve.ca to get the support you need.

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This week's blog delves into common misconceptions about therapy.

Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve.

Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resolvve.ca to get the support you need.

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This week, Mikaela Brewer’s poem explores a student’s experience of feeling overwhelmed nearing back-to-school season. Sometimes, though the best preparation is soaking up every last ounce of summer, we forget that this includes rest (the same way an extra few hours of sleep before an exam will often be more beneficial than a few more hours of late-night studying).

Here's an excerpt of the poem (the full written & visually formatted versions can now be found & read at mikbrew.substack.com!):

We’ll wander around our house thinking about preparing while really, unable to think.

We’ll stand in our shower trying to scrub & rinse away overwhelm by scribbling those three words across the flexible fibreglass in the milky soap-ink of shampoo, conditioner, hot water & cold: back to school.

Listen to this week's episode to hear the full poem! If you’d like to share your moment or memory on the podcast, please head to tinyurl.com/bravingthewaves.

Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve.

Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resolvve.ca to get the support you need.

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This week's blog discusses how to overcome driving OCD.

Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve.

Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resolvve.ca to get the support you need.

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On this week's Braving the Waves, Mikaela Brewer reads a poem that explores the painful experiences some people have around their birthdays. As with any milestone, birthdays can be marked and haunted by emptiness and feelings that we haven’t accomplished or fulfilled our purpose enough (among other things). This poem attempts to reframe birthdays in a supportive way.

Here's an excerpt of the poem (the full written & visually formatted versions can now be found & read at mikbrew.substack.com!):

And I wondered, what if birthdays were every day rather than once a year?

If every day were one of birth?

Because more days for birth means more soil space for seasonal joy and the way it changes & charges us.

Listen to this week's episode to hear the full poem! If you’d like to share your moment or memory on the podcast, please head to tinyurl.com/bravingthewaves.

Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve.

Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resolvve.ca to get the support you need.

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On this week's Braving the Waves, Mikaela Brewer reads a poem about someone who didn’t know how to help a struggling parent/guardian who offered abundant love, imagination, and play while they were alive.

Here's an excerpt of the poem (the full written & visually formatted versions can now be found & read at mikbrew.substack.com!):

I knew what I needed to do the moment the headlights came on, after which, it gets to be later & later— bluer & bluer— reminding me that all windows close & this one especially fast.

Listen to this week's episode to hear the full poem! If you’d like to share your moment or memory on the podcast, please head to tinyurl.com/bravingthewaves.

Disclaimer: This Podcast and all of our mental health learning and educational content is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Noah and Simon do not take this therapist-client role in any way for Resolvve.

Please seek professional help if needed. Go to www.resolvve.ca to get the support you need.

Follow us on Instagram (@resolvvementalhealth), TikTok (@Resolvve), and Youtube (@resolvvementalhealth).