We walked into a Team Canada women’s rugby match as total newcomers and walk out as full believers after watching Canada beat England in front of nearly 19,000 fans at BMO Field. The night sparks a bigger conversation about why women’s rugby is so compelling and what its culture of trust, innovation, and real support can teach all of us.

• How a spontaneous plan turns into an unforgettable live sports moment
• Why women’s rugby feels uniquely inclusive across body types and strengths
• What makes rugby’s physicality so intense with so little equipment
• How Canada’s fast, flexible style creates an edge through unpredictability
• Why autonomy on the field depends on trust and shared leadership
• The unseen value of the helpers and “show team” in preparation
• The budget gap between top nations and how Canada stays competitive
• What real support looks like beyond social posts: buying tickets and showing up
• How Olympics visibility and university programs shape the talent pipeline

Go watch some rugby, go on Crave, watch all our four episodes.

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Because what’s left isn’t less. It’s everything.

We talk with Candace Sampson about building Girl Trips for midlife women, why we are starving for real community, and how saying yes can change everything.

• How women bond quickly when they drop the mask and have each other’s backs
• Why Girl Trips is “a connection company disguised as a travel company”
• The case for going analog in a world of bots, AI and constant screen time
• Examples of curated events and trips that make it easier to meet new friends
• Why midlife friendships can fade and how to rebuild them on purpose
• The internal battle of entrepreneurship, pricing and fear of judgment
• Behavior change, momentum and the simple power of saying yes once
• Candace’s divorce story, rebuilding stability and choosing remarriage on her terms

So it is girltrips.ca

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Because what’s left isn’t less. It’s everything.

We talk with author Karma Brown about the left turns that shape a life, from a cancer diagnosis at 30 to publishing her debut at 41 to the disorienting quiet of becoming an empty nester. We dig into why some transitions feel harder than the hard parts, especially when the world expects women to follow a script.

• The decade-by-decade pivots that redefine identity
• Cancer at 30 as a true before-and-after moment
• Infertility, embryos, surrogacy, and building a family in uncertainty
• Early parenting internet community before today’s social media pressure
• Learning to write novels through bad drafts and 100+ rejections
• What “women’s fiction” means and why the label frustrates so many readers and writers
• Empty nest emotions, community loss, and the temptation to fill the space too fast
• Stillness as a practice for strivers and planners
• Reading for pleasure versus reading like a working writer
• How book ideas start with a character and research accumulates over years
• The next pivot, late diagnosed ADHD, and the urge to continue becoming (beekeeper or pastry chef??)
• The performance of womanhood and whether we “buy into” the expected narrative

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Because what’s left isn’t less. It’s everything.