Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on December 23 and 24, 2023 on AM740 and FM 96.7 in Toronto. Topics covered on the show track the lifestyle articles and themes published in The Tonic Magazine. This week we’ll discuss Cretan health, wellness and hospitality with hotelier Petros Kardiakakis, how collaborative art can strengthen your relationship with you partner with artist  and author Spencer Brewer, the concept of ‘releasement’ with author Lucille Joseph and coping with depression over the holidays with author Faust A. Ruggiero

We specifically discuss:

Cretan Health, Wellness and Hospitality

  • What is Cretan hospitality?
  • Why is Crete so special?
  • Cretan cuisine
  • Sleep comfort
  • The best time to go to Crete
  • Greek mountain tea
  • Activities, sailing and other water sports
  • Organics

 

Collaborative Art and Your Relationship

  • Assemblage art
  • Relationships and time
  • Creating art as a couple
  • Does everyone have a creative impulse?
  • Coming together to do art
  • What flows from starting a collaborative artistic process?

 

Releasement

  • What does “releasement” mean?
  • Examples of releasement
  • Mindfulness vs. reacting
  • Answering “How are you?”
  • Changing our thoughts to create our reality
  • Meditation
  • The process of releasement

 

Coping with Depression Over the Holidays

  • How people with depression view the holiday season
  • Is SAD a factor in holiday depression?
  • The “set ups”: avoidance and isolation
  • Mitigating depression
  • Overcoming internal monologues
  • How to help someone with depression over the holidays?
  • Small steps

 

To learn more about show sponsor, Cretan Dream go here

To learn more about Spencer Brewer go here

To learn more about Lucille Joseph go here

To learn more about Faust A. Ruggiero go here.