THIS BODY: STORIES OF EXISTING OUT LOUD

Living in a body isn’t for the faint of heart.

This month, we’re talking about the real, raw, hilarious truth of existing in skin, bones, and everything in between. What our bodies have endured. What they’ve surprised us with. What it means to exist out loud when the world has a million opinions about it.

These are stories of survival, celebration, and finally calling the shots about the bodies we live in.

MEET OUR INCREDIBLE PERFORMERS

Team 20s - Daleah Chong is a student at Toronto Metropolitan University for RTA Media Production and a multidisciplinary artist specializing in creative direction, photography, and social media content creation. She is also a dancer, singer, and actress. Passionate about expressing, Daleah draws from her experiences growing up with a creative mindset to inspire others and curate confidence their own artistic practices and paths. She is dedicated to exploring and sharing what it means to live as a creative individual. Portfolio

Team 30s - Kaitlin Bick is an Anti-Human Trafficking Specialist at Victim Services Toronto with over 8 years of frontline experience supporting survivors of human trafficking, gender-based violence, and housing precarity. A graduate of Seneca College’s Social Service Worker Program, she also holds an Advanced Counselling Certificate and extensive training in trauma-informed and anti-oppressive practices. Kaitlin has worked across multiple agencies including East Metro Youth Services and LOFT Community Services, providing peer support and advocacy in high-risk, community-based settings. She also supported families at BOOST CYAC, as well as delivers training to law enforcement, service providers, and the public on domestic sex trafficking and survivor-centred care. Driven by lived experience, Kaitlin is a powerful advocate committed to dismantling stigma, centring survivor voices, and promoting systems change through education and frontline action. Instagram

Team 40s - Brittany Loignon is a Toronto-based Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Tantra Reiki Master, and founder of Belle Love Integrative Therapy. Her work integrates holistic, trauma-informed psychotherapy with mind-body practices, supporting people in developing meaningful relationships with themselves and others through collaborative, evidence-based care. Brittany’s approach is shaped by professional training and lived experience as a mother and divorcee, informing a grounded, relational, and emotionally attuned way of working. She supports individuals and relationships navigating transition, rupture, repair, and self-discovery, meeting people with honesty, presence, and respect for their lived realities. With a background in sociology and psychology, a specialization in deviance, and two decades of research into human behaviour, Brittany’s work centres on ethical love, examining how honesty, autonomy, communication, and personal values foster expansive ways of relating, with particular attention to ethical non-monogamy, identity shifts, intimacy, and what she defines as “shadow cultures.” Beyond the therapy room, Brittany is a speaker, writer, and community advocate. WebsiteArticleInstagram

Team 50s - Liz Doyle Harmer - MBA, CPCC, PCC, is the Founder of Ello Leadership and a former yoga studio owner, where she helps people navigate change and step into what’s next. She’s spent over 20 years working across strategy, entrepreneurship, coaching, and facilitation, supporting leaders at organizations like Google, JP Morgan, and Johnson & Johnson to lead and perform under pressure. A mom of four, her work is grounded in a simple question: how do we unlock more of what’s possible in ourselves and use it to make things better for others?

Team 60s - Charmain Emerson- bio coming soon

Team 70s - Marylin Robinson is a retired Social Worker who focused primarily on adult and geriatric psychiatry. She was also contracted to the Attorney General's Office to provide psychotherapy for survivors of domestic violence in her private practice. Her greatest honour is being the mother of two outstanding daughters and an amazing granddaughter. She highly values being in a fulfilling marriage. She cherishes family time and also fills her retirement with painting, Tai Chi, line dancing, camping, and caring for her two dogs