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Parenting Neurodivergent Youth: Navigating Adulthood Transitions with Confidence
Calling all parents of neurodivergent youth! 🌟 In today’s episode Michelle unravels the unique challenges of guiding your child from...
Almeera Eman
Apr 12, 202416 min read
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Neurodiversity & Gap Years: Support and Self-Discovery
Neurodiveristy is beautiful and unique - it’s what makes us all human - but does come with struggles experienced by neurodiverse folks...
Almeera Eman
Mar 26, 202416 min read
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Unlocking Wellness: Navigating Mental Health in Your Gap Year
Get ready for a deep dive into all things mental health 🙌 Majority of gappers choose to take an intentional pause to improve and support...
Almeera Eman
Mar 8, 202418 min read
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How to find your dream career on your gap year
Uncover the potential of gap years with expert Michelle Dittmer! In this podcast episode, she guides you through a month-by-month...
Almeera Eman
Feb 23, 202417 min read
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What is a Gap Year?
Curious about gap years in Canada? They're more popular than ever, but there's still a lot of confusion and misconception around them....
Almeera Eman
Feb 9, 202414 min read
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What to do with a University Drop Out
Parenting through a child's university dropout can be overwhelming, but you're not alone! In this episode, Michelle offers crucial...
Almeera Eman
Jan 26, 202420 min read
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How to have MORE FUN - According to our Book Club!
On today’s episode, Michelle Dittmer invites you to the CanGap book club, where we talk about Catherine Price’s transformative book, “The...
Almeera Eman
Jan 12, 202414 min read
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How to Pick a Uni Program (Or Not)
Attention high schoolers navigating post-secondary choices! Are you overwhelmed with the decisions of choosing a post-secondary pathway...
Almeera Eman
Jan 11, 202415 min read
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From Shy to Bold: Unveiling the Transformative Power of a Gap Year
Today's episode is all about Maddy's incredible gap year and travel journey with Carpe Diem Education! She shares how this transformative...
Almeera Eman
Nov 24, 202314 min read
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From Imposter Syndrome to Empowerment: 100 Episodes of Reflection and Growth
Welcome to the 100th episode of the Gap Year Podcast!! Today, Michelle celebrates this incredible milestone while reflecting on the...
Almeera Eman
Nov 10, 202316 min read
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How to evaluate the safety of gap year programs
Calling out all gappers and gapper parents 📣 are you leaving home for your gap year adventure either to another country or continent...
Almeera Eman
Oct 25, 202321 min read
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Why You Shouldn't Rush Yourself - With Jessica
Taking a gap year can be terrifying! You’re doing something completely different than your peers, there is so much uncertainty about the...
Almeera Eman
Oct 23, 202315 min read
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Why September's Actions will Make or Break your Gap Year
Happy New Year! Well, it’s not actually January, but doesn’t September feel like New Years anyway? A new season, new academic year and so...
Almeera Eman
Aug 25, 202311 min read
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The 3 Most Challenging Times of Year for Gappers
Taking a gap year can be a roller coaster of emotion and experiences. It's full of highs and lows, and each experience gives the gapper...
Almeera Eman
May 6, 20239 min read
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Fear is running your kids life and what you can do about it
Do you ever wonder what’s holding your young person back from applying for that job, trying out for the sports team or even asking that...
Almeera Eman
Feb 17, 202315 min read
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The Top 3 Parental Concerns about taking a Gap Year
We asked parents about their biggest concerns with their young person taking a gap year, and across the board their top 3 answers were:...
Almeera Eman
Dec 30, 202215 min read
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Teen Behaviour: How to support your teen in their transition to adulthood
As a parent you always want the best for your teen, but sometimes it’s hard to see eye to eye on what the “best” is with your young...
Almeera Eman
Dec 24, 202215 min read
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How to use ScholarshipsCanada and SchoolFinder to plan your post-secondary journey post gap year
Imagine if there was a website that would match you to the perfect post-secondary institution, program, scholarships and career path that...
Almeera Eman
Dec 3, 202214 min read
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How to Win Scholarships - Leveraging your gap year to fund your university tuition
We all know post-secondary education is very expensive and a huge financial burden that students have to carry. Thank goodness for...
Almeera Eman
Nov 18, 202220 min read
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Planning a gap year with help from CanGap: Brelan's Story
In today’s episode we invited the incredible Brelan, a CanGap alum who dedicated her gap year to self-growth, becoming financially savvy...
Almeera Eman
Nov 4, 202216 min read
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