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Where are they now? Lessons learned after life-changing moments

It can be hard to appreciate the lessons you’re learning while you’re in the middle of challenging times — that's why it is so important to look back.
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Whether it's dealing with loss, finding confidence in your body, or making the most of the time that remains: catch up with some impactful Now or Never guests. (Ian Bawa/Lynn Burton/Gaetan Benoit)
51:06Where are they now? Lessons learned after life-changing moments

It can be hard to appreciate the lessons you're learning while you're in the middle of challenging times — that's why it is so important to look back. 

Today Now or Never is reconnecting with some impactful guests. People who were in the middle of big changes during these two very intense years of a global pandemic.

From dealing with grief and illness, to finding meaningful work and ways to love your body — hear from people on the other side of life-changing moments.

  • In the fall of 2020, father and son Jack and Ian Bawa sat down for an honest conversation about how Jack's failing health, and Ian stepping into the primary caregiver role, was changing their relationship. Just days after that story aired Jack Bawa died. Ian comes back to share the lessons he's finding in grief. 

  • When we first met Lynn Burton she was struggling to embrace her body. After an intervention with "Body Liberator" Michelle Osbourne, Lynn did something she never had the courage to do: step outside wearing leggings! We check back in with Lynn to find out if her newfound confidence has continued.

  • Jennifer Ashley, also known as "Summer", was working as a stripper in Edmonton until COVID closed down clubs across the country. Like many, Jennifer pivoted to working virtually from home, starting an online strip show called Cellar Door. Now that clubs are open again, Jennifer shares the highs and lows of returning to stripping in person.

  • When we first spoke to them, Gaetan Benoit and Katrine Deniset were busy planning a wedding after learning of Gaetan's terminal cancer diagnosis. Today they are married and hoping for a baby, all while Gaetan's life continues to be affected by a growing tumour.

  • St. Stephen, New Brunswick and Calais, Maine are towns just metres apart. When COVID shut down travel across the international border, many residents were cut off from their family and friends. Despite strict isolation and testing requirements, Don Walker is committed to crossing the border for his mother's 94th birthday: only the second time he will have seen her in the last two years.

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