join margeaux, in conversation with their two best friends, to celebrate the publication of their first book, touch me, i’m sick: a memoir in essays.

Natalie Amber is a Certified Canadian Counsellor (C.C.C), working from Treaty 6 territory, Edmonton/ Amiskwacîwâskahikan / ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, homeland of many First Nations and Métis peoples. She offers psychotherapy services to clients across Canada, with an Internal Family Systems and parts work lens. She believes that nature is our most wise teacher, and when not working as a therapist, devotes herself to her decades-long passion for organic gardening. One of her main goals in life is to be as nerdy and informed about roses and rose care as possible, and to take a full account of all the different kinds of bugs who've made a home in her backyard garden'. She's delighted to be here to celebrate her dear friend Margeaux's memoir, and to discuss the important topic of illness and intimacy.

Varia Erochina is a somatic teacher and practitioner dedicated to personal and collective healing. Queerness, immigration, class struggle, and lived experience of complex trauma orient their work towards justice for all. Varia takes an integrated approach to long term healing, combining their training in Alchemical Alignment trauma resolution, Gestalt psychotherapy, spirituality and somatic parts work. Their popular course How to Feel offers practical education and embodied practice for feeling your feelings. They are the creator of Cards for Self-Care and offer 1-1 and group support, lead workshops, retreats, classes and more. Varia lives as a settler on Dish With One Spoon treaty territory in Toronto, Canada, and spends their free time making ceramics, taking road trips, walking in nature, and pulling tarot cards. Learn more at their website.