The big decision

Should you take that job? Move to a different city? Have a baby? Life is full of big decisions, and it's easy to get stuck in the 'what ifs' of it all. So on this episode, we're jumping in with five people weighing some of the biggest decisions of their lives, and what they're doing to make sure it's a decision they won't regret.

Meet Kanina Holmes, who at the age of 57 finds herself in an unusual position: deciding on a new name for herself. She was never given a middle name by her parents, and always felt like her name was incomplete. So how do you go about naming yourself as a fully-grown adult? And what happens if your teenage children think the shortlist of names you've chosen are super lame? Kanina reveals all — including the name she's decided on.

Alvin Singer is debating getting his father’s Auschwitz prisoner number tattooed on his left arm, the same place it was forcibly inked onto his father during the Holocaust. It's a deeply personal — and also controversial — decision. Alvin’s daughter, Jessica, has heard her dad mulling over this decision for decades. So she’s introducing him to Gary Kapelus, who recently got his own father’s Auschwitz prisoner number tattooed on his arm. Through an intimate conversation with Gary and the help of his daughter, will Alvin resolve his decades-long dilemma?

When Brady Rogers decided to run for city councillor, it was a bit of a surprise. The Kelowna entrepreneur and brand new dad turned his reluctance into a campaign, running on slogans like, “I barely want to do this” and "Just trying to pay my rent." Turns out authenticity works: he won and is now learning the ropes in his new gig. We check in with Brady during his first week as a city councillor and find out how he’s going to handle all the big decisions coming his way.

For George Armstrong and Alysha Mendez, it was love at first sight when they met over a Guinness in London, England. There was just one problem. Alysha is from Barrie, Ontario, and George is a life-long Londoner. Now that they've made the decision to get married and settle in Barrie, George and Alysha share the biggest adjustments so far.

For the last two years, comedian D.J. Demers has been debating whether to trade in his hearing aids for cochlear implants. Days before the procedure (that he's already rescheduled twice because of fear), D.J. walks us through the hopes and worries of this life-changing surgery.