Canadian Podcast with ZAK

Newfoundland country artist Justin Fancy on honing his craft for the world to hear.

What does it take to hone your craft as a country artist? How do you go from a small town in Newfoundland to the national stage?

Expect to learn: how Justin blends classic country songwriting with today's country sound, the story behind his Music Newfoundland and ECMA wins, and how his single Makes Me Wanna climbed to #1 on Sirius XM Canada's CBC Country chart.

Maeghen Cotterill on over 30 years of practicing martial arts and what it does for the soul.

What keeps someone practicing martial arts for over 30 years? What does martial arts do for the soul?

Expect to learn: what three decades of martial arts practice looks like, what the practice does for the soul, and why martial arts stays with someone for a lifetime.

Certified RTT Hypnotherapist Kate Semeniuk on how hypnotherapy can help you visit past traumas and PTSD.

How can working with your subconscious mind resolve inner conflicts? Can hypnotherapy help with fears, phobias, and panic attacks?

Expect to learn: how Kate overcame postpartum depression and mental blocks through her subconscious mind, how RTT hypnotherapy finds the root of mindset challenges, and how she helps clients with fears, phobias, anxiety, and panic attacks.

Award-winning photojournalist Leah Hennel on documenting the pandemic and more.

What is it like to document history through a lens? How do you capture a pandemic in photographs?

Expect to learn: how Leah documented the pandemic in her photo book Alone Together, what 20+ years of photojournalism in Calgary taught her, and what it is like covering the Paralympic and Olympic Games.

Edmonton singer songwriter Robyn Ashley on focusing on our strengths and letting our weaknesses go.

What happens when you focus on your strengths instead of your weaknesses? How does music bring joy to a community?

Expect to learn: how Robyn's values of community engagement and authenticity shape her music, how she brings joy to others through performance and song, and where to follow her original music journey at @robynashleymusic.

Country singer Cam Bogle on his journey to emerge as one of Canada's top country musicians.

What does it take to go from a career-ending hockey injury to the country music stage? How do you build 480,000 followers from the ground up?

Expect to learn: how Cam shifted from hockey to music after injury, what it is like opening for stars like Kane Brown and Dustin Lynch, and how his single Walking Out The Door hit #1 on the Canadian iTunes Country chart.

Author and hiking guidebook writer Andrew Nugara on his love of the peaks and hiking Canada's Rockies.

What draws someone to the peaks of the Canadian Rockies? How do you turn a love of hiking into bestselling guidebooks?

Expect to learn: Andrew's journey from Rugby, England to Calgary, how his bestselling RMB guidebooks came to be, and what a high school teacher of physics, math, and music knows about the Rockies.

Country musician David Boyd Janes on finding your true calling and honing into that skillset.

How do you know when you have found your true calling? What does it take to hone into that skillset?

Expect to learn: how David found his way from Toronto into country music, how his solo career began in September 2017, and what honing your skillset looks like as a rising country artist.

Website: https://www.davidboydjanes.com/
Tour dates: https://www.davidboydjanes.com/new-tour
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidboydjanes/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMg6_YV9puwzuEjOvXNL6dA

TV host Jenny Steele on finding a work/life balance in show business.

How do you balance a career in show business with family life? What does it take to juggle TV hosting, voice work, and two kids?

Expect to learn: how Jenny went from dancer and choreographer to TV host, what she learned interviewing stars like George Clooney and Sarah Jessica Parker, and how she balances hosting, Barre classes, and family life.

Renée Safrata on building better leaders for today and tomorrow.

What does it take to build better leaders? How do we prepare leaders for today and tomorrow?

Expect to learn: what building better leaders looks like, how leadership can be developed for today and tomorrow, and Renée's approach to growing leaders.