✨ On episode 5 of empowering xx, get ready to feast your ears on Chef Erica Karbelnik's culinary journey, as she shares her winning recipe for success in the kitchen and beyond in this mouth-watering podcast interview. Erica spills the secrets to her delicious triumphs on and off the TV screen, and shares her inspiring journey as a female entrepreneur in the food industry running Karbs Catering alongside her husband and mini-me (her toughest critic to date).

🎶 Music by Vishaal Sumra @stickitto_damaniosis

📸  Erica's IG: @chefericak

📸  Erica's catering and events IG: @bringonthekarbs

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✨ On episode 4 of empowering xx, Trista Chan challenges us to redefine what the word "diet" means to us. Specializing in women's health, Trista debunks the myths around hormones and food, gives advice on how to balance your insulin levels if you have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), tells us how to use supplements to complement a balanced diet with the foods you love, and reassures us that dietitians are not the food police. 

🎶 Music by Vishaal Sumra @stickitto_damaniosis

📸 Trista's IG: @thegoodlifedietitian

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✨ On episode 3 of empowering xx, Dina Shamlawi inspires us to look deep into our psyche and take better care of ourselves. Dina is a qualifying registered psychotherapist, a mom of two, and originally a teacher by trade. Her passion for helping her students is what nudged her into this career path, where she had to make the brave choice of doing yet another degree and changing careers after having her second child. Dina shows us that it’s never too late to make that tough call for the sake of following a profession that truly resonates with us, what therapy means to her, and other ways of seeking help.

This is the first part of my conversation with Dina, stay tuned for more about post-partum depression and a day in her life!

🎶 Music by Vishaal Sumra @stickitto_damaniosis

📸 Dina's IG: @heal_with_dina

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✨ On episode 2 of empowering xx, we are graced by the calming voice and wholesomeness of Andrea Figueroa, a health equity advocate working in a preventative healthcare clinic in Toronto.

Andrea's passion for global health bleeds through in this interview where she gives us a different perspective on volunteering, health policy, choosing your major, and above all, how to navigate a world with growing demands. 

🎶 Music by Vishaal Sumra @stickitto_damaniosis

📸 Andrea's IG: @andreafigueroa__

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✨ On the inaugural episode of empowering xx, we sit down with Nicole Adjeleian, studio manager at Orangetheory Fitness Fort York and coach (you'll be able to tell from her cool voice).

From dancing her way into The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (NY), to empowering sweaty members under the orange lights, Nicole delves into the hardships of letting go of dreams you've outgrown, managing a team, and how much you should deadlift. 

🎶 Music by Vishaal Sumra @stickitto_damaniosis

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🎙️ Introducing empowering xx: a conversation with strong women across various disciplines and how they are making a difference.

With this podcast, I invite you to use other women’s accomplishments as inspiration and your drive for change, instead of simply envying them or saying you could never achieve anything of that caliber.

Think of this as a portfolio for women everywhere, of what you could be. Whether you are building a career or thinking it’s time for a change, I hope this podcast can inspire you.

🎶 Music by Vishaal Sumra @stickitto_damaniosis

📸 IG: @coachinesk

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