Most people don't find out about Kayla's Children Centre until they need it. Mira Lax is the director of marketing at KCC, a school, therapy clinic, and camp for children with disabilities and complex medical needs in Thornhill. They support over 450 families a year, from six weeks old to 21, and this summer they are opening Camp Lionheart, the first-ever Jewish overnight camp in Canada designed specifically for kids with disabilities, in Muskoka. She joins us to talk about what it actually looks like to build a place where every child belongs.

We get into what truly accessible really means (it's not just a push door), the full range of kids KCC serves beyond wheelchairs, and how a summer camp can also function as a medical centre. Mira also breaks down the sibling program and what it's like for the seven-year-old in the family who doesn't always get talked about, the caregiver support that goes way beyond dropping a child off, and how to find KCC if you're a family that's overwhelmed and doesn't know where to start. Plus: the nonprofit model behind it all, and what it looks like when the work you do aligns with who you are.

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00:00 Intro

02:13 How KCC Started and What Makes It Different

05:18 A Facility Built for Real Accessibility

09:08 Camp Lionheart and the Medical Piece

10:47 Not Just Wheelchairs: Who KCC Serves

12:47 Ad: Guests on Earth

13:44 Jewish Values and Why Disability Doesn't Discriminate

15:21 Camp Lionheart: Opening This Summer

17:59 The Sibling and Caregiver Programs

24:16 How to Access KCC's Programs

26:45 If You're Overwhelmed, Reach Out

28:30 Finding Purpose at KCC

31:01 Final Thoughts

Dr. Radha Kohly is a medical retina and cataract surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a researcher in health equity, and a mother of four. She started as a dancer, followed her nose through Queen's and a PhD in visual psychophysics, and found her way into medicine the night before her match deadline. She joins us to talk about the eyes, the body, and the slow work of doing life on your own terms.

We get into the myopia pandemic and why two hours outside every day may be the most powerful thing you can do for your kids' vision, the daily screening habit Dr. Kohly teaches her own children, and what it really means to lose your sight. She also breaks down her concept of becoming a micro-revolutionary, why humility is a superpower in medicine, and why the purse she's currently designing is about so much more than fashion. Plus: self-love as the hardest practice she's ever taken on, and the difference between your underwear line and your couture line.

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(00:00) Intro

(01:05) Meet Dr. Radha Kohly

(07:38) Parenting: This Is Their Life Not Yours

(09:03) Eye Health and the Daily Screening Tip

(11:38) Vision Loss, Blindness and Independence

(20:52) Myopia Pandemic: Two Hours Outside

(23:29) Who Is Radha Outside the Clinic

(25:28) Becoming a Micro-Revolutionary

(30:53) The Superpower of Humility

(34:05) The Purse and Doing It Her Way

(37:24) Self-Love and Permission to Be Soft

(42:35) Your Couture Line: Feed Your Soul

(43:19) Final Thoughts

What does it actually take to stay at the top for over two decades? Natasha Koifman is the founder and president of NKPR, one of Canada's most respected PR agencies with offices in Toronto and New York. A Ukrainian immigrant, a teenage mom, and a basement entrepreneur, she built something extraordinary from nothing and has spent years doing it entirely on her own terms. She's been named one of Canada's most powerful women four times, raised over $35 million for the children of Haiti, and has a 47-story condo in Toronto with her name on it. She joins us to talk about what actually drives longevity in business and in life.

We get into why she only takes on clients she truly believes in, how she knew to open a New York office in 2009 when the market crashed and everyone told her not to, and why how you end something matters just as much as how you begin. Natasha also breaks down the state of PR right now, from influencers and GEO to why AI is word salad if it's not managed properly, and shares the one compliment that surprises people more than anything else.

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00:00 Intro

03:13 What Actually Builds Loyalty

05:39 Gut Instinct and Choosing Clients

09:30 Endings Matter as Much as Beginnings

11:41 The Power of No: Opening NYC in 2009

16:49 When Gut Knows Before Logic Does

19:35 Loyalty Over Money

21:39 Quick Fire Round

24:14 The Building With Her Name On It

29:33 How PR Has Changed

32:57 GEO, AI and Moving the Needle

38:09 Final Thoughts

The conversations nobody wants to have are usually the ones that matter most. Marla Maislin is a pelvic floor physiotherapist and owner of Bloom Physiotherapy, a women's health clinic in Toronto that sees women at every stage of life. From birth injuries and urinary leakage to painful sex and perimenopause, she joins us to talk about everything the healthcare system tends to skip over.

We get into what actually happens to the pelvic floor during and after pregnancy, why common and normal are not the same thing, and how so much of what women are told to just live with is actually fixable. Marla also breaks down what topical estrogen does, how tight pelvic floor muscles affect orgasms, why Kegels are not always the answer, and answers every unfiltered question Lani throws at her.

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(00:00) Intro(02:31) Birth Injuries and the System's Gaps(07:10) Common vs Normal: Urinary Leakage(12:31) What Happens at Bloom Physio(14:57) Hormones, Estrogen and Postpartum(17:25) Ad: Guests on Earth(18:23) How to Advocate for Yourself(22:07) Bladder, Sex and Orgasms After Baby(30:38) Bowel Changes Nobody Talks About(33:15) Lani's Unfiltered Questions(35:23) Dryness, Kegels and Perimenopause(42:56) Vulvar Conditions and the Gap(46:22) Final Thoughts

What if you've been thinking about longevity all wrong? Dr. Kevin Jardine is a high performance coach, chiropractor, and founder of FPR Longevity Gym, and he joins us to break down why chasing your "best self" in the future might actually be costing you your health today. From building seven health and wellness businesses to working with Olympians and elite athletes, Dr. Jardine has seen what actually works, and what doesn't.

We get into postpartum recovery and why pregnancy is the most physically demanding thing a human body can do, the difference between health span and performance span, and why the longevity space is full of noise that distracts people from the fundamentals. He also unpacks the caregiver paradox, mom guilt, and why negative self-talk is an evolutionary feature, not a flaw.

Plus: the real deal on Ozempic and GLP-1s, why stronger legs mean a longer life, the one wellness trend he says is sending people straight to his clinic, and the 10-minute daily routine he'd give anyone who's too busy to prioritize their health.

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00:00 Intro

01:06 Meet Dr. Kevin Jardine

07:47 Ad: Guests on Earth

08:44 Women's Bodies and Postpartum Recovery

16:46 The Caregiver Paradox and Mom Guilt

19:32 Why Negative Chatter Is Evolutionary

22:03 Living in the Present vs Chasing the Future

29:49 Longevity: Cutting Through the Buzzword

32:41 Function Over Form and the Ozempic Reality

37:00 How FPR Longevity Gym Works

38:29 Top Injuries and Why Aging Isn't the Supervillain

42:17 A 10-Minute Daily Wellness Routine

46:35 Fix the Fundamentals Before Trying Hacks

47:42 Protein, Fat, Fibre and the Supplements Dr. Jardine Takes Daily

53:48 Final Thoughts

Anthony Rose, chef and restaurateur behind some of Toronto's most beloved spots, opens up about what really happened behind the scenes of building eight restaurants, losing four of them to COVID, and what it felt like to watch something deeply personal become very publicly discussed.

He reflects on the moment a single review destroyed a restaurant overnight, why he stopped reading his own press entirely, and what he discovered when COVID forced him to slow down and focus on just one place. Anthony gets honest about the cost of building something personal in public, how he knew when to walk away, and why he's still showing up every day.

He opens up about microdosing, managing with ADD, the mural on Dupont and the woman who spent the night with Jimi Hendrix, and why, after everything, he still shows up every single day.

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00:00 Intro

03:08 Rose and Sons and How It All Started

07:49 The Queen Street Restaurant That Didn't Work

08:31 The Review That Killed a Restaurant

12:07 Fat Pasha Twelve Years In

14:00 The Dupont Mural and the Jimi Hendrix Story

17:18 Balancing Creativity With Running a Business

19:52 Knowing When to Open or Walk Away

21:36 Does Every Closure Feel Like a Failure

23:44 How COVID Wiped Out Half His Restaurants

25:39 What He Learned From Slowing Down

28:53 ADD Routine and Why Less Is More

29:04 How Fat Pasha Was Almost an Accident

33:55 Rapid Fire Questions

44:26 What Is Next For Anthony Rose

Devyn Olin is the founder of Cache, an influencer-led resale marketplace. She started out as a corporate lawyer, then set out to build a fractional investment platform for luxury fashion before pivoting into what Cache is today.

We talk about how she figured out the real problem in resale wasn't fractional ownership but friction, why she started with in-person closet sales before building the app, and what it actually looks like to build a tech company solo without losing your mind. We also get into the parasocial economy and why influencers are the perfect sellers, what holds its value in resale and what doesn't, and how Devyn learned to stop overthinking content and just post.

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00:00 — Intro

02:31 — Breaking Down Friction in the Resale Process

06:52 — Why Influencers Are the Right Customer

08:21 — The Gap Between Social Media and Resale

13:15 — Good for Business and Good for the Planet

15:03 — The App, the In-Person Sales, and How They Work Together

21:54 — Why Getting Your Hands Dirty Is the Only Way to Build

23:42 — Building Solo, Staying Motivated, and Posting Without Overthinking

28:27 — Systems, Routines, and How She Keeps Her Sanity

34:01 — Rapid Fire: What Holds Value in Resale and What Doesn't

36:40 — What Sells Out First and What Never Moves

41:03 — Who She'd Shop First and the Gatekeeping Question

Aja and Alexa are the co-founders of Duet, an event planning company. We talk about how they each came up in different corners of the hospitality and corporate events world before ending up at the same company and eventually deciding to build something together.

They get into what it was like starting the business at 23 and 26 with no real credibility yet, why they put their heads down and had no work-life balance in the early years, and how that foundation is what made everything after it possible. We also get into how they stay calm on event days when things go sideways, why over communicating with clients is the most underrated part of the job, and what it means to be only as good as your last event.

00:00 — Intro

04:25 — How Lani Knows Both of Them and How They Found Each Other

06:08 — Aja's Path From a Gym at 17 to Corporate Events

07:05 — How Aja and Alexa Met at Platters and What They Saw in Each Other

17:34 — How They Started Working Together and What They Thought It Would Be

20:38 — We're Only as Good as Our Last Event

22:02 — The School Carnival Story and What It Feels Like to Trust Your Planner

25:32 — What Each Partner Brings and Why It Works

30:00 — Managing a Team and Setting Expectations on Event Days

33:53 — Overcommunicate Everything or It Becomes Disaster

34:14 — Toronto Venues: Hot or Not

40:05 — Smash or Pass: Wedding and Event Trends

51:12 — Dream Venues Around the World

Dani Kagan is the co-founder of Mave & Chez, a luxury ergonomic slipper brand designed for women. We talk about how the brand started from a real health problem she experienced during pregnancy, how she figured out manufacturing and product development with no background in either, and what it took to get from prototype to a Kickstarter that sold out in 12 hours.

We also get into building in public, why she thinks founders need to be the face of their brand, the realities of ethical sourcing and manufacturing costs, and why staying curious has kept her going more than any end goal ever could.

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00:00 — Intro

04:18 — Why Collaboration Always Wins and the Story Behind the Name Maeve & Shea

07:13 — The Health Problem That Started It All and How She Built the Product

11:09 — Trusting Her Gut, Finding the Right Partner, and Getting Through the Hard Days

14:13 — Launching on Kickstarter, Selling Out in 12 Hours, and Why She Didn't Wait Until It Was Perfect

20:36 — Building in Public, Ethical Sourcing, and the Realities of Manufacturing

27:56 — Conscious Consuming, Profit for Purpose, and Why Founders Are the Brand Now

33:09 — Getting Comfortable Asking for Things and Sitting in Discomfort to Grow

Erin Kleinberg joined me to talk about what it takes to really build a brand  — the pivots along the way, trusting your instincts, staying creative, and having the confidence to ask for what you want.She shares what it really looks like to navigate change while continuing to build on your own terms.A thoughtful conversation about resilience, creativity, and evolving as a founder.

00:00 – Intro01:05 – Having a fire in the belly from a young age

02:03 – Starting a clothing line with no business background

06:42 – Selling to major retailers and landing celebrity placements

09:19 – Co-founding a media brand and going inside people's homes

11:34 – Raising funds, landing a famous investor and moving on

13:40 – Pivoting back to clothing and starting a creative agency

16:44 – Landing their first major beauty client through a cold email

18:07 – What a creative agency actually does

19:50 – Losing a grandmother and starting a beauty brand in her honor

21:47 – Building the brand and launching the first products in 2022

24:40 – The thinking behind the product names

31:21 – What makes a candle clean and why it matters

35:09 – Rapid fire round

42:33 – Having a parent as a business partner from day one

46:05 – Why trusting your team and delegating is everything