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This episode wrecked me in the very best way.

On September 11th, 2001, while most of the world was glued to their TVs watching unimaginable horror unfold, Diane Davis was teaching Grade 3 French immersion in Gander, Newfoundland, an airport town of about 10,000 people that would suddenly become home to nearly 7,000 stranded airline passengers.

What happened next is the part of the 9/11 story you probably don’t know.

Diane walks me through those surreal days when 38 planes were diverted to Gander and an entire community quietly, efficiently, and compassionately mobilized. Teachers turned schools into shelters. Bus drivers walked off strike to shuttle passengers. Churches, camps, and tiny outport towns filled trucks with food, bedding, and toothbrushes. Bulletin boards replaced the internet. Tim Hortons boxes became filing systems. No one waited to be told what to do. People just did what they could.

Diane’s story became part of Come From Away, the Broadway musical inspired by Gander’s response to 9/11. Yes, there is literally a character based on her. But what struck me most wasn’t the red carpets or the Tony Awards. It was her belief that none of this was extraordinary. It was simply people showing up with whatever skills they had.

We also talk about the other side of being a lifelong helper, learning how to receive. Diane shares candidly about her current cancer treatment, the discomfort of accepting support, and how community once again is carrying her through. This conversation is about kindness, grit, humility, and the quiet magic that happens when strangers choose to care for each other.

You might cry. I definitely did. And you’ll walk away remembering what humans are capable of when we’re at our best.

What’s Inside:

• What really happened in Gander when thousands of planes were diverted on 9/11
• How ordinary people self-organized to care for thousands of strangers
• The real-life story behind Come From Away
• Why learning to receive help can be just as powerful as giving it

So here’s what I want you thinking about after this episode. What does being rich actually mean to you? Is it having more than enough for yourself or being so resourced that you can show up for others without hesitation? Diane’s story is a masterclass in emotional wealth, generosity, and community. And look, that kind of life is built one choice at a time.

I want to hear from you. What kind of world do you want to help create, and what role do you want to play in it? DM me on Instagram and let’s talk about it. I read every message.

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You know that reflex where someone starts telling you about their awful day, and before you even realize what’s happening, you’re already three steps ahead trying to solve it for them? Same. Which is why talking to therapist and Yale instructor Leah Marone felt like someone gently holding up a mirror and saying, Honey, look.

Leah’s book Serial Fixer unpacks exactly why so many of us leap into rescue mode even when nobody asked. And it’s not because we’re Mother Teresa. It’s usually anxiety, overfunctioning, a desperate need for harmony, or an old story we picked up somewhere along the way that says if everyone else is okay, then I’m okay.

We get into the three types of fixers and I swear I saw myself in every one. Leah explains why giving advice too quickly, anticipating needs, and being “the glue” in every system slowly erodes our sense of self and keeps us out of true connection. We also talk about resentment, internal critics, and those sneaky moments when we center ourselves in someone else’s problem without meaning to.

My favorite part is how simple the solution can be. Validating before solving. Pausing before taking the bait. Letting people feel the consequences of their choices. And actually checking in with yourself instead of running around on emotional autopilot. Leah also shares how to handle those internal battles between the part of you that wants to do everything and the part that is exhausted and wants to hide under a blanket forever.

If you’ve ever been called the helper, the dependable one, or the person who magically keeps life functional for everyone else, this episode is basically a warm permission slip to stop carrying the world.

What’s Inside:

• The three types of serial fixers
• Why helping can quietly shift into control
• How to support without swooping in
• Practical shifts to reduce guilt and resentment

So here’s the real question. Whose life are you actually trying to keep glued together and what would happen if you stopped for a second? Imagine redirecting all that fixer energy into something that expands your own life instead of managing everyone else’s. What would feel possible then?

I want to hear from you. Come tell me on Instagram what you’re ready to stop fixing and what you’re finally choosing for yourself instead.

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Leah Marone
Serial Fixer
Oonagh Duncan on Instagram
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Alright babes… buckle up. It’s just me today. No guest, no filter, and apparently no fear of ruffling a few feathers. Because after years of coaching clients, reading their intro posts, cheering their wins and gently calling out their nonsense, I’ve realized there are a few things I would absolutely tell you if I wasn’t worried about hurting your feelings.

So today I’m naming the patterns that show up again and again. The attitude that lets me know within the first five minutes whether someone is going to crush their goals. The beliefs that quietly sabotage you before you even begin. The overwhelm that comes from consuming way too much wellness content. And the sneaky habit of outsourcing your power to programs, gadgets and accountability buddies instead of owning your results like the badass you actually are.

This episode is tough love wrapped in a cozy blanket. You are not broken. You are not behind. You just need to stop giving your power to anything outside of yourself. And yes, I say that with love and possibly a tiny bitch slap.

What’s Inside:

• The five-minute success test I can’t unsee and what your intro post secretly tells me about your future results
• How program hopping keeps you stuck in the valley of despair instead of moving forward
• Why the emotional cycle of change makes you think you need a reset when you really need persistence
• The truth about accountability and why the person who leads always gets the biggest transformation

So here is my question for you. What is winning really about for you? Is it obsessing over the perfect plan or finally trusting yourself to follow through? Is it searching for the shiny new program or getting so rooted in your habits that your life starts to quietly transform from the inside out?

That could be you. Truly.

If something in this episode poked at a sore spot, good. That’s your clue. I want to hear which part hit home. Come tell me on Instagram. I love knowing what lands for you and what you are ready to change.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Episode 18: Goal: Have More Lovers (Even If You Are Already Married) with Tara Lynne Franco and André Turcotte
Episode 60: “The Secret” To Coaching Ya Damn Self
Episode 9: Goal: Break Through To The Next Stage of Your Fitness Journey
Oonagh Duncan on Instagram
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Have you ever stumbled into something that feels way bigger than you expected? That is exactly what happened with today’s guest, Paul Kemp, multi-award-winning documentary filmmaker and creator of The Ozempic Effect: Beyond the Waistline. And the wild part? My actual voice opens his film. Yep, somehow I accidentally narrated his sizzle reel and did not even know it. Life is weird.

In this episode, we go way past “Is Ozempic good or bad?” and dive into what might happen when up to 40 percent of North Americans are on GLP-1 drugs. We are talking changes to restaurants, grocery stores, alcohol companies, airlines, fashion, sex, gambling, online shopping, and even dementia and inflammation in the brain.

Paul opens up about his own assumptions going into the film. He thought it was just a shortcut at first. That shifted after hearing story after story from people who finally felt free from food noise. One guy literally said that chocolate-covered almonds became invisible to him. Imagine that.

We also get into some of the more complicated stuff, like black-market peptides, the pressure on the body-positive movement, and the question no one really wants to ask: if these drugs take away our vices, what replaces them? Are we becoming healthier, or just differently disconnected?

And then, at the end, Paul turns the tables and asks me if I would take a GLP-1 drug. You will want to hear that answer.

This episode is not about telling you what to do. It is about waking up to the fact that a massive cultural shift is already happening and whether we like it or not, it is changing how humans interact with food, pleasure, and even each other.

So now I am throwing it back to you. Is ease a bad thing, or have we just been conditioned to believe suffering equals worth?

What’s Inside:

• How GLP-1 drugs work beyond weight loss, including brain health and inflammation
• The impact on restaurants, alcohol, fashion, and society
• Why shame still exists around Ozempic and so-called shortcuts
• The surprising effect on addiction, sex drive, and impulse control

A little pause to think about this…

What is “riching” right to you? Buying the most expensive bag OR being so stinking rich you can give away more money than you keep? Changing the world and your life. Look, that could be you. I brought back this special repeat so that you can join in on Stu’s free workshop, The Membership Experience. If you could capitalize on recurring revenue, what kind of business would you start? Let me know on Instagram.

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Paul Kemp 
The Ozempic Effect: Beyond the Waistline
Oonagh Duncan on Instagram
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Okay, dude… if you’ve ever had a doctor shrug and basically say, “Yeah, you’re in perimenopause, good luck with that,” this episode is going to hit hard. My guest today, Amanda MacKintosh, got that exact speech right at the moment when she was gaining weight, feeling constantly hungry, and low-key convinced her body was broken.

Her social feeds were screaming hormones. Her doctor was like, get used to it. And Amanda? She honestly didn’t feel like doing any of the things she was being told to do. Chocolate and chips were putting up a very convincing argument.

But instead of spiraling into despair, Amanda did something kind of brilliant-slash-petty-slash-genius. She decided to follow a healthy living program perfectly just so she could go back to her doctor and say, “See? I did your boring advice and it does not work. Now fix me.”

Except… plot twist… it did work.

In this conversation, Amanda shares how she went from that perimenopause panic to feeling strong, capable, and dare I say joyful again. From eating vegetables like a goddamn champion to doing push-ups in sets of thirty and lifting her carry-on overhead without asking some random guy for help.

We get into habit loops, chocolate negotiations, why “making it fun” felt like an insult at first and the surprisingly boring thing that changed everything. Spoiler: it is not hormones. It is vegetables.

If you have ever felt like your body changed overnight and your willpower packed its bags and left, Amanda’s story is going to give you hope, relief and maybe a little kick in the butt.

What’s Inside:

• How panic around perimenopause and the “it’s your hormones” message kept Amanda stuck and what actually moved her forward
• The shockingly boring secret behind her massive transformation
• How the MFA helped her ditch all-or-nothing thinking and build habits that actually stick
• Why fun matters more than willpower and how she made healthy living feel doable instead of dreadful

If you are nodding along to this and thinking, “Oh crap, this is me,” then dude, I want to hear about it. What is your version of feeling broken and what would it look like to feel powerful again? Not in some magical hormone hack way but in the real-life, choosing-yourself kind of way.

Send me a DM on Instagram and tell me where you feel stuck and what you wish felt easier in your life right now. I love hearing your stories and cheering you on.

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You ever catch yourself thinking, “I’ve been so good with food today, so tomorrow I deserve to eat whatever I want”? Yeah, that sneaky little diet-culture voice is messing with your head. In this episode, I chat with registered dietitian and intuitive eating coach Bonnie Roney about what it actually means to give diet culture the finger and why “being good” is often the very thing keeping you stuck.

We dig into how our well-meaning “rules” about food, like labeling things as good or bad or eating to make up for yesterday, actually disconnect us from our bodies. Bonnie breaks down the difference between dieting and intentional eating (and no, they’re not the same thing), what intuitive eating really is, and how you can rebuild trust with yourself around food without spiraling into chaos or guilt.

We also get into the messy, human stuff: why guilt and shame hijack your food choices, how childhood messages like “clean your plate” shape your relationship with eating, and what it actually takes to stop feeling out of control around certain foods. And because I can’t resist stirring the pot, we even talk about whether intuitive eating and weight loss can coexist.

This convo is part food psychology, part rebellion, and full-on liberation from that “good girl” diet mentality. So if you’ve ever swung between kale salads and cookie binges, this one’s for you.

What’s Inside:

• The real difference between dieting and intentional eating
• Why labeling foods as good or bad keeps you stuck in guilt and shame
• What intuitive eating actually means (and no, it’s not “eat whatever, whenever”)
• How to rebuild trust with your body and stop feeling out of control around food
• Whether you can pursue health goals and intuitive eating without losing your mind

What would feeling truly free with food look like for you? Would it mean eating without guilt or finally trusting yourself around the stuff you used to avoid? Look, that could be you. This episode is your sign to stop playing the “good vs. bad” food game and start tuning in to what actually feels good. I’d love to hear your take—DM me on Instagram and tell me what being free with food means to you!

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Diet Culture Rebel
Bonnie Roney’s free guide: 3 Ways To Give Diet Culture The Finger
Bonnie Roney on Instagram
Oonagh Duncan on Instagram
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You know that moment when you catch your reflection in the TV at 10 p.m., half a bag of chips deep, and think, “Is this… it?” That was Tara Bohle. Homeschooling three kids, caring for a baby, and stuck in that endless loop of exhaustion and guilt—couch, chips, repeat. Until one random scroll changed everything.

In this episode, I chat with Tara about what it really looks like to rebuild your habits from the ground up when you’ve got zero energy and even less time. We talk about the exact moment that flipped her switch (spoiler: it involved a Facebook ad and a serious “enough is enough” moment), how she found herself again after years of putting everyone else first, and how she’s been rocking her health and energy ever since, without the all-or-nothing bullshit.

This isn’t one of those “and then I lost 40 pounds in two weeks” stories. It’s a real woman talking about what happens when you decide you’re done feeling like crap and start showing up for yourself, even if it’s just by going to bed early and hiding the chips in the garage. Tara is funny, honest, and proof that transformation doesn’t come from perfection. It comes from one badass decision at a time.

If you’ve ever thought, “I just don’t have time,” or caught yourself saying, “I’ll start Monday,” you need this episode. Because Tara didn’t wait for the perfect time, she made it.

What’s Inside:

• The single “couch moment” that sparked Tara’s transformation
• How she built healthy habits while homeschooling three kids and caring for a baby
• The mindset shift that ended her guilt-shame-start-over cycle for good
• Why letting go of “all or nothing” thinking might be the most freeing thing you’ll ever do

What’s keeping you on the couch right now? The chips, the exhaustion, or that sneaky voice saying you’ll start tomorrow? Look, you can totally change your life without flipping it upside down. I want to hear your story. What’s your “enough is enough” moment? DM me on Instagram and let’s talk about it.

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Check out Tara on spotify!
Tara Bohle on Instagram
Oonagh Duncan on Instagram
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You know that feeling when money seems like this big, mysterious force that other people understand but you somehow missed the memo? That was my guest, Mel Dorman, author, real estate investor, and self-described financial activist, who went from living in the slums of Kolkata to building a seven-million-dollar real estate portfolio. Wild, right?

But this isn’t one of those “grind harder” stories. Mel started out as a social worker who believed that being broke meant being good. They actually practiced what they called financial celibacy, opting out of capitalism on moral grounds until life smacked them with a wake-up call. When their dad got sick and needed $7,000 a month in care, Mel realized that staying small and “pure” wasn’t helping anyone. That moment flipped everything.

Mel learned that money isn’t dirty; it’s neutral. And when you use it consciously, it can create freedom for everyone. We talk about how they built financial literacy from scratch, started investing through a strategy called seller financing (basically, cutting out the banks and keeping money circulating in the community), and why the real transformation wasn’t in the dollars; it was in the mindset.

Even if you never want to touch real estate, you’ll get so much out of this conversation. Because this is really about power, purpose, and possibility. It’s about rewriting the story that money is evil and learning to see it as a tool for impact. And yes, there’s some woo-woo in there too.

Grab your earbuds and get ready to feel a whole lot more empowered about your financial future.

What’s Inside:

• How Mel went from social worker to millionaire investor using seller financing
• Why rejecting money doesn’t make you moral; it keeps you small
• The mindset shift that turned financial guilt into empowerment
• Real examples of creating wealth that benefits your whole community

What does “riching” right look like to you? Is it buying the most expensive bag—or being so financially free you can give away more money than you keep? Changing the world while changing your own life? Look, that could be you.

If this conversation got you thinking differently about what wealth really means, come tell me about it on Instagram. I’d love to hear what “financial freedom” looks like for you.

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Mel Dorman
Bank on Your Neighbor
Kiva.org
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You know that fantasy where your kid looks up from their tablet and says, “Sure, Mom, I’d love to play outside!” Yeah… me neither. That’s why I called in Katherine Martinko, author of Childhood Unplugged and professional voice of reason, to talk about how to get our kids (and let’s be honest, ourselves) off the screens without moving to the woods or starting a commune.

Katherine lives what she calls a “digital minimalist” lifestyle. No TV. No tablets. Her three boys don’t even have phones yet, and somehow, they’re thriving. She’s not anti-tech; she just believes it should be a tool, not a toy. And after reading her book and chatting with her, I’m officially rethinking my own Wi-Fi dependency.

We dive into what’s really going on with kids and screens, why they’re so hard to resist, how they’re rewiring our kids’ brains, and why your kid probably spends less time outside than an inmate (yes, really). Katherine breaks down how parents can build environments that make the analog world more appealing, without guilt, shame, or pretending we’re perfect Montessori moms.

There’s also a fascinating discussion about feminism and screen time, because apparently, trying to raise unplugged kids can feel like one more impossible standard for women to live up to. Katherine brings nuance, compassion, and a ton of practical strategies for reclaiming your kids’ attention span (and maybe your own).

What’s Inside:

•  How to create a home that encourages play and creativity without screens
•  The shocking truth about how little outdoor time kids actually get
•  When to let your teen have a phone (and why social media should wait until adulthood)
•  Why emotional regulation starts offline and how to help kids reconnect with the real world

What does “connected” really mean to you? Is it scrolling beside your kid on the couch or actually laughing together over a board game? Swapping the scroll for real-life connection could change your whole family vibe. So tell me, what would your version of a screen-free day look like? Let me know on Instagram!

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Katherine Martinko
Katherine Martinko Substack
Katherine Martinko’s book Childhood Unplugged
Oonagh Duncan on Instagram
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Okay friends, we’re getting our woo on. And before you roll your eyes, let’s talk about that word for a sec. My guest today, award-winning journalist Anne Bokma, makes an amazing point: why do we call women’s spiritual practices “woo woo” while accepting some seriously wild stuff from organized religion as totally normal? Virgin births, anyone?

Anne is the author of My Year of Living Spiritually: From Woo Woo to Wonderful, and this conversation had me nodding, laughing, and getting misty-eyed in equal measure. I’d read her book once before, but re-reading it hit different. We get into everything: death, drugs, dating in your 60s, and what happens when you go looking for meaning without the rules of religion.

Anne shares how she left a strict Dutch church upbringing, lost connection with her family over it, and then spent a year trying every spiritual practice she could find, from meditation and gratitude journaling to witch camp, past life regression, and yes, magic mushrooms. We talk about what worked, what didn’t, and what she learned about trusting her own intuition.

This episode isn’t about becoming a crystal-carrying moon priestess (unless that’s your jam). It’s about finding a deeper sense of connection on your own terms. Whether you’ve got religious trauma, church nostalgia, or just an inner skeptic who still kinda wants to believe, Anne’s story will remind you that spirituality doesn’t have to come with a side of guilt.

What’s Inside:

• How Anne’s “Year of Living Spiritually” helped her heal from religious trauma and reconnect with her mom
• The difference between religion and spirituality and why women’s wisdom has been dismissed as “woo”
• What happened when Anne tried everything from witch camp to magic mushrooms
• How activism (like protesting Bill Cosby’s show) can be a deeply spiritual act

What does being “spiritual” mean to you? Is it lighting candles and meditating, or is it showing up in the world with more compassion and courage? Whatever your version looks like, it’s about feeling connected and awake. That could be you. I’d love to know what practices make you feel more grounded (or more “woo”). Message me on Instagram and let’s talk about it.

Mentioned in This Episode:
My Year of Living Spiritually: From Woo-Woo to Wonderful by Anne Bokma
Anne Bokma’s Website
Anne Bokma on Instagram
Oonagh Duncan on Instagram
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