“Who would you be if you didn’t know who you were?”

Vince Fowler joins me on this episode of the podcast asking some real thought-provoking questions. He sheds some light on how our identities drive our behaviors, influences our decisions, and gives us forward momentum towards our goals. Knowing what we want our future identity to be gives us the opportunity to plan out our progress and prepare for obstacles we may face on the journey there.

Vince also emphasizes the importance of learning from our experiences, good and bad, and realigning how we identify ourselves along the way. By leaving room to learn and grow, we give ourselves the space to transition through different phases and roles throughout our lives without losing our sense of purpose and who we are.

So, how do you identify yourself? Tune in!

About Vince Fowler:

Vince Fowler is a Human Performance Coach to impact-driven CEOs and their leaders. His professional coaching journey began ten years ago at a Calgary-based business coaching firm serving Calgary’s small business community.

Feeling the need and desire to bring his own curiosity and science-based methodologies of coaching to current and future clients, Vince left the firm in Sep 2012 and has been in private practice ever since, serving clients locally, across Canada and the US.

Vince credits his success in coaching to constant mentioning and self-examination, a deep curiosity in the science of human behaviour, along with a unique life of lived experiences – many of which include significant moments of suck. 

To learn more, you can visit Vince’s website and connect with him on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Mentioned In This Episode:

• WorkLife with Adam Grant: Glennon Doyle Wants You to Abandon Identity
• Think Again by Adam Grant
• The Gap and The Gain by Dan Sullivan
• The Gap and The Gain Framework
• Follow Lindsay on LinkedIn and Facebook
• Find more resources on my website

When you look at your future, what do you see? Do you envision yourself achieving your goals, or repeating past mistakes?

Today’s guest is Psychic Medium Judy, and she believes that when we know better things are in store for us, we aim for and achieve those things. Our perception shapes our reality, and our beliefs and experiences shape our perception. She shares many tools we can use to control our behaviors and mindset, in order to attract the reality we desire, and design a life that we truly love and feel confident in.

As Judy says, hope creates miracles. By focusing on the things we can control, we can become more self aware and create a better life for ourselves. Listen in, and look forward to your future with hope and enthusiasm.

About Psychic Medium Judy:

Psychic Medium Judy has been helping people for over 40 years. She is a very gifted medium and psychic. Judy is also a Life Coach, and NLP Therapist, certified hypnotherapist, author and teacher. Judy's commitment is after a session with her your life will be a better place to be!

Visit her website and connect with her on Facebook and Instagram to learn more.

Mentioned In This Episode:

• Kin Canada
• Follow Lindsay on LinkedIn and Facebook
• Find more resources on my website

We can be our own worst enemy sometimes. Some days we just don’t feel motivated, and sometimes we let fear and lack of confidence keep us from going outside our comfort zone. But how well is this really serving you?

It’s time to step up to bat for yourself. 

Jahaan Blake joins me on this episode of the podcast to talk about showing up, even when it isn’t easy. Even when it isn’t comfortable.Even when you just don’t think you have it in you to make your goals a reality. Because that’s how you make progress! 

Listen in for meaningful advice on how you can show up for yourself to reach your fullest potential in your life and career, and do what it is that you actually want to do.

About Jahaan Blake:

Jahaan Blake is a sports executive turned career coach who helps high-achieving women in the sports and entertainment industry who feel stuck, frustrated, and defeated to find their voice and tackle whatever it is that's keeping them from getting exactly what they want out of their career. During Jahaan’s 18 years of working in sports, including working for 3 major league teams (the Red Sox, the Dodgers, and the Cubs), her favorite part of the job was helping others see their full potential. So, she made a business out of it!

Whether her clients want to break into sports, take their performance to the next level, or own a place at the executive table, Jahaan provides customized coaching programs to accelerate their career. Jahaan is also the host of the Game of Her Own podcast, which highlights the inspiring journey of influential women working in the sports and entertainment industry. These candid interviews offer unique advice and strategies to help empower women in the industry. 

To learn more, visit her website and follow her on Instagram and LinkedIn.

Mentioned In This Episode:

• Jahaan’s mindset exercise
• Follow Lindsay on LinkedIn and Facebook
• Find more resources on my website

We all experience trials and different tragedies in our lives. Unfortunately, many of them are unforeseen, so typically we are ill-prepared for them when they happen. Many find it difficult to stay motivated during times of uncertainty.

Today’s guest, Maggie Lam, is here to tell her personal story of not only persevering through tragedy, but using it as a catalyst for growth. Maggie believes that experiencing hardships is an opportunity for transformation and to bring about a better version of yourself. It’s not that you never allow yourself to feel sadness, grief, anger, or any other emotions, but you allow yourself to experience them, process them, and then accept what has happened and decide how to move forward with intentionality.

Ready to turn tragedy into hope in your own life?Tune in!

Maggie Lam was born in Hong Kong and moved to Canada in 1991, leaving behind her parents, 2 brothers, and twin sister. She quit school in grade 9 and didn’t speak much English when she immigrated.

A few years later, Maggie lost her twin sister in a car accident. That motivated her to start her own business, a consignment store in downtown Calgary, in 1996 with hopes of immigrating her parents to Canada in order to take care of them.

Around this time, she met the love of her life and got married. They had beautiful twins, a boy and a girl. At this point, Maggie’s life was magical. They had everything we wanted until suddenly, tragedy struck.

Today, Maggie’s kids have grown up and are 22 years old, and she has been working at an insurance company called Combined. She has been with this company for 5 years and is very passionate about what she does.

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Recovery from any type of addiction is difficult. And while there are many awesome addiction recovery programs out there, what works for everyone else might not work for you. That doesn’t mean you are doomed to continue on the same path forever.

Recovery isn’t one size fits all. You may have to break out of the box to forge a way to your recovery. That’s what today’s guest, Corinne Simpson, did, and she just recently celebrated her 20th year of sobriety! Despite her respect for programs like AA, they just didn’t work for her and what she wanted from her sobriety, so she found something that did. You can do the same.

Listen in as she shares the amazing possibilities and options for recovery that are out there, and how she was able to forge her own recovery and rebuild her life to be what she wanted.

Corinne Simpson (she/her), whom everyone calls Been, is a Virtual Personal Assistant with her own company called Corinne Assistant. Basically, she’s an assistant in your virtual pocket. If you need help with short term projects or everyday administrative duties but don’t have office staff, she’s your solution.

Been has worked as a live theatre stage manager and managed a movie theatre, both in New Zealand, and she’s worked everywhere from law offices to film sets and between. She has a special interest in creative entrepreneurs, queer folks, and writing, but she can absolutely help anyone.

Recently, on August 18th, 2021, Been celebrated her 20th sober anniversary. She loves sharing her story of recovery from alcoholism because as hard a journey as it sometimes was, she happily confirms it was the best choice she ever made. To learn more, you can find Corinne on Instagram.

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Many people fit into the role of “caregiver”, such as parents, children, and leaders. But something that all different types of caregivers tend to have in common is that they are so focused on caring for others that they stop caring for themselves in the process.

You have your own journey and your own story as a caregiver, and it is not selfish to recognize that and give yourself space to just be yourself. Because caring for others is not all that you are or do.

This is what Moira Cleary has joined me to discuss today, and it is a very personal journey that we both have been through in our lives. I hope that through our experiences, and Moira’s insightfulness on personal transformation, we can help you to better care for yourself as you navigate your own story.

Tune in.

Moira Cleary is a Professionally Certified Coach, Reiki Master, and a mom of two daughters with 15+ conditions.

Through her holistic approach, Moira helps moms of kids with medical and special needs when they find themselves literally or figuratively in life’s waiting room. She basically helps them with their ‘stuff’ so they can help their kids with their ‘stuff.’

When not coaching, she tries to be a resource for others by hosting the Surviving The Waiting Room Podcast, a Virtual Wellness Center, as well as the latest edition of the Parent + Caregiver Summit.

To learn more you can visit her website, and connect with her on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

“There’s got to be something better than this.”

How many times have you told yourself this? Whether about work, school, relationships, or general frustrations with your life? These negative feelings of anger and despair might seem discouraging to you, but Karen Styles joins me on the podcast today to share why they shouldn’t be.

What you’re seeing as frustration on the surface, could actually be a seed of hope inside of you, telling you that there are better things to come. Learn how to uncover that voice and find the motivation you need to make a change in your life.

Tune in!

Karen Styles is a Career and Life Coach, founder of Flow + Fire Coaching, and the host of the Intentional Career Podcast. Before becoming a coach, Karen spent 14 years in a variety of industries, including Career Services, Recruitment, and Education. During that time she went through a lot of angst about her work, before finding her calling as a coach.

Karen is committed to digging through the muck of complex work and life feelings with her clients so they can really listen to their authentic inner voice for guidance. She provides interview coaching, career direction, and life coaching, because everyone deserves to discover and do what lights them up.

To learn more you can visit her website and connect with her on LinkedIn and Instagram.

The youth of today are our future, so investing in them is one of the biggest ways to create a collective change for tomorrow. But, we know that to continue guiding our kids towards a better future, we have to evolve the way we connect with, teach, and support them.

That’s why today I’m joined by Dr. Maureen O’Shaughnessy, an education activist working to change the current landscape of education. Her educational model is built on a foundation of love and compassion, focusing on human-centered learning that prepares kids for the “real” world, while giving them the tools they need to thrive as their authentic selves.

Tune in to learn from her years of experience in education and success stories from her students, as well as ways that we can all make a difference and create change in education to better support our future.

Maureen O’Shaughnessy is on a mission to connect the dots between education, belonging, and youth empowerment. She is the founder of the human-centered micro-school, LEADPrep. This learner-focused middle / high school is a national model for micro-schools, helping students learn from a place of love and personal alignment. Dr. O’Shaughnessy is the author of Creating Micro-Schools for Colorful Mismatched Kids, host of the Education Evolution podcast, and co-founder of the EdActive Collective. Stay tuned for her TEDx talk coming out soon!

Disrupting the outdated education system, Maureen offers a variety of coaching resources. From running a mastermind for leaders of small schools to consulting with educational innovators on developing accessible-for-all learning environments, she is a force to help all students thrive and be future-ready.

To learn more, visit her website and connect with her on LinkedIn.

Our perception of the world is the lens we look through due to our past experiences, both personally and evolutionarily. This is why we often find it difficult to have a positive outlook after we experience trauma, such as grief, unless we are intentional about lifting ourselves up.

Being a hopeful person doesn't mean you never have moments where you feel hopeless or that you’ll never experience normal human emotions like anger, fear, or sadness. A perfect example of this is today’s guest, Shama Yunus-Joynt.

After the loss of her child, Shama experienced a transformation in herself that allowed her to move forward with strength towards the life she wanted to live. Her perspective on the future changed, as she had lived through her worst fear and survived it.

What could your life mean without fear? Listen in to find out.

Shama Yunus-Joynt is an experienced human resource professional specializing in culture and engagement. She has a background in coaching and mental health, which she combines in a very unique way towards helping companies define and execute extraordinary people strategies.

Shama is writing a book, incorporating aspects of positive psychology into a unique and empowering performance management strategy for her clients that create positive work environments where people can thrive and do their best work.

To learn more you can connect with Shama on LinkedIn.

“You are what you eat” gets taken to the next level today as I’m joined by Natalie D’Adamo to discuss “clean” eating.

What does it mean, and why should we consider it? As Natalie says, the food we eat is what makes us, so we need to fuel our bodies to function the way they’re supposed to. If you’re feeling down, lost, or disconnected from yourself, the food you’re eating may be the root cause.

Natalie believes that transitioning into a “clean” lifestyle is a manifestation of wanting more for yourself and the rest of your life. Listen in as she shares how small changes in your diet can be transformative in your overall life and health.

Natalie D’Adamo was born and raised in South Africa and moved to Canada in 2000, where she quickly found a feeling of home. Shortly after getting married and wanting to start a family, 3 years of fertility issues led her to start researching the effects of the chemicals we are being exposed to daily in the products we use and food we eat. Through learning to naturally support the body in doing what it does best, Natalie was able to naturally conceive two children, and loves to teach them about clean living and making good food choices to really thrive in life.

The information she learned ignited her passion to find health and wellness personally through keeping fit and living a clean lifestyle. In following these passions, Natalie discovered Precision Nutrition, where she completed her official designation towards health coaching. Natalie has achieved great personal wellness for herself and her family in the last 10 years. She is very excited to help others achieve balance and wellness in all aspects of life, and particularly women’s health.

To learn more you can visit her website, and follow her on Instagram and Facebook.