Let's Talk With Coach Che Marville

In today's episode, Che shares her unforeseen and remarkable health experience in conversation with the great and talented songwriter Jann Arden. Che has spent the last twenty years as a wellness educator and advocate focused on helping others. Six months ago, she focused on her health journey, growth, learning, vulnerability and gratitude. The last place she imagined herself during the pandemic was in the hospital, but the place she was trying to avoid became a sacred and ethereal part of her health journey. Please take a listen, subscribe, rate and review us on any of the platforms you listen to and share the episode with a friend. Che would love to hear from you.

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Che had a pop-up conversation with Cameron Bailey, the Co-Head and Artistic Director of TIFF and the Toronto International Film Festival®. He is responsible for TIFF's programming, curatorial vision and maintaining relationships with the Canadian and international film industries. He is a Chevalier in France's Order of Arts and Letters. For nine consecutive years (2012–2020), Toronto Life magazine has named him one of Toronto's 50 Most Influential People.  Take a listen to Cameron's insights on navigating the festival and the importance of being curious.  Share; the episode, tell us what you think and check out the film festival happening now at https://www.tiff.net/

In todays' episode, Che shares an emotional conversation from early July 2021 with Jann Arden. A Canadian Icon, Jann is a multi-platinum, award-winning singer, songwriter, actor and author. In 2020, she was an inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame; she has been inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, has a Star on Canada's Walk of Fame and was awarded the Order of Canada 2017. 

In 2020 she released Hits & Other Gems featuring her hit songs "Could I Be Your Girl," "I Would Die For You," and a live recording of her break-out international hit. "Insensitive." 

This episode is a roller coaster that touches on the painful discovery of the multiple graves of First Nations children and what it means to be a Canadian grappling with the collective hurt, the missing and murdered Aboriginal women, the abuse of animals, the music and gas industry and how the pandemic has changed Jann, to stories of her grandmother and the power of love. On September 27th, the third season of her comedy, a CTV original Jann, will be released. Jann plays a fictionalized version of herself living through the comical absurdities of fame, fortune, loss, love and navigating relationships. Take a listen to this one-of-a-kind human and multidimensional artist. Share the episode and let us know what you think. Thank you for listening and helping Let's Talk expand.

In today's episode, Che had an opportunity to speak to an exceptional Physician Dr. Melissa Lem, MD, CCFP, FCFP and PaRx Director. She believes that nature is a pillar of health and she is committed to prescribing nature to her patients. She is based in Vancouver but grew up in Ontario. She is a family physician who also works in rural and northern communities within Canada. As President-elect of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, she routinely writes, researches, and speaks about the nature-health connection for over a decade. Although her obsession with nature began as a child growing up in Toronto, she found nature to be a refuge from isolation and stress. She discovered later that her intuitive love for nature is backed by scientific evidence and research. Many studies have been done on the benefits of nature, impacting creativity, anxiety and depression in children and adults. 

Dr. Lem has been a widely published writer; she was the resident medical expert on CBC TV's hit lifestyle show Steven and Chris for four seasons and continues to appear on-air as a regular contributor to CTV News. In addition, Dr. Lem is a 2020 Joule Innovation Grant recipient and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at British Columbia. Please take a listen to their conversation, share the show and your thoughts. 

In today's episode, Che had an opportunity to speak to the inspiring Political Theatre Director and York University Professor of Dramaturgy, Aleksandar Lukac. Che studied with Professor Lukac at Glendon College.

20 years ago and found him to be one of the most exciting and compelling teachers she had ever encountered. His obsession, the exploration of human absurdity is relevant now more than ever. Aleksander has been awarded Best Director at The Festival of Serbian Theatres a record six times. His notable Canadian productions include ARC’s North American premiere of Family Stories-Belgrade, Hong Kong Idea Festival bound Unicorn Horns, Company of Sirens’ Black Magic and a series of productions at Talk Is Free Theatre including Bulgakov’s Moliere (Kiev Festival). Born in Sarajevo, he grew up attending political and experimental theatre in Sarajevo. He lived in New York while his father was a foreign correspondent for a Sarajevo newspaper and Montreal as a teen and then Yugoslavia where he studied theatre at the Belgrade Academy/Faculty of Dramatic Arts. He was the Artistic Director of the National Theatre, Belgrade, Aleksandar Lukac and directed over a hundred professional productions internationally including Yugoslavia, Holland, Canada and Serbia. Currently, he is teaching students from around the world over zoom, and he shares his observations and experiences of teaching theatre during a pandemic and exploring the ludicrousness of this collective moment.

In today's episode, Che had an opportunity to speak to Iconic Singer-Songwriter Billy Newton Davis. He was a member of the Canadian super singing group, The Nylons.  Billy grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio but has lived in Canada for thirty years, and as a teenager, he was one of two lead singers in a local soul band called "The Illusions." After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Ohio University, he moved to New York to pursue his dreams on Broadway. A formidable presence in the Canadian music industry, Billy received Junos for best R&B/soul recording for his first two albums, "Love Is a Contact Sport" (1986) and "Spellbound" (1989), and innumerable recently a Juno for best dance recording of the year for his work with deadmau5 on "All You Ever Want." 

Currently, he is working on a one-person show about performing with Sammy Davis Junior, an American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian, and comedian. Please take a listen, share the show and tell us what you think.

In today's episode, Che had an opportunity to speak to Mortgage Broker and Co-Owner of The DLC Forest City Funding Group.

Sarah came to North America on a student visa from Ukraine and decided that she never wanted to experience the devastation of poverty that she experienced as a child. She decided to become an Entrepreneur in the financial industry and built has now built a multimillion-dollar business. She is candid about her family's experience during the dissolution of Ukraine from Russia and the devastating impact it had on her family. She decided that North America was where she had the most excellent chance to change her life at a young age, so she got a student visa as a teenager and went to America. For Sarah, the insecurity of Ukraine and what it did to her parents prepared her to never take anything for granted. Now she is driven to create a future for her son and advocate for financial literacy. Che and Sarah discuss the pandemic's impact, the role of shame and how you cannot let fear stop you from being proactive about your financial wellbeing. Take a listen, tell us what you think and share the show.

Did you know that Canada is the home of the most diverse black populations outside of the continent of Africa, representing a hundred and sixty-one groups in the Black Diaspora? Che had the honour of speaking with Professor Dr. Notisha Massaquoi; she is wild about data and is a tireless advocate for Black women's healthcare in Canada for over thirty years. Dr. Massaquoi holds a Ph.D. in Social Justice Education from the University of Toronto and OISE. In her early career, she established several organizations which served Black communities in Canada, including Africans in Partnership Against AIDS and Harambe Family Services. In addition, she served for two decades as the Executive Director of Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre in Toronto – the only Community Health Centre in North America, which provides specialized primary healthcare for Black and racialized women. Che had the opportunity to speak to Notisha a month ago be about a range of topics about Black Women's health, data, healthcare, white privilege, the imposter syndrome to black women's hair, Monique and hair bonnets. Please listen to this deep and provocative conversation with Dr. Massaquoi, share the show and tell us what you think.

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Che had the privilege of speaking to Courtney Copoc-Hopkins; she is a proud Lenape person of the Delaware Nation (Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit), Turtle Clan the Hopkins family. Courtney is a first-generation university graduate, an intergenerational cycle-breaker, traveller, thrill-seeker, and unapologetic dreamer. As an intuitive urban Indigenous woman, Courtney shares a deep-rooted passion for strengthening the voices of her community. For many years she struggled with understanding her identity in the predominantly white community of Oakville, Ontario, where she grew up. Through boldness and a process of forgiveness, it helped her reconnect with her father, paternal grandmother, and extended family. She lives and works in British Columbia and has dedicated her life to listening deeply to native peoples' truth, education, and empowerment through action. Courtney speaks openly about her relationship with her mother and father and the impact of their struggles on her identity. She has lived in two worlds, growing up in a privileged community yet disenfranchised by economics and race. And recently, Courtney was one of eleven emerging leaders from across Canada to share her story at the Raven's Institutes Series -Raven's Speak. She is committed to positivity, love and being the person she needed when she was a child. Take a listen to this episode, tell us what you think and share the show.

Take a listen to today's episode; Che had the most beautiful opportunity to speak, laugh and cry with international producer and professional DJ Cozmic Cat.  At the beginning of the pandemic, DJ Coz lost most of her work and her eighteen-year-old dog KALI passed away. The pandemic challenged her on every level, identity, passion and livelihood. She unplugged entirely from social media and gave herself a time out from the world until her Partner and opportunity pulled her out of a depressive funk. She needed space to grieve the loss of so many things and then rebuild. She also knew that she needed help to process the changes and the losses. Coz began to reach out to DJ's close to home and internationally,  slowly exploring and experimenting; she refused to become irrelevant. And it was an opportunity from Pride Toronto that inspired her to create a mission to live stream, reconnect to her audience, and grow a new audience. She felt inspired to produce new music and expand into the podcast space producing shows for other Creators. Her path has never been a straight line, she has always had to carve out space for herself, and the pandemic didn't change that; it just showed her a depth and loss that she had not experienced before, but she met it with ingenuity, perseverance and hope. So take a listen and see if her story relates to your experience going through the pandemic. Then, share the episode and tell us what you think.