Let's Talk With Coach Che Marville

Che spoke to theatre director and Drama Teacher Yo Yilmaz Guner Mustafa on today's episode. Yo is the Founder and Director of West End Studio Theatre in The Town of Oakville. Yo believes in the power of theatre to teach acceptance and love; as a Turkish child from Cypress, he knows what it was like to be an outsider in Canada, and it was a teacher that saw that even though he could not speak English, he was funny and engaging, and she encouraged him to do drama. Even in the hardship of running a theatre company, he feels more determined to tell stories that allow people to see different points of view. He is currently preparing to direct The Laramie Project, the story of Matthew Shepard, written by Moisés Kaufman at West End Studio Theatre and the Oakville Centre of Performing Arts. 

In today’s pop-up episode, Che caught up with globetrotting Celebrity Guyanese - Canadian Hair Stylist Simone Finch, owner of Hair Is Simone. Simone shares her commitment to being a connector, how she became a stylist, and why we shouldn’t count Talk Show Host Wendy Williams out. Simone shares how she went from track star to corporate executive to being a Hair Style Entrepreneur. She is motivated by the philosophy that there is that we need to connect and celebrate the greatness of people. And that hardship is never-ending but the beginning of a new chapter. Please listen to this conversation, share the show and tell us what you think.

In today's episode, Che had an opportunity to speak with clinical social worker Savinna Frederiksen, an Assistant Clinical Professor at McMaster University. She has been in social work and psychotherapy for the last 20 years, working in several mental health and addiction areas. She is a trained therapist for individual therapy and a group facilitator in multiple areas of psychotherapy such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and Trauma Treatment. In this conversation, Savinna shares her story of strength as she experiences the loss of her partner during the pandemic. Che and Savinna worked together a decade ago and developed a mindfulness support program for healthcare workers. Together, they explore ways to support emotional well-being, contemplation's value, and how we emerge from this pandemic. Their conversation is deep and intimate; take a listen, share the show and tell us what you think. Take a listen, share the episode and tell us what you think.

"The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers"- Thich Nhat Hanh.

Let's Talk welcomes Andrew O'Brien, CEO, Co-Founder of Obie & Ax and serial entrepreneur, into the pod. The Pandemic didn't stop him from building a full-service podcast firm producing podcasts for leading brands, charities, and government agencies. A globally respected leader and member of the Forbes Business Council, he has successfully grown and sold four companies. He was a Partner and Chief of Revenue Officer at Buytopia; he worked alongside Michele Romanow (Dragon from CBC's Dragons' Den). During their years together at Buytopia, the team had successfully incubated SnapSaves (Acquired Nasdaq: GRPN) and subsequently purchased 17 competitors along the way and won many accolades. And then, four years ago, he changed his life and faced his struggle with addiction. And his new company was born out of a passion for discussing addiction and mental health. He realized the power of the podcast medium as a tool for communication, and he assembled a team to build podcasts for large companies and government agencies. So please take a listen, share the show and tell us what you think.

In today's episode, Che spoke with the Founder and Principal of Mending the Chasm, Leena Sharma Seth. In a deep diver conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Che and Leena tackle the diversity backlash, the trucker convoy, resilience and cancelling Joe Rogan. As a DEI strategist, she and her team work with clients to build inclusive, equitable, accessible, and anti-racist cultures from the inside out. Although Leena does not believe in binaries and that tolerance is not enough, she is committed to advancing the field of diversity beyond superficial politics and potlucks. And as the daughter of a Punjabi trucker, she shares her experience and commitment to creating space for our humanity in the face of division. For Leena, her work is about contributing to advancing the practice of DEI and creating more space to heal. Listen to this conversation, tell us what you think and share the show.

In today's episode, Che had the opportunity to speak to globe-trotting celebrity personal trainer Jim Barcena. He has been in the business for thirty-two years,  trained celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz.  Take a  listen to the show, share the show and tell us what you think.

In today's episode, Che spoke with Background Talent Agent and Singer Petergail Williams. Petergail explored her unlikely rise in the Canadian entertainment business and how it feels to be the only Black agent in the room. The pandemic forced her to slow down and to be an agent of change in the watershed moment of diversity in the entertainment business. Petergail was born in Jamaica but came to Canada as a baby with her young mother, they survived homelessness, and a devastating loss to build one of the most successful talent agencies in Canada. Take a  listen to the show, share the show and tell us what you think. 

In today's episode, Che spoke to award-winning writer-producer-director and passionate storyteller/activist Alison Duke. Alison is committed to telling stories of resistance and change. Alison Duke has made life telling the stories of others, she rarely talks about herself but in this conversation, Che had a chance to discover some of the motivations behind this great Canadian Filmmaker, Storyteller and Producer. Recently, she co-wrote and co-produced the television documentary Mr. Jane and Finch (19) directed by Ngardy Conteh George which garnered two 2020 Canadian Screen Awards: the Donald Britain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary and Best Writing for a Documentary. During the same timeframe, she directed Cool Black North (19) a two-hour television documentary special for CityTV/Rogers about the unique and vibrant Canadian Black Community and its role in our country’s contemporary identity.

In todays' episode, Che has a conversation with the renowned novelist Katherine Govier. Katherine has published eleven novels, three short story collections and two anthologies of travel writing. She has won the City of Toronto Book Award and the Engel/Findlay Award for a writer in mid-career. She is a Distinguished Alumna of The University of Alberta, one of York University’s “Famous Fifty” alumni, and has been recognized by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association for Excellence in the Arts. In 2019 she was inducted as a Member of the Order of Canada. Katherine loves to write about women, artists and adventurers. Ten years ago Katherine founded the acclaimed program The Shoe Project in Toronto, she knew that newcomer women had stories to tell but were often not included in the Canadian conversation. She began a round table conversation with twelve women newcomers from five continents from three simple statements,  “the shoes I left behind”, “the shoes I wore to cross the border” and “the shoes I dreamed I would wear in my new life.” She has built chapters in Vancouver, Canmore, Calgary, Antigonish, and Halifax.  Her newest book is a continuation of the story of Katsushika Oi, the daughter of the great Japanese printmaker Hokusai. Take a listen to the conversation, 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.

In today's episode, Che speaks to renowned Psychoanalyst Dr. James Hollis, a Jungian psychoanalyst and best-selling author of seventeen books. Dr. Hollis taught Humanities for twenty-six years in various colleges and universities before completely changing his life and becoming an analyst at the Jung Institute of Zurich in 1982. He is a licensed Jungian analyst in private practice in Washington, D.C. He served as Executive Director of the Jung Educational Center in Houston, Texas, for many years and was Executive Director of the Jung Society of Washington until 2019, and he now serves on the JSW Board of Directors. Che and Dr. Hollis discuss how to find meaning in the pandemic and the profound questions that this transformational time can offer us in finding understanding and uncovering our truest identity. We are meaning-seeking beings according to Dr. Hollis, much of our human distress is from disconnection and a misunderstanding of what is meaningful to us. He is fond of the Carl Jung quote "The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it". In the conversation, they explore healing, dreaming and how to discover our truest nature. Sometimes we have to recover our childhood experiences and the adaptations that take us away from our essential selves and even lead to burnout. Dr. Hollis posits that sleep and dreams are essential to processing our daily life and experience. He believes that nature wastes nothing, dreams are complex and not always literal but an internal processing system that explores the inner psyche. The question we should ask ourselves, he says is what is life trying to express through me in this important and transformational period. 

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