Moving Forward

Pat is an extraordinary woman who has had an ordinary life. Listen as she shares the experience of sacrifice, support, encouragement and love that is so common for so many woman. Leaving behind the vision of what the perfect life looked like allowed her to embrace the life she was living; and allowed it to become perfect. It's a great story of inner growth.

I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Peter Stoffer for his show "Hour of Heroes" for the local radio station, 95.7. It was a wonderful experience and I'm rebroadcasting that show with their permission.

Barb's story starts as a child when she was young. She developed a deep love for animals that she had no idea would come back to save her life. As an adult she had a devestating experience that left deep emotional scars. By returning to the lessons she learned as a child she found the strength to not only surivive, but to thrive.

Donna is the lead singer of the band "The Aviators" and she's a Canadian military veteran and police veteran. She has a great story to tell about how her music helped her through some tough times. She's also just released a song entitled "PTSD (love it out of me)". It was great chatting with her.

Lynn has an incredible story about moving forward by closing a chapter with courage and opening a new chapter with curiosity and playfulness. What she discovered was a deep sense of love that is available for her to support herself and the world around her. Her new book, "Zero likes, Zero followers" details the journey that took her through that internal discovery. We were so fortunate to have her tell her story on this podcast.

Darrel is a true Haligonian hero. He was a member of his community volunteer firefighting team when the tanker he was in rolled, killing two of his friends and team members. He then went onto serving as a member of the Princess Louises Fusilliers, where he was catastrophically injured during a training exercise. Years later, from his wheelchair, he succesfullly strove to have a PLF member killed in action recognized by having a ferry named after him. Darrel spoke to us about his story and the project to name the ferry.

Joanna's a talented singer/songwriter from Halifax whose many projects include the song "Under November Skies". She performed that song with some fantastic backup for the Knox United Church choir at the momondays Halifax show on November the 11th at RA Park Officers' Mess. Check out her project at www.HeroesNeverDie.ca and help her spread the word about this fantastic project.

It's important to have heroes in your life. They can become North Stars when you're facing a tough situation and guide you back to who you're really striving to be. Let me share three of my heroes with you and see how they can influence group dynamics, leadership styles and relationships.

We all believe that we listen. However, have you ever listened like a dog listens? Have you ever listened like Oprah suggested we all listen? Have you ever listened like a Marine? This podcast will give you some tips.

Is everything a probable possibility? What if you never heard the word "can't"? How many possible probabilities would there be then? Let's explore this together and learn a lesson from a little girl, and a butterfly!