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I don’t even know where to start….

This trip has been the best thing I have ever done in my life!! I am beyond grateful for this opportunity! I have learned so much about myself and others!!! And of course, I want to share it all with you!! 

I love learning new things and being able to share them with the world! So let's not waste any more time and get started!!!! 

If you want to see more about my trip…I have blogged it all! You can watch them now on my YOUTUBE Channel!!! 

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! You can now watch all the interviews on my youtube channel! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Shelby Morisseau lives and grew up in the small town Cochrane, Alberta with a big family! In this conversation we start with Shelby’s childhood and she explains everything that has happened has shaped who she is today! Being the only girl out of 4 kids there were some challenges but her family means everything to her! Shelby has been a competitive dancer since she was very young. Dance became her whole life and a huge part of her identity. She used dance as a way to express herself as she struggled with talking about her mental health. We talk about the demands and lessons she learnt from her dancing career. One of those lessons was listening to your body and after 20 years of dancing she had to stop because of an injury. After this she had to face a lot of her mental health issues as they became very consuming over her everyday life. She used multiple things as an outlet but one was sharing her truth on Instagram! Since then she started creating content because she is such a CREATIVE person! Now she is living the life she always wanted and enjoys all the ups and downs! 

Topics Discussed:

Topics Discussed: 

• Small town living and Family Influence 

• Gratitude for family and Relationships 

• Communication with others

• Dancing and Mindset as a dancer

• Team work and Becoming a team player

• Dance being a safe space and an outlet 

• Neck injury 

• Listening to what your body needs

• Feeling lost because she has always done dance

• Dance became her only identity 

• Wanting to be known for more than just dance 

• Highlights of dancing career

• Learning how to take constructive criticism 

• MENTAL HEALTH 

• Made a video and posted it on Instagram about her struggles (She felt like she had so much to share and did want to keep it in anymore)

• Feeling NOT GOOD ENOUGH

• Letting others get inside her head 

• Comparison 

• Being vulnerable on social media 

• Not glamorizing the lifestyle 

• Being real and raw on social media 

• Things to do to make your social media less toxic 

• Being an emotional and highly sensitive person 

• Limiting beliefs 

• Content creator 

• How she became a content creator 

• Breaking point - Therapy 

• Depression

• Shift in mindset 

• Manifesting and owning what she wanted 

• SELF SABOTAGE

• Acknowledging what is going on 

• Support system 

• Perks of being your own boss

• Steps to get started as a Content Creator 

• Healing and Putting yourself out there

• Managing emotions and checking in with yourself 

• Gratitude for all experiences

Check out Shelbys Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook!!!

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! You can now watch all the interviews on my youtube channel! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Tami Butcher grew up in sunny Arizona and currently lives there! She had a different childhood than others with a huge family! Tami is rewriting the story about divorce and having a relationship with step-parents! She believes that they are bonus parents and shares her positive experiences with that! Tami is a sister, mother, wife, entrepreneur, author, leader, and a bright light in the world! Tami speaks about her entrepreneur journey as she is a Presidential Purpose Partner with Think Goodness! Her family owns a restaurant chain in the US so she has been around successful businesses all her life! Tami has lived an extraordinary life filled with love and positivity! Recently Tami has donated her kidney to her cousin and talks about her experience and is raising awareness! Her life is busy but she enjoys all of it! More about what Tami discussed below! 

Topics Discussed:

- Great Childhood despite divorce

- Dealing with Divorce as a child 

- Bonus Mom and Dad not stepparents

- Family Life 

- Raised as a TomBoy (Positive relationship with Dad)

- Education Journey 

- Restaurant Industry in the USA

- Following your dreams

- Calling to help other women find their voice 

•Being your own boss

• Having Flexibility 

• Charities & Fundraising 

• Journey with Origami Owl & Think Goodness

• Entrepreneur spirit 

• Young entrepreneur program 

• Opportunity and Risk 

• Fear and Comfort zone 

• Leadership and Growth 

• Developing Team Culture 

• When you are with like-minded women… there is nothing that can stop you 

• Pillar of their relationship - Trust, loyalty, patients 

• Relationship advice

• Love Languages 

• Kidney Donor 

• Process and Mental strength with donating 

• Life after donating 

• Kidney Awareness 

• Lesson from having kids

• Always be authentically you! 

Check out Tami’s book My Bonus Mom! Taking the Step out of Stepmom and connect with her on Instagram! 

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! You can now watch all the interviews on my youtube channel! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Sasha’s life changed when she downloaded TikTok when the pandemic first started! She is a viral TikTok creator and founder of Archive Sunday. Sasha has built a career from pursuing her passions and been given a unique opportunity to connect with millions online. It’s become her mission to empower women to do the same thing! Sasha talks about the importance of connecting with one's authentic selves and learning to “make themselves the main character.” She shares the highs and the lows of her Tik Tok journey and all the opportunities that have arised! 

Topics Discussed: 

• Everything changed when she downloaded TikTok 

• Winning Miss Utah 

• Discovering what she really wants in life

• Questioning Things

• TIK TOK 

• Starting her business

• Vintage star wars shirt bleached

• Going viral on Tiktok

• Archive Sunday (Collage Walls with Fancy athletics)

• Million of Followers on Instagram 

• Advertising Business on TikTok 

• All the skills coming together 

• Dream Job 

• Multipassonate 

• Business advice 

 Photography 

• Growth 

• High - highs and lows-lows

• Negative Comments 

• Positive Feedback 

• Pushing out a lot of contents 

• Algorithm 

• Having Fun

• Business Model 

• Giving up creative control

• Feeling different 

• Manifestations 

• Future Goals

Stay up to date with what Sasha is up to on her website or on Instagram! 

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! You can now watch all the interviews on my youtube channel! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Sasha is the founder and CEO of Archive Sunday, which is an online retail platform that made six figures in the first 100 days of operation! She is an avid reader and storyteller, Sasha is the creator of the Noble House of Black Harry Potter fan series and loves sharing her passions! In 2021, Sasha earned the job of Miss Utah! In our conversation, Sasha talks about how she got there and what the future holds! Sasha’s life changed when she downloaded TikTok when the pandemic first started! More on her entrepreneurial journey coming out next week!! See other topics discussed below!!

Topics Discussed: 

• Grew up with Entrepreneurs all around her 

• High school Musical 

• High School was the best off times and worst of times 

• Debate Team 

• Importance of literacy 

• Dance and social media impact on self-esteem 

• Public Speaking 

• Learning and improving 

• Being the Youngest of 6 kids 

• Theme of not feeling good enough in relation to family 

• Felt like she had to do something really great 

• Miss Uta Teen program

• Pageant world was different than all her siblings 

• Competed for the first time when she was 15 

• Pageant world

• Body Image issues 

• Bulimia 

• Eating disorders passed down through generations 

• Tools used to unpack generational trauma - THERAPY 

• Mental health 

• Perfect and polished 

• Bullying 

• Happiness 

• Personal Freedom

• Auditioned for Disney 

• Creative 

• Don’t rush 

• Missions Trip 

• Photography 

• Religion

• Entrepreneurial ventures and Hustling 

• Failed Engagement

• Relationship and Boundaries

• Dreaming BIG

Stay up to date with what Sasha is up to on her website or on Instagram!

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! You can now watch all the interviews on my youtube channel! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Geoff was born and raised in Medicine Hat, AB! He believes that his childhood was simple compared to what children have to go through these days with much more stimulation and technology. Geoff has a love of sports and has always been an entrepreneur at heart. Geoff talks about working his way through the restaurant industry and starting his own restaurant. He is currently a Sergeant in the Calgary Police Service which he has a great passion for! While talking through the many careers he has had Geoff shares many challenges and great advice! Geoff believes that we have lost a little bit of our Humanity within our society which he talks more about in our conversation! Because of the perspective and world that Geoff has I asked him “if you could make a law what would it be?”... and he replied that you would not be allowed to hate!!! Geoff also shares the story of being adopted and all the feelings that come along with that. More of what we talked about is below!!! 

Topics Discussed: 

- Entrepreneurial mindset

-  Working in the restaurant industry (20 Years) 

-  Dealing with failure and shifts in the “plan”

-  Starting his own business

-  Running a restaurant 

- Dealing with Burnout 

-  People-based Industries

-  Learning to be a team player

-  Growing and learning through time

-  Accepting that I am not perfect

-  Family life

-  Relationship

-  35 years in the Police Force

- Discipline as a police officer 

- Being the first responder when something bad is happening 

-  Pros and Cons of being a Police

-  Dealing with mental challenges with the job

-  Division created by Covid

-  Media vs researching

- Impact (Negative) of the pandemic on society

-  Power and Money

-  Love NOT Hate

-  Adoption

-  Effects of adoption feeling different than everyone else

-  The process of finding biological parents

-  Meeting his mother for the first time at age 47

 - Going back to university at 52 years old

-  the importance of community and Friends

-  not giving up and believing in yourself

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! You can now watch all the interviews on my youtube channel! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Johnena is a non diet personal trainer and clinical exercise psychologist in Calgary, Alberta! She was born and raised in a small town just outside of Cochrane with nature all around her! In Johnena’s Episode she discusses her process of grieving the loss of her mother and father! Despite this being hard, Johnena has learned so many lessons from all the things that have happened in her life! Every moment and experience has shaped her to be this bright light in the world!!! Through self-awareness and therapy, Johnena was able to discover that she was not fully in control of her life and that she wanted to change this… which over time she was able to do!!! More of what we talked about is below!!! 

Topics Discussed: 

-  Growing up in a small town! 

-  Young Friendships 

-  Therapy 

- Hard time asking for help + Communicating

- Mount Royal University

- Figuring out who she wants to be

- Getting rejected from her desired program and shifting 

- Kinesiology 

- How to handle Crisis 

- Figuring out - What Do You Do After School??

- Adjusting to the lack of Structure 

- Difference between School and the Real World

- Dealing with the loss of mother and father 

- Lessons from losing her parents

- Grief 

- Feeling Stuck 

- Who you surround yourself with is so important 

- Control and lack of control 

- Business 

- Comparison

- Personal trainer

- Gym Culture / Diet Culture 

- Anti Diet

- Self-awareness & Self-love 

- Intuitive exercise + Movement  

- Perfectionism 

- Staying Curious

If you want to learn more about Johnena check out her Instagram!

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! You can now watch all the interviews on my youtube channel! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

According to a source on Tik Tok we are now in the TOP 1% OF PODCASTS!!! Since there are 21 episodes of the One World Countless Stories we qualify!!! How does that work???? Well, this source says that the 2 Million people who make a podcast don't make it to 20 episodes so when you do you are in the Top 1%!! Whether this is true or not, it's fun to think and celebrate the progress of the podcast! 

In this episode, I talked about my experiences with social media and at the end give you strategies on how to make your social media a more positive place! So you can start leaving your Instagram feeling happier and inspired vs feeling down on yourself! The most important thing I talked about was comparison is the killer of joy and when making changes and shifts we need to be gentle with ourselves! I also talked about some of the toxic behaviors I developed over time because I grew up on Instagram!

Topics Discussed: 

- Top 1% of podcasts 

- My social media journey 

- Fear of judgment 

- Shifting and growing with social media 

- Hype House (Famous TikTokers) 

- The D'Amelio Show

- Effects of social media 

- Instagram 

- Pressure 

- Stopped posting because of insecurities 

- Mentors pushing me to post

- Overthinking 

- Addiction

- Social media consuming my life 

- Notifications

- Toxic behavior

- Vulnerable + highlights on social media

- Comparison 

- Worth attached to results on social media 

- Instagram vs TikTok

- How do you feel when you leave social media

- Un-following

- Strategies to make your social media more positive  

- Giving yourself grace 

If you want to continue the conversation or share your own story please reach out to me! Your voice is important and the world needs to hear your story! 

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! You can now watch all the interviews on my youtube channel! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

“I am a champion. I am a survivor. I am a fighter.”

Melissa lives her life with no regrets and NOW believes that everything happens for a reason! Melissa was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has been married for 20 years and has a 17-year-old daughter. Her father passed away when she was 5 and her mother remarried a couple of years later. Melissa’s family then became like The Brady Bunch! When Melissa was young she aspired to be a vet but things changed and when she graduated she went to college for a little over half of a semester. She packed up and moved to Washington after time passed she got married for the first time. With all the challenges that came from her marriage she decided to leave it, this left her feeling disappointed in herself and made her question…“What am I doing?” At first, she drank her feelings away but she had great friends who lifted her up and she just kept working. She moved back home then decided that she had to prove that she could make money and do things on her own. 

As time passed, Melissa got remarried to her current husband! Throughout her journey, there have been many exciting ups and extreme downs. Melissa was in a very dark place for a big part of her life. After trying many doctors... after moving from medication to medication.. after many attempts to kill herself… after not receiving a job despite her education and qualifications… after wanting to give up on life... She finally found a doctor and a company that influenced and helped change her life. Now Melissa lives a life filled with purpose, personal growth,and love for all (including herself)! 

Topics Discussed: 

- Questioning “What am I doing?” through her story.

- Dealing with depression.

- Pregnancy struggles.

- Feeling not good enough when it came to being a mother -.Mommy Guilt.

- Weight loss + Weight gain.

- Went back to school in her 30’s.

- Getting help.

- Moving from doctor to doctor and the struggles with anti-depressants.

- Health care system was not taking her seriously. 

- Having no will to live.

- Anger and negative self-talk. 

- Multiple suicide attempts. 

- Finding Origami Owl (Now Think Goodness) 

- Being her own boss. 

- Entrepreneurial journey and not using excuses.

- Trusting the process and gratitude.

- Personal growth and good people/mentors.

- Family life (Brady Bunch).

- Aspirations to be a vet. 

- Fear of failure and being scared to pursue her dreams.

- Dropping out of College. 

- Being a free spirit and gypsy at heart.

- Working many Jobs to prove herself. 

- Moving away from her hometown.

- Getting married and divorced young.

- Feeling like a disappointment - disappointing herself.  

- Living with no regrets.

- 75 Hard - Mental Challenge.

If you want to learn more about Melissa check out her Instagram!

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! You can now watch all the interviews on my youtube channel! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Rae-Ann is a woman of many talents and trades! She has tackled adversity and challenges head-on throughout her journey. Rae-Ann lost her father when she was young. This affected her because she was so young and was also a daddy's girl, in turn, she struggled when this was taken away. Rae-Ann's career was extraordinary, she started as a hairdresser and did that for 20 years but physically her body couldn't handle it anymore. This was a major challenge for her as she only knew hairdressing and worked so hard to build her reputation. Moving through her story there were many periods of transition and pivoting. She moved from a construction desk job to being a life coach. She found the world of personal growth later in her life and it made her challenge the beliefs that didn't serve her any longer. She decided to become a life coach because she felt the power in empowering others and wanted to pay it forward! Now she is an entrepreneur and has her own company called Be U Be Beautiful.

Topics Discussed: 

- A passion for everything she does.

- Losing her father.

- Having 5 siblings and one bathroom.

- Dealing with having to stop a passion because of physical limitations.

- Relationships and marriage.

- Guiding and supporting her daughter through her pregnancy. 

- Career paths.  

- Struggles with mental health. 

- Feeling stagnant and stuck.

- Craving change and development. 

- Getting experience.

- Being a lifelong learner. 

- Life coach and business owner.

- Starting a business in a pandemic.

- Transformational awakening. 

- Challenging beliefs that don't serve you. 

- Personal growth journey. 

- Importance of communication.

If you want to learn more about Rae-Ann check out her Instagram or Website!

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! You can now watch all the interviews on my youtube channel! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello

Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TIK TOK, and now YOUTUBE!!! If you have a story you would like to share with the world, reach out to me!

Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello