On today’s show Laurie will be speaking with some of the presenters from the Mental HELLth Workshop for the Entrepreneurs which is the brainchild of Catherine Landry of Call Betty in Ottawa, Ontario Canada the nation’s capital city!

Laurie’s guests today will be 2 indigenous leaders who are making a difference in the world! Mark Marsolais-Nahwagahbow and Colleen Gray. Mark owns Birch Bark Coffee company in Ottawa and gives back to help indigenous families have clean water. Colleen fundraises to send art supplies (Art for Aid) Mylar Blanket warm home initiative and maps to remote communities in Canada! Tune in and call in!

Peggy Taillon of The Hera Mission Of Canada will be Laurie’s first guest followed by Mark Marsolais-Nehwegahbow of the Birch Bark Coffee Company that gives back by bringing clean water to indigenous families. Jason Petrunik of Liv a travel experience company will be sharing all of the new and exiting trips we can all go on together. Cannabis will be legal in Canada in a few weeks so Laurie will be talking about that too! Join Laurie at 2pm est for Real Talk With Laurie

Today on Real Talk With Laurie she will be following up with Peggy Taillon who just returned from her trip to Kenya and Jason Petrunik of the travel experience company Liv. As always Laurie will be reading from her book Life Lessons I Learned From My DoG Chapter 5 entitled “Be Patient, TheBest Is Yet To Come”. The recent Tornados that struck Ottawa will be a topc of conversation as well as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony.

Friends, what does it mean to be one and what does it mean if you have none? Join Laurie as she delves into the topic of friends. She will be reading Chapter 2 of Life Lessons I Learned From My DoG entitled Learn to Love Unconditionally.

Good Grief! Laurie is grieving the death if her Dad and will be reading her eulogy from her dad's funeral as well as Chapter 13 Live in Today for Tomorrow is Not Promised from her book Life Lessons I Learned From My DoG and speaking with Grief Coach Anne Le Butte

Laurie will be reading the 3rd chapter from her book Life Lessons I Learned From My DoG entitled She Shall Not Be Moved - Learn To Stand Up For Yourself. What do you stand up for? Cannabis will be legal in Canada on October 17 of this year and that is a hot topic especially since the government is screwing it up already!

Today on Real Talk With Laurie, Laurie will be talking with Sunshine who started Her Braids a beading program that helps bring clean water to indigenous communities. She is a partner with David Suzuki and the blue dot program trying to make access to clean water a human right! Catherine Landry will be giving us an update on her upcoming events in Ottawa.