Multi-award winning, chart-topping Indigenous artists Twin Flames Build bridges across cultures, continents, and styles. The husband and wife duo of Chelsey June, métis (Algonquin Cree) from Ottawa, and Jaaji, Inuk and Mohawk from Nunavik, are long celebrated for their sonic landscapes spanning Canada and the Arctic, and honouring their ancestors through song in English, Inuttitut and French. Twin Flames, brings together a richness of personal history and musical experience, 2x Canadian Folk Music Award recipients for Aboriginal Songwriters of the year and 3x Native American Music Award winners and most recently 3X Winners for the Inaugural Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards. Their songs tell stories of courage and survival. A beloved powerhouse with 28 Music award Nominations and having played more than 1000+ shows throughout Canada, Greenland, the United States, Australia and France they are well on their way to becoming a Canadian household name.

Using unique sounds, Indigenous Spirit flutes, traditional drums and western instruments, synthesizing harmonies, singing songs in English, Inuktitut, French they offer a truly unique experience. Before combining their talents under the title of Twin Flames, Chelsey June and Jaaji had their own respective award-winning and nominated careers; they met on-set during the filming of APTN’s TAM (Talent Autochtones Musical) in 2014.

Lowry Olafson is a performing songwriter and keynote speaker who has released nine CDs and toured the globe. His concerts are peppered with stories that offer a window into the songs and invite listeners of all ages to connect to the stories of their own lives.

In addition to his performing career, Lowry also leads a unique team-building experience called the ThemeShop which helps organizations get in tune with each other – literally, and gives them a powerful tool to add emotional impact to their fundraising and marketing.

Lowry says he has now written around 500 songs with about 10,000 people in both private and group sessions.  A CD featuring 18 of those songs – My Dog Ate My Homework – hit #5 on the Galaxie Kidstuff channel.

He now works with clients across the globe helping them write their own PowerSongs to inspire and open the door for  hope for people to live their best and authentic lives.  

"I write PowerSongs with you – to give you the clarity, focus and energy to CRUSH limiting beliefs and make your life SING!"

Lowry is an avid sailor and lives on BC’s Sunshine Coast with his wife and daughter.

To contact Lowry Olafson: 

https://powersongs.ca/

https://lowryolafson.com/

The Lunatics: Craig & Alix Malcolm

The Lunatics, Craig & Alix, are doing IVF.  And in regular Lunatic fashion, they can't shut up about it! They found that during their journey there wasn’t enough support for men affected by infertility, so they're trying to change that by having their own open and VERY honest conversations.  Their podcast offers a unique view on the Infertility experience from both the Male & Female perspective and encourages men to join in on the discussion.  In each episode they discuss their experience, tell stories, argue and have some laughs along the way.  Because if you’re not laughing, you’re crying and they've done enough of that lately to last a lifetime.  

The podcast is called The Lunatics Do IVF.

Craig was born and raised in the UK.  An avid travel, he's been to 86 countries and has lived and worked in over 39 countries including 2 years spent running tours in Africa.  Moved to Vancouver, BC in 2011 and became a Canadian Citizen in 2019.

Alix is first generation Canadian, and a UK citizen. Born and raised in Delta, BC and can't believe I've ended up settling back here.  Hoping to convince Craig to move back to the UK one of these days!

Find them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thelunaticsdoivf
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheLunaticsDo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelunaticsdoivf/

Jimmy Leo resides in the northern suburbs of Tampa Bay with his fiancé Kelly Slaven, & his youngest daughter Emily. He has been professionally entertaining and connecting with audiences for over 25 years and professionally educating for 15. His clientele has included the New York Islanders, Steinway pianos, JetBlue airlines, and more.  

Currently serving daily as a classroom educator, Jimmy connect with young adults educating, facilitating, and speaking about creativity, personal development, positive outcomes, and points of wealth.

His Creativity enables him to educate and entertain at schools, colleges, and corporations. Whether his message is on catapulting Creativity, embracing points of wealth, or powerfully adjusting outcomes, Jimmy’s innovative approach to audience connection and interaction leaves his audiences energized.

A published author of “Get Quotivated! 166 quotable insights to catapult your creativity”, Jimmy has also filmed instructional DVDs on performance and presentation skills as well as written numerous articles on the arts, marketing, and psychology of performance and creativity. He has delivered presentations from New York to Las Vegas and many locations in between.  Humorist, Speaker, Coach, and Educator, Jimmy Leo will engage and connect with you in OUTSTANDING, and at times, hilarious ways that will have you achieving desired OUTCOMES.

Jimmy Leo is focused on helping his clients reduce the stress in their lives and offers a 10-Week Stress Reduction Program.

Jimmy Leo website: OutstandingOutcomes.net

Jimmy Leo email: [email protected]  

Raymond To has been recruiting and offering HR advice since 1992. He has conducted over 280 senior level search assignments and often engaged as an interim HR and Operations Manager for number of fast growing technology companies. He has worked in a broad range of industries from high-technology, education, non-profit and healthcare.

In 2002, Raymond founded GO Recruitment Inc. with a vision to be more flexible, more engaging and to offer a better customer experience for organizations large and small.  This new way has benefited organizations both in greater value for their recruitment dollar and most importantly, GO Recruitment’s industry leading 96% retention rate means the people they recruit become productive and long-term hires. This differentiation was highly regarded by the industry and in 2006, he was recognized by Business in Vancouver as one of Vancouver’s Top 40 under 40 business leaders.

In 2010, GO Recruitment partnered with the BC Public School Employers Association to complete Executive Search services through Make a Future. In 2013, that alliance continued in its current form called GO Futures Human Resources Inc.

He is a strong supporter of the community from his involvement with Junior Achievement, past Chair for the Learning Disabilities Association of British Columbia (www.ldabc.ca) and past board of Director for Dress for Success Vancouver. He currently sits on the Equity Giving Committee of Science World.

Why is it so hard to set boundaries?  Oftentimes, it signifies a deeper value set.

Once you start establishing healthy boundaries, you can expect others to react negatively. This is a sign that the boundary is necessary and that it's working effectively. It's also helpful to visualize your boundaries getting crossed and imagine how you'll address those situations. That way, when a moment like that arises, you’ll be able to handle it rationally versus emotionally.

Employees who are the happiest and most productive are those who set boundaries. People who set limits gain respect because they show respect for themselves.

“Having the courage to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others. “ Brene Brown 

Barry Forward suggests The Five Steps to Establishing Work Boundaries:

1. Prioritize your values
2. Communicate your boundaries clearly
3. Bring up a boundary or violation right away
4. Focus on concrete rather than personal explanations
5. Be ready for boundary breaches - have a game plan

Dagmar Meachem on Boundaries: 

1. Trust your gut
2. Be Courageous
3. Take Personal Responsibility
4. Explore Lack of Boundary Motivation
5. Practice Reframing - to give you freedom to set the boundary
6. Speak up - make choice to do something rather than be a victim

Dagmar Meachem is an accredited Professional Certified Coach by Erickson Coaching International, Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by the International Coaching Federation and is EQ-i 2.0 Certified.  She provides one-one coaching, group coaching and custom designed facilitated workshops. Throughout her career, she’s also worked in the area of personal and business development, health coaching and website design.

Dagmar believes that obstacles can be an opportunity for growth and transformation and courage is a catalyst for change. For over 15 years, Dagmar has worked with leaders locally and internationally at all different levels of crisis and business models, coming alongside them through their change, growth and transformation as they take the next step in reaching their full potential. Her focus and methodology for change is to help create more courageous individuals, as she believes in courage as a catalyst for change, pushing us to act, move forward, and power through challenges. She is an accomplished leadership coach, facilitator, entrepreneur and change maker.

For more information on Dagmar visit her website: CourageSpace.com

 For information on Barry Forward, his work as an Executive Coach, Career Journey Specialist and past epidodes of the Reboot Forward Podcast visit: RebootForward.com via email at [email protected] 

Joy Parchment, PhD, RN, NEA-BC

Joy Parchment is a doctorally prepared executive nurse leader whose purpose is to accelerate the leadership abilities of nurses and build transformative nursing cultures that obtain exemplary results. She describes  herself as a difference maker, a tenacious catalyst for change, and a decisive and strategic minded decision maker.

She earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Nursing from the University  of Central Florida (UCF), where she also serves in an adjunct nursing faculty role. Joy is a certified speaker, teacher, coach, and behavior analysis trainer with the John Maxwell Team and an author of articles focused on nursing  practice, nurse leader workforce, and organizational learning.

Jay Parchment can be reached on LinkedIn @ www.linkedin.com/in/joyparchment
Orlando Health Profile: https://www.orlandohealth.com/content-hub/a-profile-in-tenacity-joy-parchment-phd-rn-neabc
Career Planning for Nurses: https://blog.bioplusrx.com/oncology-podcast/career-planning-joy-parchment

Joanne Newborn is a Certified Lifestyle & Leadership Executive Coach with nearly 20 years of Corporate experience in Sales, Marketing & Management.  She has her MBA from Penn State University and graduated with Beta Gamma Sigma Honors.  She  guides career focused individuals who feel frustrated, unfulfilled and stressed out to become empowered leaders so they can attain their dream job, with ideal salary and a luxurious (guilt-free) work/life balance. 

According to Joanne Newborn here are a few steps to stop being a People Pleaser:

• Observe and recognize this quality in yourself – without judgement. Just observe that this quality exists.
• Take responsibility – take ownership of knowing this quality may be holding you back from making decisions as a leader vs. a follower.
• Take action to make a change – start to make an uncomfortable decision. Step out of your “people pleasing” comfort zone and speak up for what you believe in, share your ideas, move forward in the face of that fear.

Ways you can connect with Joanne Newborn:

www.NewbornEvolution.com (lots of free leadership resources and articles here)

https://www.facebook.com/NewbornEvolution/

Or on LinkedIn - Joanne Newborn

Barry Forward and the Reboot Forward Podcast, focusing on change, transformation and reinvention.  Barry is a certified executive coach and executive career coach.  The best way to contact Barry is through the website: www.RebootForward.com

Award-winning marketer and leader turned entrepreneur, Wendy Wiesman, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ready. Set. Pivot.  Most recently, Wendy was the VP of Marketing & Customer Experience at a medical device startup organization. Prior to that, she served as the marketing leader for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota (BCBSMN) for six years, where she transformed the marketing organization from one that operated and thought ‘analog’ to one that achieved National digital marketing awards. 

Recognized by Minnesota Business Magazine in 2018 as a Women Who Lead nominee, and some might say at the top of her game, she left corporate marketing to pursue the opening of a retail cheese store three years ago. Today in partnership with her five co-founders, she’s engaging and leading other bold women to take small steps toward big change though the active pursuit of their next best thing. A firm believer and someone who lives each day under the mantra that ‘happiness is time well spent’.

The six women co-founded Ready, Set, Pivot (RSP) to guide bold, unapologetic women to their next best thing through experiences designed to help propel them forward - faster.  Together they are challenging  the universe to think differently about talented women, and help create new measures of success.  RSP experiences are designed to include small steps that drive action toward making positive career and life change.

Wendy Wiesman - www.linkedin.com/in/wendyswiesman
Heather Boschke - www.linkedin.com/in/hsboschke
Kristin Nordling - www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-nordling
Hilary Bilbrey - www.linkedin.com/in/hilary-bilbrey
Kristy Badger - www.linkedin.com/in/kristybadger
Emily McAuliffe - www.linkedin.com/in/emily-mcauliffe

 RSP Experience - www.RSPexperience.com

Barry Forward and the Reboot Forward Podcast, focusing on change, transformation and reinvention.  Barry is a certified executive coach and executive career coach.  The best way to contact Barry is through via his website: www.RebootForward.com

Rnold Smith is a speaker, consultant, writer who specializes in behaviour change in relationships. He is president and chief Visionary of Connection Apps Inc. which has a mission to help people develop the habits that lead to happiness, life satisfaction and human connection. 

Rnold's basic premise is that if people can eliminate some of the unconscious behaviours that lead to relationship conflict and friction and build the habits that make people feel love and appreciated, you will be happier, healthier, more successful and more satisfied with your life.

As a wellness advocate he teaches about the power of interpersonal mindfulness and helps people, teams and organizations integrate the Connection Habits™  into their routines.

Although he has over 20 years of experience helping businesses grow, his happy marriage and two loving daughters are his greatest source of pride.    

Some of the questions Rnold discusses:

1. What is the happy relationship ratio?
2. What is the one thing that all successful relationships have in common?
3. What is the one thing that unhealthy relationships have in common?
4. What are some techniques to avoid arguments? 
5. What should work to avoid arguments but doesn't?
6. Why is behaviour change so hard?
7. How long does it actually take to form a new habit?
8. What are the three things that need to occur simultaneously in order for you to take action?
9. What are the habits that lead to that honeymoon feeling in your relationship?
10. Why are we our own worst enemy?
11. Why is logic the enemy of transformational change? 

Rnold Smith on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rnold-smith-0a0a02/
The Connection App: https://theconnectionapp.com/our-apps/
The Connection App on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theconnectionapp/