Deb Drummond is an author in the forthcoming book about tattoos of resilience, RESILIENT A.F. Skin Deep Stories, launching December 2025. Dr. Parul Dua Makkar is an author in the upcoming book, RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience Volume, launching in March 2026.
Deb Drummond joins us to talk about balancing various projects, life, and everything in between. They talk about health, abundance and what happiness can feel like. This is Deb’s story, and she is RESILIENT A.F.
Dr. Parul Dua Makkar lost her brother, and as she came to terms with that, she lost her dad three years later. This is her story, and she is RESILIENT A.F.
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About the Guests:
Deb Drummond is a pioneer in the world of entrepreneurship. To date, she has built 7 international companies and inspired thousands around the globe.
She is the Founder behind the Show Up StandUp Speak Up, Yes You! movement, a televised, heart project with a reach of over 350 million designed to remember the solidarity of International Women’s Day. Deb owns The Women's Channel, offering accessible televised opportunities to all women.
Deb’s thirty-year deep dive in Top Performance has built her reputation as a speaker, mastermind trainer and personal coach. She has educated, and motivated audiences of 20 thousand to stand to their feet. In her private practice, Deb has personally worked with over 30 thousand clients, moving them to a higher state of optimal health and wealth.
A well-known radio host of the Mission Accepted podcast, Deb interviews dynamic Entrepreneurs, Ultrapreneurs, Creatives, and Media Professionals who reveal personal life stories and secrets to the success of ‘making it.’ Deb is the Founder of Mission Accepted Media, where she creates anthologies and books about people and business. She is the creator of the ever so popular Top Performance Day Planner and Tracker.
Deb loves music and is happiest when she is connecting people that she knows will benefit from meeting each other and, if you were to go to her home, you would be greeted with a table of “treats” that look like she took over Willy Wonka’s candy shop!
Links
www.debdrummond.com
LI – https://www.linkedin.com/in/DebDrummond/
FB – https://www.facebook.com/deborahldrummond/
IG – @deborahldrummond https://www.instagram.com/deborahldrummond/;
@debdrummond_official (3)Instagram; @missionaccepted_media (3) Instagram
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsnh0BsWjHS1aba4cItw4rw
Dr. Parul Dua Makkar is a dentist, author, and grief coach whose life and work were forever shaped by loss—first her younger brother to oral cancer, and later her father. She channels that grief into action, educating healthcare professionals and the public on oral cancer prevention and early detection, while creating compassionate spaces for conversations about grief. Through her work, she bridges science and empathy, reminding us that awareness saves lives and shared stories heal hearts.
Links: www.parulduamakkar.com
Oral Cancer Course: www.duagoodjob.com
LinkedIn: Dr. Parul Dua Makkar - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-parul-dua-makkar-bsc-dds-facd-375324145_i-would-like-to-re-introduce-myself-my-activity-7286905696476909568-dC2C
Instagram: @duagoodjob (3) Instagram
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About the Hosts:
Blair Kaplan Venables is a British Columbia-based grief and resilience expert and coach, motivational speaker and the Founder of The Global Resilience Project. Her expertise has been featured on media platforms like Forbes, TEDx, CBC Radio, Entrepreneur, and Thrive Global. She is named the Top Grief and Resilience Expert of the Year 2024 by IAOTP. USA Today listed Blair as one of the top 10 conscious female leaders to watch and she empowers others to be resilient from stages around the world. 'MyStory,’ which is a television show available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ and Google Play, showcases Blair's life story. She is the host of the Radical Resilience podcast and specializes in helping people strengthen their resilience muscle using scientifically proven methods and guides grieving high performers with her Navigating Grief Framework. The Global Resilience Project’s award-winning book series are international bestsellers, and her fourth book, RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience Vol 2, will be published in January 2025. In her free time, you can find Blair writing, in nature, travelling the world and helping people to strengthen their resilience muscles.
Links:
https://www.blairkaplan.ca/
https://theglobalresilienceproject.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/blairdkaplan
https://www.facebook.com/blair.kaplan
https://www.facebook.com/BlairKaplanCommunications
https://www.instagram.com/globalresiliencecommunity
https://www.instagram.com/blairfromblairland/
https://www.facebook.com/globalresiliencecommunity
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-global-resilience-project
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Alana Kaplan is a compassionate mental health professional based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She works in the mental health field, and is a co-host of the Resilient A.F. podcast. Fueled by advocacy, Alana is known for standing up and speaking out for others. Passionate about de-stigmatizing and normalizing mental health, Alana brings her experience to The Global Resilience Project’s team, navigating the role one’s mental health plays in telling their story.
Engaging in self-care and growth keeps her going, and her love for reading, travel, and personal relationships helps foster that. When she’s not working, Alana can often be found on walks, working on a crossword puzzle, or playing with any animal she sees.
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