The focus of this short episode of RESILIENT PEOPLE is on my takeaways from the book by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, "Keep Sharp: Build A Better Brain At Any Age". It's a science-driven guide to preventing brain decline but I also found that the advice is beneficial for overall wellness and positive mental health.

As I focus a lot of my learning for RESILIENT PEOPLE on building resilience and learning from those who demonstrate a positive mindset, Dr. Gupta offers some terrific and easy to employ tips for maintaining our overall health. In this short episode of the podcast, I offer some of my favourite takeaways.  

This episode offers Janet Fanaki's own personal views of the book's recommendations and building a positive mindset. 

Topics include:

• building resilience
• the importance of movement, sleep, hydration and finding purpose to having a positive mindset
• self awareness

The book is available at all bookstores and online sellers. 

To learn more about RESILIENT PEOPLE visit www.resilientpeople.ca

Follow Janet Fanaki, creator and host of RESILIENT PEOPLE on Instagram 

Contact Janet either by going to the contact page on the website or email [email protected]

Bonjour and welcome to RESILIENT PEOPLE. My guest on this episode is Katie Clark - an American in Paris.

Katie is 42 years old and originally from Utah. She got married very young, had three children pretty quickly and for the last 16 years has practiced as an emergency room nurse.

Like many married couples, she and her husband were going through the motions of life and marriage. Focused on raising children and busy with their careers. As she was approaching her midlife years, Katie felt unhappy with the status quo and looked for ways to make a change. After years of soul searching and discussions with her husband, she filed for divorce earlier this year and months later bought a one-way ticket to Paris.

It may not be the part about moving to France that resonates with many, but surely there are many midlife women who question the state of their marriage by the time their children are grown. They wonder, "Is this it?" Katie decided that she wanted more out of life.

And so the theme of this episode is all about prioritizing ourselves. To not feel guilty about putting ourselves first, rediscovering who we are and how Katie Clark is doing that in Paris. We spoke about the importance for midlife women to not give up on their dreams, finding joy again, our love of singing, learning to be your own best friend and getting comfortable with being alone and on their own. 

Katie Clark is a travel blogger living in Paris. Learn more about Katie Clark on Instagram at: @theadventuresofnursekatie

RESILIENT PEOPLE features conversations with host Janet Fanaki and guests from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome major challenges, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

Season 3 of the podcast features conversations with midlife women. 

If you are midlife woman with a story of resilience to tell, or know someone who does, please go to the RESILIENT PEOPLE website and fill out the form on the Contact page. Click here.

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order RESILIENT merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

Learn about our family's fundraiser The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund at www.theadamfanakibrainfund.com

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Follow RESILIENT PEOPLE on Instagram www.instagram.com/resilientpeopleca & Twitter www.twitter.com/resilientpeopl

For this episode of RESILIENT PEOPLE, I was joined by Toronto divorce and family lawyer Leanne Townsend. 

Running a busy law practice, the creator of the Divorcing Well podcast and mom of two adult children - Leanne is a terrific person to have on to talk about midlife issues. We spoke about some big changes that have recently happened in her life.  Namely, selling her family home and starting her own law firm.

As two midlife women, we talked about:

- embracing big life changes and the benefits of changing everything at once

- the freedom of letting go

- including children in our decisions

- how to find a good divorce lawyer

- building a solid support system

- our mutual appreciation for the TLC show 90 Day Fiancé

- and calling this "The Year Of (insert your name here)" as a form of self care   

Learn more about her at: www.leannetownsend.ca

RESILIENT PEOPLE features conversations with host Janet Fanaki and guests from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome major challenges, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

Season 3 of the podcast features conversations with midlife women. 

If you are midlife woman with a story of resilience to tell, or know someone who does, please go to the RESILIENT PEOPLE website and fill out the form on the Contact page. Click here.

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order RESILIENT merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

Learn about our family's fundraiser The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund at www.theadamfanakibrainfund.com

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Follow RESILIENT PEOPLE on Instagram www.instagram.com/resilientpeopleca & Twitter www.twitter.com/resilientpeopl

In this episode of the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast, Janet Fanaki introduces listeners to Audrey Guth, a Toronto entrepreneur and founder of the non-profit organization Nankind. 

Audrey is a mother, grandmother, two-time cancer survivor and creator of multiple businesses. Her point-of-view to inspire  women to make a pivot in midlife is very inspiring. 

Janet and Audrey spoke about:

• the moment when it seemed right to leave her business and start a not-for-profit agency
• advice that she shares to help midlife women who are seeking a change
• the importance of having an external focus in your life - a purpose that takes attention away from yourself and helps others
• what she credits her resilience to

To learn more about Nanny Angel Network, please visit www.nankind.com

If you are a midlife woman with an inspiring story to tell, or know someone who does, please send me a note on the contact page of the RESILIENT PEOPLE website at www.resilientpeople.ca 

On the website you can also find: 

• archived episodes from the podcast
• background information about Janet Fanaki including media and speaking engagements
• order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise
• get more information on The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund

RESILIENT PEOPLE is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts.

FOLLOW RESILIENT PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram  & Twitter

Looking forward to having you along and sharing these stories of resilience. 

Sincerely,

Janet Fanaki

Hello RESILIENT PEOPLE! Welcome to Season 3 of the podcast! I am your host, Janet Fanaki.

I am so excited to be back and ready to introduce you to more EXTRAordinary people who are admired for their resilience. But this season - with a twist.

You will hear more of the voices of midlife women and how they are reinventing themselves, finding a purpose and moving through this new chapter of their lives with a sense of joy.

In this trailer for Season 3 of the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast, Janet Fanaki explains the exciting new direction that she's taking listeners in.

For the first two seasons, we met regular people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. Men and women who have experienced major life challenges, but found a purpose from these events and are inspiring others to be resilient too. As a midlife, single mom I have now found myself looking to other midlife women for guidance and inspiration.

So this new season of RESILIENT PEOPLE will be exploring the stories of women who have encountered various challenges and found that this latest chapter is one of the best and most rewarding in their lives. The aim is to show that our lives are always evolving and can be changing for the better. Even in the midlife years. 

It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning, and build a positive and resilient mindset.If you are a midlife woman with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message and send it to: [email protected]

Go to www.resilientpeople.ca for:

• archived episodes from the podcast
• background information about Janet Fanaki including media and speaking engagements
• order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise

RESILIENT PEOPLE is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts.

FOLLOW RESILIENT PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

Instagram  & Twitter

Looking forward to having you along and sharing these stories of resilience. 

Sincerely,

Janet Fanaki

On this episode of the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast, I welcome Grief Coach Sherrie Dunlevy as my guest. Sherrie is the creator of the Graduating Grief Academy and her goal is to help people find joy again while living with loss. An innovative group program, her goal is to cycle you through the stages of grief where you come out of the other end with a sense of gratitude, healing and hope.

We spoke about:

- different forms of grief

- how others can support grievers

- infant, parental and pet loss

- self-care

She is a best-selling author, podcast host and public speaker. Early into her marriage, Sherrie and her husband suffered the loss of their infant son Brandon.

As she says, "For 13 years following his death, I would describe myself as a mother who was existing, not really living. I was surviving, but I certainly wasn’t thriving." Over time, she experienced additional forms of grief from parental loss to the collective grief we all lived through with the pandemic.

As she did the work on herself to get back to finding joy in life again, she wants to impart her wisdom on others who are living with loss and the collateral damage that comes with it.For more information on Sherry Dunlevy and the Graduating Grief Academy, click here. 

RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

The  aim of this podcast and the stories on the website is to show that your negative experience does not need to define you. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning and purpose.  And to build a positive and resilient mindset.

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or send a message to: [email protected]. 

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

FOLLOW RESILIENT PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

Instagram www.instagram.com/resilientpeopleca & Twitter www.twitter.com/resilientpeopl

PROMOTIONAL PARTNER:

Leanne Townsend - www.leannetownsend.ca

We all remember being in high school and dating someone new and thinking that that person was all that mattered. When things went south, where were your friends? They would be the ones to lift your spirit, get you drunk to feel better about the break-up and help you move on.

For this short episode of the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast, I talk about friends and friendships.

In my 53 years of being on this earth, I've come to learn that not everyone has their own set of friends outside of their marital or partner relationship. I make an argument in this episode on the importance of having your own friends - especially the kind who have known you for a very long time.

Life can change on you at the drop of a hat - in case be through divorce, separation, catastrophe and like in my case where a partner passes away. When these terrible things happen in our lives, we want our really close friends to offer support and pull us out. To help us be resilient.

RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

The  aim is to show that your negative experience does not need to define you. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning.  And build a positive and resilient mindset.

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message and send it to: [email protected]. 

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

FOLLOW RESILIENT PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

Instagram www.instagram.com/resilientpeopleca & Twitter www.twitter.com/resilientpeopl

Meet Caitlin Starr. When we spoke for the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast, she was a high school student in Toronto. Now she’s studying at university in Montreal.

Caitlin is a competitive dancer and skier, intelligent and a vivacious young woman who also happens to be living with Type 1 Diabetes. 

But she is adamant on not being known foremost for her condition. As she says, she is not the label but so much more. 

We spoke about her role models and how she feels about being one to those who don’t have T1D as well as those who do.

This was one of my favourite conversations that was originally done for Youtube. I resurrected it from the archives and reworked it for the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast. 

For more information on Caitlin Starr, you can find her on Instagram. 

RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

The  aim is to show that your negative experience does not need to define you. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning.  And build a positive and resilient mindset.

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message and send it to: [email protected]. 

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

FOLLOW RESILIENT PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

Instagram www.instagram.com/resilientpeopleca & Twitter www.twitter.com/resilientpeopl

PROMOTIONAL PARTNER:

Leanne Townsend - www.leannetownsend.ca

In this short episode of the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast, Janet Fanaki wants listeners to think about leaving a legacy of kindness. With many of us worried about the current state of the world, kindness matters more than ever.

Janet references a recent event that was held in memory of her husband who passed away from brain cancer in 2020. She talks about what he is most remembered for in the legal and business communities in Canada and around the world. A skilled and well-respected competition law lawyer, Adam Fanaki is most remembered for his kindness.

RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too.

The  aim is to show that your negative experience does not need to define you. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning.  And build a positive and resilient mindset.

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message and send it to: [email protected].

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

FOLLOW RESILIENT PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

Instagram  & Twitter

PROMOTIONAL PARTNER:

Leanne Townsend - www.leannetownsend.ca

In this episode of RESILIENT PEOPLE, I welcome caregiving expert Donna Thomson.

Through years of being a family caregiver to turning to advocacy work and research in the area, Donna shares a wealth of knowledge and personal experience. 

We spoke about: 

• her essentials for being a better caregiver
• how to avoid failure within the healthcare system
• ways that she maintains her positive mindset and resilience
• avoiding caregiver burnout
• finding a community that you can really laugh with
• learning to say no but also the power in saying yes 

LINKS:

www.donnathomson.com

Facebook: @thecaregiverslivingroom

Twitter: @thomsod

McMaster University - Caregiving Essentials 

RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

The  aim is to show that your negative experience does not need to define you. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning.  And build a positive and resilient mindset.

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message and send it to: [email protected]. 

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

FOLLOW RESILIENT PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

Instagram www.instagram.com/resilientpeopleca & Twitter www.twitter.com/resilientpeopl

PROMOTIONAL PARTNER:

Leanne Townsend - www.leannetownsend.ca