RESILIENT PEOPLE

Emily O'Brien made one bad decision that landed her in prison. While spending time with other inmates watching television and making popcorn, Emily also developed a business idea. A gourmet popcorn company called, Comeback Snacks. It not only satisfies cravings but also helps former inmates by giving them a second chance - a comeback. 

Emily chatted with Janet Fanaki, the host of RESILIENT PEOPLE about her experience and why this purpose is so important to her. 

To learn more visit www.comebacksnacks.com and on socials @comebacksnacks.

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Father's Day is a time when many are missing their dads, husbands and father-like figures who have passed on.

In this episode of RESILIENT PEOPLE, I offer tips and takeaways to help those who are grieving through this emotionally-charged day. I share advice from those who have lived experience to help the many who will be needing support. Like any special day in the year, Father’s Day can be happy and terribly sad for many people. Losing one’s dad, husband or father-like figure can make this day very difficult to navigate alone. 

Janet Fanaki, host of the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast and lead content creator for the RESILIENT PEOPLE blog, lost her 51 year old husband Adam to brain cancer in 2020. Married for 21 years and the father to her two children Isobel and Sam, Father’s Day continues to be a tricky one for her to navigate. 

“The first year without him was really hard,” she says. “The kids and I have had to learn to manage the special days of the year in new ways.”

Janet offers some techniques that have helped her through other trigger days including Valentine's Day and her birthday (which she shared with Adam) along with advice from those with lived experience.

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In this episode of RESILIENT PEOPLE, I had the pleasure of speaking with extreme adventurer Sean Swarner. Sean has scaled the world’s seven tallest summits, hiked to the south and north poles making him a member of the exclusive Explorer’s Grand Slam. He did all of this with only one lung. 

A survivor of 2 children cancers, Sean has proven that anything is possible and aims to inspire cancer patients and others to conquer their own mountains. As someone who has spent his entire life overcoming challenges, I was keen to learn what inspires Sean, where he gets his resilience from and what standing on top of the world is like given everything he’s been through.

 To learn more about Sean Swarner, visit www.seanswarner.com.

 For more interviews with EXTRAordinary people admired for their resilience, visit ResilientPeople.ca or on Twitter or Instagram. The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available on all platforms including Apple, Spotify and Stitcher. Go to resilient-people.simplecast.com.

On this short episode of RESILIENT PEOPLE, I introduce you to an easy acronym in building resilience. SHADES. No, I’m not talking about your Ray Bans.

SHADES is an acronym that’s been popularized with content creators. I came across it while listening to an interview with Jessica Richey of SheSnaps. Jessica is a creator who is very open about mental health and the importance of taking care of it. And she has expressed a concern for the gaming and streaming communities to do the same.

So what does SHADES stand for? Sleep, Hydration, Air, Diet, Exercise and Stillness. 

In this episode I undercover why SHADES is important and how we can all easily incorporate it into our lives for better mental and physical health. 

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Marnie Hill wrote the book, Daddy's Blue Eyes, following the death of her son-in-law Matthew Leslie. He left behind a young wife and two daughters.

A professional communications specialist, Marnie was coping with her own grief while also looking for a way to help her granddaughters to understand their dad's passing. By writing this book, her goal is to also offer parents, grandparents, teachers and caregivers a way to gently start a conversation with young people about grief. To learn more and to order the book, visit www.marniehillcommunications.ca. 

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Resilience is the outcome -- but how do we get there?

In this short episode of the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast, we uncover some methods to building our resilience. My name is Janet Fanaki and I'm the host of RESILIENT PEOPLE. 

In a new segment called REVELATIONS, I'll be sharing easy tips and takeaways for you to try. These will drop every two weeks and come from my fantastic conversations with guests on the podcast. 

Each episode of REVELATIONS will only be a few minutes and be like a mini workshop in making you more resilient.

I'm looking forward to sharing these ideas with you. 

Learn more about Janet Fanaki and RESILIENT PEOPLE at www.resilientpeople.ca

Registered Dietitian Ashley Koff is a leading expert in nutrition and creator of The Better Nutrition Program. She is also an author, public speaker, and consultant who lives in the US. Ashley's goal is to ensure that patients and clients are receiving the best knowledge to manage their health through food, lifestyle and supplements. She loves talking about "gut health" and joined me on RESILIENT PEOPLE to discuss its relationship to building resilience.

We also spoke about the pandemic and the importance of being kind to ourselves - especially as many of us have "fallen off the wagon"; check-in with our medical practitioners to ensure that we have our mental and physical health the best they can be; ways to pivot to make our health better; and the connection between stress and digestion. Ashley has shared her expertise on shows like "The Doctors" and "The Dr.Oz Show". Visit www.ashleykoffrd.com to learn more about her or @ashleykoff. 

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Melissa Sheldrick is a Toronto mom, wife and patient safety advocate. She came to this role following the sudden death of her son Andrew. He was only 8 years old when an error in the dispensing by a pharmacist had Andrew take a lethal dose of something other than his medication.

Heartbroken but determined, Melissa set out to make it her purpose to ensure that this never happened to another person.

In our conversation, we spoke about Andrew and her work to protect patient safety around the world. Visit www.melissasheldrick.ca to keep up with Melissa's journey.

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Casey Palmer is an author, blogger, husband and dad from Toronto. Many of his posts are about parenthood and life with his wife and two young boys. Casey created the hashtag #blackdadworries to raise awareness for the double-standards that exist for the Black community and the things he considers in raising his sons.

As the trial of Officer Derek Chauvin is currently taking place in Minneapolis for the killing of George Floyd, it seemed like a good time to share a conversation I had with Casey in the summer of 2020 when Mr. Floyd died.

We discuss code-switching for people in the Black community, what has changed for Casey from when he was growing up to now and how he hopes his platform will continue the important conversation about race. To learn more about Casey Palmer visit caseypalmer.com as well as on all social media. 

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