René Michele equips and empows female survivors of child sex abuse and trauma with the keys to overcoming their past, and thrive in every area of their life. Transformational strategies include smashing limiting beliefs, rebuilding Identity, restructuring mindsets, and reframing experiences. 

René speaks and teaches from a place of deep understanding after experiencing 25 years of sexual, physical and psychological abuse beginning when she was ten years old. 

For me the thing that stood out when I spoke with René was her strong, confident demeanor. In this episode René talks about:

• Growing up with an alcoholic mother who made a series of bad choices in partners

René joins a growing list of strong powerful women who are proving that where you start does not have to determine where you end. Enjoy.

You can reach René:

Website: https://www.renemichele.com/ 

Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and stories, or just make a connection.

iTunes: https://apple.co/2LkWSPV

For five years in my twenties I was living a lie. From the outside looking in I had everything. The problem was my job was killing me. The stress was relentless, I was an absent father, a poor husband, and was abusing my body with too much alcohol and bad food choices. 

In this episode of I talk about my thought process at the time, especially why I chose to stay in the job for so long. I also share with you lessons learned through time and from my interviews and discussions with so many others that have been in similar situations. 

Mary Henderson is a personal branding specialist who helps coaches, consultants and corporate executives define and commercialize their personal brand using B2B selling strategies on LinkedIn. She is widely regarded as an expert in this area.

Mary believes that 90% of the “so called influencers” on LinkedIn are basing all their measurements on vanity stats. For Mary this is a problem because she also believes that vanity stats don’t put food on the table.

In this episode Mary talks about:

• The strategies she has developed to build a B2B business on LinkedIn.

This episode is all about learning and is jammed pack with great advice from one of the worlds best personal branding experts. Enjoy

You can reach Mary at:

Website:  https://www.maryhendersoncoaching.com/

Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and stories, or just make a connection.

Email-  [email protected]

iTunes: https://apple.co/2LkWSPV

Sehmat Suri has spoken on stages in Dubai, London (U.K.), Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver. She helped launch and scale Square Roots, an innovative social enterprise that is taking on the challenge of food waste and food insecurity. She took on the challenge of finding a partner to turn carrots destined for the landfill into a craft beer and even a beer for dogs. People laughed. The beer sold out in record time.

You can also find Sehmat working part-time as a model where she combines her passion for fashion with her very long and beautiful hair (her instagram handle is semiwiththegoodhair so I guess I can get away with that comment).

What makes this even more impressive is Sehamt achieved all this while completing a Double Major in Marketing and Psychology at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. She even managed to survive a co-op work term working remotely for me. Yes folks, Sehamt was employee number one for Screw the Naysayers.

Sehmat’s journey to Canada is inspiring. Originally from Calcutta India, Sehmat chose Canada to pursue her University education.

In this episode Sehmat talks about:

• the work she did with Square Roots, and other social enterprises as part of the Enactus chapter at her College. Enactus is a global organization working with college students in 38 countries around the world.

If you haven’t guessed, I’m a huge fan of Sehmat. She and so many other young people I’ve met through my podcast give me great hope for the future. Enjoy…

You can reach Sehmat at:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/semiwiththegoodhair/

Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and stories, or just make a connection.

In this Tim Talks episode I get reflect back on my decisions to walk away from one of the highest paying sales jobs in Canada. I was 31 at the time, married, with two children under the age of five. I was also the sole breadwinner. It wasn't an easy decision but it was absolutely the best decision I made in my life (with the obvious exception of marrying the love of my live).