Rhona Parsons is known as the Balance Coach and today we get into the importance of finding balance in work and life, and also how to find it. She is a kind and warm soul with tons of wisdom to share with us. We talk about her experience of burnout, what she learned from it, and why it's so important to spend time on self-care.

Lise Pavich is a survivor, not a victim of domestic abuse. She's the owner of Urban Image Spa in Edson, AB. She came on to the podcast as a way to learn how to be vulnerable, and her insights are invaluable. Lise is a very tough person with a real survivors mindset; you won't want to miss this conversation where she shares insight and strategies for how to survive a tumultuous life.

Josh Brown has a nutrition business and by all appearances seems to have his life all together. What most people do not realize is that he has struggled with porn since he was 13 years old, only being free of it for the last two years. His story has a lot of hope, and we talk about key strategies in how he overcame his addiction. He currently resides in a small town in Saskatchewan with his wife and three young daughters. This is a very important conversation.

Pastor Terry Stauffer is the pastor of Southgate Alliance Church in Edmonton, but he used to be my pastor in Edson. It is an immense honour for me to interview him today. His daughter Emily was murdered in September of 2008 and the tragedy ran through our entire community, and throughout his family. Today he gives us an update and shares the wisdom he's learned in regards to grief and loss.

Pamela Graham is an excellent writer with a terrific blog, a teacher, a leader in various capacities, plus she is my very good friend and older sister. In this conversation she gets vulnerable, speaks about her depression, other areas of struggle, boundaries, and a lot of things in between. It's really neat to hear her perspective and it was a blast to record!

Candace Kerr is the founder of Fire White Music, she teaches piano lessons, she does some recordings, and she also helps out in her church. She shares with us the struggles that she's had with mental health and gives us some insight into how we can relate to those who are struggling. She also talks about the single life and what that's been like for her.

Chris Mullin is your straight-up Albertan. We actually rode the bus together, we grew up together, going to different schools. It was so neat to connect with him again. He is a husband, father of two, and his wonderful wife works at the bank. We talk about COVID and politics. He has strong opinions and is not afraid to say what he means and mean what he says.

My first episode and I'm so excited to share it with my sister-in-law, Sarah McPhee. She's also one of the amazing fitness coaches in my company, Power Fitness. She's a mom, a wife, and in this conversation we get into a lot of good things. We talk about marriage, raising kids, the whole COVID-19 pandemic and how the isolation has been affecting us, plus the concept of 'The Carla Rand Show' and why I'm doing it.