The UNFLTRD Podcast

My next guest is Vaqar Raees, a marine engineer who sailed in international waters for 17 years and for the past 21 years has been in the nuclear safety industry, is an engaged community activist who strives to to help others on their journey to integration and inclusion. He's the Founder and President of Friends Indeed Canada and has supported various organizations like the Cancer Society, the Salvation Army, Food Banks, Children Hospice Care, and other partnership with Churches, Synagogues and other community organizations, as well as a member of Diversity societies with Durham Police, Ajax Pickering Board of Trade, Received Community Awards from City of Pickering and Town if Ajax. 

And today, he's my UNFLTRD guest.

In this episode, I sit down virtually with Michelle Mercier, a Business Strategy Coach and host of The Resilient Entrepreneur Podcast as well as the founder of the Surviving Entrepreneurship Community. Michelle brings over 20 years of corporate and professional experience to help entrepreneurs and small/medium businesses grow, maintain long term success go to the next level.

We chatted about the need to create alliances and create relationships where we power with, not over. You could say that our conversation was really UNFTLRD and that's why she's my UNFLTRD guest.

In this episode, I have the extreme pleasure to have a heart-felt chat with Laura Staley, the founder of Cherish Your World. During our conversation, she brings the same passion and warmth that she does when working with others as she guides them to thrive through a holistic transformation of space, heart, and life. 

Laura knows that there’s a relationship between the conditions of our homes or workplaces and the quality of our lives and that’s why she uses her intuition and expertise to empower her clients to produce remarkable results in their lives. Laura enjoys laughing with loved ones, dancing, reading, meditating, running, being in nature, and listening to music she loves and today, she’ll share some of those loves and her expertise as my UNFLTRD guest.

Learn about the ripple effect of our actions in this episode with Darren Carrington, a versatile facilitator, executive coach and mentor.with over 25 years’ international broadcasting experience (Radio & TV) who has been successfully leading culturally diverse teams, inspiring and motivating others with transformational change.

In this episode, I get to have a heart-to-heart with one of my favorite LinkedIn personalities, Jay Andrews, a recognized expert in social media branding and personal resilience. With over 25 years of experience in the corporate and entrepreneurial fields and a proven track record of successful social media/branding, he is the founder of RippleEffect, the Chief Business Officer at an international coaching company and a true UNFLTRD leader who brings the LinkedIn community so much value daily with his reflective and thought-provoking daily posts, not the least the Friday #FantasticFour which spotlights individuals across the global community for their unique superpowers.   His presence doesn't stop there, Jay picks up the mic and takes his passion for motivating and inspiring others to audiences through speaking engagements and given his natural ability to connect with audiences using humour, story-telling and powerful analogies, he leaves audiences inspired and empowered.    Jay's warm personality onscreen extends to, rather, extends from his off-line as a partner and father to 4 teenage boys. Whatever he's doing, Jay follows his personal mantra and professional mission statement to ”positively affect one person a day ' and he does that like a ripple in a pond.  In this episode, he brings his energy, his warmth and his insight to cause ripples as my UNFLTRD guest.

In this episode, I have an intriguing conversation with Dr. Jeb S. Hurley. Jeb understands a thing or two about how our minds work and that can be really helpful when study and focus on human motivation and team effectiveness. He is the CEO of Xmetryx, a team relationship management platform that makes teams better through behavioral science. Jeb is insatiably curious about why people, and especially leaders, do what they do. He is the author of Team Relationship Management (2019) and The One Habit (2017), along with over 70 articles on team behavior and leadership and with that wealth of knowledge on leadership, he's here to share some of his UNFLTRD expertise.

Get inspired with Jacqueline Way, my UNFLTRD guest in this episode. Jacqueline, a mother of three boys, an activist, a dedicated world changer who wants to change the world one give one day at a time is doing just that with the charitable organization she founded, 365give. She is a TEDx speaker whose talk has inspired almost 5 million. Jacqueline's purpose is to inspire and educate the hearts and minds of people and to create a happy life in a happier world.

In this episode, I chat with Matt Crump about his incredible journey. He's a fighter and a survivor in so many ways and has fought adversity by finding abundance along every step of the way. Matt is an UNFLTRD leader.

In this episode, I chat with colleague Mohamed Jradi, an engineer leading a team and bringing over 10 years experience in leading engineering consulting firms in sustainable growth through the development of people, processes and tools.

Allié and Jack McGuire are the founders of Awareness Ties an organization that has as its mission to support social change by elevating awareness and providing sustainable resources for positive social impact.Through our magazine, events, and campaigns we raise awareness for causes and support for nonprofits.  Jack and Allie believe in a strong a commitment to ‘give more than get’. So they dedicated themselves to building a company of integrity, with passion and purpose to serve others. They wanted to show each other and their six children their commitment to ‘better living through giving’. They also wanted to educate and empower others to be the change they want to see in the world.