Quality sleep is the cornerstone to having a strong immune system, reducing our risk of heart attacks, strokes and cancer, maintaining our cognitive and executive functioning, and ensuring that we are emotionally balanced. The benefits of quality sleep have incredible value for us individually, which translates into an unbelievable aggregate upside for leaders and their businesses. 

In this episode of LEAD Impact, Chief Abundance Officer of Calm Water Lifestyles, Rick Tiedemann, sits down with Wealth Advisor, Ron Haik, to discuss his extensive experience in neuroscience and how it has helped him shape the critical ingredient to becoming a "Corporate Athlete"; sleep.

BC Children’s is the only hospital in the province devoted exclusively to the care of children. That means one million kids—including some of the sickest and most seriously injured—count on the hospital for specialized care they often can’t receive anywhere else. Last year, more than 99,000 patients visited the hospital, including its acute care centre, research institute, mental health facility and other facilities.

In this episode of Philanthropy Focus, host Victoria Emslie is joined by Malcolm Berry, President & CEO of BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. Malcolm shares his personal journey which inspired him to become involved in philanthropy, his quest to help every child, family and pediatric health expert, and his vision for the future of the foundation.

Selena sits down with Carol Lee, Chair of the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation, a registered charity she co-founded in 2011, who shares more about the foundation’s mission to preserve and revitalize Chinatown in Downtown Vancouver, BC, and its neighbouring communities. Carol also shares her experience growing up as a minority woman in Vancouver, how she ultimately found her purpose and passion, how she believes we can collectively make positive change by giving back and paying it forward, and how one can build their confidence to find their voice.

CEO of Starr Peak Mining Johnathan More sits down with Senior Wealth Advisor, Ron Haik, to share how he transitioned from a role as an investment advisor to the CEO of multiple world-class companies. Johnathan discusses the importance of finding solid management, trusting in your team, and having just a little bit of luck when building a successful company.

Wealth Advisor, Ethan Astaneh, sits down with Mike Leung, Head of Corporate Strategy at Aquanow, to discuss the ever-evolving landscape of cryptocurrency. In this episode, Mike explains why cryptocurrency came into existence, some of the risks associated with it, and what we may look forward to in terms of its use as an investment vehicle and its impact on moving technology into the new age.

David Garofalo has worked in various leadership capacities in the natural resources sector over the last 30 years. He served most recently as President and Chief Executive Officer of Goldcorp Inc. until its sale to Newmont Corporation in April 2019. Now, David serves as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the board of directors of the Gold Royalty Corp.

David Garofalo sits down with Nicola Wealth President, David Sung, to share his experience in creating and growing over 15 multi-billion dollar sustainable mining businesses across multiple continents and leading the largest merger in gold mining history valued at 32 billion dollars. He also sheds some light on the state of the markets and how gold can play to your investment portfolio, his thoughts on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, and what he sees for the future of gold and mining.

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Selena Woo, Vice President – Advisory Services, at Nicola Wealth, sits down with Senior Vice President – People & Culture, Heather Claridge, to discuss her path to leadership. Heather allows explains the importance of leading by example, building your employees up, how we can all be advocates in the workplace, and her vision for Nicola Wealth over the next five years.

Rob Edel, Nicola Wealth Chief Investment Officer, joins host Ethan Astaneh to provide a recap on the markets in the final quarter of 2021.

In this discussion, they review the direction stocks may take in the New Year, the impact of record-breaking inflation rates, the waning political and fiscal approval, and a new COVID variant. They end the episode by exploring the benefits of a diversified portfolio in today's market. 

Traditionally, alternative investment strategies were limited to institutional and ultra-high-net-worth investors. Now, as the market becomes increasingly volatile and inflation continues its climb, the alternatives space has seen a surge in interest and popularity.

On this week's episode of Investing Matters, Wealth Advisor, Ethan Astaneh sits down with Joe Burns, Managing Director and Co-Head of Research at iCapital Network to discuss alternative investments. They explore the varying degrees of risk, how it has performed in the recent past, and how it could perform in the future as markets come under pressure.

Building on their previous podcast about the Financial Lifecycle, Wealth Advisors Ethan Astaneh and Ron Haik focus on the topic of retirement. They break it down into three distinct areas; the go-go years, the slow-go years and the no-go years. 

They discuss the practical implications for each phase, how to make sure you get the most and are prepared for each phase and the dialogue you should be having with your financial advisor.