Unpacked Podcast

This week on Unpacked we are chatting with guest Zak of the Canadian Podcast and @YYCinfluencer on Instagram. Zak chats with us on the important truths he learned first the painful grief of the loss of his mom, the loneliness he experienced in the pandemic and the pain that ultimately led to addiction. We chat with Zak on the painful, yet, beautiful journey to recovery and how in sobriety is the context in which you truly meet yourself again. We talk about the courage to seek help and the authenticity that is required to face the darkness in your life and story. Zak shares how self-compassion and the kindness of the community around him helped him to heal. Zak is the host and creator of the Canadian Podcast where he  shares the inspiring stories of others through their journey in life, community and their respected field of expertise.

Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

LINKS
-The Canadian Podcast
-Spotify: Tara & Evan's Episode on the Canadian Podcast: Understanding Compassion & Vulnerability
-Apple:Tara & Evan's Episode on the Canadian Podcast: Understanding Compassion & Vulnerability
-Alcoholics Anonymous
-Maureen Speidel Delta Psychological Services

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Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, and storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

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This week on Unpacked Evan and Tara chat about why you need to know your enneagram stance and how to discover it.  We chat through how the stances refer to the basic posture of each enneagram type and how they move in the world. The three main stances are aggressive (at energy), dependent (toward energy) and withdrawn. The stances influence how you interact with others and often we are prone to one. Evan and Tara share each stance the gifts and the tension they bring and the growth path towards healing. We share how you can use each energy in your relationships and workplaces to uncover greater depth and health. 

Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

LINKS
--Recess Creek Coaching
-Follow Recess Creek on Instagram
-Art of Growth Enneagram Certificate
-Unpacked Pod - Enneagram Part 1
-Unpacked Pod - Enneagram Part 2
-The Enneagram Journey Podcast with Suzanne Stabile
-Typology Podcast with Ian Morgan Cron

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Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, and storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

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This week on Unpacked we wanted to share and highlight a poem by one of our favourite people, Erika Jane Dewald.  She is bravely sharing her story and experience of being a pan-sexual teenager through her poetry.  Erika Jane's poem was featured on The Indie YYC's Facebook page as a video too! She shares this challenging poem to remind us to accept and love kids and people for who they are - they do better. In honour of pride month we wanted to share a couple stories like Erika's because hearing stories from people of their hurt and their joy in all walks of life remind us it's impossible to love someone at arm's length. Whether it's LGBTQ+ community, Black Lives Matter, Indigenous communities or any marginalized group hearing the stories of kids and adults up close in our communities gives us more compassion to others and ourselves.  Because we love stories - we believe that stories clarify and  help to reflect on your story so you can write the one you desire for the future. Truth isn't always good or comfortable, but it is the starting point to growth. 

Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

Links
-The Indie YYC
-Recess Creek Coaching
-LGBTQ+ Podcasts
-Follow Recess Creek on Instagram

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Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, and storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

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This week on Unpacked Evan and Tara chat about the growth and transformation through the lens of coaching with the enneagram.  The enneagram is a personality tool that reveals motive to help shed light on the truths present in our lives. Tara and Evan give a quick overview of the enneagram, sharing personal stories of how it's helped us mine for the truth in order to grow in awareness and compassion for others. We chat about the coaching process and what it means to have someone walk alongside you asking good questions of your life and story to help you to be more free in your life. Because we love stories - we share the importance of clarifying and reflecting on your story so you can write the one you desire for the future. Truth isn't always good or comfortable, but it is the starting point to growth. 

Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

Links
-Recess Creek Coaching
-Follow Recess Creek on Instagram
-Art of Growth Enneagram Certificate
-Unpacked Pod - Enneagram Part 1
-Unpacked Pod - Enneagram Part 2
-Unpacked Pod - Enneagram Triads
-Unpacked Pod - Enneagram Instincts
-Unpacked Pod - Enneagram Orientation to Time
-The Enneagram Journey Podcast with Suzanne Stabile
-Typology Podcast with Ian Morgan Cron

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Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, and storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

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This week on Unpacked we are releasing our LIVE event recording with guest Maureen Speidel of Delta Psychological  Services in Chestermere and one of our absolute favourite people. Maureen returns with the Unpacked team to chat about navigating repairing relationships in the pandemic. We chat with Maureen about the stress and tension causing relational breakdown of all kinds due to the pandemic. We talk about how the pandemic has affected relationships, grief and trauma people are experiencing. Maureen shares the two things needed to mine for the truth: hope and connection. We talk about the how to have conversations that lead to repairing relationships. Maureen shares her observations of the challenges her clients are facing, how to have difficult conversations while still maintaining a relationship and  tips to stop the criticize and defend cycle.  

Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

LINKS
-Gottman Institute Four Horsemen Concept
-Maureen Speidel Delta Psychological Services
-The Big Story Podcast - End of Normal
-Brene Brown Comparative Suffering the 50/50 Myth
-Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada
-FCSS and United Way Chestermere

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Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, and storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

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This week on Unpacked Evan and Tara chat about  Evan's life and story as a pastor. Evan is leaving his role as the Lead Pastor at Lake Ridge Community Church in Chestermere and stepping away from Pastoral Ministry after 28 years. Tara and Evan chat about the importance of stories and the transformation that takes place by sharing the stories that change us. The Unpacked Team discusses the vulnerability of starting something new and the indicators to take care of yourself so you can better care for others. We talk about the foundation of loving God and people as the foundation of Evan's life as a pastor. And we share stories of joy, humour, challenge, sadness and of loving the neighbourhood and city well. Evan and Tara chat about each story, share the lessons and hope you can reflect on your own life as you listen. 

Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

Links
-Evan's Mentor Rob Peterson Episode
-Dr. Manno in Hait Episode
-For the Food Bank Video Event
-Learn more about Lake Ridge Community Church  

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Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, and storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

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This week on Unpacked we are chatting with Christine Marie, Owner of Canadian shop Awasis Boutique in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.  The Unpacked Team chats with Christine about her life growing up as an indigenous person, starting her business as a female indigenous entrepreneur and single mama to her sweet boys. She shares the story of the powerful realization of representation  that inspired her business and why she uses instagram to not only sell, but educate followers on Metis culture. Christine shares the story of becoming an adult and learning to embrace her background and now how she is changing the story of shame around their culture for her two boys. Christine is a wildly talented, fierce business owner and she shares with us some lessons along the way or running her business and self-care. 

Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

Links
-Shop & follow Awasis Boutique
-Metis Foundation of Alberta
-History on Canada
-Summary of the Truth & Reconciliation Report
-Truth & Reconciliation Calls to Action
-My Name is Shield Woman by Ruth Scalplock
-History of Residential Schools in Canada

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Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, and storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

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This week on Unpacked we are chatting with Rachel Vanderploeg-Wiesel, Knowledge Management Specialist at Alberta Health Services, wife, mama and autism advocate. The Unpacked Team chats with Rachel about their family's journey with autism. Rachel's son, Henry was diagnosed when he was four years old and since then they have spent time learning all about the way Henry sees the world. Autism, refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviours, speech and nonverbal communication. Rachel shares the story from diagnosis to today, the emotions and ways they communication with their friends and family. Rachel talks tips, strategies and misconceptions and how she and Henry are documenting their story on their instagram account.  They hope to spread awareness and help us all to learn a little bit from the way Henry, like many others in our world,  see things from a unique perspective that we could all benefit from. Rachel is a passionate mama who works tirelessly to empower Henry (and all her children) to show up as themselves and uses that energy in everything she does.   

Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

Links
-Follow Rachel and Henry @the_whole_spectrum
-Neurodivergent rebel: @neurodivergentrebel
-My autistic soul: @myautisticsoul
-Why everything you know about autism is wrong | Jac den Houting | TEDxMacquarieUniversity - YouTube

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Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, and storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

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This week on Unpacked Evan and Tara chat about transitions and the process to making a transition . A life transition is any change or adjustment that impacts your life and we all experience them. Using the lens of the enneagram triads (head, heart and body) we chat about the process of discernment (to separate - and the faith way of going about making important decisions). Transitions can be messy and we all take it at different speeds depending on our personal capacities. Tara and Evan explain the three triads (head, heart and body) and how one is often the place you start but we have all three in us and need to access all to make healthy, and whole hearted, logical decisions. We share some practices to use in making decisions and give real life examples of the places where transitions happen and how we can navigate them. 

Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

Links
-Discernment vs decisions
-Grief Button
-Enneagram Triads with Tara & Evan
-Grief with Death Ed Jeremy Allen

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Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, and storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

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Sergeant Joe Stubbs is a local RCMP officer in Chestermere. Sergeant Joe has been in policing for over 35 years and served in small and large communities. The Unpacked Team chats with Sergeant Joe about the importance of knowing your neighbours and creating a sense of community is the best way to prevent crime where we live. We talk about the challenging  of the role in experiencing  vulnerability and authenticity in relationships at work and at home. Sergeant Joe talks about his passion for mental health, humanizing the people behind the uniform and how he takes care of himself in the difficult stories he is witness to in his role. We also chat stereotypes and tell some funny stories from policing. 

Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

Links
-Peels Principles of Law Enforcement
-Local Fire Fighter Interview - Captain Joel Fournie
-City of Chestermere Block Parties 
-Positive Ticketing Program

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Unpacked is a podcast exploring life as messy people. It’s conversations with counsellors, leaders, and storytellers discussing the experiences of being human. We talk about the strength that comes from big messy failures and vulnerable moments so we can learn to live more authentically. Subscribe and leave us a review!

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