Unpacked Podcast

This week on Unpacked we chat with guests Erika Dewald (she/her), Raven Huery (she/they), Elizabeth Larabie (she/her), and Hailey Beynon (she/her) from the University of Lethbridge. In this round table discussion, we take Unpacked on the road to listen to the stories of university students and hear how they discovered who they are. They share their coming out stories what was most supportive, what she wished more people know about the LGTBQ+ community and give hope and advice for young people who are discovering their sexuality but more importantly they share who they were made to be.

This is just the beginning of the series and we are looking forward to sharing the Shoulder-to-Shoulder series with you. Love has a bigger table, there is a seat for you here with us. 

The producers and co-creators of the Unpacked Podcast present a special series 10-part series Shoulder to Shoulder. Shoulder to Shoulder is co-hosted by  Evan Dewald, Tara Linsley and Kevin Castanherio unpacking the relationship between the church and the LGTBQ+ community with ex-pastors, inclusive churches, thought leaders, and LGBTQ+ members. Episodes drop weekly on Tuesdays.

The goal is not to change your mind, but we are here to challenge that we can disagree and still love. We can disagree and include. We can disagree, stand up for the marginalized, and take responsibility for harm. And there is room for all in this space as we come together.

Shoulder to Shoulder is brought to you by Kevin Castanheiro and Joel Fortier in partnership with Unpacked Podcast.

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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 guest Kolby Meyers, Owner of Simply Modern Marketing for Outdoor brands, advocates for positive motherhood. We chat with Kolby about her life as a ski instructor, running a business and being the sole provider of her family of 5, positive motherhood.  She shares her perspective on doing what you love with your kids and not being afraid to try even if it's hard.  Plus some funny stories! Get ready to laugh, be challenged, be brave, and find community and freedom doing the things you love WITH kids.

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!

Links
-Simply Modern Kolby @simplymodernkolby
-Simply Modern Marketing  Instagram @simplymodernmarketing
-Simply Modern Marketing Website 

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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 chat with guest Pastor Judy Howard Peterson, Pastor, founder and President of Haecceitas Inc, a non-profit that seeks to provide pastoral care and spiritual hospitality for those outside the traditional confines of the church. Judy has worked as a waitress, a landscaper, a teacher, an administrator and a pastor. She is an internationally known preacher and conference leader and continues to use my gifts in these ways. Judy chats with us about her life as a pastor and preacher, Campus Chaplain and the stories of caring for young LGTBQ+ people that lead to a public exit from the church. She shares about grief and loss of miscarriage and how she believes we're all wrong but it's all right because of Jesus. Learn what to do when your faith formula no longer works and when you find yourself as an ally and outside the community you once belonged. 

This is just the beginning of the series and we are looking forward to sharing the Shoulder-to-Shoulder series with you. Love has a bigger table, there is a seat for you here with us. 

The producers and co-creators of the Unpacked Podcast present a special series 10-part series Shoulder to Shoulder. Shoulder to Shoulder is co-hosted by  Evan Dewald, Tara Linsley and Kevin Castanherio unpacking the relationship between the church and the LGTBQ+ community with ex-pastors, inclusive churches, thought leaders, and LGBTQ+ members. Episodes drop weekly on Tuesdays.

The goal is not to change your mind, but we are here to challenge that we can disagree and still love. We can disagree and include. We can disagree, stand up for the marginalized, and take responsibility for harm. And there is room for all in this space as we come together.

Shoulder to Shoulder is brought to you by Kevin Castanheiro and Joel Fortier in partnership with Unpacked Podcast.

LINKS
-Walking Pastor on Instagram
-Judy Howard Peterson on Facebook
-Support Judy's Pastoral Work

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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!

Instagram:@theunpackedpod
Facebook: @theunpackedpod
unpackedpod.ca

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*music by Bensound

This week on Unpacked are chatting with guest Kiran Mckay, Podcast Host of the Middle Fingers Up Podcast. Middle Fingers Up is a show where they keep our heads high and their middle fingers higher. The Middle Fingers Up Podcast explores relationships, mental health and everything in between. We chat with Kiran about growing up with immigrant parents and as a visible minority as a South Asian woman. She shares how she worked through her white girl complex and how racism at a Calgary bar caused her to lose her voice and then inspired her to start a podcast. Kiran has worked through a recent career transition that has allowed her to realign her values and she chats with us about the growth she has seen in that. 

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!

Links
-Middle Fingers Up Podcast
-Middle Fingers Up 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!

Instagram:@theunpackedpod
Facebook: @theunpackedpod
unpackedpod.ca

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*music by Bensound

This week on Unpacked we chat with guest Joel Fortier, retired Service Director and supporter of the Shoulder to Shoulder series. Joel chats with us about his life 
coming out later in life, his father's passing and being the man of the family he thought he was supposed to be. Joel shares words of wisdom for young people, how he overcame self-rejection, therapy and his not-so-typical coming out story. Joel explains the importance of sharing your story and living for yourself fully. 

This is just the beginning of the series and we are looking forward to sharing the Shoulder-to-Shoulder series with you. Love has a bigger table, there is a seat for you here with us. 

The producers and co-creators of the Unpacked Podcast present a special series 10-part series Shoulder to Shoulder. Shoulder to Shoulder is co-hosted by  Evan Dewald, Tara Linsley and Kevin Castanherio unpacking the relationship between the church and the LGTBQ+ community with ex-pastors, inclusive churches, thought leaders, and LGBTQ+ members. Episodes drop weekly on Tuesdays.

The goal is not to change your mind, but we are here to challenge that we can disagree and still love. We can disagree and include. We can disagree, stand up for the marginalized, and take responsibility for harm. And there is room for all in this space as we come together.

Shoulder to Shoulder is brought to you by Kevin Castanheiro and Joel Fortier in partnership with Unpacked Podcast.

LINKS
-Episode 1 Introduction Series
-Episode 2 Joel Hubbard

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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!

Instagram:@theunpackedpod
Facebook: @theunpackedpod
unpackedpod.ca

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*music by Bensound

This week on Unpacked are chatting with guest Tanis Mitchell, Grief Coach and Certified Life Coach. Tanis is an advocate for the medical parent community and works to help families navigate grief and trauma surrounding illness. Tanis shares the extraordinary of her daughter surviving a rare multiple-organ transplant procedure and how their lives have changed after that. She shares the whole story from when Luka was 18 months to now, lessons she has learned about herself, grief and empowering her daughter to tell her own story. Tanis documented their family story on Instagram and we discuss the decision to share and what gifts it has given.  The experience was so life-changing that it led to Tanis pursue a career in caring for families navigating medical trauma and illness. Follow her Instagram for more on the launch of her business!

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!

Links
-Tanis Mitchell Instagram 

Support the show

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!

Instagram:@theunpackedpod
Facebook: @theunpackedpod
unpackedpod.ca

Support the show

*music by Bensound

This week on Unpacked we chat with guest Joel Hubbard, Cofounder of The Art of Growth and Certified Enneagram Coach. Joel chats with us about his life and as a former pastor and his journey to becoming an enneagram coach. We chat with Joel about his work on belonging and inclusion specifically in the church. We chat with Joel about how he defines belonging, why is it important to feel a sense of belonging in our relationships, with ourselves, workplaces and communities and who’s responsible for creating a place of belonging and safety in the community. Joel explains certainty and faith in the church and the stages of growth that require a willingness to be open to. Personal stories of life-altering moments combined with a depth of wisdom in theology Joel takes us through the process of deconstruction and ultimately leaving the church. 

This is just the beginning of the series and we are looking forward to sharing the Shoulder-to-Shoulder series with you. Love has a bigger table, there is a seat for you here with us. 

The producers and co-creators of the Unpacked Podcast present a special series 10-part series Shoulder to Shoulder. Shoulder to Shoulder is co-hosted by  Evan Dewald, Tara Linsley and Kevin Castanherio unpacking the relationship between the church and the LGTBQ+ community with ex-pastors, inclusive churches, thought leaders, and LGBTQ+ members. Episodes drop weekly on Tuesdays.

The goal is not to change your mind, but we are here to challenge that we can disagree and still love. We can disagree and include. We can disagree, stand up for the marginalized, and take responsibility for harm. And there is room for all in this space as we come together.

Shoulder to Shoulder is brought to you by Kevin Castanheiro and Joel Fortier in partnership with Unpacked Podcast.

LINKS
-Art of Growth Podcast
-Art of Growth Certification
-Unpacked Pod - Enneagram Instincts

Support the show

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!

Instagram:@theunpackedpod
Facebook: @theunpackedpod
unpackedpod.ca

Support the show

*music by Bensound

What if you didn’t have to be controlled by your stress response? GONE is the day when we settle for being stuck or letting stress take the lead. Who’s with us?!  The Enneagram is the best tool for growth! Knowing your type is the starting point to gaining a deeper understanding of yourself, learning others brings self-compassion BUT stress and rest lines will change your life. That's why this week’s episode is Part 2 with Evan and Tara diving into every type’s stress and rest lines and why learning where you go in stress is the starting place to transformation and the practical steps toward applying the enneagram. Ever wondered what the lines are?! This is it. Each number on the enneagram symbol has two lines attached to it. One of those lines shows where you are prone to go when growing (the other for when in stress). This growth line is often called a “growth line” or “line of integration”.

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!

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!

Instagram:@theunpackedpod
Facebook: @theunpackedpod
unpackedpod.ca

Support the show

*music by Bensound

This week on Unpacked we launch the Shoulder to Shoulder series with an introduction episode on why the relationship between the church and the LGBTQ+ Community is important. Evan, Kevin and Tara chat about what the series is about, why we decided to do the series and what we hope people will hear and experience. We talk about the guests we interviewed, what to expect in the series and some of the challenges we are hearing in our area and across Canada for LGBTQ+ youth. This is just the beginning of the series and we are looking forward to sharing the Shoulder-to-Shoulder series with you. Love has a bigger table, there is a seat for you here with us. 

The producers and co-creators of the Unpacked Podcast present a special series 10-part series Shoulder to Shoulder. Shoulder to Shoulder is co-hosted by  Evan Dewald, Tara Linsley and Kevin Castanherio unpacking the relationship between the church and the LGTBQ+ community with ex-pastors, inclusive churches, thought leaders, and LGBTQ+ members. Episodes drop weekly on Tuesdays.

The goal is not to change your mind, but we are here to challenge that we can disagree and still love. We can disagree and include. We can disagree, stand up for the marginalized, and take responsibility for harm. And there is room for all in this space as we come together.  

Shoulder to Shoulder is brought to you by Kevin Castanheiro and Joel Fortier in partnership with Unpacked Podcast. 

Support the show

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!

Instagram:@theunpackedpod
Facebook: @theunpackedpod
unpackedpod.ca

Support the show

*music by Bensound

The producers and co-creators of the Unpacked Podcast present a special series 10 part series Shoulder to Shoulder. Shoulder to Shoulder is co-hosted by  Evan Dewald, Tara Linsley and Kevin Castanherio unpacking the relationship between the church and the LGTBQ+ community with ex-pastors, inclusive churches, thought leaders, and LGBTQ+ members. Episodes drop weekly on Tuesdays.

Evan, Tara and Kevin get curious not critical to have conversations around a more inclusive way forward for marginalized communities and faith to come together. We talk to real-life people (including our stories!) who by living inclusively lead to exclusion from the church. You won't want to miss the stories of LGTBQ+ people coming out and discovering who they are. Together, we get curious to learn about belonging, talk about why taking a stand or defending the outcast is hard, how churches move to be affirming of LGTBQ+ members, what it takes to create safe and diverse environments and how we can care for LGTQ+ people and children.

The goal is not to change your mind, but we are here to challenge that we can disagree and still love. We can disagree and include. We can disagree and stand up for the marginalized and take responsibility for harm. And there is room for all in this space as we come together.  As all content under Unpacked, we aim to have conversations that grow in self-awareness and help our audience improve relationships at work and home. Using the lens of the enneagram and storytelling we unpack the messiness of life because we believe that's where we find growth.

Shoulder to Shoulder is brought to you by Kevin Castanheiro and Joel Fortier in partnership with Unpacked Podcast (Tara Linsley Marketing + Recess Creek Coaching)

Recess Creek Coaching with Evan Dewald
Helping you to look at your story through the enneagram and encouraging you towards writing a new story,  greater health and relationships in all areas of your life. Book a free 15 minute discovery call today at unpackedpod.ca/coaching    

Tara Linsley Digital Marketing Coach + Podcast Producer
Teaching small business owners and non-profits how to connect authentically and grow through metric driven data and a solid marketing strategy to scale your business. Book a free discovery call today at taralinsley.ca

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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!

Instagram:@theunpackedpod
Facebook: @theunpackedpod
unpackedpod.ca

Support the show

*music by Bensound