What Are You Driven By?

Learn about Yasmin Khan's unique journey as a research consultant with a unique background in strategic planning, learning and procurement, and how curiosity has led her into new professional adventures.

In this episode, we talk about Jess Takimoto, the Founder of SHINE, a recent university graduate, full-time entrepreneur, retired dancer, and coffee lover. Jess shares her journey of quitting competitive dance at 16 and feeling lost without her team, fun activities, and stress relief. She discusses how joining a gym led her into the toxic fitness culture, causing struggles with confidence, body image issues, disordered eating, and over-exercising for 5 years.

Jess then opens up about discovering group fitness, which changed everything for her. She got certified at 18 and began teaching at her university gym, where she developed the SHINE format. Listen in as Jess explains how combining fun, challenging classes with empowering messages made SHINE take off!

In this episode we have a conversation about labels and not letting them define you with Damion Murray from Simple Touch Solutions.

Damion Murray is a seasoned sales professional with over 20 years of experience, including a notable 7-year tenure at Samsung. Having owned multiple businesses, Damion's passion for branding has emerged as a driving force. With a keen eye for aesthetics and a commitment to finding practical solutions, Damion specializes in empowering small businesses and individuals through effective branding strategies.

In this episode we dive into Sonia Sheechoria's journey from a career professional to a small business owner and a career coach. Learn about how the negative advice of a professor that she looked up to weighed on her and slowed her down. Once she learned to listen to her gut, everything changed.

Meet Shallima Maharaj, Reporter and Anchor for Global News who shares her career and personal journey through doubt and challenges as she travelled across Canada exploring her potential.

Shallima Maharaj is an award-winning journalist with Global Toronto. She joined the team in 2017, after reporting extensively throughout western Canada.

She has provided comprehensive pandemic news coverage over the past two years on equitable vaccine distribution, urgent calls for paid sick leave, combatting misinformation, and hospitals pushed to the brink by mounting COVID-19 cases.

Shallima has covered a diverse range of stories across the country.

She has been a key part of live federal and provincial election coverage, and other major news events.

In this episode Drew shares her story of transcendence as she transformed her mindset and her life as a nail technician to a world-travelling Goal Setting Strategiest.

In this episode we talk about what it means to take risks in order to pursue your goals and dreams in addition to the challenges that you might face along the way.

Jesse Read is the Founder of Dropout Entertainment, a creative hub for music artists in Canada.

Dropout Entertainment offers videography, photography, writing, editing, design and merchandising to artists of all sizes across Canada. Whether you’re a budding artist gearing up to release your first single or a multi-platinum sensation seeking cutting-edge content, we’ve got you covered across the artistic spectrum.

https://dropoutentertainment.ca/

In this episode we dive in Delisa Abraham's story of leadership as a veteran as a mother and as an entrepreneur. She faced many obstacles and shifted into new versions of herself to meet the challenge