In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Sean Conohan.

Sean grew up in New Minas, Nova Scotia and joined the New Minas Volunteer Fire Department when he was 18. He eventually became a Paramedic and after a 17-year career, including 10+yrs as a Volunteer Firefighter in various departments, he had to give up these careers in 2014 and 2016 respectively.

In January 2016 Sean launched UpTalk Podcast as a way to educate himself about Mental Illness/Wellness, and PTSD with a focus on First Responders. The podcast is currently in its 5th season.

Sean believes strongly that we all need to work together and truly support one another while we do the hard work that is required to achieve Post-Traumatic Growth.

More Love Less Judgement!

We talked about:

There are many great takeaways from this episode so I invite you to sit back and enjoy the conversation. 

Uptalk Podcast

Adventure Coach Website

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Jessica van der Hoek.

Jessica was born into a small farming town in 1979 and went on to live in several cities and towns in Southern Alberta. At the age of 12, she decided she wanted to become a paramedic, and pursued a career in Emergency Services.

In 2010 Jessica founded an Equine Assisted Therapy program that went on to be called Prairie Sky Equine Assisted Therapy Association. Prairie Sky provides Equine Assisted Therapy to adults and kids with special needs, and at-risk youth. They also have a PTSD/OSI program for First Responders and Military Personnel. Shortly after starting Prairie Sky, Jessica was diagnosed with job-related PTSD, and began a 10 year battle with her mental health injury, which included a fight with addiction, and suicide attempts.

Jessica is also a childhood trauma survivor, a rape survivor, and a domestic violence survivor, and has used her lived experience with trauma to become a mental health advocate. Jessica currently resides in Calgary, AB, where she works as an Advanced Care Paramedic and sits on the Board of Directors for Prairie Sky.

We talked about:

There are many great takeaways from this episode so I invite you to sit back and enjoy the conversation. 

Jessica's Instagram

Prairie Sky Equine Assisted Therapy

Your Adventure Coach Website

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Dusty Breeding.

Dusty Breeding is an adventurer, trainer, and minister. Born and raised in a rural community in Indiana, Dusty completed a bachelor’s and master’s degree at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA and for the past ten years has served as a minister for Pepperdine's University Church. He is also a brand ambassador for Lululemon Athletica. Dusty and his wife, Cecily, lead students on adventures around the world as a part of his passion for introducing others to personal growth through adversity.

We talked about:

There are many great takeaways from this episode so I invite you to sit back and enjoy the conversation. 

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Alex from His Badge- My Scrubs, which is a blog that talks about the life of a Nurse-Paramedic couple. We talked about life as a health care professional, first responders, mental health, wellness and more!

Alex is a pediatric psychiatric nurse, wife to a paramedic, avid writer and creator of the blog Hisbadge-myscrubs.com. Alex started her blog to transparently share the humanity behind first responder work experiences and burn out. Alex advocates for improved mental health care for first responders and discusses its underrepresentation in both her and her husband’s personal stories. Alex is currently a student in a psychiatric nurse practitioner program and aims to continue this advocacy in her work as a future provider.

Nursing/First Responders/Paramedic/Psychnurse/Wellness/Mental Health/Personal Growth/Fitness/Wellbeing

His Badge - My Scrubs 

Adventure Coach

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Andrea Rice, the North America Community Specialist for lululemon. We talked about running, yoga, adventure, spirituality, community and more. 

Andrea Rice is an Edmonton transplant, originally from Kenora, Ontario. She is a self-proclaimed super-auntie, lake-loving, book-hoarding, music-worshipping, meditation and yoga-loving running fanatic. Andrea currently works as a North America Community Specialist for lululemon, and she’s most passionate about her side hustles; visit Andrea for a sweaty class @runawayworkoutclub when they re-open, join one of the @mindspaceyeg talks she co-creates or ask her about her run coaching work.  The red thread that ties it all together for Andrea?  Connection, creation and growth; the best days in her mind are days where she facilitates a conversation that leads people to discover and uncover what their legacy might be and how they might live into it.  Sometimes this happens on the running trail, sometimes it happens while folding black stretchy pants, sometimes it happens during a sweaty Runaway session.  Regardless of the medium, Andrea believes in the great joy in the journey- both for herself and others.

Instagram handle @akrice

Klondike road relay:

https://klondikeroadrelay.com/

Susanne Conrad, Lightyear Leadership (when I spoke about personal legacy)

https://lightyear.co/

Brene Brown

https://brenebrown.com/

Michael Pollan

https://michaelpollan.com/books/

Currently reading How to Change your Mind

Today we are excited to share a new project that we will be working on to develop our own strengths, build resilience and create a community of people who want to live their best lives.

#esitribe - Use this hashtag to share your Everyday Stronger Initiative stories with the community. 

Honey Badger Alliance

Mad Hatter Industries

Adventure Coach

In this episode, I was joined by Dave Morrow from the HRD2Kill Podcast. Dave is an author, a combat arms veteran with one Afghanistan tour and is also known for his fantastic online fitness coaching work with Dave Morrow PT. We covered a variety of topics such as transition, injury, career passion and of course strength and conditioning for veterans and active-duty military personnel. 

Military/Veteran/Strength and Conditioning/Back Pain/Military Transition/Fitness/Nutrition/Coaching/Afghanistan/Career/Mobility/Motivation/Inspiration

Nimble Warrior Book

Dave Morrow Website

HRD2KILL Podcast

HRD2KILL Facebook Group

In this episode, I sat down with Mark Pinder from BeetIt Canada to talk about the advantages of using beetroot juice to increase sports performance as well as overall health and wellness. Mark has an extensive research background in this field, and we had a great conversation on how we can include BeetIt Sport Shots into our routine. 

Beetit Canada/ Beet Root Juice / Nitrates / Nitric Oxide / Endurance Sports / Recovery / Marathon / Triathlon / Mountain Biking / Fitness / Health and Wellness / Dimentia / Research / Eliud Kipchoge 

Beet It Canada

Beet It Canada Facebook 

Beet It Canada Instagram 

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