Season 3, Episode 36: 100 Days of Courage - A Deep Tour

This the second part of a conversation with Steve from Season 2, Episode 22.

He set a goal of 100 days of courage in relation to his work as an artist. This is our conversation after he has completed his 100 days.

How did it all work out?

Season 3, Episode 36: Knowledge of Self

Dr. Lanysha Adams is a sister, daughter, mother, academic and entrepreneur.

She is a first-generation college student and the very first in her family to obtain a PhD.

Through her experience defending her doctoral thesis, she identified a need to help doctoral candidates get through the often cut throat world of academia.

Season 3, Episode 34: Becoming a Father

Stephan Dyer (Episode 18), Jesse Lipscombe (Episode 23) and Lyle McLachlan (Episode 1) share their experiences and perspectives on fatherhood, courage, pregnancy tests (aka pee sticks) and their relationships with their own fathers. Surprising, funny and insightful.

Season 3, Episode 33: Just Keep Going

Lyle is a son, brother, husband and father. He’s a bass guitar player and blogger.

He’s in the process of writing his first book - a memoir about his rocky introduction to fatherhood, the powerful love he has for his family and the incredible challenges he’s faced.

Season 3, Episode 32: Do It Anyway

Gail’s the author of 19 books, she’s been a regular contributor to the Globe & Mail and Chatelaine magazine, among others. She’s the Gemini award winning host of TIL DEBT DO US PART, as well as PRINCESS and MONEY MORON.

Season 3, Episode 30: Dream Bigger

Michelle is a sister, daughter, mother and niece.

She holds a BSc. Chemical Engineering from Texas Tech University in USA and an Executive MBA Global Leadership from University of Texas. 

After graduating she pursued a career in the oil & gas sector. She is a woman in a male dominated industry.

Episode 29: Empathic Bond

Jule Kucera is an author, podcaster, and educator who believes that stories have the power to make us smarter. After a successful 30-year career, she now spends her days doing what she used to do only on nights and weekends. She blogs at julekucera.com, podcasts at Hard Times & Hope, teaches part-time at the University of Cincinnati, and volunteers as board secretary for Homebase. After publishing her memoir, Sweet Baby Lover, Jule is at work on her first novel.

Episode 28: Courageous in her Field

Currently based in the United States, in the Pacific Northwest, Lisa has a Masters in Social Work, a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and English, with a minor in Women’s Studies. She’s been a psychotherapist for almost 30 years, and has been facilitating Systemic and Family Constellations work for the past 20 years. She also co-hosted the radio show, “Life Conversations presents Ancestral Blueprints” with Atlanta-based host Adé Anifowose and Ombassa Sophera.

Episode 27 - Curiosity & Words of Affirmation

Natalie Esparza is a young, queer, Hispanic woman with a very bright future. She’s about to publish her first book, Spectacle which is full of the lessons of her relatively young life. Spectacle is about her journey as a young, queer woman wrestling with taboo subjects such as sexuality, religion, financial status, and mental health and wondering why she didn't fit in to the conventional understanding of the world.

Season 2, Episode 26 - Get Out and Move

Kelly O’Haney is a sister, daughter and mom. As a teenager, she was a gifted athlete and student. A car accident and head injury radically changed her performance in high school, and she ultimately dropped out, but not for long. She fought her way back, finished school and become a teacher. She taught in an economically disadvantaged neighborhoods and was recognized as teacher of the year. She’s been teaching for over 30 years.

Episode 25 - Being a Possibilitarian

Maria is a sister, daughter and mom.

She arrived in the United States from Vietnam at 10 years old and had to adjust to living in a new country, learn a new language and culture. She lost her identity and this new world was not always welcoming.

Episode 24: Lead Your Life with Your Heart

Özlem is a daughter and sister. She is a nomad having lived in several countries. It seems a place is not simply a destination but an opportunity to experience life in that place on as many levels as possible.

Episode 23 - Always Forward

Jesse Lipscombe is an actor, former athlete, activist and entrepreneur. The Alberta native began his career as an actor at age 14 in the film, Children of the Dust, starring legendary actor, Sidney Poitier. At 18, Jesse accepted a full athletic scholarship to the prestigious Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA where he was a breakout track star.

Episode 22 - 100 Days of Courage

Steve Emery, is a father, son, and brother.

By day, he’s a healthcare IT specialist with over 20 years experience. But by night, he’s a highly skilled and creative visual artist using multiple techniques to tease out a profoundly imaginative world.

Episode 21 - Blue skies

This is Part 2 of my conversation with Miranda Kamal where we share more of her story and some of mine.

Miranda is the Head Coach and Executive Director of the Mentoring Junior Kids Organization or MJKO for short. She’s been through a lot. She’s a sexual assault survivor, and an aspiring competitive boxer who suffered a career ending back injury.

Episode 20 - Listen to your best coach

Miranda Kamal is a daughter, sister and wife. She’s an entrepreneur, a former competitive boxer, and International Boxing Association 2 star boxing coach.

She’s the Head Coach and Executive Director of Mentoring Junior Kids Organization (MJKO) which she founded in 2010 with her now husband, Ibrahim “Firearm” Kamal, a former eight-time Canadian National Boxing Champion.

Episode 19 - It’ll all work out

My mom was a homemaker turned business owner after she became a single mother just before my last year of high school. It was 1983. She went back to school for Business Administration after being out of the workforce for about 20 years.

Season 2, Episode 18 - Comic resilience

Stephan Dyer is a former banker turned comedian, TEDx Speaker and speaking coach with +300 shows in 8 countries, 18 cities. He is the proud cofounder of MalPensando, a bilingual school that helps people become funny, confident speakers.

Season 2, Episode 17 - Impossible is an opinion

Diane Haché, is a mother and grandmother. She lived most of her life in New Brunswick on the east coast of Canada. She started a goat farm, knowing nothing about them, built a business. She grew the farm to roughly 200 goats and then sold it after 10 years.

Season 1, Episode 16 - That’s a Wrap on Season 1 & 2020

What I learned, or perhaps what’s been reinforced, from the first Season of my podcast: THE ARENA – LIVING A COURAGEOUS LIFE