Frame of Reference

Speaking with Bob Moog, President & Co-Founder of University Games we focus on how creativity, passion, motivation and entrepreneurship intersect.

Tackling the loneliness crisis is no small feat. Albert Chung & his wife decided to create "Bubblic" - an app meant to foster more meaningful connections and end loneliness, together. This is an example of technology bringing us closer together.

Sandy Boone who’s a liscenced professional counsellor, coach & consultant. We talk about why going to therapy with a goal in mind matters, about burnout and stress and how that can alter our self-perception, PTSD, how physical health and diet play a big role and the importance shopping through therapists.

Floyd Marinescu is the CEO and Co-Founder of C4Media and UBI works. We discuss housing and how the valuation using a "land value tax" can be a possible solution to reduction in cost for buyers and owners, without increasing large scale speculation. Universal basic income is another pillar of our conversation where we discuss it's efficacies in today's society.

Mark Jordan is a co-founder of Unravel Groups - focused on personal development for men. We discuss the importance of mentorship, personal development and belonging.

Michaela Czernakova has a PhD in cell biology, a researcher of invertebrates (tardigrades) and is a university teacher who’s passionate about self-development and growth. We speak about topics like emotional eating, the importance of diet in mental well-being, coping mechanisms and lots of other interesting stuff.

Luke is the founder of “Core Human Competence” and we discuss how society hasn’t prepared future generations to live safely or smartly, lacking critical skills. Throughout this episode, we chat about co-habitation, collaboration and social cohesion.

Denis helps mentor startups, accelerates businesses strategically, helps with startup workshops and fundraising and has spent over 20 years figuring out what it is that helps startups exceed. He also figured out later in his life, that he is autistic and we chat about the “instruction manual” that comes with it

Ginny Hoyt is a passionate advocate for mental health and does psychosomatic work to help people recover and get better. She is a life coach and we discuss how she got to where she is, where she sees somatic work going forward and much more!

Urmi is a financial literacy advocate hosts a blog (myways.ca) which empowers women to take control of every aspect of their lives. The focus of this episode is on investment strategies, post-pandemic recession risks and the importance of diversifying one's portfolio. 

Using the uncertainty of Covid to help turn around his life, Ben truly understands the power of motivation. He is the owner of Balbert Marketing LLC.  He is also the curator of The “Real Business Connections Network,” where he hosts five podcasts. Once an underdog, now a successful entrepreneur, Ben is passionate about helping other underdogs achieve their dreams.

Dr. Candice Staniek is a Naturopathic Doctor, speaker, author, and yogi with a wholistic approach to health including: mind, body, and spirit. We discussed topics like fatigue, the mind-body connection, meditation, the impact of diet and how yoga can help manage our energy levels for the day to day.

Terry has been an NCAA division basketball player, worked in marketing, hospital administration and also was a SWAT team Hostage negotiator. All this experience shows when he speaks about situations and challenges in his own life. Career and personal trajectories that others may find terrifying is something he embraced and there’s a lot to learn from that. His blog is titled “motivational check”.

Bianca is a clinical mental health counselor specializing in CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy), a success coach, the co-host of the evolve ventures podcast which aims to help people make better decisions and be better people.

No more waitlists is a network that Josephine Marchese started on her own as a citizen The purpose of NMWL is to help reduce the long waitlists and help individuals to get a quicker response. This platform can help save lives if it gets the adequate funding, attention and distribution it deserves. Nomorewaitlists.net for more info!

Dr. Mikolaj is the founder and MD of Merogenomics Inc. a company dedicated to enhancing access of clients worldwide to genomic sequencing education and technologies. This takes personalized care to a whole new level and what Dr. Mikolaj is working is not only ground-breaking, but very eye-opening when we talk about our physical well-being as well. I hope you enjoy this conversation as we dive into...

How do mental & physical health overlap? Dr. Hitu (known also as Coach Hitu on Instagram) is the president of the Art of Living foundation Canada and we talk about how yoga, meditation and practical wisdom and has helped millions of people lead better lives in over 150 different countries.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Ganz Ferrance, he has a PhD in Counseling Psychology and an M.A. in Developmental Educational Psychology from Andrews University in Michigan. We spoke about the importance of addressing burnout and how we can identify stressors in our lives. We also talked about normalizing the idea of therapy & counseling and how everyone (myself & dr. ganz included...

Brenden Kumarasamy, the founder of “MasterTalk” – a YouTube channel that he started to help the world master the art of public speaking. His story is remarkable, as a young high-energy high-EQ personality he recognized a niche for himself and decided to capitalize on it. Now he helps all sorts of people (from c-level execs to simpletons like myself) get better at the art of public speaking.

“Everyday Excellence” was the kindle #1 new release in professional development. We spoke about the importance of standing out, building confidence, channeling ambition and lots of interesting topics in that realm. He’s an ultramarathoner, a martial artist and a special needs father with a keen emotional IQ. Variety truly is the spice of life!

Dr. Erik Bean is the author of Bias Is All Around You: A Handbook for Inspecting Social Media & News Stories and specializes in bias information & analysis. Our discussion includes how we can examine sources of bias in everyday life, disregarding bias for mental health, how relevant is bias in today's day & age (post-pandemic) and how we as humans can understand, dissect and examine ou...

Billy is an author, a speaker and what he’s aptly termed – a “Now-ist”. Just listening to his take on life, one can’t help it but focus on the present moment and on the wonders that navigating through your own maze of a mind can do.

Tobi has a very enterprising and empathetic personality, his energy is contagious. He founded 3Skills and continues to advise and help people of all ages transition into the right careers based on their skills. As someone who came into the labour market as an International student, he's a role model, inspiring others to think critically and achieve better outcomes for themselves. We talk about com...

The nature of these conversations is to connect with the audience and describe to them how TCKs can integrate into society and to also provide this learning to newer generations who may feel lost, not belonging to one piece of land or culture and finding a way for themselves. Rabia’s got a very zen approach towards this, so we delve into some really important topics – providing a great frame of re...

Nechama is a thorough and academic mind, her journey to where she’s gotten is equally as interesting as her personality algorithm “unconflict”. She describes personality as a toolbox and more than just giving you your personality type – she helps empower people based on this toolbox. Being a true social entrepreneur, we chat the application of this algorithm in today's conflict ridden society and...