Let's Connect With Keith Macpherson

What does success look like? How can we live life to the fullest, remain true to ourselves and be kind to others? These are some of the questions I ask my friend, Ned Grossman, author of How to Succeed in Life: Ideas and Principles They Don’t Teach in School. Ned is wise, witty, and committed to keeping things simple and getting things done. As a prolific doer, Ned believes that actions speak loud...

How can we learn to love ourselves and treat ourselves more kindly? How can we stop our negative self-talk and start to value our unique qualities and gifts? In today’s episode, I explore these questions with Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and Christian worship leader Sarah Kroger. We talk about faith, self-love, and self-acceptance, and Sarah shares the story behind her beautiful song Belove...

What does it feel like to come home to yourself? How can you access your soul’s inner strength and live life with more compassion, grace, and joy? These are the questions I explore with my guest Dr. Melissa Moore, the co-founder of Karuna Training and author of The Diamonds Within Us: Uncovering Brilliant Sanity Through Contemplative Psychology . Melissa has been following the Buddhist path for ov...

What does it mean to walk deep? And why does connecting with Nature, Self, and Spirit make us feel happier, healthier, and more fulfilled? These are some of the issues I explore with my guest Abigail Prout, who wrote her first anthology of poetry, Walk Deep , during the Covid pandemic. In that time of enforced isolation, Abigail felt drawn to writing about her relationship with the forest landscap...

What does it mean to be mindful? Does mindfulness always need to involve sitting in silence and concentrating on our breath, or can we find more creative ways to practise mindfulness that are better suited to our personalities and lifestyles? Today, I explore the topic of creative mindfulness with coach and singer/songwriter Katy Oberle, and we dive into what mindfulness means to us and how we can...

Welcome to the new season of Let’s Connect, where I reflect on the lessons I’ve learned from living through the pandemic and share some of the tools I’ve been using to help navigate these strange and challenging times. In this first episode, I dive into mindfulness and creative leadership and suggest practical ways to shift stuck patterns like people-pleasing and perfectionism. I also explain why...

A solo episode of Let’s Connect is a real test of my confidence. Will I be good enough to carry the show? Will people like it? Is everyone laughing at me right now? How many times a day do you wonder if you measure up, or worse, convince yourself that you’re a total failure? The invitation in today’s episode is to start telling yourself a new story. This is the first show of 2021, so I thought it...

Why do some people heal, while others don’t? Why are some of us content with just a little, while others can never be satisfied, no matter how much they get out of life? My guest today on Let’s Connect is someone I fondly call my ginger sister, Bonnie Schroeder, a healing practitioner who has traveled five continents over three decades working as a clinical researcher, in medical management, and d...

With Christmas just a few days away, I wanted to offer a gift from my heart to yours. This time of year, we have an opportunity to reflect on forgiveness and peace. As we’re all staying home, some of us suffering old hurts and new loss, I’m reminded that our souls - everyone’s souls - just need to breathe. We need to see the glory of the simplicity, harmony, and wonder of life, one day at a time....

What do you get when you put two professional life coaches and authors behind the mic at the same time? A provocative and inspiring conversation! As this episode of Let’s Connect begins, I burst at the seams in my excitement to announce a number of new projects that have been simmering on my creative stove for many months during the pandemic. I can’t wait to share these new offerings, all of which...

Right now, we’re all being brought together by something we don’t want to have in our lives. As we all navigate COVID-19, our individual experiences are unique. There are children learning from home while their parents try to juggle work and homeschooling at the same time. There are countless people who’ve lost their jobs and who aren’t sure how they’ll pay their bills. And there are those who mou...

No one is you and THAT is your superpower. But how can you embrace your unique design when life’s experiences and relationships push you into self-doubt and fear of making bad decisions? In 1987, a Montréaler named Ra Uru Hu had a week-long mystical experience that birthed the Human Design System, which has been taught around the world. Human Design combines ancient mystical insights with personal...

Are toxic people who refuse to respect your boundaries showing up in your face and stealing your peace? We’ve all been there. Maybe your mother-in-law tells you how to live your life. Maybe a partner or coworker keeps hurling hurtful words at you. Or maybe, you’re noticing a pattern with troublemakers who are inexplicably drawn to you and just won’t go away. Hearing “It’s not about you” or “Don’t...

Behind all the headlines are journalists who try to bring meaningful stories to life. In a world where it’s becoming harder and harder to know what’s real in the news, this episode of Let’s Connect is a chance to hear first-hand from a storyteller toiling in the trenches who works every day to separate facts from fiction. Alison Hall is a national correspondent with Inside Edition in New York. She...

We’re living in a time where it’s becoming more and more difficult to discern what’s real and what’s a racket. The social networking systems we’re being informed by are feeding us a steady stream of content that complex algorithms have decided is what we’re craving. Perhaps most concerning is that so many of us are just going along largely unaware of the forces of manipulation that are competing f...

“Can I speak with you in private?” These are the chilling words that 24-year-old fitness trainer Matthew Ode heard from his doctor, before finding out that his body was being consumed by cancer. Matthew went into a coma. His organs started shutting down. Then he had a heart attack. It was looking dire. But he chose to fight for his life. In this week’s episode of Let’s Connect, we’re about to hear...

As I sat down to record this particular episode of the podcast, I had a major internal battle with myself. I was trying to be “perfect” and appear to have things all together, when inside of me, something just didn’t feel right! After 24 hours of struggling to get this podcast recorded, I finally came to understand what this inner battle was all about! I was distracted and preoccupied with all the...

Mental health is now a subject of open discussion, a dramatic change in the perception of what used to be an extremely sensitive topic. I have always been interested in the subject, especially as I learn to take care of my own mental health through meditation. In this episode, my goal is to find out as much as I can about mental health; especially the demographics. Here’s the important question: w...

How will you practice gratitude if you are facing a $30,000 house repair? This was Keith Macpherson’s personal experience when he was challenged to practice gratitude in his most challenging times, just like facing a $30,000 bill to repair his house in Canada. Keith lives in Winnipeg, Canada, and it's quite common for houses in Canada that shift foundations because the city was built on a waterbed...

In this episode, I’m joined by Kat Trimarco, a spiritual quantum teacher, life-coach, published author and public speaker.  Kat Trimarco is an Evolutionary Thought Leader, Spiritual Quantum Teacher & Life Coach, published author & speaker. She teaches people to understand and work with Universal Laws, their thoughts, emotions, energies and different dimensions of consciousness to expe...

In this solo podcast episode, Keith shares his perspective on the powerful practice of forgiveness and speaks about a Mark Twain quote that deeply inspired him, "Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that crushed it". Macpherson explains, If we want to be free, we must learn how to practice forgiveness in our lives. Keith also responds to a tough question from one of his p...

In today’s show, Keith catches up with his friend, singer-songwriter Hayley Gene Penner. Hayley talks about growing up with a famous father, starting out in the music industry, and moving to California, where she underwent a six-year ‘boot camp’ immersion in L.A life. She describes the sense of emotional freedom she experienced during the process of writing her refreshingly honest memoir, People Y...

In this this episode, Keith talks about Vulnerability. He purposely has no guests today on the show and instead takes a personal deep dive into today’s topic. For those who are regular listeners, every second week of the month for this point forward, Keith will be doing this Q and A format and answer your questions along with sharing powerful insights and wisdom. On alternate weeks, Keith will con...

In this week's episode, Keith has a powerful conversation with Victor McGuire, the founder and executive director of Coaching for Everyone, a new nonprofit startup whose mission is to make professional coaching services accessible to underserved and underrepresented groups. The nonprofit will focus on providing coaching and coaching training to Black, Latinx, and indigenous people of color, who ma...

In today's episode, Keith is joined by Jessica Hendrick, a certified conscious relationship coach. Jessica assists clients who are experiencing challenges in their relationship by making them aware that, sometimes, their persistent relationship problems are not caused by external factors, but actually, they are the result of our own learned behaviors. Jessica shows that by focusing our attention o...