RISE Podcast with LJ & Barb

#22: Today we sit down + chat with Danna Garcia Atkinson. A menstrual cycle awareness coach, aligning the shifts of our cycle with the moon’s energetic pull and more. She believes cycle awareness can heal us & bring us back home to our divine feminine power.  Highlights… - Ancestral & cultural norms that we’re breaking out of today - Having more conversation around menstrual cycles & e...

#21: Today we get to sit down with Tianna Tran. If you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting this bright & energetic soul yet, you’re in for a treat today. Beyond being an entrepreneur, makeup artist, realtor, starting her own mobile makeup lounge, Rollin’ Beauty, she’s a mother, wife, and thee most thoughtful, generous and supportive friend. Tianna always vowed to support people because she was...

#20: Meet our friend Mafe, originally from Brazil, and coming from the corporate world at Aesop, she wanted to test the waters and really dive into her passion of photography. Moving to a new country, building a new community, and creating a life she deeply loves. Meet Mafe & hear all about her journey. 

#19: Today we’re hanging with Sarah who you may already know from The Prepared Environment, which brings the Montessori philosophy into homes simply, and on a budget ,as well as The Mimmo Project, which promotes the emotional + mental wellbeing for children + their adults.  But what you may not know behind the brands, is the amazing mother, Montessori teacher, and optimist building her business, w...

#18: We’re chatting with Victoria, the woman and mother behind the brand with a cult following, East 29th. An All-Natural, Clean Beauty, Cruelty-Free Vegan skin care line born & created right here in Canada. Victoria gets real about her journey. We’re not just talking about how East 29th came to be, but we dig deep into her journey as a young single mother, the hurdles and learnings along the...

#17: We’re super excited to chat with Alexa, one of the two women behind Good Juju. If you haven’t had the pleasure of trying Good Juju yet, they make all-natural, plastic-free home & body care products that are good for you, and good for the planet too… and they work. Join LJ + I, with special co-hosts Cory + Betty on today’s chat

#16: We chat with Parveen, an amazing + successful local realtor who's been in the industry for over a decade, a big supporter of her community + anybody doing good for others, and an inspiring mother raising her elementary school daughter. She shares her insight on women making moves in the property owning game, what the market looks like for a new-comer, and the importance of getting into the "r...

#15: LJ + Barb originally had about 10 questions we wanted to ask the Taren & Katie for today's interview, but the conversation quickly flowed in its own direction... so we went with the flow.   Meet the dynamic duo behind A La Ligne Method Pilates. Born during a pandemic, and only beautifully growing from there, Taren & Katie have created a home-base for a collective of practitioners dedi...

#14: We love Alessia, and all the good vibes she brings. If you have not yet had the pleasure of meeting the Mystical Muneca, she is a  spiritual guide, empath + psychic, offers distance divination work, gifted filipina x latina bruha and more... She talks about when she knew she had a gift, how she shared it with others, and how she's sharing all the good vibes today.

#13: 2 mothers, friends, entrepreneurs + inspiring women behind the local 100% natural body care conscious company MIFA, created from traditional botanicals and modern plant extracts. Beyond chatting about business and how they got to where they are, we talk about business during COVID, supply chain nightmares, struggles, wins, support, motherhood, and everything in between. 

#12: Today we’re chatting with Saschie, the woman behind Formation Studio; a local fitness dance studio, a gorgeous + welcoming space built during a pandemic. She shares her journey, the hurdles, the wins, the lessons learned, and everything in between, including the heart + soul… the inspiration behind what started it all, on today’s episode of C U Next Tuesday. 

#11: LJ + Barb are 2 mothers, and entrepreneurs shaking up the conversation. We're here to explore, conversate + connect. We're going to have conversations around alternative health, healing, movement + everything in between. Meeting inspiring women doing life + sharing their journey.

#10: Thank you so much for making the time to join us for another episode of Sunday Mornings Podcast. Today we have the pleasure of chatting with Taren Grewall of A La Ligne Pilates. Taren is a Kinesiologist, strength trainer, Pilates instructor + she openly and honestly shares all the ups and downs of her fertility journey.  Today we talk about Vagina training, AKA Pelvic health + pelvic floor ph...

#9: Today we're talking Gut Health, and everything that helps to make that happen, with Yvette. Holistic nutritionist, mother, creator, owner + private chef behind Food On The Table . She walks us through her top tips around digestion, probiotics, fibre, nourishing fats, and lots more.

#8: Today we hang with Cory from the sweetest little clothing shop, Gigil. What inspired Cory to start her clothing company, her journey through postpartum depression, building a brand based on her Filipino culture, keeping motivated, knowing when to take a break when you’re feeling burned out, and calling on your girl gang for support. And sometimes when starting your own business, it’s a lot to...

#7: Today we chat with our friend Kelsey who works at a local downtown Eastside school, and we talk about what the community looks like, how population has changed since she first started, real needs of the children and their parents, what support looks like, and how we can take part in making real changes in the community. 

#6: Veronica is one busy mama, so we were excited to get the chance to virtually sit down and chat with her. We picked her brain about her hair salon + businesses, which she's been growing for over a decade now. The ups, downs, investing in the business, marketing and branding, growth, and opening up a second location during a worldwide pandemic.

#5: We chat with Emily about the community she's created, whose mission is to support women in designing their dream businesses through 1:1 coaching, as well as a podcast about all things motherhood + entrepreneurship. We love Emily because of her honest and candid approach to well... everything. We asked her anything and everything, and she was open to sharing it all.

#4: We're four mothers, and so the conversation naturally always shifts to kids. On today's episode we touched on bullying, which led to kids mental health, if there is any support for them + what that looks like, social media + gaming... and somehow ended on COVID testing. Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

#3: As womxn you know our multitasking skills are incomparable. And so on today's episode of Sunday Mornings Podcast we covered about a dozen different topics in 30 minutes. Lol! Everything from bodies after babies, Halloween, sex life after kids, to A535 + oracle readings. There was no stone left unturned.

#2: Family comes in a lot of different forms, and no one family looks the same as another. Sometimes we're born into a family, and other times we get to pick our family, and sometimes we dig into our past to learn things we never knew about. On today's episode we talk about using ancestry.ca, which led into conversation about one of our families alongside Philippines politics, and finished with sc...

#1: Today marks our very first episode for Sunday Mornings Podcast. We basically turn on the mic during our Weekly Accountability Mama Meeting, pour mimosas and talk about everything from crystals, life at home with teenage boys, vaginal rejuvenation surgery and everything in between.