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Send us Fan Mail The long anticipated follow up interview with Mika to talk about her Class Afloat year abroad and sailing the high seas.  Mika's good friend Kylie was visiting from BC and we thought it would be fun to do a joint podcast where they could talk about the challenges and memories they experienced on the tall ship Alexander von Humbolt II.  They discussed their initial impressions...

Send us Fan Mail After a long pause, we're back and this episode is an interview with Logan Meadows, an International Soccer Placement Expert with Play Abroad. We met Logan as he helped our son find a placement with Mendoza FC in Mendoza, Argentina.  Logan is a former player from the US who went to play in Europe as an adult and saw a need for a path to help North American players find spots...

Send us Fan Mail On the day of her departure where she flew off to Germany, Mika and I recorded a conversation we had about her leaving for Class Afloat.  What she expects from the trip and her hopes for the experiences she will have along the way.  It wasn't easy saying goodbye to my oldest kid but I'm so damn proud of her for what she's already accomplished at such a young age.  

Send us Fan Mail Tony came back on the pod to talk about the upcoming election where he is running for re-election as the District 6 HRM Town Councillor.  We talked about what has changed for him since he became a councillor in 2016.  The topics we touched on involved some of the local issues such as the housing crisis and homelessness, what HRM and the province are doing and what the various leve...

Send us Fan Mail Jordan joined me recently to talk about his life as a coach and personal trainer at Blended Athletics.  For the past three years, he has organized a fund raiser for Brain Cancer research due to it having closely affected him and his family in recent years.  To date, they have raised almost $55,000 with their annual event hosted at the wonderful Blended Athletics! Jordan embodies t...

Send us Fan Mail Those who know me know I like the subject of paranormal subjects as well as cryptids and one of my favorite subjects in that realm is Bigfoot.  I love the stories, videos, etc that pique my curiosity on the regular.  I've re-shared a story from Jodi who had an encounter when she was a kid that she shared when she was on the pod a while back. Tyler runs the New Brunswick Bigfo...

Send us Fan Mail It's been a minute!  Jimmy came by to have a fireside chat, rant and rave about all kinds of hot button topics.  This is a bit of an airing of greivances with the status of things.  If you think everything is just fine, this might not be the episode for you. There was beer, swearing, several pee breaks and neighbors dogs barking during the recording, what more could you ask f...

Send us Fan Mail I've wanted to do an interview with my mother, Ruth, so she could share her story.  She's had an interesting life to say the least and she's often said she'd like to write a book about it all.  Well, I'm no author but I'm a bit of a podcaster so I thought this would be a good one.   This episode deals with some heavy issues including the loss of loved...

Send us Fan Mail Jason is another friend I know from my days at Blended Athletics.  Jason is the head of Ralli Marketing and he joined me to talk about his business and his goals to promote and change the business scene in Nova Scotia. We talked about wanting to be a positive role model in your business and personal life.  We touched on mental health, and ways which Jason found to help him get thr...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy is another Digby famous friend who joined me to tell her story.  Kathy didn't have an easy start in life, but she worked hard through school and university to become one of the most successful people I know.  We talked about her growth from feeling shame at her circumstances as a kid to being proud of how that lead to her being who she is today. We talked about the less...

Send us Fan Mail Chris is a Dartmouth native who spent some time travelling the world and obtaining an arts degree before realizing that his passion for food was where he needed to go.   He went back to school and is now the meal coordinator (Head Chef) at The North Grove, I came to know him while volunteering there for the community meal service.  Chris and I talked about his life up to The North...

Send us Fan Mail Micah is a former American football player who is originally from Florida.  He came on to share his story from being a six year old kid who wanted to quit on his first day of football, to it becoming his passion and reason to push himself to be the best.  We talked about his youth playing football, how that led into College and University programs, as well as playing professionall...

Send us Fan Mail Tim is a lifelong commercial fisherman who also runs T&T Ocean Rescue, a marine Salvage Company operating out of East Pubnico, NS.  They work all over the Maritimes at recovering boats that have burned, sank, run aground, etc.  I joined Tim at his camp near his home in Pubnico so we could talk about how he ended up in the world of marine salvage and what ten years of that work...

Send us Fan Mail Dan is an old buddy of mine who has lived an interesting life.  We talked about how he got into the marine industry, how that led to his involvement with the Swiss Air 111 crash in 1998 to going to work on the set of Survivor!   We talked about Dan's own podcast (which we hope will see more episodes in the future) and finished it all off with a short chat about humanity going...

Send us Fan Mail I needed to redeem myself after the first time Mark was on the podcast due to terrible audio that was captured on that fateful day.  He was kind enough to come back and we also were joined by Eduardo Farias of Farias Soccer Academy. We talked about kids in sports, the importance of the lessons they can learn from sport and the value that we bring to each other in this community. ...

Send us Fan Mail Derrick is an old friend from Digby who I recently learned was battling cancer.  He came on to the podcast to talk about what that has been like to deal with.  He believes that sharing his story might help someone else who is going through a hard time. We talked about hope and the importance of having people there for you.  Derrick is surrounded by love and people who will help hi...

Send us Fan Mail Jimmy is a local fire fighter who joined me to talk about his journey to become a fire fighter and what it has been like for him in his 20 years of service. We touched on the pros and cons of his line of work including the comraderie with his fellow fire fighters, the toll that type of work can take on your mental health, and how he has learned how to cope with the stresses that c...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I got to talk with my wonderful sister in law, Marie-Claude at her home in Lac Beauport, QC to talk about her life as a Chiropractor and how it was a lifelong dream of hers to become a chiropractor to help people with their health and quality of life.   We also talked about her passion for hiking and what that has done for her mental health.  The challenges she fac...

Send us Fan Mail Pauline is a friend of mine who walks an interesting path.   The main topic of this conversation centered on her becoming involved with competetive arm wrestling.  We discussed how she ended up in this world, what it's been like for her and what her future goals are on a national and international level. We discussed following your path and not being afraid to try new things....

Send us Fan Mail My first group podcast!  I met Carlton while volunteering at the North Grove and in chatting learned that he works at Easter Seals Nova Scotia as the Manager of Supportive Employment.  We decided it would be cool to do a podcast on location to learn more about Easter Seals and what they do there.   We were joined by Wanda Sinclair and Amanda Williams to talk about their roles at E...

Send us Fan Mail Greg is a friend and team mate of mine who was gracious enough to come on the podcast to talk about the very difficult subject of the loss of his son, Adam.  Greg talks about what life was like for Adam being neuro divergent, the struggles that entailed for their family, and what he's been doing to cope with his grief.   You never know what other people are going through in t...

Send us Fan Mail Kim is a local Paranormal Investigator who was kind enough to join me via zoom to record a conversation about all things paranormal!  This was a very fun conversation for me as I absolutely love this subject.  I was hoping to include a few stories from friends but couldn't manage that in time for Halloween so I'm just posting my chat with Kim for now.  I hope to do anoth...

Send us Fan Mail Dana is a Custom Jewelry maker who operates out of his shop at Kings Wharf in Dartmouth, where I stopped in today to have a chat with him about what he does.  We went on many tangeants and talked about all the issues that I love to talk about.  Dana and I often have good chats when we get together and I am glad he agreed to appear on the pod.  Thank you Dana for taking the time to...

Send us Fan Mail Jonathan is a friend of mine who was kind enough to come on and talk to us about his faith.  I've been curious about this subject, more and more lately, and I often will reach out to Jonathan with questions about things that are going on in the world.  He's become sort of my go to consultant about Christianity and what world events are coming to pass that are in the writ...

Send us Fan Mail Jason is a friend who works in the fitness industry.  He is a coach who joined me to talk about his life up till now.  We covered a broad range of subjects from fitness, diet, mental health right down to the nerdy things we both love so much in this episode.  I really enjoyed our conversation and hope you will as well.